Tag Archives: Workshop West Playwrights Theatre

‘A wonder of an actor’: with the death of Julien Arnold, we’ve lost one of our best, and most loved, theatre artists

Posted on January 8, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

In honour of the late Julien Arnold, I’m re-posting my 12thnight tribute of Nov. 25.  Thursday night at the Citadel (7:30 p.m. in the Maclab Theatre) we celebrate the life of this exceptional theatre artist. If you can’t make it … Continue reading →

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Intermission’s over, take your seats: Act II of the theatre season is about to begin (prospects to intrigue you).

Posted on January 3, 2025 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Wait…. There’s more. Act II of the theatre season is about to begin. And rehearsals are underway all over town. Goblin: Macbeth, a Spontaneous Theatre Creation, starts previews next week in the Citadel’s Highwire Series. How … Continue reading →

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2024: remembering the year in Edmonton theatre, part 2

Posted on December 23, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca 2024 (part 2). Here’s a small assortment of highlights — performances, moments, scenes, ideas — in the year of live theatre in Edmonton. But first, the year’s saddest news: as the current 2024-2025 season began, the … Continue reading →

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2024: the year in Edmonton theatre, part 1

Posted on December 20, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca In a chaotic, incoherent year in the world, live theatre, which has itself been under every kind of duress in 2024, stepped up to offer us other perspectives, other visions, characters on personal quests for meaning, … Continue reading →

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A holiday show update! There’s more, if you get your act together

Posted on December 18, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Release your inner elf, part two. An update! More holiday shows are opening this week. You’ve got a big choice on Edmonton stages, and your time, like Scrooge’s, is running low. •It’s A Wonderful Christmas Carol … Continue reading →

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A holly jolly “Christmas horror musical” at Workshop West: Krampus, a review

Posted on December 16, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca If you’ve cracked your sweet tooth on the hard candied nut of family togetherness, or you’re blinded by the glare from your neighbour’s seasonal light display, there’s gruesome fun waiting for you at Workshop West. Straight … Continue reading →

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Embrace your inner elf and get festive, at a holiday show this weekend

Posted on December 13, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca I know, you’re holding out on the festive. And you don’t want to peak too soon. But pick that holly out of your clenched teeth, release your inner elf, succumb to the seasonal jollity, and find … Continue reading →

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‘The perfectly perfect family’ does Christmas: Krampus: A New Musical at Workshop West, a preview

Posted on December 10, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca It’s beginning to look a lot…. Two original, bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return this week to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the halls. Well, … Continue reading →

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Two off-centre homegrown holiday musicals return, bigger and fancier, this week! First, Grindstone’s Die Harsh. A preview

Posted on December 9, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca This is the week that two original bona fide homegrown holiday musicals return to the stage — both unconventional, both expanded and enhanced from their 2023 editions — to deck the hall (well, two different halls). … Continue reading →

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What’s new? The weekend on Edmonton stages, that’s what: three new Canadian plays and a musical

Posted on November 14, 2024 by Liz Nicholls

By Liz Nicholls, 12thnight.ca Hey Edmonton! It’s a weekend to be surprised and excited by something new on the stages of this theatre town. As the country has found out, E-town has longtime cred as a generator and showcase of … Continue reading →

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