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Set in Yonker, Saskatchewan in the late 1940s, Alphabet Line follows Duncan, a Queer man who has lived on his family farm his entire life. He sends out daily messages via radio in the hope of receiving a response and finally hears from Nicholas, a graduate student from Saskatoon. As the men take refuge in their shared conversations, days pass and both Duncan and Nicholas will have to reckon with each other’s pasts and embrace vulnerability or risk losing all they’ve built. Accessible Performances The following performances will be Sign Language interpreted: 2025-04-23 20:00 2025-04-24 20:00 2025-04-26 14:00 The following performances will be relaxed performances: 2025-04-23 20:00
Westbury Theatre
Sickness, family, love and noise. Punk Rock and concrete. A play with music, Brother Rat explores the triumphs and pitfalls of our mental wellness system through the lens of the band Theresa Give Me That Knife as they play a show in downtown Edmonton. Robby, Slayde, and Dianne play their instruments live in a ferocious bid to choose life ahead of grim survival and escape the tangled web of pipe and cable that has led them in and out of public housing. Written by Erik Richards with Music by Josh Meredith and Erik Richards. Adapted from the song Brother Rat / What Slayde Says by Canadian punk band NoMeansNo. Accessibility The following performances will be Sign Language interpreted: 2024-11-27 20:00 2024-11-28 20:00 The following performances will be relaxed performances: 2024-11-27 20:00
Backstage Theatre
Four workshops, one weekend: Welcome to the first-ever Common Ground Arts Producer Lab. Saturday November 30 + Sunday December 1, join us in Studio Theatre at the Fringe Theatre Arts Barns for a weekend of scheming and daydreaming as we explore four topics every indie producer tackles in their theatremaking journeys. You can just join one OR sign up for all four! Your Lab is up to you. Recommended Prices: $50 for one workshop $40/workshop if you sign up for 2-3 workshops $30/workshop if you sign up for all four workshops Cost should not be a barrier to accessing professional development. Only able to offer $5-10 per workshop or nothing at all? No worries - we just want to see you there. All workshops will be facilitated by Common Ground Arts' Managing Producer Mac Brock. Check out our amazing guest artists below! NOVEMBER 30 12:00-3:00pm Producing at Any ScaleOkay, but like, what is a producer? This workshop will explore the job description of “producer” for indie theatre and the ways it can change from the smallest script workshop to the largest professional production. NOVEMBER 30 4:00-7:00pm Grantwriting Basicswith guest Anastasia Maywood (Program Advisor, Edmonton Arts Council)Budgets! Support materials! How many ways can I say “this project is amazing!” This workshop will feature tips and tricks on how to frame your project for success, examples of all kinds of project budgets, and creative ways to welcome assessment committees into the world of your work. DECEMBER 1 12:00-3:00pm Working with Tech & Designwith guests Selina Painchaud (Technical Director, Edmonton Fringe Theatre)and Even Gilchrist (Sterling Award-nominated designer/playwright/producer)Your technical team are the unseen VIPs. How do you set them up for a seamless design process, production meeting, and tech week? This workshop will go in-depth on the many technical roles your indie show might need and tasks on your to-do list to keep a 10/10 working relationship. DECEMBER 1 4:00-7:00pm Intro to Indie Contractswith guest Lana Hughes (Associate Artistic Director, Shadow Theatre / former Managing Director, Catalyst Theatre)From DOT to Artist Collective and ADC to LOA, contracts can be a mountain of technical jargon. This workshop will cover the types of professional contracts producers should understand, the basics for an indie letter of agreement, and alternative ways to document responsibilities that will get your work off to a great start. Select the date and time of your preferred workshop(s) using the calendar below. The workshop description will show after you select a specific time.
Studio Theatre
IT’S TRUE! CRIPSiE’s shows are back! We are thrilled to bring our shows back to the stage this October. CRIPSiE (The Collaborative Radically Integrated Performers Society in Edmonton) is an Edmonton-based collective of artists that include people who experience disability and their allies. We challenge dominant stories of disability and other forms of oppression through high-quality crip and mad performance art, video art, as well as public education and outreach programs. Featuring movement, action theatre and storytelling from our members. Showcasing our choreographic mentorship participants and special guests Viva Dance Company. This performance is relaxed, ASL intepreted, with live captioning and sensory kits available.
