Tag Archives: Vertigo Theatre

High-level thievery in an elaborate plot: Heist at the Citadel, a review

Posted on March 28, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca There’s complicated high-level thievery going on at the Citadel. Just for fun, a genre has been lifted, improbably, right from under the nose of the cinema, its natural owner. Heist is a theft on behalf of … Continue reading →

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A crime caper steals onto the stage: Arun Lakri’s Heist at the Citadel, a preview.

Posted on March 21, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca The play that starts previews this weekend at the Citadel defies the laws of probability, or teases them, in all kinds of ways. Heist, as you can’t not know from the title, is a crime caper, … Continue reading →

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‘A dream within a dream’: Catalyst’s Nevermore, in a 15th anniversary concert version

Posted on April 25, 2023 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca “All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream.” Consider it a haunting (a subject on which Edgar Allan Poe is something of an authority). Nevermore: The Imaginary Life and Mysterious Death … Continue reading →

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New faces in theatre (the series continues): meet designer Alison Yanota

Posted on April 28, 2020 by Liz Nicholls

They’re young. They shine brightly. And their talents are already lighting up the Edmonton theatre scene. 12thnight talked to six starry and sought-after up-and-comers, artists whose work, on- and backstage, will have a big impact on theatre here when the … Continue reading →

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