Alberta Theatre Projects, in association with the Banff centre for Arts and Creativity, is staging The Legend of Sleepy Hollow at the Martha Cohen Theatre from October 22 nd to November 9 th . The play is a modern adaptation of Washington Irving’s 19th-century version. In Irving’s version, we follow the travails of Ichabod Crane in a small Dutch settlement that abounds with superstitious thinking, called Sleepy Hollow. He is an awkward schoolteacher who falls in love with Ka

"OH! the fond links that bind us to this earth, strong as bands of iron-yet fine as gold; partings and tears oft mingle with our mith, If loving much love can never grow cold!" John Imrie (Canadian poet) The Theatre is staging Michael Henley’s The Drawer Boy at 101, 215, 14 Ave, SW. The play is a modern Canadian classic. A quick summary of the play: a young Canadian actor, Miles from Toronto, arrives at a farm to conduct dramaturgical research. The farm is run by two aging

*spoilers included in this review Scorpio Theatre is staging The Affections of May (Norm Foster) at the Pumphouse from October 17 th to the 25 th . The play is a romantic comedy (set in the 90's) with dramatic undercurrents. It follows the tumult of May, abandoned by her husband Brian (affair), to run a failing bed and breakfast in a small Ontario rural town. With the exit of her husband Brian, May is left to contend with both emotional and financial ruin. Into this fragile

Workshop Theatre is staging Agatha Christie’s Spider’s Web at the Pumphouse Theatre from the 17 th to the 25 th of October. The play lies in the comedy-thriller genre and is markedly different from Christie’s other work. There is intrigue, half-truths, outright lies and farcical duplicity, but it never descends into moral darkness. Though the characters embark on a journey that borders on questionable behavior, the drama never exteriorizes the Machiavellian elements of hum

Morpheus Theatre is staging There Goes the Bride at the Pumphouse Theatre from the 3 rd to the 11 th of October. The play is a standard British Farce with all of the double entendres to be expected in a Ray Cooney zinger. On the day of his daughter’s wedding, advertising executive Timothy bumps his head, and this results in him hallucinating a vivacious flapper (from the 20’s) named Polly. Timothy’s obsession with Polly leads his family to assume that he has lost his head o

“Though the rose is crushed, the scent remains.”  - Sufi proverb Vertigo Theatre is staging The Brothers Paranormal from September 27 th to October 26 th . The play follows the lives of two brothers (Max & Visarut) & their mother (Tasanee), and an African American family (Delia & Felix), brought together by a haunting (Ghost - Jay). The brothers run a ghost-busting business. Max is the entrepreneurial opportunist, harbouring little belief in any metaphysical fiat behind t

The Theatre is staging Scintilla at 101, 215 14 av SW, from the 12 th to the 27 th of September. The play draws on domestic drama...

Theatre Calgary is staging Made in Italy at the Martha Cohen Theatre from the 26 th of August to the 27 th of September. Written and performed by Farren Timoteo, a true solo ensemble (one-person show), channeling the voices of multiple generations in this story of Italian immigrants. Timoteo is an evocative and brilliant showman, using physical and verbal humor to create boisterous characters. The play follows the travails of a young Italian ( Francesco Mantini ) in Canada

Theatre Calgary is staging the musical Legally Blonde at the Martha Cohen theatre from the 20th of May to the 15th of June. The...

Front Row Centre Players are staging Sweeney Todd at the Pumphouse Theatre from the 16th to the 31st of May. The play has won several...

Workshop Theatre is staging P rescription: Murder at the pumphouse theatre from the 9th to the 17th of May. Written by William Link &...

Will be away till early to mid June to finish writing a book. It should have been completed a year ago, but personal indecision and...

Theatre Calgary is staging Blithe Spirit at the Max Bell Theatre from the 18th of March to the 13th of April. The play follows the...

Vertigo Theater is staging A Killing at La Cucina from the 15th of March to 13th of April. The play, a Canadian original, is a...

Workshop theater is staging a Double Dose of Murder , written by Alan LeBoeuf, at the Pumphouse theater from the 28th of February to the...

Alberta Theatre Projects is staging King James at the Martha Cohen Theatre from the 25th of February to March 16th. The play, written by...

Lunchbox Theatre staged Go for Gold, Audrey Pham , written by Camille Pavlenko, from the 28th of January to the 16th of February 2025....

Vertigo Theatre is staging David Foley's mystery, deadly murder , from the 1st of February to the 2nd of March. Foley's mystery spans...

Theatre Calgary is staging a Streetcar Named Desire at the Max Bell Theatre from January 28th to February 23rd. I usually enjoy getting...

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