Tag Archives: Varscona Theatre

A new play by Neil Grahn launches Shadow Theatre’s upcoming season 31

Posted on May 4, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Shadow Theatre will launch its upcoming four-production 31st season with the world premiere of a new play by Edmonton’s Neil Grahn. The Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow chronicles the extraordinary life and career of one of … Continue reading →

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This weekend in a theatre town: get festive, see what’s onstage

Posted on May 3, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca On the stages of this theatre town this weekend is a high-contrast array of entertainment possibilities, from a comic adaptation of a classic novel to the enactment of an advice column to a full-fledged festival. Have … Continue reading →

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Dear Sugar, what should I do? Tiny Beautiful Things at Shadow Theatre, a review

Posted on April 28, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca I’m confused. I’m stuck. I’m torn. I’m undecided. I’m disappointed. I’m desperate. I’m stumped…. What should I do? We the people are all up against it — in ways, big and small, expected or not, that … Continue reading →

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‘Let the whole world melt away!’ Nuova Vocal Arts goes to The Prom

Posted on April 1, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “I just wanna dance with you/ Let the whole world melt away/ And dance with you/ Who cares what other people say?”  — The Prom In The Prom, the double-sided Broadway musical comedy/ satire that opens … Continue reading →

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Three musicals and a comedy: snow reason to stay home, the weekend onstage

Posted on March 21, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Edmonton, you have choices on stage this weekend, including a delightful and insightful comedy that sees into the complicated lives of teenage girls, and three musicals that land miles apart on the musical theatre spectrum  — … Continue reading →

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Building a robot and making friends: fresh and funny Robot Girls premieres at Shadow Theatre, a review

Posted on March 16, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s fresh. It’s funny. Its sharp-eyed insights into the fraught high-stress lives of junior high teenage girls are blended into fast-acting chemistry in Trevor Schmidt’s winsome, hilarious, often touching, new comedy Robot Girls. It’s a tricky … Continue reading →

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Revelling in the make-believe of theatre: Pith! at Teatro Live, a review

Posted on February 11, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The pith helmet has returned to Edmonton. And with it, playwright Stewart Lemoine’s invitation, in a well-travelled 1997 comedy both charming and riotous, to have an exotic, liberating adventure in the theatre, along with its three … Continue reading →

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Stories and who gets to tell them: The Drawer Boy, funny and moving at Shadow Theatre, a review

Posted on January 28, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca With The Drawer Boy, Shadow Theatre revives a play that both in itself and its inspiration proved a defining moment for a truly Canadian theatre — and does it proud. In Michael Healey’s heartwarming and tough-minded … Continue reading →

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Meet Paul-Ford Manguelle, the multi-talented newcomer who joins two veterans in The Drawer Boy at Shadow Theatre

Posted on January 14, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “We’re here to get your history and give it back to you.” — The Drawer Boy In Michael Healey’s 1999 play The Drawer Boy, a naive young actor from a Toronto theatre company ventures into rural … Continue reading →

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‘Chwismuss will never be the same’: Die Harsh The Christmas Musical from Grindstone Theatre, a review

Posted on December 15, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you think the frozen-hearted Mr. Scrooge is a hard sell for Christmas cheer — “are there no workhouses; are there no prisons?” — just you wait till you meet the “hero” of Die Harsh: The Christmas … Continue reading →

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