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"Men Express Their Feelings." // Illustration courtesy of Meags Fitzgerald.

Downstage Theatre looks at social issues in new season

By Troy Hasselman, November 5 2019 —

Downstage Theatre — a Calgary-based theatre company, is going to be focusing on some prescient issues in their upcoming season, including safe-injection sites, climate change and masculinity.

The company was founded 15 years … Read the rest

Local play explores the ethics of charity work

By Rachel Woodward, April 5 2016 —

Ethical dilemmas and questions of morality are at the centre of Benefit, a play from Downstage Theatre showing from April 13–30 at Motel Theatre at the Arts Commons. Downstage worked with Edmonton playwright … Read the rest