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100 Years of Darkness tells a story about a group of Deaf students in the 1880s who are forced into cruel experiments to “cure” them of their Deaf language and culture. This story is based on Deaf students who survived schools for the Deaf during the 19th century. 100 Years of Darkness interrogates the real-world impacts the sign language ban has had on the Deaf community. This event is available on demand from 2023-03-28 through 2023-04-02. You will receive a link and a password to watch this event after purchasing a ticket.
Online
RAI Honey Ham Jam The Small Worlds Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door
The Aviary
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival. Workshop Description A comprehensive introductory workshop on achieving accessibility in your artistic work. Rethink your artistic practice and current understanding of “Accessibility” and “Inclusion.” This workshop will challenge participants to redefine their personal understanding of access by breaking down one’s experience, social location, and relationship to accessibility. Following this, the group will be able to imagine what access can look like in solo and collaborative work, and what steps are necessary to achieve it. Through introspection, group discussions, and thought-provoking exercises, Artists will leave this workshop with a greater understanding and action plan to better their commitment to achieving and providing accessibility and furthering their inclusion practices. *Rapid Covid-19 Tests will be provided for workshop participants and masks are encouraged but optional. About your Instructor Molly JF Caldwell is a yonsei visual artist and cultural worker based within Mohkinstis (“Calgary, AB”) She graduated from the Alberta University of the Arts in 2017 with a bachelor of fine arts. Since graduating, she has been a highly active community member within the arts, including chairing committees on boards, and recently being hired as Artistic Director of The Bows gallery. She has been working with Inside Out Theatre and the Good Host program since 2021. Through her work with Inside Out Theatre and her own artistic practice, Molly seeks to prioritize equity within the arts. Pay What You Will Suggested Amount of $15 What Do You Need To Join? In Person: Something To Take Notes Water Bottle If youth are wanting to join the workshop we welcome you, but you will need a guardian/adult to join you for the lab. Online: Your self Something to take notes A Device To Zoom In On An Internet Connection PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILLAll of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. TICKETSGeneral – $35Students/Seniors – $15Workshops - $15
Studio A
Anahita is a woman who refuses to wear the hijab and rules her own republic where she can live, dress, and speak as she pleases. To deal with the world outside of her compound, she controls the family business and the life of her brother Cyrus, whose happiness is sacrificed for her dreams. One night, on the eve of an important secret meeting between progressive leaders, a young woman in a chador comes to Anahita’s compound, carrying explosive secrets that might destroy everything Anahita has tried to build. Anahita’s Republic is a provocative and timely thriller set in Tehran, where strong, educated, and committed women work under constant threat to advance the well-being of their country. AuTash Productions would like to recognize the support of the Edmonton Arts Council, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Canada Council for the Arts. Talkbacks Talkbacks will be available after the following performances:May 21, 2023 at 1:30 PM: Art as Impact or Art As Expression?May 28, 2023 at 1:30 PM: Staging Anahita's Republic - Cast and Production Team Pay What You Will Tickets Pay What You Will tickets are available for the following performances:May 21, 2023 at 1:30 PMMay 28, 2023 at 1:30 PMMay 31, 2023 at 7:30 PM ASL Interpretation The performance on May 27, 2023 at 7:30 PM will be ASL interpreted.
Backstage Theatre
Direct from Halifax, At This Hour is a docudrama investigation that explores the causes of the Halifax explosion. In 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. The resulting massive explosion killed approximately 2000 people. It was the largest human made explosion before the atomic bomb. Within hours of the disaster Ottawa ordered a full investigation and the Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry began the following week. Constructed like an open seminar, the performers are documentarians and use verbatim text from the transcripts of the inquiry to tell the story of the explosion. Created with and for the Deaf and Blind/Partially Sighted communities, hearing and Deaf casts perform the show simultaneously. At This Hour was created by Hallfax’s Zuppa Theatre in partnership with Signs of the Maritimes Deaf Theatre Troupe, CNIB and The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
Backstage Theatre
Based on the original Broadway production that ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, and the Academy Award-winning motion picture, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast JR. is a fantastic adaptation of the story of transformation and tolerance. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast JR. features some of the most popular songs ever written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity. Full Price: $10.00 (inc. $1.50 fee)Student: $5.00 (inc $1.50 fee)
Maclab Theatre
Based on the characters and story of the 2019 Fringe hit, Boy Trouble is back featuring an entirely new production. Kay and Anthony have a lot in common. As two of the only gay kids in their town, their paths cross over years of birthday parties, summer nights, casual encounters - but some things only stay on the DL for so long. Boy Trouble is a cutting, physical, and playful interrogation of toxic masculinity and casual sex in the Grindr age. REVIEWSSterling Award Nominee - Outstanding Fringe Production (2019)"Impressive for its sharp, funny writing." - 12thnight.ca"A beautifully conceived and executed coming-of-age/coming-out comic-drama." - Edmonton Journal (2019 Best of Fest List)"Lyrical and relatable ... unexpectedly nuanced." - Ephemeral Pleasures CAST + CREATIVE TEAM Featuring Maxwell Hanic and Romar Dungo Written and directed by Mac Brock Production Design by Even Gilchrist Sound Design by Kena León Video Design by Tori Morrison and Judah Truong Fight/Intimacy Direction by Sam Jeffery Dramaturgy by Elena Eli Belyea Technical Director: Frances Girard Stage Manager: Andrea Handal Rivera Associate Producer: Saint Jackson Accessible Performances ASL Interpretation will be available at the following performances:May 17th, 8:00 PMMay 18th, 8:00 PMMay 23rd, 8:00 PM The following performances will be relaxed performances:May 17th, 8:00 PMMay 23rd, 8:00 PM This is show is a part of our Fringe Theatre Season. Visit fringetheatre.ca/season to learn more about our 2022 - 2023 Season.
Studio Theatre
BroncGratuitous PlatypusThe Cave Arcade Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door.
The Aviary
Curiosity, communication, connection, control. Can we genuinely coexist in an environment without disturbing it? Where do the commonalities and connections lie between our inner and outer landscapes, and why do we feel the need to control them both? Carbon Movements is a groundbreaking new dance performance that includes a unique tactile and visual score. Starring Deaf artist Connor Yuzwenko-Martin, with vibrotactile elements created by David Bobier and Jim Ruxton of the VibraFusionLab and direction by professional choreographer Ainsley Hillard. As part of our Invisible Practice collective, Carbon Movements centres around a deep curiosity we have: how can we create a performance where both hearing and Deaf audiences share the same experience? Director/Choreographer/Concept: Ainsley HillyardPerformer/Creative collaborator: Connor Yuzwenko-MartinVibraFusion Lab Artists: Jim Ruxton and David BobierLighting Designer: Ainsley HillyardLighting Technician: Chris HicksStage Manager: Jessy ArdernDramaturgical support: Chris Dodd, Pil Hansen, Aimee RushtonDeaf consultant: Chris DoddASL coordinator: Andrea KonowalecASL interpreter team: Andrea Konowalec, Carmelle Cachero, Christine Kozub, Gail Benin, Mikayla Maione, Jenni StevensSet builder: Melissa SchneiderProduction Support: James Kendal, Aaron HarrityPhotography: AR Bladon
Mile Zero Dance Studio
Carolyn MarkMike McDonaldTanyss NixiJody Shenkarek Tickets $12 advance, $30 at the door.
The Aviary
Join Marie-Pierre Petit and Jacques Hamon of the duo, Pafolie & Jaclo, for a hands-on workshop on clowning and mime. Based in Montreal, Marie-Pierre and Jacques are professional artists with decades of experience between them. Through clown theater exercises, participants will learn to better identify and express their emotions.
