On February 7, the Calgary Grand Theatre Society posted an image on its Instagram account that read, “Future Uncertain for Calgary’s 112-year old Grand Theatre.”
Theatre Calgary seeks new ways to get bums back in seats. There have been a recent spate of catastrophic headlines in the US when it comes to the future of live theatre.
The Shakespearean classic returns to Theatre Calgary’s travelling stage this July. Love looks not with the eyes, but from the comfort of your picnic blanket or lawn chair, your favourite drink in hand and the notorious vernacular of the Bard of Avon, William Shakespeare is the air.
Broadway Across Canada brings Disney’s Aladdin to Calgary. If you’ve ever wanted to see the lovable Aladdin, lovely Princess Jasmine, and the wisecracking genie of Disney’s Aladdin on stage then you’re in luck.
Playwrights/composers: Matt Board, Dan Perrott, Grant Tilly, Jeff Thomson, Jordan Mann and G.F. Handel with Joe Slabe. Music composed and/or arranged by Joe Slabe and Konrad Pluta.
Nearly 2,000 voices, filling one of the most acclaimed acoustic halls in the world. That might sound like performance of Handel’s Messiah – but there’s a twist.