Studio Theatre
Clean Up Your Act ProductionsThursday Nov 7th, 202418+$20 at the door$15 in advance CHAIRMAN: chairmanpunk.bandcamp.comTime-traveling New Wave Punk band SMALL PLEASURES: https://smallpleasuresmusic.bandcamp.com/.../small-pleasuresPost Punk duo from Victoria RUBBED RAWNew Rotten Egg Punk
The Dive Bar
A Théâtre français de Toronto production Author Karen Hines explores the dark side of real estate in Crawlspace, an award winning kafkaesque comedy translated from English by Mishka Lavigne, which takes a deplorable look at Canada's cruel and wacky real estate industry. The play is a study of the human condition. It also highlights the importance of twig orbs that decorate the tables and nooks of houses put up for sale.
SERVUS Credit Union Théâtre
Cycle is a solo-show written, developed, and performed by Andrew Ritchie. A story told from a stationary bike explores Ritchie's personal experience, history, and politics of active transportation and cycle culture in Canada. Audience members seated on stationary bikes will be asked to pedal alongside Ritchie as he traverses the dangers and highs of urban transportation and gig work culture. Inspired by true experiences as a bike food courier in Toronto, and the financial and physical precariousness of trying to 'make living' in Canada, Cycle will get your blood pumping and cultivate a new respect for the two-wheeled travel. CREATIVE TEAM Director: Kristi Hansen* Choreographer: Ainsley Hillyard Sound Designer: liv mcrobbie Cast: Andrew Ritchie Dramaturge: Geoffrey Simon Brown Stage Manager: Galen Hite *The participation of these Artists is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance Opera Theatre Policy (DOT).
Mile Zero Dance
Evelyn loses her husband in a bar bet. The thing is, she's not entirely sure she wants him back. A smart, feisty, sneakily feminist comedy about the important things in life: love, freedom, karaoke... and never letting frozen yogurt stand in the way of your dreams.
SERVUS Credit Union Théâtre
Hypochondriac, Argan, wants his daughter to marry a doctor so he can save on his medical bills. But she's in love with someone else. Soon the whole household joins in her madcap scheme to save true love and give Argan's doctors a dose of their own medicine.
SERVUS Credit Union Théâtre
Since the last Thursday of the month falls on Halloween Night proper, we are having our Halloween Nerd Nite on Tuesday the 29th of October. Come in costume as we will have a costume contest! Our 3 speakers for the evening will be covering freaky topics such as unnatural mangling of books for the sake of art, exhuming the rarest of books, and unlocking the energy hiding deep below our feet! Winston Pei: Frankensteining Frankenstein! Books are magical and important and should be treated with respect — but sometimes they can be transformed into a whole other kind of art. Introducing the world of Altered Books… Winston is a reader, writer, designer, book collector, bookseller, holistic librarian, and all around book nerd. When not in the bookish world, Winston can be found singing in choir, playing with Lego, and just trying to make the world a better place. But he also sometimes wrecks books for fun. You can find him online at butterfliesandaliens.com. Facebook: Winston PeiInstagram: @winston_at_blackriders Natasha D’Amours: The Wonderful World of Rare Books What makes a book rare? What are “incunabula,” and why are they so desirable to collectors? How should you handle rare materials – gloves or no gloves? Step into the wonderful world of rare books in this crash course on all things old, rare and bookish. Natasha D’Amours is a Master of Library and Information Studies student at the University of Alberta. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Writing from the University of Victoria, has worked in printing and bookbinding for several years, and is currently working at Bruce Peel Special Collections as a reading room supervisor and exhibition docent. As you can probably tell, she thinks that books are pretty neat. Twitter: @natashadamours Yasushi Ohki and Benjamin Lafferty: Unlocking the Powers of the Darkness Below The future of housing is captured in the word “sustainable”. Housing needs to be environmentally sustainable, socially sustainable, and financially sustainable. And at the heart of this future is the energy from the Earth, energy that is transferred using geothermal heat exchangers. Yasushi Ohki is the executive director of the non-profit housing development called Green Violin Community Development Company. With an education in civil engineering and architecture, combined with a career in land development, Yasushi has just completed his fifth year advocating for housing and is about to embark on the next five year Mission to Demonstrate new housing forms. Benjamin Lafferty is the founder and principal of an energy consultancy and design firm called Coulomb GeoExchange. With a thorough understanding of building performance and heat calculations, Benjamin designs and project manages the installation of complete energy solutions. His expertise sees him involved in projects ranging in size from the Tiny scale (tiny home communities) right on up to the Giga scale (think: Tesla’s new factory’s cooling towers)! Facebook: Green Violin YEGWeb: Coulomb GeoExchange Inc.