Studio Theatre
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival Class Description A workshop to explore the discovery of abstract puppetry and object expression in connection to storytelling with the body. We will create a container to analysis simple movements and going immediate into craft and creation. Finding everyday life observations and rhythms that are transposed into dynamic abstract structures and shapes, meant to be moved in space. Participants will be in direct contact with the basic material of simple cardboard, sticks, tape and garbage to creates forms and then put them into motion to discover their dramatics. We are miming our body for inspiration of structural and architectural and experimental language. *Rapid Covid-19 Tests will be provided for workshop participants and masks are encouraged but optional. About your Lab Instructor Elaine Weryshko (she/they) is a physical theatre artist and practitioner of live performance from Mohkínstsis||Calgary, Canada. My medium is the poetic body for a Post-Britney world, a practice based out of extensive worldly training in Mask, Clown, Greek Chorus/Ensemble and Puppetry. I write, perform, produce, teach, design and kamikaze live events in alternative spaces all over Alberta. I celebrate the need for epic and abstract ideas, while encouraging our collective exploration into our shared profane experiences with the natural world. I am interested in creating work that in unimaginable and unreproducible. Inspired through a visceral live honesty to keep pushing the collision of genres and be paving greater roads of permission for how we make live art and how we experience it. Through this physical and visual lens, I have found my voice as protester, punk and artist; an emotional expression which apart from being anarchistic and slightly chaotic, is essentially visual and poetic. I am trying to work in a way that encourages the un-traditional, sparks surrealism and reinvigorates how we gather together in chaos. Elaine is the co-Educational Director at the Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry, creator and coordinator of The WunderBriefs series at the Animated Objects Festival and co-curator of, to the AWE, a once reoccurring risk-based performance series in Calgary that finalized in 2021. In the past I have worked with or presented at: The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry, Alberta Gallery of Art, Mile Zero Dance, Sage Theatre, Springboard Performance, Alberta Gallery of Art, Swallow A Bicycle, Theatre Junction, the Pacitti Company (UK), The Invisible Dog (NYC), and mentored with immersive theatre giant PunchDrunk in their London production A Drowned Man. I have trained around the world at: The London International School of Performing Arts, Dell’ Arte International School of Physical Theatre, The Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance and with the SITI Company NYC Summer Viewpoints Intensive. Pay What You Will Suggested Donation of $15 What Do You Need To Join? In Person: Movement Clothes that you will be okay to wear while also using a glue-gun Water Bottle If youth are wanting to join the workshop we welcome you, but you will need a guardian/adult to join you for the lab. Online: Your self A Device To Zoom In On An Internet Connection Any of the following Glue Gun Glue Gun Sticks Masking Tape Watercolour Paints, Paint Brushes & Pages Cardboard Fun Garbage Craft Paper PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILLAll of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. TICKETSGeneral – $35Students/Seniors – $15Workshops - $15
Westbury Theatre
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre's Expanse Festival - Works In Process Series Alienation. Transformation. Beautiful rage. Creature of Habit is a solo piece that is in part clown, dark comedy, satire, and cabaret. It tells the story of an isolated young woman as she tries to find ways to cope with her loneliness, which proves to be quite difficult. Time is passing rapidly outside, but it seems to move at a snail’s pace in the confines of her apartment. She finds herself approaching a good old fashioned descent into madness, and must find a way to free herself from her demons before she becomes one herself. Artist Credits: Performer/Creator - Sophie May HealeyDirector - Zac StromStage Manager - Liz PageSet/Costume Design - Logan Burns Special thanks: Ben Healey, Karen May Healey, Jonathan Healey, June Fukumura, Sue Goberdhan, Morgan Yamada, Ren Calic What Is the Inspiration For Your Piece? I'm inspired by tales of transformation, and the many wonderful and terrible transformations that one can experience. I'm inspired by feminine masks of Noh, Franz Kafka, and people who write articles about their internet addictions. PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILLAll of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. SHOWSGeneral – $35Students/Seniors – $15 For group bookings, contact outreach@azimuththeatre.com Health and Safety: We are working hard to keep our wonderful artists and audiences as safe as possible, and health and safety at the forefront of what I do here are the things that we are working to do to keep our artists and audiences as safe as possible. We appreciated your collaboration and cooperation! Masking Encouraged for audience members – Masks available at the door Limited Audience Capacity and select Cabaret Seating to allow distance between parties if preferred
Westbury Theatre
Clean Up Your Act Presents: Brain Bent Chairman The Definitelys Bad Ham Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre's Expanse Festival DOT is a puppetry story of an ever-evolving spec through the molecular to the galactic. A surrealist and wordless-tale that inhabits all levels of micro and mega objects, throughout 2D and 3D worlds - told with manipulated liquids, holes, geometric shapes, reflections, shadow, sticks, bags and wind. It is an experience that encapsulates the vast shades within our shared humanity, from our delightfulness to cantankerous, viewed from the distance of the stars. Everything and Anything is either only an Explosion or a CollapseYet everything at large remains unchangeableAnd yet still completely unpredictable Creative Team Ensemble - Kit Benz, Evan Medd, Michael RolfeMaker / Creator - Elaine WeryshkoStage Manager - AJ MustersSound - Rebecca Reid, Ryan Bourne, & Keith RodgersLighting Design - AJ MustersConsultant - Nikki Emerson*Produced in collaboration with the Festival of Animated Objects Special thanks:Peter Balkwill, Xstine Cook, Nikki Loach, Sarah Beth, Mike Corbiell, The Old Trouts, The Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry, What Is the Inspiration For Your Piece? (The seed of inspiration) I wanted to create a performance that moved away from 'human based' forms and that was much more interpretive, even better if different people viewed different segments in multiple ways. I wanted to resurge a rise of surrealist meaning and storytelling by using shapes and items not meant to be 'good' or 'bad Beyond all that, many parts of this show are inspired off my own life threatening experience with cancer and I wanted to share the worst and the best of what it means to live. Production History: Festival Of Animated Objects 2022: Workshop Showing Festival Of Animated Objects 2023: Premier Check out more of Expanse here! We want to make sure that we are doing as much as possible to make a festival for all bodies to enjoy on and off stage. Expanse 2022 will feature the following: ASL Interpretation at least one performance of every show at the festival Touch Tours* Relaxed Performances* Described Audio* Online Version of the Festival – Following the In-Person Festival *Available for select performances Learn More Here PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL All of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. SHOWS Students/Seniors/Newcomers – $15General – $35 Health and Safety: We are working hard to keep our wonderful artists and audiences as safe as possible, and health and safety at the forefront of what I do here are the things that we are working to do to keep our artists and audiences as safe as possible. We appreciated your collaboration and cooperation! Masking Encouraged for audience members – Masks available at the door Limited Audience Capacity and select Cabaret Seating to allow distance between parties if preferred
Westbury Theatre
Del Barber Lucette Dylan Greenough Tickets $22 advance, $30 at the door.
The Aviary
Dual Nature Weak Material Tebby & The Heavy Tickets $10 in advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Emily Triggs, Carter Felker, Matt Patershuk - Money for Nothing Tour Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Emmet Michael w/ Zach Kleisinger & Sammy Volkov Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door.
