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Come meet and be in practice with our dance collective! Join us for an introductory workshop on the Somatics of Abolition, facilitated by one of our mentors, Pam Tzeng. In our time together, we’ll get embodied and curious. We’ll move and reflect. We’ll share and together explore some of the practices that shape our collective and how we build community care. Abolition in our work is lived: it guides how we move, how we listen, and how we hold one another accountable, grounded in connection, trust, and shared well-being. Rooted in Amiskwaciy, our work understands movement as a site of collaboration, co-creation and liberation for a justice-oriented world. Pam Tzeng 曾小桐 (they/she) is a second-generation Taiwanese-Canadian choreographer and interdisciplinary artist based in Mohkinstsis, Treaty 7 Territory. Led by their embodied curiosities, Pam take pleasure in extremes to craft honest, visceral and animated performances and immersive installations. Their work is evolving collection of intimate reflections on the politics of our individual, relational and collective bodies. At the heart of their practice is the question: What becomes possible in the felt space of knowing each other as different and the same? Pam offers the breadth of their creativity and intelligences to the work of equity and anti-oppression inthe arts and cultural sector. They are committed to serving a liberatory present-future through the many dimensions of their practice—as an artist, facilitator, conflict resolution practitioner, and somatic coach. For more about what Pam cares about, does and has made or contributed to visit: pamtzeng.com All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $30 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance: ASL (American Sign Language) Interpreted For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Westbury Theatre
An evening Welcome Gathering invites connection with the collective and the local creative community, opening space to imagine new ways of moving, creating, and being together. An abolitionist practice in our context emphasizes building a strong care-oriented community.What we’re aiming to build together is a collective consciousness and shared identity that mobilizes community members to develop the radical imagination needed to envision and build new futures. Estimated Duration120 minutes Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved) Collective Member – Mpoe Mogale – They/ThemCollective Member – Cherelle George – She/herCollective Member – Deborah Kissi – She/herCollective Member – Cindy Ansah – She/herPhotographer – Aliya Logun – She/her All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $15 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance: ASL (American Sign Language) Interpreted For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Westbury Theatre
Created by Calla Wright Binding is a post-dramatic solo show that takes inspiration from clown and drag. Through a mix of puppetry, visual metaphor and frank discussion, Cal explores what it is to have a relationship to a body part you've never really wanted, but are stuck with. Simultaneously absurd and vulnerable, Cal explores their relationship to their chest and body as a nonbinary person living in Alberta. Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved)Playwright / Performer – Calla WrightDirector / Dramaturg – Sarah EmslieStage Manager – Robin Wolff von SelzamCostume & Props Designer – Even Gilchrist (with contributions by The OctoberPeople and Kade Carter)Sound Designer – Autumn Strom (with contributions by Kena León)Lighting Designer – Larissa PohoConsultants - Carly Neis, Amorena Bartlett, Jeffrey Behrens and Max Dickeso All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance March 28: Deaf Theatre Interpreted, Touch Tour For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Studio Theatre
Created by Andrew Ritchie Cycle by Andrew Ritchie—a high-octane, immersive theatre experience set on a stationary bike. This groundbreaking award winning solo performance is written, developed, and performed by Ritchie. Cycle offers a dynamic and energetic experience that explores the gritty realities and exhilarating moments of active transportation and cycling culture in Canada. Audience members are invited to engage in the performance physically, seated on stationary bikes as they pedal alongside Ritchie, mirroring his intense ride as he traverses the dangers and highs of urban transportation. Through this interactive format, Cycle shines a light on Ritchie’s real-life experiences as a bike food courier in Toronto, and the financial and physical precariousness of trying to make a living in the gig economy. A deeply personal and politically charged journey, Cycle will get your blood pumping and cultivate a new respect for the two-wheeled travel. Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved)Director – Kristi Hansen*Choreographer – Ainsley Hillyard*Lighting and Projected Media Designer – T. Erin GruberDesign Assistant – Skye GrindeSound Designer – Liv McRobbiePlaywright / Performer – Andrew RitchieDramaturge – Geoffrey Simon BrownStage Manager – Galen Hite*Producers – Alyson Dicey & Dayna Lea HoffmannPromotional Graphic Designer – Tynan Boyd All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance March 28: Open captions, Sensory Informed Performance For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/ Content Advisories Vehicular death. Discussion of infant death. Direct address and some voluntary audience participation. Strobe lighting effects. Saturated lighting states. Moments of light in the audience.