Studio Theatre
Lucienne, an only child, is enjoying perfect happiness when suddenly her parents announce big news: she is going to become a big sister! At first, Lucienne was a little worried, but her parents' enthusiasm quickly reassures her. However, as soon as her brother is born, everything changes: Jacques occupies his parents day and night, and Lucienne feels alone. When her mother smiles, Lucienne no longer believes her: where has the cheerfulness gone that previously lit up her smile? Lucienne decides to become the best big sister in the world to bring joy back to her family. Will Lucienne succeed in helping her mother find her true smile, the one that makes the blue of her eyes shine? A story about family, illness, but above all, love.
SERVUS Credit Union Théâtre
STRANGER SINGS! THE PARODY MUSICAL is a hilarious ‘upside down’ take on the hit Netflix series – and all its campy 1980s glory. Join Mike, Eleven, Lucas, Dustin, and the whole Hawkins gang for a night of adventure, thrills, pubescent angst, heavy synth, poor parenting, convoluted love triangles, cheap effects, dancing monsters, and maybe, just maybe… justice for everyone’s favorite missing ginger, Barb Holland. Special: 2 for 1 Tuesday, October 22, 7:30 pm - SOLD OUTSpecial: 20% Off Sunday, October 20, 7:30 pmCos-Play Night: Saturday, October 19 and 26, 7:30 pm - Dress in your best Stranger Things cosplay and get entered to win $500 in prizes!Opening Reception: Friday, October 18. Ticket holders for October 18 are welcome to stay after the show to meet the cast and enjoy light snacks and refreshments. Jonathan Hogue (Book, Music, & Lyrics) Director & Choreographer: David SonMusic Director: Grace HuangStage Manager: Justine WoodfallAssistant Stage Manager: Pat SirantCostumes: Debo GunningProps Master: Rachel Whipple Starring: Brian Christensen, Renell Doneza, Connor Foy, Jack Hunting, Liz Janzen, Carly Pettitt, Lucas Paterson, Melenie Reid, Jason Wong, Jeremey Zimmerman
Backstage Theatre
Set in Yonker, Saskatchewan in the late 1940s, Alphabet Line follows Duncan, a Queer man who has lived on his family farm his entire life. He sends out daily messages via radio in the hope of receiving a response and finally hears from Nicholas, a graduate student from Saskatoon. As the men take refuge in their shared conversations, days pass and both Duncan and Nicholas will have to reckon with each other’s pasts and embrace vulnerability or risk losing all they’ve built. Accessible Performances The following performances will be Sign Language interpreted: 2025-04-23 20:00 2025-04-24 20:00 2025-04-26 14:00 The following performances will be relaxed performances: 2025-04-23 20:00
Westbury Theatre
Sickness, family, love and noise. Punk Rock and concrete. A play with music, Brother Rat explores the triumphs and pitfalls of our mental wellness system through the lens of the band Theresa Give Me That Knife as they play a show in downtown Edmonton. Robby, Slayde, and Dianne play their instruments live in a ferocious bid to choose life ahead of grim survival and escape the tangled web of pipe and cable that has led them in and out of public housing. Written by Erik Richards with Music by Josh Meredith and Erik Richards. Adapted from the song Brother Rat / What Slayde Says by Canadian punk band NoMeansNo. Accessibility The following performances will be Sign Language interpreted: 2024-11-27 20:00 2024-11-28 20:00 The following performances will be relaxed performances: 2024-11-27 20:00
Backstage Theatre
Four workshops, one weekend: Welcome to the first-ever Common Ground Arts Producer Lab. Saturday November 30 + Sunday December 1, join us in Studio Theatre at the Fringe Theatre Arts Barns for a weekend of scheming and daydreaming as we explore four topics every indie producer tackles in their theatremaking journeys. You can just join one OR sign up for all four! Your Lab is up to you. Recommended Prices: $50 for one workshop $40/workshop if you sign up for 2-3 workshops $30/workshop if you sign up for all four workshops Cost should not be a barrier to accessing professional development. Only able to offer $5-10 per workshop or nothing at all? No worries - we just want to see you there. All workshops will be facilitated by Common Ground Arts' Managing Producer Mac Brock. Check out our amazing guest artists below! NOVEMBER 30 12:00-3:00pm Producing at Any ScaleOkay, but like, what is a producer? This workshop will explore the job description of “producer” for indie theatre and the ways it can change from the smallest script workshop to the largest professional