The Aviary
Join us as we showcase the amazing pieces that will be a part of our Expanse Digital Fest. This event will highlight both local and provincial multimedia artists and is a perfect opportunity to enjoy the pieces in person, and enjoy a range of pieces on the big screen at the Westbury Theatre. Come sit back and enjoy top-notch digital storytelling celebrating our community. Ray and Cora - Ray - Michael VetschCora - Kijo GatamaDoug - Michael VetschWallaby - Michael VetschAnimation - Cristian Jonsson Backgrounds - Micah JonssonSound Design - Andrés MorenoSound Technician - Selina Painchaud Script by - Andrés Moreno Executive Producers - Sue Goberdhan and Morgan Yamada Directed by - Andrés Moreno Deep Within - Bianca Banique - Bret JacobsDirector - Andrés MorenoAssistant Director - Gabby MoukhaiberCinematography - Arthur Mah Choreography - Andrés Moreno Camera - Harvey LiSound Editing - Arthur MahEditing - Arthur MahMake up - CJ Rowein Hair - GemmeCostume - Andrés MorenoExecutive Producer- Morgan Yamada Executive Producer - Sue Goberdhan Illusion - Dancer - Tatiana DuqueScript by - Lady VanessaDirected by - Andrés MorenoCrew - Arthur Mah, Gabby Moukhaiber, Harvey LiProduced by - Sue Goberdhan, Morgan Yamada, Andrés MorenoEditing by - Harvey LiMUA - OMD4 Makeup & FX, Ashley Skrocki USSArtemis - Boathaus Studios:Ali DeRegt - Co-Creator and Voice ActorCamille Pavlenko - Co-CreatorGreg Wilson - Sound Designer, Composer, and Audio Engineering Emi Laara:Little Stories To Dream Directors: Hebert Poll Gutiérrez And Rodolfo Ortega ArnaízCountry: Coproduction Canada And Mexico.Duration: 30 MinutesLanguage: English With Spanish SubtitlesGeneral Producer: Rodolfo Ortega ArnaízProduction Company : Imaginante S.C (Mexico)Casting Director : Anna SalasScreenwriters: Hebert Poll Gutierrez And Anna SalasActing :Marcela Romero,Marconio Vázquez,Pilar Flores Del ValleDirector Of Photography: Christian Rios LlavotSound Design: Victor Nava Y Mata Editing And Postproduction: Arturo Batiz Lozano Honoring the Children: Rick Liberte- Videographer, EditorBrock Stonefish- MusicSandra Lamouche - Choreographer, spoken word Special thanks:Canada Council for the ArtsFringe TheatreAzimuth TheatreAlpacalypse productionsSalem ZurchNightshade Corsets and our community for your support. PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILLAll of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. TICKETSGeneral – $20Students/Seniors – $15
Westbury Theatre
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival. Azimuth Theatre's AZ-MAP Participants and Program Leaders discuss the Azimuth Mentorship and Apprenticeship Program (AZ-MAP) and how mentorship and apprenticeship have impacted their trajectories, what needs they have witnessed in the community and what their hopes are for other mentorship opportunities. Panel Speakers Carly Neis Bret Jacobs Morgan Yamada Sue Goberdhan We are meeting with our AZ-MAP participants for a public panel discussion to discuss how this groundbreaking initiative has changed their approach to theatre practices and work - from exercising more agency over their education plans to achieve their professional goals. With a wide variety of instructional pathways that are tailored to individual participant needs, we aim at creating opportunities on local, provincial & national scales! AZ-MAP offered two program participants the opportunity to take control of their training and professional development. With a focus on individualized pursuits based on professional goals, we are discussing how this kind of supported mentorship could be implemented nationally — leading to transformation in the landscape for emerging performance artists! PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILLAll of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. TICKETSGeneral – $35Students/Seniors – $15Workshops - $15 AccessibilityThis event will be ASL Interpreted.
Westbury Theatre
Get ready for a heartwarming tale that will take you on a journey of friendship, perseverance, and discovery! This year's festival presents a must-see play for all ages that tells the story of Fernando, a deaf boy from Colombia, who faces numerous challenges as he tries to keep up with his hearing peers. Fernando's journey is not an easy one, as he struggles to hear and communicate with the world around him. Despite wearing a hearing aid, he is constantly teased and ostracized by other children. His desire to learn sign language is met with resistance from his school, leaving him feeling isolated and frustrated. But everything changes when he meets a Deaf Llama who becomes his trusted companion and friend. As they embark on a quest to find the Llama's family, they encounter new obstacles that require them to communicate in different ways. With the help of the farmers they meet, Fernando and the Llama learn to overcome their differences and discover the beauty of diverse forms of sign language. This play is a beautiful tribute to the resilience of the human spirit and the magic of true friendship. Don't miss out on this unforgettable performance that will warm your heart and leave you with a renewed appreciation for the power of community!
Backstage Theatre
Hosted by Deaf filmmakers Alexandra Hickox, Ebony R. Gooden, and Katarina Ziervogel, this two-day workshop offers an exciting opportunity for Deaf artists interested in exploring filmmaking. Participants will learn the skills and techniques necessary to create compelling videos and films through interactive activities, group discussions, and practical demonstrations. The workshop will begin with a brief but engaging session for all participants to brainstorm ideas. The Deaf artists will be able to partake in a fun challenge to make a short video based on a theme (to be announced at the workshop). In addition, the participants will learn how to demonstrate their artistic abilities in a demo reel for their portfolio. Once the participants have learned the basics of videography, they will be given a demonstration on videotaping, editing a theatrical play, and live-streaming it online. We also will provide a short presentation on understanding the differences between playwriting andscreenwriting. Aside from technical aspects, the participants will also learn helpful tips on gaining better videography results. The workshop will conclude with a discussion on submitting a good audition tape, including an overview of industry terms such as slate and full-body. Participants will leave with the newly- acquired skills and knowledge necessary to continue pursuing their passion for filmmaking and take their careers to the next level! This is a 2-day workshop, held on 2023-04-01 10:30 AM and 2023-04-02 10:30 AM. Purchasing a ticket to the workshop on 2023-04-01 10:30 AM will also gain you access to the second workshop on 2023-04-02 10:30 AM.
Backstage Theatre
Garrett Mason - 2 sets Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door.
The Aviary
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre's Expanse Festival Being queer in Alberta's not for the faint of heart. Your sex toys' batteries keep dying from the cold, your bar doubles as a senior's dance hall, and your government won't stop trying to sell you on the merits of conversion therapy. But while your community's smaller, it's also uniquely awesome. GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM is a fast-paced, joyfully provocative queer sketch show straight from the heart of the God-fearing, gun-toting, beef-loving Alberta prairies. Created and performed by gay, short, and hot non-binary comedians Elena (or Eli) Belyea (they/she) and Syd Campbell (they/them), GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM is out to queer the world, one denim punchline at a time. Artist Credits Co-Created and performed byELENA ELI BELYEA and SYDNEY CAMPBELL Directed and additional writing byPAUL BLINOV With musical guestMIRANDA MARTINI Produced byELENA ELI BELYEA, SYDNEY CAMPBELL, TORI MORRISON Sound design byTORI MORRISON Dramaturgical support:Rochelle Laplante, Mohamed Ahmed, Frances Girard, Steven Sobolewski Special thanks:David Walker, Geoffrey Simon Brown, Fringe Theatre, Alyson Dicey, Pips, Bob Campbell, Laurie Phipps-Campbell What Is the Inspiration For Your Piece? (The seed of inspiration) Because so many LGBTQ+ stories set in conservative backdrops focus on grief and isolation, GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM centres queer self-actualization and joy. Sketches are punctuated by monologues from Elena and Syd's lives about growing up gay in 'Berta, giving the audience a chance to land and get their bearings before the jokes start flying again. These monologues make GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM more than "just a sketch show": they're the connective tissue tying the show together, providing an unflinching look of the complex realities of life as part of a marginalized community. Risky, raunchy, and surprisingly heartfelt, GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM will get you laughing, whatever your pronouns. PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL All of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. SHOWS General – $35Students/Seniors – $15For group bookings, contact outreach@azimuththeatre.com Health and Safety: We are working hard to keep our wonderful artists and audiences as safe as possible, and health and safety at the forefront of what I do here are the things that we are working to do to keep our artists and audiences as safe as possible. We appreciated your collaboration and cooperation! Masking Encouraged for audience members – Masks available at the door Limited Audience Capacity and select Cabaret Seating to allow distance between parties if preferred
Westbury Theatre
I.OZebra PulseGhost Cars Tickets $10 advance, $15 at the door.