Studio Theatre
Created by Kristi Hansen with Moment Discovery “Phantom Limbs” is a glitch in the machine. A dance with the past. A memory play that may or may not remember correctly. Part performance, part technological misfire, Phantom Limbs explores what the body remembers even when something is no longer physically present. Through movement, body-based technology, and layered memory, Kristi Hansen plays with absence, sensation, and the poetic tension between what once was and what remains. Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved) Creator / Performer – Kristi HansenBody-Based Technology Direction Collaborator – Pamela AnthonyDramaturgy Collaborator – Mũkonzi Wa MũsyokiMovement Collaborator – Ainsley HillyardEnvironmental Design Collaborator & Stage Manager – Tessa StampShow Control Collaborator – Jonah BadgerSound Design Collaborator – Charffy WangSound Design Mentor and Collaborator – Aaron MacriBody-Based Technology Consultation & Collaborator – Will BauerProducing Collaborator – Meghan DesjardinsVoice Artists – Tyson T. Khalema, Mona Sahi, Tabitha Biel Luak, Stanislav Zhurbenko, Lebogang Disele, and Kristi HansenAudio Recording Engineer – Sheldon ElterSpecial Thanks Thank you to the entire Moment Discovery team for their trust, investment, and belief in the Phantom Limbs project. And a huge thank you to the original 2022 research collaborators—Carly Neis, Sissy Thiessen Kootenayoo, and Chris Dodd—who helped explore the concept of phantom limb and the poetry that exists within what our bodies remember.A large portion of Phantom Limbs draws from Woody: a 2005 commission from the Manitoba Council for International Collaboration with original direction by Sheldon Elter, Sound and Video Design by Clinton Carew, revival direction by Murray Utas and revival dramaturgy by Steve Pirot in 2012.The Expanse 2026 production of "Phantom Limbs" has been created with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Edmonton Arts Council, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Where to Find the Artist Website: www.kristihansen.ca Instagram: @kristi.hansen77 Accessible Performance March 29: ASL (American Sign Language) Interpreted For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted. By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Moment Discovery
Lighting design is its own form of dramaturgy. It is a fundamental element of perfomance that has the ability to evoke emotion, surprise us, and shift our perspectives. Understanding the transformative qualities of light is an essential part of creating perfomance. Whether you have an interest in learning how lighting design works or are simply curious about experimenting with light, this class will engage in practical, hands on learning that will give an introduction to the fundamentals of lighting design. Together, students will be introduced to the ways we can consider light as an extension of scenography, choreography, and the body. This class will go over the basic principals and functionality of working with light for live perfomance, with a focus on colour theory, shadow, and integrating design into devised processes. This class will give students the chance to work with a hands on exploration with the ways light can transform our perspectives, and leave you with a basic understanding of lighting design. Alexandra Caprara (she/her) is a queer, interdisciplinary artist from Toronto, Ontario, whose practice is grounded in performance making and integrated design. She has worked internationally as a director, performer, and designer for lighting and video projection, and has presented her work across Canada alongside companies such as Arts Club, High Performance Rodeo, WorkMan Arts, New Works Dance, Theatre Replacement, and GoodWoman Dance. Her lighting design research has also been featured in the Prague Quadrennial “Technologies” Symposium in October 2024, where she delivered her talk, “Making Strange: Creating abstract perceptions of the body, space, and time using lighting technology” in reference to her project, “Ultra Violets.” She currently resides in Vancouver where she recently completed her MFA in interdisciplinary arts at Simon Fraser University. All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $30 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance: ASL (American Sign Language) Interpreted For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Westbury Theatre
