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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. Accessibility The following performances will be ASL interpreted: 2025-04-26 20:00 2025-04-27 20:00 The following performances will be relaxed performances: 2025-04-26 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. Adapted from the song Brother Rat / What Slayde Says by Canadian punk band NoMeansNo. Accessibility The following performances will be ASL 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
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
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
Like its name suggests, these are the best performers appearing at this year’s Edmonton Comedy Festival all wrangled onto one stage for one unforgettably hilarious show. Headlined by internationally touring comedian Tim Nutt with host Scott Belford. This show also features four of our most popular acts in Ottawa’s Rory Gardiner, Las Vegas’s Kristeen Von Hagen, Calgary’s Lori Gibbs and Edmonton's Andrew Grose and maybe a drop by guest or two. This is our 2024 “must see” show.
Westbury Theatre
What would the Edmonton Comedy Festival be without a stage full of Edmonton comedians? Headlined by our Producer, internationally touring comedian Andrew Grose, this show features some of Edmonton’s best professionals: Ben Proulx, Ken Valgardson, Tyler Hawkins, and Kyle Caniff. Everyone knows the hardest job in any comedy show is the emcee spot, so we gave that to Calgarian Scott Belford. Come on out and support the comedians that represent Edmonton across the country and around the world!
Westbury Theatre
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
Bears With Knives Productions and DEPTH Perception Productions are proud to bring you the 2nd Living With - A Performing Arts Festival For Mental Health Awareness. Three different events of performing arts dedicated to opening up the conversations about mental health. The Living With Festival will showcase a variety of performances including theatre, dance, spoken word, and music that will focus on mental health, its impact and the many different ways we all attempt to cope. The festival is a platform for artists to share their experiences, stories and help break the stigma surrounding mental health. Arts are a major form of expression, often saying things we don't know how to say, in ways we would never think of. Allow the arts to tell you stories, while raising awareness and funds for the Canadian Mental Health Association. Join us for 1, 2 or all 3 events as we open up, support one another and remember that we're not alone. FRIDAY NIGHT brings two powerful one acts. SATURDAY AFTERNOON brings our family friendly programming, so bring the kiddos! SATURDAY NIGHT brings a cabaret of song, dance and speech, which are definitely for the 18+ crowd.
Studio Theatre
Nerd Nite Edmonton is back for the Fall, and we’re eager to welcome you back. Join us to hear about video game reviews and why they suck, bike lanes in our cities, and video game history. Nathaniel Romance-Senneville: Why Video Game Review Scores Suck Before you may play a video game, you must buy a video game. The core thesis of this (hopefully humorous) talk is that the video game score that many use to determine whether a game is worth purchasing is less valuable than we perceive it to be. Quantified scores left by reviewers attempt to quantify so much qualitative about a game, where you can’t be sure of the journalistic rigor behind it. The aggregate score on platforms such as Steam store page and Metacritic are made of a lot of, what may politely be considered, questionable data. Nathaniel started playing video games around the age of four, and hasn’t been able to kick the addiction. No cross-country move, undergraduate degree or soul crushing jobs have gotten in the way of the playing of video games (He even got his partner addicted.) When moving (back) to Edmonton, the bus allowed three bags. He only brought the essentials: His desktop computer, his monitor, and other things he couldn’t remember. In his spare time, he sleeps and works a full-time job. Karly Coleman: Co-Design and City Governance – Self and Others in a Dispute Over Bike Lanes I examine how people engage socially with changes to the material infrastructure of the urban environment, and I specifically look at how people argue about bike lanes in Edmonton. I concentrate on how humans influence urban infrastructure and how that infrastructure influences human behaviour. Karly grew up in small towns located in northeastern Saskatchewan and central Brasil, giving her an eye for exposing the taken-for-granted in people’s lives. She seamlessly blends practicality with humour and so returned to university to pursue her Ph.D. She’s interested in bikes, cats, cozy murder, creative non-fiction, phenomenology and history. When she’s not writing about bike lanes, life in general, and her life specifically, she’s renovating her home, quelling cat fights, or performing random acts of gardening. @szaracat – Twitter Nisha Patel: It’s Dangerous to Go Alone It’s Dangerous to Go Alone focuses on a brief history of games as an emerging and evolving medium for art, writing, and play, and the alarming loss of game history that continues to grow. Games are being lost every day, and without concentrated advocacy for recording and access, many may be lost forever. Nisha Patel is a Poet Laureate Emeritus of the City of Edmonton and a Canadian Poetry Slam Champion. A queer and disabled artist, Nisha is a recipient of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal and the Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund Award. Her sophomore collection of poetry, A Fate Worse Than Death, engages in the necropolitics surrounding disability, and is out now with Arsenal Pulp Press. @anothernisha – Instagram@anothernisha – Threads
Backstage 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 22nd, 7:30 pm - SOLD OUTSpecial: 20% Off Sunday, October 20th, 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! Jonathan Hogue (Book, Music, & Lyrics) Director & Choreographer: David SonMusic Director: Grace HuangStage Manager: Justine Woodfall Starring: Brian Christensen, Renell Doneza, Connor Foy, Jack Hunting, Liz Janzen, Carly Pettitt, Lucas Paterson, Melenie Reid, Jason Wong, Jeremy Zimmerman
Backstage Theatre
Oct 25th Doors at 8:00pm $15 in advance $20 at the door At The Dive Bar THE WEIR "Grasping" record release w/ Culled The Endless
The Dive Bar
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. Accessibility The following performances will be ASL interpreted: 2025-04-26 20:00 2025-04-27 20:00 The following performances will be relaxed performances: 2025-04-26 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. Adapted from the song Brother Rat / What Slayde Says by Canadian punk band NoMeansNo. Accessibility The following performances will be ASL 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
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
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
Like its name suggests, these are the best performers appearing at this year’s Edmonton Comedy Festival all wrangled onto one stage for one unforgettably hilarious show. Headlined by internationally touring comedian Tim Nutt with host Scott Belford. This show also features four of our most popular acts in Ottawa’s Rory Gardiner, Las Vegas’s Kristeen Von Hagen, Calgary’s Lori Gibbs and Edmonton's Andrew Grose and maybe a drop by guest or two. This is our 2024 “must see” show.