The Aviary
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre's Expanse Festival "I am delighted to announce an evening of dance, featuring the exciting work created and performed by local artists, Skye Demas, Sandra Olarte and Tia Ashley Kushniruk & Christianne Ullmark. The participating artists bring their unique histories and virtuosity to the stage in a show not to be missed. While all three artistic teams and corresponding pieces have their distinct aesthetics, I believe they all address time and space in a way that only dance can. Time and space can be stretched in one moment and condensed in another. I am excited by this possibility and interested in how this is exhibited in each work. I see Interchange as a young forest. A thriving ecosystem of plants and trees at various stages in their process, available to exchange and share with one another."-Molly McDermott See all curated pieces together on March 24th, March 26th - Skye Demas GWDC New Work Award - ᑲᓇᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ Kanacicikewin - Cleanse, March 31th - where the tide meets the stream & Fragmented Journeys Creative Teams Fragmented Journeys Writer - Philip HackbornDance Dramaturgy - Deviani AndreaDirector /Producer - Sandra Olarte Ensemble:Rayel Komant (aerial artist)Anna Lubchenko (aerial artist)Kendra Lywood (aerial artist)Caitlin Mader (aerial artist)Sandra Olarte (aerial artist)Charece Pearman (aerial artist)Kennedy Tkach (aerial artist)Philip Hackborn (performer) Special thanks:Special thanks to Scott Rutledge, for his technical & creative support and providing the space that sparked the magic to happen. Thanks to Annie Dugan & Steph Gruson, from Firefly Theatre and Circus for making it possible to use their space for rehearsals. where the tide meets the stream Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved): Concept/Direction - Christianne Ullmark Interpreter - Tia Ashley Kushniruk 亚 女弟Sound Design - Christianne Ullmark Special thanks:University of Calgary, New Blu Emerging Dance, Toronto Dance Theatre, Beijing International Dance Festival ᑲᓇᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ Kanacicikewin - Cleanse Skye Demas - Good Women New Work Award Winner Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved): Performer, Choreographer – Skye DemasDirector – Skye DemasSound Design – the song is “Shiver” by Kosh Anade Special Thanks:Good Women Dance Collective Check out more of Expanse here! We want to make sure that we are doing as much as possible to make a festival for all bodies to enjoy on and off stage. Expanse 2022 will feature the following: ASL Interpretation at least one performance of every show at the festival Touch Tours* Relaxed Performances* Described Audio* Online Version of the Festival – Following the In-Person Festival *Available for select performances Learn More Here PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL All of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. SHOWS Students/Seniors/Newcomers – $15General – $35 For group bookings, contact outreach@azimuththeatre.com Health and Safety: We are working hard to keep our wonderful artists and audiences as safe as possible, and health and safety at the forefront of what I do here are the things that we are working to do to keep our artists and audiences as safe as possible. We appreciated your collaboration and cooperation! Masking Encouraged for audience members – Masks available at the door Limited Audience Capacity and select Cabaret Seating to allow distance between parties if preferred Health and Safety: We are working hard to keep our wonderful artists and audiences as safe as possible, and health and safety at the forefront of what I do here are the things that we are working to do to keep our artists and audiences as safe as possible. We appreciated your collaboration and cooperation! Masking Encouraged for audience members – Masks available at the door Limited Audience Capacity and select Cabaret Seating to allow distance between parties if preferred Accessibility The performance on March 31st at 6:30 PM will be ASL Interpreted.
Westbury Theatre
Jon McKeil + Guests Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Kasteel Rick Christian Selfish Bodies Travulta Girl Talk Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Little Miss Higgins w. guests.
The Aviary
SOUND OFF and Edmonton’s Rapid Fire Theatre return to bring you more of our unique brand of improv hilarity straight to your home! With the return of our online format, Maestro, we’re eliminating teams and pitting performers against each other for an ultimate battle of improv supremacy. This year we’re proud to present an ALL-DEAF team. Come cheer on your favorites as the in this hilarious knock-down battle where only one champion can remain! Don’t miss it! One show only! This event will be hosted on Zoom. You will receive a Zoom invite after purchasing a ticket.
Online
Join Deaf actor and makeup artist, Hayley Hudson, for a workshop on make-up for the stage. Hayley works for a makeup company called Seint and will share the tips has learned that could benefit those who are new to make-up for the stage. She will be covering all the basic and important elements that you will need. Also joining is her lovely assistant, Elizabeth Morris, who will act as the model for the demonstrations. Feel free to bring your own makeup so you can try things out for yourself! This event will be hosted on Zoom. You will receive a Zoom invite after purchasing a ticket.
Online
Mallory Chimpan Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Marlaena Moore w. guests Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Misfortune TellersMixed BlameGratuitous Platypus Tickets $10 advance, $15 at the door.
The Aviary
M is for Math – Wes Maciejewski: How many shapes are there? The answer is two. What makes one shape different than another? For elementary shapes like triangles and squares, the answer is simple: how many sides do they have? But what about shapes like that of the earth and of the universe? This idea of understanding the essence of “shape” spurred a great deal of philosophical thought for millennia. It took a 19th century polymath to give us the right way of thinking about this: does the shape have a hole in it or not? This led to one of the biggest unsolved problems known to humankind…and to this presentation. Wes is a mathematician. This is odd because he, growing up, never knew this is something people do. He became mathematician because he found math to be the most wonderful playground of ideas created by humans. He finished his undergrad sometime ago at the UofA, went on to a Master’s at the UofC, then a PhD at Queen’s. Since then, he’s held academic positions in Vancouver, Auckland, and California, presented at conferences all around the world, and is happy to now be back in his home province as a faculty member at Red Deer Polytechnic. M is for Mastodon – Chad Ohman: The Accidental Community: Reimagining Social Media Curiosity kills the cat, and if it doesn’t it makes it stronger. How an experiment grew to a community of over 35,000 members in the span of a month and how it’s managed to reshape how we interact with each other online. Chad runs the massively popular Mastodon instance mstdn.ca. M is for Marc-Julien – Marc-Julien Objois: Subtractive Synthesis: The Circuits that Make Music Marc-Julien is a software architect by trade, photographer and musician by hobby. He has had a long relationship with science, skepticism, and Nerd Nite Edmonton. He never passes up an opportunity to write about himself in the third person.Synthesizers come in many forms, but many of the sounds you hear in music from the last 60 years come from circuits generating oscillating voltages that get turned into sound. You’d be surprised at the simplicity of the origins of the sounds you hear, and also the rich variety that can be achieved. Marc-Julien will talk about how synthesizers from manufacturers such as Moog, Korg, and Roland make the bleeps and bloops you enjoy.
Studio Theatre
Cutoffs iPecactopus Out of Service Tickets $10 in advance, $14 at the door
The Aviary
On My SideThe Knot No HowzAche EaterAl3x4 Tickets $10 advance, $15 at the door.