Fairytales, lectures, dance, and song are infused with wild whimsy as creator-performers Keshia Cheesman and Bianca Miranda explore their friendship as two fat women on a journey to self-acceptance and fat liberation. They confront fatphobia, diet culture, and the intersection of fatness with race in this playfully political pop-art piece. Come hungry for a new perspective and leave fuller than you came! Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved): Playwright / Performer / Co-Producers - Keshia Cheesman & Bianca MirandaDirector - Clare PreussStage Manager - Marcia LiberPuppet Designer and Builder - Ali DeRegtProduction Manager & Lighting Designer - Alexandra PrichardSet Designer - Andy MoroDramaturg - Donna-Michelle St. BernardSound Designer & Composer - Kathryn KP SmithProjection & Video Designer - Maezy ReignProjection Mentor - Noriko MarumoProp Designer and Builder & Costume Consultant - Sarbkali HayerSet Painters - Chloe Diochnos and Noriko MarumoSet Builders - Mike Skwara & Barry Eldridge Special thanks: Aira Ang, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Alberta Theatre Projects, Alexa Elser, Alysha Kanji, Amihan, Aurora Lewis, Bowness Soapworks, Bertrand Bickersteth, Brad Scherger, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Camille Pavlenko, Cassie Holmes, Chanry Thach, Chantelle Han, Clare Preuss, Conrad Belau, Contemporary Calgary, Dani Driusso, Debbie Cheesman, Downstage, Francesca Milone-Ang, Gabby Bandayrel, Gabby’s Barbershop, GOAT, Handsome Alice Theatre, High Performance Rodeo, Jacqs Gallos Aquines, James Wade, Javier Vilalta, Jesse Palechek, Joshua Scott, Kathleen Ballangan, Kendra Nelson, Kevin Cheesman, Kevin Wilson, Kim Carson, Kim Clarete, Leslie Scherger, Lunchbox Theatre, Maddy Quinn, Mainstreet Market, Maria Bernadette Miranda, Marigold Santos, Maven, Meg Farhall, Mera Reyes, Mike Tan, Milk, Moonlight, Nathan Scherger, Nicole Reyes, Pam Tzeng, Rochelle Lamoureux, Rocky Mountain Soap Co, Saje, Sara Mason, Sew Gay, Teigan Blondin de Boer, Theatre Calgary, Tori Moniz, Village Ice Cream, YMCA Arts. All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted. Saturday, March 21: Brown Out PerformanceAzimuth Theatre, Concrete Theatre, and the Edmonton Chapter of the 3.7% Initiative are presenting Saturday, March 21st's The F-Word show as a “Brown-Out Performance” PLUS reception afterward with food, community, and karaoke! This performance is reserved for those who identify in BIPOC communities. Black and Brown Out Nights are events dedicated to celebrating with the communities reflected on stage. No ticketholder will be turned away from this performance, but we encourage audiences who are not part of racialized groups to attend other showtimes. Accessible Performance March 27: Open captions, Relaxed Experience, Audio Described For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Westbury Theatre
The Living Room Party is Azimuth Theatre’s annual offering to our community—a space to share works in progress, connect with fellow artists and audiences, and, above all, celebrate the artistic process of creation. Expect a night filled with electrifying entertainment, featuring a diverse array of performances that promise to dazzle and delight. In the past, our acts have ranged from powerful poems and script excerpts to performances by Juno-nominated artists. You never know what magic will unfold! Warnings or Content Advisories:TBC Artist information to be announced March 2026 All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance: Relaxed Experience, Open captions For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Studio Theatre
Through a physical exploration of the ways queer club culture, plant growth cycles, and sapphic intimacy intersect, ULTRA VIOLETS frames queer becoming as a cause for celebration. In this 55-minute dance-theatre work, an ensemble of queer dancers moves through phases of transformation on both individual and collective scales while inviting audiences to witness this process at hyper speed, moving through rot, rebirth, and everything in between. Set in a world that is part greenhouse, part underground dance club, the piece draws from disco aesthetics and ecology alike, unapologetically celebrating sapphic love and collective acts of resistance. With integrated design, plenty of disco balls, and dirt, ULTRA VIOLETS offers a glimpse into the process of becoming while asking one simple question: do you want to dance? Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved)Director / Creator – Alexandra CapraraSound Designer – Charlie CooperLighting & Set Designer – Alexandra CapraraStage Manager – Claire BrownPerformers – Sydney Bluck, Desiree James, Aisha Wewala, Natalia Martineau, Charlotte SamuelRehearsal Direction – Anna Wang-AlbaniCostume Creation – Anna Wang-AlbaniChoreography – Co-created by Alexandra Caprara, Sydney Bluck, Desiree James, Aisha Wewala, Anna Wang-Albani, and Charlotte SamuelProduction Manager – Gillian Hanemayer Please note: this work also features ten community ensemble members, who will be cast locally from Edmonton closer to the festival. Special ThanksErika Latta, Rob Kitsos, Wlad Woyno, Arthi Chandra, School for the Contemporary Arts, Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, and the Expanse Festival team. All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance March 25: Open captions, Sensory Informed Performance For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Westbury Theatre
