All in Theatre Calgary
It’s summer in Calgary and with that comes one of the city’s favourite traditions: Shakespeare on the Go!
Theatre Calgary’s long-standing Shakespeare by the Bow program is back again this year and once again hitting the road to bring a classic work by William Shakespeare to multiple parks, community associations in Calgary and surrounding areas, as well as Heritage Park.
Up next at Theatre Calgary is the world premiere of Forgiveness, adapted from the cherished Canadian memoir that celebrates love, family, and the resiliency of the human spirit. The show is a joint presentation between Theatre Calgary and the Arts Club Theatre Company in Vancouver.
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.
In 1970, three women set to work making the dream for a performing arts centre in Calgary a reality. Today, Arts Commons is a top destination for arts and culture in North America. Learn more about the exciting history of Arts Commons—from the 1988 Olympic Games to the world famous Carthy Organ—and discover what the future holds!
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.
Combining the talents of the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Theatre Calgary, and Arts Commons, Ragtime: A Concert Performance is set to be a collaboration of historic proportions. But for those of us as yet unfamiliar with theatre terms and lingo, what, exactly, is a 'concert performance?'
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.
Something monumental is coming this June for Calgary arts fans - Arts Commons, the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, and Theatre Calgary are coming together for an unprecedented creative collaboration. In three performances, Ragtime: A Concert Presentation will merge the songs of the smash-hit Broadway musical with the renowned acoustics of the Jack Singer Concert Hall on June 11 & 12, 2022.