The Aviary
Get ready to laugh, smile, and be entertained by the dynamic duo of Pafolie & Jaclo, direct from Montréal! We’re proud to present two of Quebec’s finest clowns, who will take you on a hilarious journey of clowning and mime. Pafolie (Marie-Pierre Petit) and Jaclo (Jacques Hamon) each have decades of experience with entertaining audiences. With their quirky antics and unique personalities, these clowns will have you in stitches from start to finish. So come one, come all, and witness the magic of Pafolie & Jaclo! This is a show that's perfect for all ages and it's guaranteed to leave you with a smile on your face and a skip in your step. Don't miss out on this incredible performance!
Backstage Theatre
Fools Reign of Error Rage Revival Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door
The Aviary
Signing Songs explores how a signed song artist, Robert Bhola, mediates between languages and modalities. The film seeks to understand the meanings that events and actions have for the artist. The film features interviews with Robert and samples of his work. In ASL with English voiceover and subtitles. Directed by: Kristin SnoddonProduced by: Xing Fan and Cinéall This event is available on demand from 2023-03-28 through 2023-04-02. You will receive a link and a password to watch this event after purchasing a ticket.
Online
Presented by Kristin Snoddon, this workshop will explore the methodologies of translating popular songs into ASL. Translating popular songs into American Sign Language and other national sign languages is not explored enough as an art form. It involves using different ways to communicate that people have access to, based on how their senses work. The workshop will feature the film "Signing Songs" that looks into the reasons and beliefs of a song signer as they interpret between languages and modes. After the movie, there will be a open discussion and Q&A. ASL/English accessible
Studio Theatre
In a distant kingdom, Simon, an apprentice inventor of ideas, has long been preparing to take over from his mentor Mo as the director of the Royal Imaginarium. During the official celebration of the gathering of directors of the Royal Assembly, Simon is under pressure to unveil his finest invention to the entire kingdom! After an unexpected incident in the Imaginarium, Simon faces several challenges before his big presentation. Throughout his quest, he meets other candidates for the Royal Assembly who face similar hardships. Together, Simon and his new friends learn how to manage their stress, their expectations of themselves and their personal strengths. This play, designed for students in kindergarten through grade 6, encourages audiences to engage with the themes of imagination, personal growth, and self-confidence.
La Cité Francophone Theatre
Steve Dawson & The Hooded Mergansers Tickets $18 in advance, $22 at the door.
The Aviary
Amai Kuda Et Les Bois Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door.
The Aviary
You, Me & Zach Good Jeans Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at the door
The Aviary
Created by Deaf artists Elizabeth Morris and Hayley Hudson, The MaryRobin Show is an entertaining showcase featuring comedy skits, ABC storytelling, visual vernacular, monologues, and dancing. Elizabeth and Hayley are Deaf professional actors with rich backgrounds in theatre and film. They are excited to present this show during SOUND OFF and hope that it brings you lots of laughter! Please note: This show contains some mature content and may not be suitable for children. This event is available on demand from 2023-03-28 through 2023-04-02. You will receive a link and a password to watch this event after purchasing a ticket.
Online
Everyone loves a bad girl. Deaf wealthy serial killer, Enchante, favors a Chinese cleaver to prey upon those who abuse young women. With her beauty and cunning charms, she entices her lovers to their deadly fate. Enter her mind of tasting blood as she welcomes you into her red rose world of secret stories. Please note: This event contains mature language and subject matter and is not suitable for children. ASL/English accessible This event will be hosted on Zoom. You will receive a Zoom invite after purchasing a ticket.
Online
Special April Fools show! SOUND OFF and Rapid Fire Theatre return for our 7th year to bring you more of our unparalleled brand of improv hilarity! Watch as two teams, each with a mixture of Deaf and hearing improvisors, go head-to-head in a battle for the senses. As always, in our SOUND OFF Edition, language is forbidden! Each team cannot use signs or speech and must boldly act out your suggestions within the physical limits of their bodies alone. Featuring the ridiculous improvisors from Edmonton's Rapid Fire Theatre along with our wacky artists from SOUND OFF's shows, this improv event is sure to leave you SPEECHLESS with laughter! Don’t miss it! One show only!
Backstage Theatre
TUNiCObroa Skai Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Tyson Ray BorsboomAmanda PennerSalty Auntie Tickets $17 advance, $21 at the door
The Aviary
Join Jennifer Manning (Montréal) and Sarah Snively (Edmonton) for a unique theater experience! These Deaf/DeafBlind cis-gender women share a common bond — they both have Usher Syndrome. During this entertaining and enlightening look at Usher Syndrome, Jennifer and Sarah offer audiences a deeply vulnerable and hilarious perspective on living with Usher (not the singer).
Backstage Theatre
This workshop will allow them to comprehend the need to think beyond and outside of the box. The main goal is to improve their visual intelligence: think visual, be visual. This workshop will focus on Visual Vernacular, its prominent features (including facial expressions, gestures, classifiers), and will include hands-on activities to see the benefits of using Visual Vernacular in theater. The workshops are exciting exercises to develop your body and facial expressions. Come and learn how to master controlling your body, eyesight, technique, iconic gestures, and special effects in ASL and Visual Vernacular. Please note: This workshop is intended for ASL/sign language users. Non-sign language users may find it challenging to participate.
Backstage Theatre
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre's Expanse Festival - Works in Process Series Kurama an oil painter moves to a new city. A story that looks at growing up, living with other humans, and who will survive at the end. Artist Credits:Playwright/Performer - Mohamed AhmedPerformers - David Madow, Jaylin JanuaryDirection - Joseph DanceyScenic Design - Sheldon StockdaleLighting Design - Tom TunskiSound Design - Mohamed Ahmed, Jaylin JanuaryStage Manager - Andraya Diogo Special thanks:Ahlam Hassan, Millwoods, and Existing! What Is the Inspiration For Your Piece? (The seed of inspiration)Who shouldn't I be by Sampha. Beautiful song. PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILLAll of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated.SHOWSGeneral – $35Students/Seniors – $15For group bookings, contact outreach@azimuththeatre.com Health and Safety: We are working hard to keep our wonderful artists and audiences as safe as possible, and health and safety at the forefront of what I do here are the things that we are working to do to keep our artists and audiences as safe as possible. We appreciated your collaboration and cooperation! Masking Encouraged for audience members – Masks available at the door Limited Audience Capacity and select Cabaret Seating to allow distance between parties if preferred
Westbury Theatre
Last year’s digital smash hit, When The Walls Come Down, returns to our festival — this time live on stage! Inspired by Caroline Hebert's life story, the performance sheds light on stereotypes and difficulties that many Deaf Canadians may face. We learn of her childhood as she shares that her parents never learned to sign and that she felt extremely alone and isolated. She tells us about the birth of her daughter and the pressure she was under to give up her baby because she is a Deaf mother. As Caroline grows older, she slowly finds her community and true sense of self. It’s impossible to not fall in love with her honesty and vulnerability throughout the performance. With stunning lighting design by James Proudfoot, the stage is transformed to reveal glimpses of memories that have impacted Caroline’s life. The performance integrates projects in unexpected ways and features an animation created by a team of five talented artists from the Vancouver Film School. Through contemporary dance Caroline's stories come to life. Evan Rapaport and Racheal Prince, both former artists with Ballet BC, dance the leading roles in the work alongside Caroline. The work is performed in ASL with English voice overs, making it equally accessible for hearing and Deaf audiences. We are excited to continue sharing this work so that everyone may experience an imaginative, thought provoking journey that helps to educate and potentially connects audience members to a community outside of their own.
La Cité Francophone Theatre
WhybieSynesthesiaSharpain Carnage PristineMom Weed Tickets $10 advance, $15 at the door.