Join "Phantom Limbs" creators, Kristi Hansen and Pamela Anthony, for an afternoon of exploration at Moment Discovery. We will be doing a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of Moment Discovery's body-based technology and how Kristi and Pamela have worked across disciplines and creation styles to collaborate on the "Phantom Limbs" project that has been percolating since 2022. Participants in the class will have the opportunity to build cues within the Moment Discovery software programs and to explore with the tech in space. Pamela Anthony is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator and director. Pamela’s career encompasses a long history of creative collaboration, commissioning and presenting art, as well as initiating large-scale public art installations integrating analog and digital culture. She runs DeerLand, an independent artists’ enclave, and her studio practice includes painting, photography, text and video. Pamela currently works in creative tech and human computing at Moment Discovery, where she designs and develops media art using live body-data. Kristi Hansen is a disabled theatre artist and the co-founder and co-Artistic Director of the Maggie Tree. She is the former co-Artistic Producer of Azimuth Theatre and a former Associate Artist at the Citadel Theatre. Kristi piloted the first Accessible Performance Series at the Citadel Theatre as their Access Coordinator for the Citadel's 2024/25 Season. Kristi’s work as an actor has taken them from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver Island to New Mexico, but Edmonton is their beloved home. Please note that this Performance Lab is happening as part of Expanse Festival's Professional Development Day. There will be additional workshops at the Westbury Theatre before this one, and Azimuth will have a bus available to take workshop participants from the Westbury to Moment Discovery and back. The bus will leave from the Westbury Theatre at 3:30PM. All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $30 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance: ASL (American Sign Language) Interpreted For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Moment Discovery
Come meet and be in practice with our dance collective! Join us for an introductory workshop on the Somatics of Abolition, facilitated by one of our mentors, Pam Tzeng. In our time together, we’ll get embodied and curious. We’ll move and reflect. We’ll share and together explore some of the practices that shape our collective and how we build community care. Abolition in our work is lived: it guides how we move, how we listen, and how we hold one another accountable, grounded in connection, trust, and shared well-being. Rooted in Amiskwaciy, our work understands movement as a site of collaboration, co-creation and liberation for a justice-oriented world. Pam Tzeng 曾小桐 (they/she) is a second-generation Taiwanese-Canadian choreographer and interdisciplinary artist based in Mohkinstsis, Treaty 7 Territory. Led by their embodied curiosities, Pam take pleasure in extremes to craft honest, visceral and animated performances and immersive installations. Their work is evolving collection of intimate reflections on the politics of our individual, relational and collective bodies. At the heart of their practice is the question: What becomes possible in the felt space of knowing each other as different and the same? Pam offers the breadth of their creativity and intelligences to the work of equity and anti-oppression inthe arts and cultural sector. They are committed to serving a liberatory present-future through the many dimensions of their practice—as an artist, facilitator, conflict resolution practitioner, and somatic coach. For more about what Pam cares about, does and has made or contributed to visit: pamtzeng.com All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $30 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance: ASL (American Sign Language) Interpreted For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Westbury Theatre
An evening Welcome Gathering invites connection with the collective and the local creative community, opening space to imagine new ways of moving, creating, and being together. An abolitionist practice in our context emphasizes building a strong care-oriented community.What we’re aiming to build together is a collective consciousness and shared identity that mobilizes community members to develop the radical imagination needed to envision and build new futures. Estimated Duration120 minutes Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved) Collective Member – Mpoe Mogale – They/ThemCollective Member – Cherelle George – She/herCollective Member – Deborah Kissi – She/herCollective Member – Cindy Ansah – She/herPhotographer – Aliya Logun – She/her All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $15 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance: ASL (American Sign Language) Interpreted For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Westbury Theatre
