Set in a world out of time and place, The Investigator by Wren Brian explores complicity and capitalism through the characters of a Weaver and an Investigator. In this interactive digital experience, the unexpected visitor is played by each individual audience member who makes several choices for the character. This storytelling piece gives power to …
Glen Bowser is presenting his new play: The 3 of Us From the team that brought you last year’s I See You, The 3 of Us is an intriguing dramedy where Marion, her mother ‘Gran’ and her daughter ‘Lisa’ are at odds. Gran and Lisa add the comedy but Marion doesn’t think they’re funny. While Marion tries to …
Written by Frances Koncan Set in eighteen hundred and something-something, somewhere upon the banks of a Reddish River in Treaty One Territory, three very different women with a preference for 21st century slang find themselves stuck in a fort having tea and sharing their views on life, love, and Louis Riel. Playwright Frances Koncan shifts …
Written by Carol Cassistat, translated by Dave Deveau An actor. A drummer. A poetic story about finding your voice. Flo Beaurivage needs to scream, to cry, to wail… but where? When you grow up there is nowhere left in society where you are allowed to be loud. But Flo cannot contain her screams anymore and …
Join us for this FREE online workshop examining the playwright's relationship to media in Canada! Now that your show is up and running, how are you going to get the word out about it? And what do people outside your circle of friends, colleagues and family think of it? That’s where the theatre critic comes …
Performed by Martin Julien A fond & funny remembrance of the life and work of beloved Canadian writer W.O. Mitchell. A delightful and enriching staged reading full of tall tales, Canadiana, and lots of laughs. Part of the 2025 Brand New Stages Festival in Peterborough, Ontario (Feb 25 – Mar 1, 2025)
A master of theatrical adaptations, Vern has created award winning works such as THE DIVINERS (with Yvette Nolan), OF HUMAN BONDAGE (winner of the Dora for Outstanding play) CALL OF THE WILD (for Stratford), WUTHERING HEIGHTS, BEST LAID PLANS, (with Ben Elliot and Anton Lipovetsk ) RICH (with Olaf Pyttlk), BIRD BRAIN, and many more. …
‘Journey across time and space in this multimedia presentation that celebrates trans joy’ Unscripted: Postcards invites you to be part of Christina Cook’s transformational storytelling experience with her collaborators and dramaturg Joanna Garfinkel. Meet Spiling, a PhD student working to get letters after her name—and postcards from her dead grandma—in this whimsical, non-linear work of …
Trident Moon by Anusree Roy. A Crow’s Theatre and National Arts Centre Co-production Mar 4 - April 12, 2025 In August 1947, six women – three Muslim and three Hindu – hide in the back of a coal truck as it speeds through the turmoil of newly divided British India. Alo, now seeks revenge against …
Written and directed by Kevin Loring A wickedly funny trickster land claim fable. A Savage Society (Vancouver) and Belfry Theatre (Victoria) co-production in association with NAC Indigenous Theatre (Ottawa) and Theatre Calgary Little Red Warrior, the last remaining member of the Little Red Warrior First Nation, discovers construction has begun on his ancestral lands. In …
Experience storytelling in its most dynamic forms! Off the Page is SkirtsAfire's event dedicated to showcasing brand new work by Edmonton artists. What begins as words on the page comes to life through a captivating selection of works-in-progress and excerpts. From theatre to spoken word, music, and movement, join us for performances that bring to …
The third show in Shadow Theatre's season is a Wold Premiere of an inspirational and colourful exploration of art and loyalty, by Calgary based playwright, Mike Czuba. After Mourning, Before van Gogh runs March 19 - April 6th, 2025. In 1891, Johanna Bonger, widow of Vincent van Gogh’s brother Theo, finds herself in possession of …
