By Connor Sadler, March 5 2015 —
Playing as part of the International Festival of Animated Objects (IFAO), Calgary’s Old Trout Puppet Workshop (OTPW) returns on March 13 with their acclaimed show, Famous Puppet Death Scenes. The show explores death … Read the rest
By Rachel Woodward, March 5 2015
Downtown Calgary might look a bit stranger in the next few days as the seventh biennial International Festival of Animated Objects (IFAO) returns from March 7–15.
As a celebration of masks, puppets and animated … Read the rest
By Connor Sadler, February 5 2015 —
Kids can be difficult to deal with. Interviewing strangers for a sperm donation before having kids doesn’t help.
Speed Dating for Sperm Donors is a comedic play about a lesbian couple who want … Read the rest
By Connor Sadler, January 8 2015 —
To kick off the Winter semester, the University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) will host a production of West Side Story.
Written by Jerome Robbins, West Side Story is … Read the rest
By Hayden McBennett, November 27 2014 —
Charlotte’s Web is a classic children’s story that focuses on an unlikely friendship between a spider named Charlotte and a pig named Wilbur.
Alberta Theatre Projects (ATP) is hosting a production of the … Read the rest
By Jason Herring, November 27 2014 —
The University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA) is bringing their production of Howard Brenton’s play Bloody Poetry to the Reeve Theatre opening Nov. 25.
Set in early 19th-century Europe, … Read the rest
By Connor Sadler, November 20 2014 —
Sherlock Holmes plays typically have a serious tone.
Holmes paces around the crime scene uncovering clues and revealing motives until he solves the crime. The Game’s Afoot, presented by Vertigo Theatre, puts a … Read the rest
By Liv Ingram, November 13 2014 —
Burlesque, a theatrical striptease with origins in early 20th-century cabaret, is characterized by elaborate costumes, vintage aesthetics and ladies dressing down to their panties and pasties — decorative nipple covers often adorned with … Read the rest
By Imaan Ladipo, November 13 2014 —
Chromatic Theatre is challenging racial stereotypes in its new production, Cowboy Versus Samurai, written by Asian-American playwright Michael Golamco.
The play is a romantic comedy adaptation of Edward Rostand’s 19th-century play, Cyrano de … Read the rest
The University of Calgary School of Creative and Performing Arts presents Jebat, written by Malaysian playwright Hatta Azad Khan and translated by Nadia Khan, opening Oct. 24. The play is a tragicomedy that reimagines two Malaysian classics from the 15th … Read the rest