Created by Calla Wright Binding is a post-dramatic solo show that takes inspiration from clown and drag. Through a mix of puppetry, visual metaphor and frank discussion, Cal explores what it is to have a relationship to a body part you've never really wanted, but are stuck with. Simultaneously absurd and vulnerable, Cal explores their relationship to their chest and body as a nonbinary person living in Alberta. Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved)Playwright / Performer – Calla WrightDirector / Dramaturg – Sarah EmslieStage Manager – Robin Wolff von SelzamCostume & Props Designer – Even Gilchrist (with contributions by The OctoberPeople and Kade Carter)Sound Designer – Autumn Strom (with contributions by Kena León)Lighting Designer – Larissa PohoConsultants - Carly Neis, Amorena Bartlett, Jeffrey Behrens and Max Dickeso All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance March 28: Deaf Theatre Interpreted, Touch Tour For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Studio Theatre
Created by Andrew Ritchie Cycle by Andrew Ritchie—a high-octane, immersive theatre experience set on a stationary bike. This groundbreaking award winning solo performance is written, developed, and performed by Ritchie. Cycle offers a dynamic and energetic experience that explores the gritty realities and exhilarating moments of active transportation and cycling culture in Canada. Audience members are invited to engage in the performance physically, seated on stationary bikes as they pedal alongside Ritchie, mirroring his intense ride as he traverses the dangers and highs of urban transportation. Through this interactive format, Cycle shines a light on Ritchie’s real-life experiences as a bike food courier in Toronto, and the financial and physical precariousness of trying to make a living in the gig economy. A deeply personal and politically charged journey, Cycle will get your blood pumping and cultivate a new respect for the two-wheeled travel. Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved)Director – Kristi Hansen*Choreographer – Ainsley Hillyard*Lighting and Projected Media Designer – T. Erin GruberDesign Assistant – Skye GrindeSound Designer – Liv McRobbiePlaywright / Performer – Andrew RitchieDramaturge – Geoffrey Simon BrownStage Manager – Galen Hite*Producers – Alyson Dicey & Dayna Lea HoffmannPromotional Graphic Designer – Tynan Boyd All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance March 28: Open captions, Sensory Informed Performance For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/ Content Advisories Vehicular death. Discussion of infant death. Direct address and some voluntary audience participation. Strobe lighting effects. Saturated lighting states. Moments of light in the audience.
Studio Theatre
Created by Kristi Hansen with Moment Discovery “Phantom Limbs” is a glitch in the machine. A dance with the past. A memory play that may or may not remember correctly. Part performance, part technological misfire, Phantom Limbs explores what the body remembers even when something is no longer physically present. Through movement, body-based technology, and layered memory, Kristi Hansen plays with absence, sensation, and the poetic tension between what once was and what remains. Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved) Creator / Performer – Kristi HansenBody-Based Technology Direction Collaborator – Pamela AnthonyDramaturgy Collaborator – Mũkonzi Wa MũsyokiMovement Collaborator – Ainsley HillyardEnvironmental Design Collaborator & Stage Manager – Tessa StampShow Control Collaborator – Jonah BadgerSound Design Collaborator – Charffy WangSound Design Mentor and Collaborator – Aaron MacriBody-Based Technology Consultation & Collaborator – Will BauerProducing Collaborator – Meghan DesjardinsVoice Artists – Tyson T. Khalema, Mona Sahi, Tabitha Biel Luak, Stanislav Zhurbenko, Lebogang Disele, and Kristi HansenAudio Recording Engineer – Sheldon ElterSpecial Thanks Thank you to the entire Moment Discovery team for their trust, investment, and belief in the Phantom Limbs project. And a huge thank you to the original 2022 research collaborators—Carly Neis, Sissy Thiessen Kootenayoo, and Chris Dodd—who helped explore the concept of phantom limb and the poetry that exists within what our bodies remember.A large portion of Phantom Limbs draws from Woody: a 2005 commission from the Manitoba Council for International Collaboration with original direction by Sheldon Elter, Sound and Video Design by Clinton Carew, revival direction by Murray Utas and revival dramaturgy by Steve Pirot in 2012.The Expanse 2026 production of "Phantom Limbs" has been created with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Edmonton Arts Council, and the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. Where to Find the Artist Website: www.kristihansen.ca Instagram: @kristi.hansen77 Accessible Performance March 29: ASL (American Sign Language) Interpreted For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted. By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Moment Discovery
