It’s not a stretch to say the deadline for completing a trio of plays about the meaning of extinction, death, and humanity’s relationship to the natural world was mere hours before performances started. A trio
An upcoming Calgary theatre production of Parts & Labour is translating the experience of documentary film onto the stage. The show is the culmination of more than 10 years of interviews by documentarian Col Cseke
Calgary’s oldest downtown theatre, The Grand, has sat relatively quiet while other theatre and dance companies spring to life after more than 600 days of going dark. They’ve gone through a CEO and an artistic
Calgary’s Storybook Theatre is struggling. Still, they’re hoping the sun will come out tomorrow. When COVID hit, they had to pivot their work very quickly, like other Calgary theatre groups. They recently announced an upcoming
As we wait to find out what Christmas will look this year, Calgarians can be certain that one thing will remain unchanged. For 33 years, Theatre Calgary has brought Charles Dickens’ timeless tale to the
Adaptation is something that artists know well, especially in the last few months. Venues, theaters and galleries were all closed, and artists were forced to create from home – and physically alone. Productions were cancelled,
Playwrights are continuing to create using digital mediums – filming from afar and using clever editing to stitch together pieces through the coronavirus pandemic. Social distancing requirements have made theatre productions impossible. Artists can no
The Dolly Wiggler Cabaret, an 18+ puppet show, is coming to a couch near you this weekend. Xstine Cook from the Calgary Animated Objects Society (CAOS) and Mooky Cornish from Cirque du Soleil have teamed
Sleman Aldib is switching up the narrative in his play ‘بالعكس / The Opposite.’ Instead of a Syrian refugee crisis, there is war in Canada and civilians are forced to flee to Syria. Aldib is a
To be or not to be. That’s the question Theatre Calgary’s Shakespeare by the Bow was faced with throughout the summer due to unpredictable weather. “It’s always a crapshoot when it comes to outdoor theatre.
