By Rheazel Pereira, April 5 2016 —
Tomorrow’s Child is Ghost River Theatre’s latest play — but unlike most of the theatre’s productions, viewers won’t be able to see the action unfold. Audience members are blindfolded upon entry and led … Read the rest
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
By Rachel Woodward, March 29 2016 —
Theatre Junction GRAND is presenting Concord Floral, written in 2014 by award-winning Canadian playwright Jordan Tannahill, from April 13–16.
Concord Floral follows 10 teenagers who find refuge in a million-square–foot abandoned greenhouse where … Read the rest
By Rachel Woodward, January 12 2016 —
Thirty years ago, One Yellow Rabbit theatre company co-founder Michael Green launched a festival showcase of local theatre. Within a year, the company rebranded the festival as High Performance Rodeo, cementing the event … Read the rest
By Rachel Woodward, December 1 2015 —
Alberta Theatre Projects is presenting their fantasy improv play Legend Has It at the Martha Cohen Theatre until Dec. 31 before taking the play to New York City in January.
The play has … Read the rest
By Rachel Woodward, October 27 2015 —
Lunchbox Theatre is presenting Fritters in Kandahar, a play about a young woman who decides to move to Afghanistan and work at the Tim Hortons on a Canadian Forces base. The play runs … Read the rest
By Jake Bews, October 27, 2015 — Since its theatrical release in 1975, The Rocky Horror Picture Show has become a cult phenomenon. Even though it was panned by critics after its initial release, midnight screenings of the film,complete with … Read the rest
By Rachel Woodward, September 29 2015 —
No one likes airing out their dirty laundry. But you can laugh at improv actors doing so in the new season of Calgary’s long-running improvised soap opera, Dirty Laundry.
The 16th season of … Read the rest
By Emilie Medland-Marchen, September 17 2015 —
A play exploring the effect of Treaty 7 is returning to Alberta. Making Treaty 7 focuses on the historic roots of Alberta’s complex relationship with local indigenous peoples.
Treaty 7 was an agreement … Read the rest
By Emilie Medland-Marchen, August 6 2015 —
Shakespeare by the Bow, Theatre Calgary’s popular annual event, returns to Prince’s Island Park this summer. The troupe is performing one of the Bard’s last and most acclaimed plays, The Tempest. Using the … Read the rest