The Aviary
“roots2reach” is the Montreal-based collaborative project of Alida Esmail (hearing dance and theatre artist), Hodan Youssouf (Deaf theatre artist), and Sophia Wright (hearing dance artist). These three artists have been learning how to work together since 2021 as they create a dance work accessible to both Deaf and hearing audiences. This workshop will look at how this Deaf/hearing collective has developed their collaboration and will give a look into their creative process, including their challenges, successes, and learnings thus far. The workshop aims to incite honest discussion between the Deaf and hearing communities and encourage others to dive into the rich work of Deaf/hearing partnerships! ASL/English accessible
Studio Theatre
sKiNDot CardiganSKQVIDS Tickets $10 advance, $15 at the door.
The Aviary
100 Years of Darkness tells a story about a group of Deaf students in the 1880s who are forced into cruel experiments to “cure” them of their Deaf language and culture. This story is based on Deaf students who survived schools for the Deaf during the 19th century. 100 Years of Darkness interrogates the real-world impacts the sign language ban has had on the Deaf community. This event is available on demand from 2023-03-28 through 2023-04-02. You will receive a link and a password to watch this event after purchasing a ticket.
Online
RAI Honey Ham Jam The Small Worlds Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door
The Aviary
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival. Workshop Description A comprehensive introductory workshop on achieving accessibility in your artistic work. Rethink your artistic practice and current understanding of “Accessibility” and “Inclusion.” This workshop will challenge participants to redefine their personal understanding of access by breaking down one’s experience, social location, and relationship to accessibility. Following this, the group will be able to imagine what access can look like in solo and collaborative work, and what steps are necessary to achieve it. Through introspection, group discussions, and thought-provoking exercises, Artists will leave this workshop with a greater understanding and action plan to better their commitment to achieving and providing accessibility and furthering their inclusion practices. *Rapid Covid-19 Tests will be provided for workshop participants and masks are encouraged but optional. About your Instructor Molly JF Caldwell is a yonsei visual artist and cultural worker based within Mohkinstis (“Calgary, AB”) She graduated from the Alberta University of the Arts in 2017 with a bachelor of fine arts. Since graduating, she has been a highly active community member within the arts, including chairing committees on boards, and recently being hired as Artistic Director of The Bows gallery. She has been working with Inside Out Theatre and the Good Host program since 2021. Through her work with Inside Out Theatre and her own artistic practice, Molly seeks to prioritize equity within the arts. Pay What You Will Suggested Amount of $15 What Do You Need To Join? In Person: Something To Take Notes Water Bottle If youth are wanting to join the workshop we welcome you, but you will need a guardian/adult to join you for the lab. Online: Your self Something to take notes A Device To Zoom In On An Internet Connection PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILLAll of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. TICKETSGeneral – $35Students/Seniors – $15Workshops - $15
Studio A
Anahita is a woman who refuses to wear the hijab and rules her own republic where she can live, dress, and speak as she pleases. To deal with the world outside of her compound, she controls the family business and the life of her brother Cyrus, whose happiness is sacrificed for her dreams. One night, on the eve of an important secret meeting between progressive leaders, a young woman in a chador comes to Anahita’s compound, carrying explosive secrets that might destroy everything Anahita has tried to build. Anahita’s Republic is a provocative and timely thriller set in Tehran, where strong, educated, and committed women work under constant threat to advance the well-being of their country. AuTash Productions would like to recognize the support of the Edmonton Arts Council, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, and the Canada Council for the Arts. Talkbacks Talkbacks will be available after the following performances:May 21, 2023 at 1:30 PM: Art as Impact or Art As Expression?May 28, 2023 at 1:30 PM: Staging Anahita's Republic - Cast and Production Team Pay What You Will Tickets Pay What You Will tickets are available for the following performances:May 21, 2023 at 1:30 PMMay 28, 2023 at 1:30 PMMay 31, 2023 at 7:30 PM ASL Interpretation The performance on May 27, 2023 at 7:30 PM will be ASL interpreted.
Backstage Theatre
Direct from Halifax, At This Hour is a docudrama investigation that explores the causes of the Halifax explosion. In 1917, two ships collided in Halifax Harbour. The resulting massive explosion killed approximately 2000 people. It was the largest human made explosion before the atomic bomb. Within hours of the disaster Ottawa ordered a full investigation and the Wreck Commissioner’s Inquiry began the following week. Constructed like an open seminar, the performers are documentarians and use verbatim text from the transcripts of the inquiry to tell the story of the explosion. Created with and for the Deaf and Blind/Partially Sighted communities, hearing and Deaf casts perform the show simultaneously. At This Hour was created by Hallfax’s Zuppa Theatre in partnership with Signs of the Maritimes Deaf Theatre Troupe, CNIB and The Maritime Museum of the Atlantic.
Backstage Theatre
Based on the original Broadway production that ran for over thirteen years and was nominated for nine Tony Awards, and the Academy Award-winning motion picture, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast JR. is a fantastic adaptation of the story of transformation and tolerance. Disney’s Beauty and the Beast JR. features some of the most popular songs ever written by Alan Menken and the late Howard Ashman, along with new songs by Mr. Menken and Tim Rice. The classic story tells of Belle, a young woman in a provincial town, and the Beast, who is really a young prince trapped under the spell of an enchantress. If the Beast can learn to love and be loved, the curse will end and he will be transformed to his former self. But time is running out. If the Beast does not learn his lesson soon, he and his household will be doomed for all eternity. Full Price: $10.00 (inc. $1.50 fee)Student: $5.00 (inc $1.50 fee)
Maclab Theatre
Based on the characters and story of the 2019 Fringe hit, Boy Trouble is back featuring an entirely new production. Kay and Anthony have a lot in common. As two of the only gay kids in their town, their paths cross over years of birthday parties, summer nights, casual encounters - but some things only stay on the DL for so long. Boy Trouble is a cutting, physical, and playful interrogation of toxic masculinity and casual sex in the Grindr age. REVIEWSSterling Award Nominee - Outstanding Fringe Production (2019)"Impressive for its sharp, funny writing." - 12thnight.ca"A beautifully conceived and executed coming-of-age/coming-out comic-drama." - Edmonton Journal (2019 Best of Fest List)"Lyrical and relatable ... unexpectedly nuanced." - Ephemeral Pleasures CAST + CREATIVE TEAM Featuring Maxwell Hanic and Romar Dungo Written and directed by Mac Brock Production Design by Even Gilchrist Sound Design by Kena León Video Design by Tori Morrison and Judah Truong Fight/Intimacy Direction by Sam Jeffery Dramaturgy by Elena Eli Belyea Technical Director: Frances Girard Stage Manager: Andrea Handal Rivera Associate Producer: Saint Jackson Accessible Performances ASL Interpretation will be available at the following performances:May 17th, 8:00 PMMay 18th, 8:00 PMMay 23rd, 8:00 PM The following performances will be relaxed performances:May 17th, 8:00 PMMay 23rd, 8:00 PM This is show is a part of our Fringe Theatre Season. Visit fringetheatre.ca/season to learn more about our 2022 - 2023 Season.
Studio Theatre
BroncGratuitous PlatypusThe Cave Arcade Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door.