production. NOVEMBER 30 4:00-7:00pm Grantwriting Basicswith guest Anastasia Maywood (Program Advisor, Edmonton Arts Council)Budgets! Support materials! How many ways can I say “this project is amazing!” This workshop will feature tips and tricks on how to frame your project for success, examples of all kinds of project budgets, and creative ways to welcome assessment committees into the world of your work. DECEMBER 1 12:00-3:00pm Working with Tech & Designwith guests Selina Painchaud (Technical Director, Edmonton Fringe Theatre)and Even Gilchrist (Sterling Award-nominated designer/playwright/producer)Your technical team are the unseen VIPs. How do you set them up for a seamless design process, production meeting, and tech week? This workshop will go in-depth on the many technical roles your indie show might need and tasks on your to-do list to keep a 10/10 working relationship. DECEMBER 1 4:00-7:00pm Intro to Indie Contractswith guest Lana Hughes (Associate Artistic Director, Shadow Theatre / former Managing Director, Catalyst Theatre)From DOT to Artist Collective and ADC to LOA, contracts can be a mountain of technical jargon. This workshop will cover the types of professional contracts producers should understand, the basics for an indie letter of agreement, and alternative ways to document responsibilities that will get your work off to a great start. Select the date and time of your preferred workshop(s) using the calendar below. The workshop description will show after you select a specific time.
Studio Theatre
IT’S TRUE! CRIPSiE’s shows are back! We are thrilled to bring our shows back to the stage this October. CRIPSiE (The Collaborative Radically Integrated Performers Society in Edmonton) is an Edmonton-based collective of artists that include people who experience disability and their allies. We challenge dominant stories of disability and other forms of oppression through high-quality crip and mad performance art, video art, as well as public education and outreach programs. Featuring movement, action theatre and storytelling from our members. Showcasing our choreographic mentorship participants and special guests Viva Dance Company. This performance is relaxed, ASL intepreted, with live captioning and sensory kits available.
Studio Theatre
Clean Up Your Act ProductionsThursday Nov 7th, 202418+$20 at the door$15 in advance CHAIRMAN: chairmanpunk.bandcamp.comTime-traveling New Wave Punk band SMALL PLEASURES: https://smallpleasuresmusic.bandcamp.com/.../small-pleasuresPost Punk duo from Victoria RUBBED RAWNew Rotten Egg Punk
The Dive Bar
A Théâtre français de Toronto production Author Karen Hines explores the dark side of real estate in Crawlspace, an award winning kafkaesque comedy translated from English by Mishka Lavigne, which takes a deplorable look at Canada's cruel and wacky real estate industry. The play is a study of the human condition. It also highlights the importance of twig orbs that decorate the tables and nooks of houses put up for sale.
SERVUS Credit Union Théâtre
Cycle is a solo-show written, developed, and performed by Andrew Ritchie. A story told from a stationary bike explores Ritchie's personal experience, history, and politics of active transportation and cycle culture in Canada. Audience members seated on stationary bikes will be asked to pedal alongside Ritchie as he traverses the dangers and highs of urban transportation and gig work culture. Inspired by true experiences as a bike food courier in Toronto, and the financial and physical precariousness of trying to 'make living' in Canada, Cycle will get your blood pumping and cultivate a new respect for the two-wheeled travel. CREATIVE TEAM Director: Kristi Hansen* Choreographer: Ainsley Hillyard Sound Designer: liv mcrobbie Cast: Andrew Ritchie Dramaturge: Geoffrey Simon Brown Stage Manager: Galen Hite *The participation of these Artists is arranged by permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association under the provisions of the Dance Opera Theatre Policy (DOT).
Mile Zero Dance
Evelyn loses her husband in a bar bet. The thing is, she's not entirely sure she wants him back. A smart, feisty, sneakily feminist comedy about the important things in life: love, freedom, karaoke... and never letting frozen yogurt stand in the way of your dreams.
SERVUS Credit Union Théâtre
Hypochondriac, Argan, wants his daughter to marry a doctor so he can save on his medical bills. But she's in love with someone else. Soon the whole household joins in her madcap scheme to save true love and give Argan's doctors a dose of their own medicine.
