theatre Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/tag/theatre/ Arts, Culture and Lifestyle from Calgary Sat, 22 Nov 2025 20:45:28 +0000 en hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 https://calgaryguardian.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/cropped-CalgaryGuardian_Logo_FaviconApp-32x32.jpg theatre Archives - Calgary Guardian https://calgaryguardian.com/tag/theatre/ 32 32 Review: Miracle on 34th Street at Rosebud Theatre https://calgaryguardian.com/review-miracle-on-34th-street-at-rosebud-theatre/ Mon, 24 Nov 2025 15:12:29 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=27273 Rosebud Theatre & School of the Arts in the Alberta Badlands brings Christmas to life with Miracle on 34th Street. This simple show, with Tim Dixon as Kris Kringle and a tasty buffet, reminds us [...]

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]]> Charitable Choices: Shelley Bareham of Green Fools Theatre https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-charity-green-fools-theatre-2/ Tue, 21 Oct 2025 06:33:24 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=27005 For more than three decades, Green Fools Theatre has been a creative force in Calgary, transforming puppetry, circus, spectacle, and theatre into tools for joy, education, and community connection. At the helm is Executive Director [...]

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]]> The Brothers Paranormal at Vertigo Theatre: A Genuinely Haunting Experience https://calgaryguardian.com/brothers-paranormal/ Thu, 16 Oct 2025 18:54:20 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=26997 I walked into Vertigo Theatre knowing almost nothing about The Brothers Paranormal. I prefer going in fresh. After seeing quite a few shows in Calgary over the years, this one instantly became one of the [...]

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]]> Charitable Choices: Kristin Eveleigh of Calgary Young People’s Theatre https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-charity-calgary-young-peoples-theatre/ Tue, 29 Jul 2025 06:33:52 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=26154 For nearly two decades, Calgary Young People’s Theatre (CYPT) has been a vibrant force in empowering youth through the performing arts. Offering year-round programming—from productions and camps to playwriting and design workshops—CYPT creates inclusive spaces [...]

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]]> Vertigo Theatre’s The Da Vinci Code: Symbols, Secrets and Strong Performances https://calgaryguardian.com/vertigo-theatres-the-da-vinci-code/ Fri, 30 May 2025 19:12:58 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=25659 Vertigo Theatre’s The Da Vinci Code faces the challenge every adaptation confronts: how do you make familiar material feel fresh? Director Simon Mallett solves this by focusing less on faithful recreation and more on what [...]

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]]> Charitable Choices: Shelby Reinitz of DIY Theatre https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-charity-diy-theatre/ Tue, 04 Mar 2025 06:33:19 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=24724 DIY Theatre is a dynamic, female-founded and female-led collective dedicated to exploring themes of conscience, ethics, and morality through both classical and contemporary theatre. Comprised of semi-professional artists passionate about the performing arts, DIY Theatre [...]

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]]> Lying Down with Sound: Echoes of the Land https://calgaryguardian.com/echoes-of-the-land/ Thu, 06 Feb 2025 15:12:05 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=24481 The floor of West Village Theatre was softer than expected. As I lay among strangers on yoga mats and blankets, I wondered if Eric Rose, the Artistic Director, had lost his mind. But by the [...]

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]]> “A Day in the Life” with: Multidisciplinary Theatre Artist Léda Davies https://calgaryguardian.com/calgary-artist-leda-davies/ Wed, 06 Nov 2024 06:33:12 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=23722 Léda Davies is a multidisciplinary theatre, movement, and circus artist with a penchant for new creation and a unique lens to her storytelling. Her artistic journey began at a young age through dance and gymnastics, [...]

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]]> Review: The Birds and the Bees – Raunchy, Real, and Remarkable https://calgaryguardian.com/review-the-birds-and-the-bees/ Fri, 21 Jun 2024 15:12:03 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=22561 Alberta Theatre Projects (ATP) concluded its season with a remarkable success in Mark Crawford’s The Birds and the Bees. Under Lauren Taylor’s direction, this hilarious and heartwarming sex farce resonated with audiences, capturing the unpredictability [...]

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]]> Gender-Bending Sherlock: Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson in Post-COVID London https://calgaryguardian.com/gender-bending-sherlock-holmes/ Mon, 17 Jun 2024 15:12:10 +0000 https://calgaryguardian.com/?p=22524 Vertigo Theatre’s Canadian premiere of Ms. Holmes & Ms. Watson, adapted by contemporary playwright Kate Hamill, ambitiously reimagines Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s iconic detective in a post-COVID London setting. The play is a vibrant, genre-bending [...]

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