The Aviary
Curiosity, communication, connection, control. Can we genuinely coexist in an environment without disturbing it? Where do the commonalities and connections lie between our inner and outer landscapes, and why do we feel the need to control them both? Carbon Movements is a groundbreaking new dance performance that includes a unique tactile and visual score. Starring Deaf artist Connor Yuzwenko-Martin, with vibrotactile elements created by David Bobier and Jim Ruxton of the VibraFusionLab and direction by professional choreographer Ainsley Hillard. As part of our Invisible Practice collective, Carbon Movements centres around a deep curiosity we have: how can we create a performance where both hearing and Deaf audiences share the same experience? Director/Choreographer/Concept: Ainsley HillyardPerformer/Creative collaborator: Connor Yuzwenko-MartinVibraFusion Lab Artists: Jim Ruxton and David BobierLighting Designer: Ainsley HillyardLighting Technician: Chris HicksStage Manager: Jessy ArdernDramaturgical support: Chris Dodd, Pil Hansen, Aimee RushtonDeaf consultant: Chris DoddASL coordinator: Andrea KonowalecASL interpreter team: Andrea Konowalec, Carmelle Cachero, Christine Kozub, Gail Benin, Mikayla Maione, Jenni StevensSet builder: Melissa SchneiderProduction Support: James Kendal, Aaron HarrityPhotography: AR Bladon
Mile Zero Dance Studio
Carolyn MarkMike McDonaldTanyss NixiJody Shenkarek Tickets $12 advance, $30 at the door.
The Aviary
Join Marie-Pierre Petit and Jacques Hamon of the duo, Pafolie & Jaclo, for a hands-on workshop on clowning and mime. Based in Montreal, Marie-Pierre and Jacques are professional artists with decades of experience between them. Through clown theater exercises, participants will learn to better identify and express their emotions.
Studio Theatre
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival Class Description A workshop to explore the discovery of abstract puppetry and object expression in connection to storytelling with the body. We will create a container to analysis simple movements and going immediate into craft and creation. Finding everyday life observations and rhythms that are transposed into dynamic abstract structures and shapes, meant to be moved in space. Participants will be in direct contact with the basic material of simple cardboard, sticks, tape and garbage to creates forms and then put them into motion to discover their dramatics. We are miming our body for inspiration of structural and architectural and experimental language. *Rapid Covid-19 Tests will be provided for workshop participants and masks are encouraged but optional. About your Lab Instructor Elaine Weryshko (she/they) is a physical theatre artist and practitioner of live performance from Mohkínstsis||Calgary, Canada. My medium is the poetic body for a Post-Britney world, a practice based out of extensive worldly training in Mask, Clown, Greek Chorus/Ensemble and Puppetry. I write, perform, produce, teach, design and kamikaze live events in alternative spaces all over Alberta. I celebrate the need for epic and abstract ideas, while encouraging our collective exploration into our shared profane experiences with the natural world. I am interested in creating work that in unimaginable and unreproducible. Inspired through a visceral live honesty to keep pushing the collision of genres and be paving greater roads of permission for how we make live art and how we experience it. Through this physical and visual lens, I have found my voice as protester, punk and artist; an emotional expression which apart from being anarchistic and slightly chaotic, is essentially visual and poetic. I am trying to work in a way that encourages the un-traditional, sparks surrealism and reinvigorates how we gather together in chaos. Elaine is the co-Educational Director at the Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry, creator and coordinator of The WunderBriefs series at the Animated Objects Festival and co-curator of, to the AWE, a once reoccurring risk-based performance series in Calgary that finalized in 2021. In the past I have worked with or presented at: The Old Trout Puppet Workshop, Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry, Alberta Gallery of Art, Mile Zero Dance, Sage Theatre, Springboard Performance, Alberta Gallery of Art, Swallow A Bicycle, Theatre Junction, the Pacitti Company (UK), The Invisible Dog (NYC), and mentored with immersive theatre giant PunchDrunk in their London production A Drowned Man. I have trained around the world at: The London International School of Performing Arts, Dell’ Arte International School of Physical Theatre, The Manitoulin Conservatory for Creation and Performance and with the SITI Company NYC Summer Viewpoints Intensive. Pay What You Will Suggested Donation of $15 What Do You Need To Join? In Person: Movement Clothes that you will be okay to wear while also using a glue-gun Water Bottle If youth are wanting to join the workshop we welcome you, but you will need a guardian/adult to join you for the lab. Online: Your self A Device To Zoom In On An Internet Connection Any of the following Glue Gun Glue Gun Sticks Masking Tape Watercolour Paints, Paint Brushes & Pages Cardboard Fun Garbage Craft Paper PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILLAll of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. TICKETSGeneral – $35Students/Seniors – $15Workshops - $15
Westbury Theatre
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre's Expanse Festival - Works In Process Series Alienation. Transformation. Beautiful rage. Creature of Habit is a solo piece that is in part clown, dark comedy, satire, and cabaret. It tells the story of an isolated young woman as she tries to find ways to cope with her loneliness, which proves to be quite difficult. Time is passing rapidly outside, but it seems to move at a snail’s pace in the confines of her apartment. She finds herself approaching a good old fashioned descent into madness, and must find a way to free herself from her demons before she becomes one herself. Artist Credits: Performer/Creator - Sophie May HealeyDirector - Zac StromStage Manager - Liz PageSet/Costume Design - Logan Burns Special thanks: Ben Healey, Karen May Healey, Jonathan Healey, June Fukumura, Sue Goberdhan, Morgan Yamada, Ren Calic What Is the Inspiration For Your Piece? I'm inspired by tales of transformation, and the many wonderful and terrible transformations that one can experience. I'm inspired by feminine masks of Noh, Franz Kafka, and people who write articles about their internet addictions. PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILLAll of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. SHOWSGeneral – $35Students/Seniors – $15 For group bookings, contact outreach@azimuththeatre.com Health and Safety: We are working hard to keep our wonderful artists and audiences as safe as possible, and health and safety at the forefront of what I do here are the things that we are working to do to keep our artists and audiences as safe as possible. We appreciated your collaboration and cooperation! Masking Encouraged for audience members – Masks available at the door Limited Audience Capacity and select Cabaret Seating to allow distance between parties if preferred
Westbury Theatre
Clean Up Your Act Presents: Brain Bent Chairman The Definitelys Bad Ham Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre's Expanse Festival DOT is a puppetry story of an ever-evolving spec through the molecular to the galactic. A surrealist and wordless-tale that inhabits all levels of micro and mega objects, throughout 2D and 3D worlds - told with manipulated liquids, holes, geometric shapes, reflections, shadow, sticks, bags and wind. It is an experience that encapsulates the vast shades within our shared humanity, from our delightfulness to cantankerous, viewed from the distance of the stars. Everything and Anything is either only an Explosion or a CollapseYet everything at large remains unchangeableAnd yet still completely unpredictable Creative Team Ensemble - Kit Benz, Evan Medd, Michael RolfeMaker / Creator - Elaine WeryshkoStage Manager - AJ MustersSound - Rebecca Reid, Ryan Bourne, & Keith RodgersLighting Design - AJ MustersConsultant - Nikki Emerson*Produced in collaboration with the Festival of Animated Objects Special thanks:Peter Balkwill, Xstine Cook, Nikki Loach, Sarah Beth, Mike Corbiell, The Old Trouts, The Canadian Academy of Mask and Puppetry, What Is the Inspiration For Your Piece? (The seed of inspiration) I wanted to create a performance that moved away from 'human based' forms and that was much more interpretive, even better if different people viewed different segments in multiple ways. I wanted to resurge a rise of surrealist meaning and storytelling by using shapes and items not meant to be 'good' or 'bad Beyond all that, many parts of this show are inspired off my own life threatening experience with cancer and I wanted to share the worst and the best of what it means to live. Production History: Festival Of Animated Objects 2022: Workshop Showing Festival Of Animated Objects 2023: Premier Check out more of Expanse here! We want to make sure that we are doing as much as possible to make a festival for all bodies to enjoy on and off stage. Expanse 2022 will feature the following: ASL Interpretation at least one performance of every show at the festival Touch Tours* Relaxed Performances* Described Audio* Online Version of the Festival – Following the In-Person Festival *Available for select performances Learn More Here PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL All of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. SHOWS Students/Seniors/Newcomers – $15General – $35 Health and Safety: We are working hard to keep our wonderful artists and audiences as safe as possible, and health and safety at the forefront of what I do here are the things that we are working to do to keep our artists and audiences as safe as possible. We appreciated your collaboration and cooperation! Masking Encouraged for audience members – Masks available at the door Limited Audience Capacity and select Cabaret Seating to allow distance between parties if preferred
Westbury Theatre
Del Barber Lucette Dylan Greenough Tickets $22 advance, $30 at the door.
