#YEGTheatre Calendar

(also check out the festivals mentioned above)

Until Apr 12: The Citadel production of The Wizard of Oz is based on the classic movie musical. Tix up to $180, with few cheap seats left.

Apr 1-11: Deserters from UAlberta Drama is a new play with no clear plot description. But something to do with war & political debate. $25 with discounts.

Apr 4-26: Casey and Diana is set in an AIDS hospice (Casey's House) in 1991 Toronto, as it prepares for a visit from the Princess of Wales. At the Citadel's MacLab theatre, $40-147.

Apr 10 (Fri): A Fringe Benefit 18+ art gala & cabaret show, at Westbury Theatre. $50 ticket, or add a donation on top.

And the rest of the #YEGtheatre calendar...

Still on until Mar 8:

• Burning Mom at the Citadel's Rice Theatre, $40-79 (limited tix left).
• I Meant What I Said from Teatro Live by their resident playwright Stewart Lemoine, at the Varscona, $42.

Mar 6-7: Bouée uses the Voyager space program's cultural capsules of humanity to discuss various existential topics. Presented by L'UniThéâtre at The Roxy's Nancy Power Theatre, in French with English surtitles. $37 with discounts.

Mar 8 (Sunday): The monthly Script Salon from the Writers' Guild of Alberta (readings of new or work-in-progress plays) will be featuring Monologues for Women for International Women's Day. At Holy Trinity Church (upstairs arts space), 7:30pm, by donation.

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Starting with the festivals...

Plays at Sound Off festival (Mar 3-8) include:

• The MaryRobin Show variety/comedy show.
• Juan Man Show a one-man show about life split both between Anglo-Canadian and Spanish language communities and hearing and Deaf communities.
• Born Between Waves a movement arts piece on cultural clashes, this time from the perspective of a Deaf Indo-Caribbean woman.
• Shadows, Spirits, Stories: A Puppet Cabaret with 3 short family-friendly pieces.
• The E-Spot a stand-up show about sex, Deafness, & disability (18+ recommended).

Shows are either in ASL or mix of spoken & ASL with ASL interpretation. At the Fringe's Backstage theatre, pay what you can.

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Until Feb 8: Shadow Theatre presents An Illiad, a modern retelling of the Homer tragedy, in the classical form of a solo storyteller. $40 with discounts and pay-what-you-can / 2-for-1 nights.

Until Feb 15: The mid-20th-century classic Death of a Salesman, as presented by the Citadel (in their Shoctor Theatre), with John Ullyatt in the lead role of Willy Loman. $40-152.

Feb 4-14: This Is War is an unusually heavy piece from Walterdale Theatre, exploring the aftermath of a failed Canadian military mission in Afghanistan, told through individual interviews with 4 soldiers. $27, with content warnings.

Feb 5-8: New Works Festival: Time Everlasting presents staged readings of new plays (7 total, 3 per session). At UAlberta Timms Centre' Second Play Space, $13-17 per session.

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Ongoing performances (all year) at RapidFire Theatre and (after 1 week off) Grindstone Theatre have comedy & improv shows every week.

The two dinner theatre venues also nearly always have comic music-revue shows: Jubilations is currently showing Canadian Top Gunn: The 80's Take Flight, while the Mayfield goes for a slightly younger crowd with The 90s: It's All Coming Back To Me Now. Both on until Jan 25.

And the rest of the theatre calendar:

Jan 13-18: A touring production of Moulin Rouge (the Broadway musical based on the film) arrives at the Northern Jubilee. $61-166.

Jan 16 (Fri): Cruella Corbeau's ABCs, a "Neo-Burlesque and Variety Revue". At the Fringe's Backstage Theatre, 7:30pm, $29, 18+.

And here's your updated #YEGtheatre guide for the month (as complete as I can find, although there are a few dance / ballet productions I haven't listed):

Until Dec 13: How Patty And Joanne Won High Gold at the Grand Christmas Cup Winter Dance Competition, from Northern Light Theatre, at the Fringe's Studio Theatre, $37 with discounts.

Until Dec 14: Light-hearted shows at the YEG Christmas Market in Fort Edmonton Park, including both family-friendly and very much 18+ options: A Kidmas Carol (you can guess), It's a Wonderful Christmas Carol (retro radio play), Candy Cane Cabaret (burlesque). Paid tickets include general admission to the market, which has various other free performances & activities.

Until Dec 21: The Blank Who Stole Christmas, Rapid Fire Theatre's annual improvized favourite tale. $42 with discounts, available in Nice, Naughty, or Nasty versions with different age ranges.

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Ending Nov 8/9: Big Stuff at the Citadel, Wildcat from Workshop West, Tough Guy at the Fringe's Backstage Theatre, Ecos (about the immigrant experience & being unable to attend a family funeral) from Common Ground Arts at Mile Zero Dance Studio, and Le Palier (french language, tale of the connection between two neighbours) from L'Unithéâtre at La Cité.

Nov 9 (Sun): Tales from a Crip uses the framing of a dinner party to present "stories of resistance, creativity, and community through a disability justice lens." At RapidFire Theatre, 5:30pm, pay what you will ($5-25 suggested).

Nov 8 - Dec 7: Vinyl Cafe: The Musical presents a selection of favourite stories from the radio show, fully fleshed out on The Citadel's Shoctor Theatre stage. $40-162.

Just added 3 new #YEGtheatre productions to the calendar above (and had to edit 4 posts in the thread to fit them in, in chronological order, 🙄) because a reference in the Taproot arts newsletter made me realize I'd skipped scanning one of the ticket selling sites.

Anyways: a reminder that my calendar compilation methods are far from comprehensive, so let me know if you notice anything I've missed!

And especially when it comes to music, I only list shows where I can find out enough about the band to describe them & they seem interesting to me or I think they'd be interesting to the middle-aged-nerd demographic that dominates on here, but it's always good to get someone else's recommendations.

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Oct 3-4: FEST: Festival of Edmonton Seniors Theatre with workshops & performances at the Holy Trinity Anglican Church.

Oct 3-4: Threads of Hope from Viter Ukrainian Dancers and Folk Choir uses music, dance & theatre to tell a story of a family in adversity. $33-57.

Oct 3-5: National Stilt Walker's Symposium including a Saturday afternoon performance with tickets ($20) open to the public.

Until Oct 5: Life of Pi adapts the novel about a boy in a lifeboat with a tiger, promising an "immersive storytelling" experience. At the Citadel's Shoctor Theatre, $40-152.

Until Oct 11: The Pink Unicorn from Northern Lights Theatre, is a story of a mother fighting for the rights of her queer child. At the Fringe's Studio Theatre, $37 with various discounts (or season subscriptions) available.