Lighting design is its own form of dramaturgy. It is a fundamental element of perfomance that has the ability to evoke emotion, surprise us, and shift our perspectives. Understanding the transformative qualities of light is an essential part of creating perfomance. Whether you have an interest in learning how lighting design works or are simply curious about experimenting with light, this class will engage in practical, hands on learning that will give an introduction to the fundamentals of lighting design. Together, students will be introduced to the ways we can consider light as an extension of scenography, choreography, and the body. This class will go over the basic principals and functionality of working with light for live perfomance, with a focus on colour theory, shadow, and integrating design into devised processes. This class will give students the chance to work with a hands on exploration with the ways light can transform our perspectives, and leave you with a basic understanding of lighting design. Alexandra Caprara (she/her) is a queer, interdisciplinary artist from Toronto, Ontario, whose practice is grounded in performance making and integrated design. She has worked internationally as a director, performer, and designer for lighting and video projection, and has presented her work across Canada alongside companies such as Arts Club, High Performance Rodeo, WorkMan Arts, New Works Dance, Theatre Replacement, and GoodWoman Dance. Her lighting design research has also been featured in the Prague Quadrennial “Technologies” Symposium in October 2024, where she delivered her talk, “Making Strange: Creating abstract perceptions of the body, space, and time using lighting technology” in reference to her project, “Ultra Violets.” She currently resides in Vancouver where she recently completed her MFA in interdisciplinary arts at Simon Fraser University. All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $30 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance: ASL (American Sign Language) Interpreted For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Westbury Theatre
Fairytales, lectures, dance, and song are infused with wild whimsy as creator-performers Keshia Cheesman and Bianca Miranda explore their friendship as two fat women on a journey to self-acceptance and fat liberation. They confront fatphobia, diet culture, and the intersection of fatness with race in this playfully political pop-art piece. Come hungry for a new perspective and leave fuller than you came! Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved): Playwright / Performer / Co-Producers - Keshia Cheesman & Bianca MirandaDirector - Clare PreussStage Manager - Marcia LiberPuppet Designer and Builder - Ali DeRegtProduction Manager & Lighting Designer - Alexandra PrichardSet Designer - Andy MoroDramaturg - Donna-Michelle St. BernardSound Designer & Composer - Kathryn KP SmithProjection & Video Designer - Maezy ReignProjection Mentor - Noriko MarumoProp Designer and Builder & Costume Consultant - Sarbkali HayerSet Painters - Chloe Diochnos and Noriko MarumoSet Builders - Mike Skwara & Barry Eldridge Special thanks: Aira Ang, Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Alberta Theatre Projects, Alexa Elser, Alysha Kanji, Amihan, Aurora Lewis, Bowness Soapworks, Bertrand Bickersteth, Brad Scherger, Calgary Arts Development, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, Camille Pavlenko, Cassie Holmes, Chanry Thach, Chantelle Han, Clare Preuss, Conrad Belau, Contemporary Calgary, Dani Driusso, Debbie Cheesman, Downstage, Francesca Milone-Ang, Gabby Bandayrel, Gabby’s Barbershop, GOAT, Handsome Alice Theatre, High Performance Rodeo, Jacqs Gallos Aquines, James Wade, Javier Vilalta, Jesse Palechek, Joshua Scott, Kathleen Ballangan, Kendra Nelson, Kevin Cheesman, Kevin Wilson, Kim Carson, Kim Clarete, Leslie Scherger, Lunchbox Theatre, Maddy Quinn, Mainstreet Market, Maria Bernadette Miranda, Marigold Santos, Maven, Meg Farhall, Mera Reyes, Mike Tan, Milk, Moonlight, Nathan Scherger, Nicole Reyes, Pam Tzeng, Rochelle Lamoureux, Rocky Mountain Soap Co, Saje, Sara Mason, Sew Gay, Teigan Blondin de Boer, Theatre Calgary, Tori Moniz, Village Ice Cream, YMCA Arts. All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted. Saturday, March 21: Brown Out PerformanceAzimuth Theatre, Concrete Theatre, and the Edmonton Chapter of the 3.7% Initiative are presenting Saturday, March 21st's The F-Word show as a “Brown-Out Performance” PLUS reception afterward with food, community, and karaoke! This performance is reserved for those who identify in BIPOC communities. Black and Brown Out Nights are events dedicated to celebrating with the communities reflected on stage. No ticketholder will be turned away from this performance, but we encourage audiences who are not part of racialized groups to attend other showtimes. Accessible Performance March 27: Open captions, Relaxed Experience, Audio Described For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Westbury Theatre