Westbury Theatre
What would the Edmonton Comedy Festival be without a stage full of Edmonton comedians? Headlined by our Producer, internationally touring comedian Andrew Grose, this show features some of Edmonton’s best professionals: Ben Proulx, Ken Valgardson, Tyler Hawkins, and Kyle Caniff. Everyone knows the hardest job in any comedy show is the emcee spot, so we gave that to Calgarian Scott Belford. Come on out and support the comedians that represent Edmonton across the country and around the world!
Westbury Theatre
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
Bears With Knives Productions and DEPTH Perception Productions are proud to bring you the 2nd Living With - A Performing Arts Festival For Mental Health Awareness. Three different events of performing arts dedicated to opening up the conversations about mental health. The Living With Festival will showcase a variety of performances including theatre, dance, spoken word, and music that will focus on mental health, its impact and the many different ways we all attempt to cope. The festival is a platform for artists to share their experiences, stories and help break the stigma surrounding mental health. Arts are a major form of expression, often saying things we don't know how to say, in ways we would never think of. Allow the arts to tell you stories, while raising awareness and funds for the Canadian Mental Health Association. Join us for 1, 2 or all 3 events as we open up, support one another and remember that we're not alone. FRIDAY NIGHT brings two powerful one acts. SATURDAY AFTERNOON brings our family friendly programming, so bring the kiddos! SATURDAY NIGHT brings a cabaret of song, dance and speech, which are definitely for the 18+ crowd.
Studio Theatre
Nerd Nite Edmonton is back for the Fall, and we’re eager to welcome you back. Join us to hear about video game reviews and why they suck, bike lanes in our cities, and video game history. Nathaniel Romance-Senneville: Why Video Game Review Scores Suck Before you may play a video game, you must buy a video game. The core thesis of this (hopefully humorous) talk is that the video game score that many use to determine whether a game is worth purchasing is less valuable than we perceive it to be. Quantified scores left by reviewers attempt to quantify so much qualitative about a game, where you can’t be sure of the journalistic rigor behind it. The aggregate score on platforms such as Steam store page and Metacritic are made of a lot of, what may politely be considered, questionable data. Nathaniel started playing video games around the age of four, and hasn’t been able to kick the addiction. No cross-country move, undergraduate degree or soul crushing jobs have gotten in the way of the playing of video games (He even got his partner addicted.) When moving (back) to Edmonton, the bus allowed three bags. He only brought the essentials: His desktop computer, his monitor, and other things he couldn’t remember. In his spare time, he sleeps and works a full-time job. Karly Coleman: Co-Design and City Governance – Self and Others in a Dispute Over Bike Lanes I examine how people engage socially with changes to the material infrastructure of the urban environment, and I specifically look at how people argue about bike lanes in Edmonton. I concentrate on how humans influence urban infrastructure and how that infrastructure influences human behaviour. Karly grew up in small towns located in northeastern Saskatchewan and central Brasil, giving her an eye for exposing the taken-for-granted in people’s lives. She seamlessly blends practicality with humour and so returned to university to pursue her Ph.D. She’s interested in bikes, cats, cozy murder, creative non-fiction, phenomenology and history. When she’s not writing about bike lanes, life in general, and her life specifically, she’s renovating her home, quelling cat fights, or performing random acts of gardening. @szaracat – Twitter Nisha Patel: It’s Dangerous to Go Alone It’s Dangerous to Go Alone focuses on a brief history of games as an emerging and evolving medium for art, writing, and play, and the alarming loss of game history that continues to grow. Games are being lost every day, and without concentrated advocacy for recording and access, many may be lost forever. Nisha Patel is a Poet Laureate Emeritus of the City of Edmonton and a Canadian Poetry Slam Champion. A queer and disabled artist, Nisha is a recipient of the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee Medal and the Edmonton Artists’ Trust Fund Award. Her sophomore collection of poetry, A Fate Worse Than Death, engages in the necropolitics surrounding disability, and is out now with Arsenal Pulp Press. @anothernisha – Instagram@anothernisha – Threads
Backstage 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 22nd, 7:30 pm - SOLD OUTSpecial: 20% Off Sunday, October 20th, 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! Jonathan Hogue (Book, Music, & Lyrics) Director & Choreographer: David SonMusic Director: Grace HuangStage Manager: Justine Woodfall Starring: Brian Christensen, Renell Doneza, Connor Foy, Jack Hunting, Liz Janzen, Carly Pettitt, Lucas Paterson, Melenie Reid, Jason Wong, Jeremy Zimmerman
Backstage Theatre
Oct 25th Doors at 8:00pm $15 in advance $20 at the door At The Dive Bar THE WEIR "Grasping" record release w/ Culled The Endless
The Dive Bar
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