All by Chris Loach
Get ready for laughs, surprises, and plenty to talk about as a Trickster Land Claim fable hits the Max Bell Theatre stage in the biting satire Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer. The show is a joint presentation between Theatre Calgary and Making Treaty 7 Cultural Society.
A familiar face has returned to Theatre Calgary! Thom Allison is back, but this time as the director of the award-winning hit musical, Million Dollar Quartet. A favourite to Theatre Calgary audiences, Thom has lit up our stage numerous times, including The Louder We Get, The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee, Evita, Cabaret, and Berlin to Broadway with Kurt Weill. In between those productions, he has appeared on Broadway in Priscilla, Queen of the Desert and in the original Canadian companies of Miss Saigon, The Who’s Tommy and Rent. On TV, you’ve probably seen him on Frankie Drake Mysteries, Hudson & Rex, Murdoch Mysteries, Kim’s Convenience, and in his Canadian Screen Award-winning role of “Pree” on Killjoys.
In March, Theatre Calgary takes audience to Chinquapin Parish, Lousiana, circa 1987. It’s here where we find Truvy’s Beauty Salon, where all the ladies who are “anybody” come to gossip and have their hair done by Truvy with Steel Magnolias.
Theatre Calgary is thrilled to welcome A Christmas Carol back to the Max Bell Theatre beginning November 30th, celebrating the 35th year of Calgary’s beloved holiday tradition.
For the 2021 production, Theatre Calgary will perform Geoffrey Simon Brown’s abridged adaptation of Dickens’ classic novel. Audiences will get a chance to see two different casts of three actors showcase their enormous talents and skills as they bring numerous characters in the story to life.
Theatre Calgary is excited to start the kick off our season with a brand-new show from a dear friend. One of our country’s great writer/director/performers, Rick Miller has been electrifying audiences with his one-person shows in more than 200 cities around the world, and at nearly every major theatre in Canada.
For 2021, the traditional Shakespeare by the Bow is being re-imagined and going on the road in a fun and safe way. Theatre Calgary, in partnership with The Shakespeare Company and Hit & Myth Productions, will be taking their emerging artists to a variety of Calgary locations for the public to enjoy during the month of August. This year's Shakespeare on the Go will allow Theatre Calgary to reach out, in a new way, to more communities and people of Calgary and surrounding areas.
For Theatre Calgary, A Christmas Carol is a one of the most anticipated and cherished family events in our city every year. For 33 years, Charles Dickens’ ghost story of the transformation of Ebenezer Scrooge has made it’s way from the old QR Centre, to the Arts Commons Max Bell Theatre. This year however, it has made another move…into the homes of audiences near and far with a filmed digital production.