The Living Room Party is Azimuth Theatre’s annual offering to our community—a space to share works in progress, connect with fellow artists and audiences, and, above all, celebrate the artistic process of creation. Expect a night filled with electrifying entertainment, featuring a diverse array of performances that promise to dazzle and delight. In the past, our acts have ranged from powerful poems and script excerpts to performances by Juno-nominated artists. You never know what magic will unfold! Warnings or Content Advisories:TBC Artist information to be announced March 2026 All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance: Relaxed Experience, Open captions For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Studio Theatre
Through a physical exploration of the ways queer club culture, plant growth cycles, and sapphic intimacy intersect, ULTRA VIOLETS frames queer becoming as a cause for celebration. In this 55-minute dance-theatre work, an ensemble of queer dancers moves through phases of transformation on both individual and collective scales while inviting audiences to witness this process at hyper speed, moving through rot, rebirth, and everything in between. Set in a world that is part greenhouse, part underground dance club, the piece draws from disco aesthetics and ecology alike, unapologetically celebrating sapphic love and collective acts of resistance. With integrated design, plenty of disco balls, and dirt, ULTRA VIOLETS offers a glimpse into the process of becoming while asking one simple question: do you want to dance? Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved)Director / Creator – Alexandra CapraraSound Designer – Charlie CooperLighting & Set Designer – Alexandra CapraraStage Manager – Claire BrownPerformers – Sydney Bluck, Desiree James, Aisha Wewala, Natalia Martineau, Charlotte SamuelRehearsal Direction – Anna Wang-AlbaniCostume Creation – Anna Wang-AlbaniChoreography – Co-created by Alexandra Caprara, Sydney Bluck, Desiree James, Aisha Wewala, Anna Wang-Albani, and Charlotte SamuelProduction Manager – Gillian Hanemayer Please note: this work also features ten community ensemble members, who will be cast locally from Edmonton closer to the festival. Special ThanksErika Latta, Rob Kitsos, Wlad Woyno, Arthi Chandra, School for the Contemporary Arts, Canada Council for the Arts, BC Arts Council, and the Expanse Festival team. All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $35 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance March 25: Open captions, Sensory Informed Performance For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Westbury Theatre
Join "Phantom Limbs" creators, Kristi Hansen and Pamela Anthony, for an afternoon of exploration at Moment Discovery. We will be doing a deep dive into the nuts and bolts of Moment Discovery's body-based technology and how Kristi and Pamela have worked across disciplines and creation styles to collaborate on the "Phantom Limbs" project that has been percolating since 2022. Participants in the class will have the opportunity to build cues within the Moment Discovery software programs and to explore with the tech in space. Pamela Anthony is a multi-disciplinary artist, curator and director. Pamela’s career encompasses a long history of creative collaboration, commissioning and presenting art, as well as initiating large-scale public art installations integrating analog and digital culture. She runs DeerLand, an independent artists’ enclave, and her studio practice includes painting, photography, text and video. Pamela currently works in creative tech and human computing at Moment Discovery, where she designs and develops media art using live body-data. Kristi Hansen is a disabled theatre artist and the co-founder and co-Artistic Director of the Maggie Tree. She is the former co-Artistic Producer of Azimuth Theatre and a former Associate Artist at the Citadel Theatre. Kristi piloted the first Accessible Performance Series at the Citadel Theatre as their Access Coordinator for the Citadel's 2024/25 Season. Kristi’s work as an actor has taken them from Prince Edward Island to Vancouver Island to New Mexico, but Edmonton is their beloved home. Please note that this Performance Lab is happening as part of Expanse Festival's Professional Development Day. There will be additional workshops at the Westbury Theatre before this one, and Azimuth will have a bus available to take workshop participants from the Westbury to Moment Discovery and back. The bus will leave from the Westbury Theatre at 3:30PM. All tickets are Pay What You Will (PWYW). The suggested price is $30 but any amount is accepted. Accessible Performance: ASL (American Sign Language) Interpreted For more details on Accessible Shows, check out our website: https://azimuththeatre.com/expanse-festival/access/ By purchasing tickets to this event, you consent to sharing your contact information with Azimuth Theatre. Should you wish to withdraw your consent, please contact Azimuth Theatre at https://azimuththeatre.com/contact/
Moment Discovery
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