SERVUS Credit Union Théâtre
Since the last Thursday of the month falls on Halloween Night proper, we are having our Halloween Nerd Nite on Tuesday the 29th of October. Come in costume as we will have a costume contest! Our 3 speakers for the evening will be covering freaky topics such as unnatural mangling of books for the sake of art, exhuming the rarest of books, and unlocking the energy hiding deep below our feet! Winston Pei: Frankensteining Frankenstein! Books are magical and important and should be treated with respect — but sometimes they can be transformed into a whole other kind of art. Introducing the world of Altered Books… Winston is a reader, writer, designer, book collector, bookseller, holistic librarian, and all around book nerd. When not in the bookish world, Winston can be found singing in choir, playing with Lego, and just trying to make the world a better place. But he also sometimes wrecks books for fun. You can find him online at butterfliesandaliens.com. Facebook: Winston PeiInstagram: @winston_at_blackriders Natasha D’Amours: The Wonderful World of Rare Books What makes a book rare? What are “incunabula,” and why are they so desirable to collectors? How should you handle rare materials – gloves or no gloves? Step into the wonderful world of rare books in this crash course on all things old, rare and bookish. Natasha D’Amours is a Master of Library and Information Studies student at the University of Alberta. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Writing from the University of Victoria, has worked in printing and bookbinding for several years, and is currently working at Bruce Peel Special Collections as a reading room supervisor and exhibition docent. As you can probably tell, she thinks that books are pretty neat. Twitter: @natashadamours Yasushi Ohki and Benjamin Lafferty: Unlocking the Powers of the Darkness Below The future of housing is captured in the word “sustainable”. Housing needs to be environmentally sustainable, socially sustainable, and financially sustainable. And at the heart of this future is the energy from the Earth, energy that is transferred using geothermal heat exchangers. Yasushi Ohki is the executive director of the non-profit housing development called Green Violin Community Development Company. With an education in civil engineering and architecture, combined with a career in land development, Yasushi has just completed his fifth year advocating for housing and is about to embark on the next five year Mission to Demonstrate new housing forms. Benjamin Lafferty is the founder and principal of an energy consultancy and design firm called Coulomb GeoExchange. With a thorough understanding of building performance and heat calculations, Benjamin designs and project manages the installation of complete energy solutions. His expertise sees him involved in projects ranging in size from the Tiny scale (tiny home communities) right on up to the Giga scale (think: Tesla’s new factory’s cooling towers)! Facebook: Green Violin YEGWeb: Coulomb GeoExchange Inc.
Studio Theatre
Lucienne, an only child, is enjoying perfect happiness when suddenly her parents announce big news: she is going to become a big sister! At first, Lucienne was a little worried, but her parents' enthusiasm quickly reassures her. However, as soon as her brother is born, everything changes: Jacques occupies his parents day and night, and Lucienne feels alone. When her mother smiles, Lucienne no longer believes her: where has the cheerfulness gone that previously lit up her smile? Lucienne decides to become the best big sister in the world to bring joy back to her family. Will Lucienne succeed in helping her mother find her true smile, the one that makes the blue of her eyes shine? A story about family, illness, but above all, love.
SERVUS Credit Union Théâtre
STRANGER SINGS! THE PARODY MUSICAL is a hilarious ‘upside down’ take on the hit Netflix series – and all its campy 1980s glory. Join Mike, Eleven, Lucas, Dustin, and the whole Hawkins gang for a night of adventure, thrills, pubescent angst, heavy synth, poor parenting, convoluted love triangles, cheap effects, dancing monsters, and maybe, just maybe… justice for everyone’s favorite missing ginger, Barb Holland. Special: 2 for 1 Tuesday, October 22, 7:30 pm - SOLD OUTSpecial: 20% Off Sunday, October 20, 7:30 pmCos-Play Night: Saturday, October 19 and 26, 7:30 pm - Dress in your best Stranger Things cosplay and get entered to win $500 in prizes!Opening Reception: Friday, October 18. Ticket holders for October 18 are welcome to stay after the show to meet the cast and enjoy light snacks and refreshments. Jonathan Hogue (Book, Music, & Lyrics) Director & Choreographer: David SonMusic Director: Grace HuangStage Manager: Justine WoodfallAssistant Stage Manager: Pat SirantCostumes: Debo GunningProps Master: Rachel Whipple Starring: Brian Christensen, Renell Doneza, Connor Foy, Jack Hunting, Liz Janzen, Carly Pettitt, Lucas Paterson, Melenie Reid, Jason Wong, Jeremey Zimmerman
Backstage Theatre
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