The Aviary
Dual Nature Weak Material Tebby & The Heavy Tickets $10 in advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Emily Triggs, Carter Felker, Matt Patershuk - Money for Nothing Tour Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Emmet Michael w/ Zach Kleisinger & Sammy Volkov Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door.
The Aviary
Join us as we showcase the amazing pieces that will be a part of our Expanse Digital Fest. This event will highlight both local and provincial multimedia artists and is a perfect opportunity to enjoy the pieces in person, and enjoy a range of pieces on the big screen at the Westbury Theatre. Come sit back and enjoy top-notch digital storytelling celebrating our community. Ray and Cora - Ray - Michael VetschCora - Kijo GatamaDoug - Michael VetschWallaby - Michael VetschAnimation - Cristian Jonsson Backgrounds - Micah JonssonSound Design - Andrés MorenoSound Technician - Selina Painchaud Script by - Andrés Moreno Executive Producers - Sue Goberdhan and Morgan Yamada Directed by - Andrés Moreno Deep Within - Bianca Banique - Bret JacobsDirector - Andrés MorenoAssistant Director - Gabby MoukhaiberCinematography - Arthur Mah Choreography - Andrés Moreno Camera - Harvey LiSound Editing - Arthur MahEditing - Arthur MahMake up - CJ Rowein Hair - GemmeCostume - Andrés MorenoExecutive Producer- Morgan Yamada Executive Producer - Sue Goberdhan Illusion - Dancer - Tatiana DuqueScript by - Lady VanessaDirected by - Andrés MorenoCrew - Arthur Mah, Gabby Moukhaiber, Harvey LiProduced by - Sue Goberdhan, Morgan Yamada, Andrés MorenoEditing by - Harvey LiMUA - OMD4 Makeup & FX, Ashley Skrocki USSArtemis - Boathaus Studios:Ali DeRegt - Co-Creator and Voice ActorCamille Pavlenko - Co-CreatorGreg Wilson - Sound Designer, Composer, and Audio Engineering Emi Laara:Little Stories To Dream Directors: Hebert Poll Gutiérrez And Rodolfo Ortega ArnaízCountry: Coproduction Canada And Mexico.Duration: 30 MinutesLanguage: English With Spanish SubtitlesGeneral Producer: Rodolfo Ortega ArnaízProduction Company : Imaginante S.C (Mexico)Casting Director : Anna SalasScreenwriters: Hebert Poll Gutierrez And Anna SalasActing :Marcela Romero,Marconio Vázquez,Pilar Flores Del ValleDirector Of Photography: Christian Rios LlavotSound Design: Victor Nava Y Mata Editing And Postproduction: Arturo Batiz Lozano Honoring the Children: Rick Liberte- Videographer, EditorBrock Stonefish- MusicSandra Lamouche - Choreographer, spoken word Special thanks:Canada Council for the ArtsFringe TheatreAzimuth TheatreAlpacalypse productionsSalem ZurchNightshade Corsets and our community for your support. PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILLAll of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. TICKETSGeneral – $20Students/Seniors – $15
Westbury Theatre
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre’s Expanse Festival. Azimuth Theatre's AZ-MAP Participants and Program Leaders discuss the Azimuth Mentorship and Apprenticeship Program (AZ-MAP) and how mentorship and apprenticeship have impacted their trajectories, what needs they have witnessed in the community and what their hopes are for other mentorship opportunities. Panel Speakers Carly Neis Bret Jacobs Morgan Yamada Sue Goberdhan We are meeting with our AZ-MAP participants for a public panel discussion to discuss how this groundbreaking initiative has changed their approach to theatre practices and work - from exercising more agency over their education plans to achieve their professional goals. With a wide variety of instructional pathways that are tailored to individual participant needs, we aim at creating opportunities on local, provincial & national scales! AZ-MAP offered two program participants the opportunity to take control of their training and professional development. With a focus on individualized pursuits based on professional goals, we are discussing how this kind of supported mentorship could be implemented nationally — leading to transformation in the landscape for emerging performance artists! PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILLAll of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. TICKETSGeneral – $35Students/Seniors – $15Workshops - $15 AccessibilityThis event will be ASL Interpreted.
Westbury Theatre
Get ready for a heartwarming tale that will take you on a journey of friendship, perseverance, and discovery! This year's festival presents a must-see play for all ages that tells the story of Fernando, a deaf boy from Colombia, who faces numerous challenges as he tries to keep up with his hearing peers. Fernando's journey is not an easy one, as he struggles to hear and communicate with the world around him. Despite wearing a hearing aid, he is constantly teased and ostracized by other children. His desire to learn sign language is met with resistance from his school, leaving him feeling isolated and frustrated. But everything changes when he meets a Deaf Llama who becomes his trusted companion and friend. As they embark on a quest to find the Llama's family, they encounter new obstacles that require them to communicate in different ways. With the help of the farmers they meet, Fernando and the Llama learn to overcome their differences and discover the beauty of diverse forms of sign language. This play is a beautiful tribute to the resilience of the human spirit and the magic of true friendship. Don't miss out on this unforgettable performance that will warm your heart and leave you with a renewed appreciation for the power of community!
Backstage Theatre
Hosted by Deaf filmmakers Alexandra Hickox, Ebony R. Gooden, and Katarina Ziervogel, this two-day workshop offers an exciting opportunity for Deaf artists interested in exploring filmmaking. Participants will learn the skills and techniques necessary to create compelling videos and films through interactive activities, group discussions, and practical demonstrations. The workshop will begin with a brief but engaging session for all participants to brainstorm ideas. The Deaf artists will be able to partake in a fun challenge to make a short video based on a theme (to be announced at the workshop). In addition, the participants will learn how to demonstrate their artistic abilities in a demo reel for their portfolio. Once the participants have learned the basics of videography, they will be given a demonstration on videotaping, editing a theatrical play, and live-streaming it online. We also will provide a short presentation on understanding the differences between playwriting andscreenwriting. Aside from technical aspects, the participants will also learn helpful tips on gaining better videography results. The workshop will conclude with a discussion on submitting a good audition tape, including an overview of industry terms such as slate and full-body. Participants will leave with the newly- acquired skills and knowledge necessary to continue pursuing their passion for filmmaking and take their careers to the next level! This is a 2-day workshop, held on 2023-04-01 10:30 AM and 2023-04-02 10:30 AM. Purchasing a ticket to the workshop on 2023-04-01 10:30 AM will also gain you access to the second workshop on 2023-04-02 10:30 AM.
Backstage Theatre
Garrett Mason - 2 sets Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door.
The Aviary
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre's Expanse Festival Being queer in Alberta's not for the faint of heart. Your sex toys' batteries keep dying from the cold, your bar doubles as a senior's dance hall, and your government won't stop trying to sell you on the merits of conversion therapy. But while your community's smaller, it's also uniquely awesome. GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM is a fast-paced, joyfully provocative queer sketch show straight from the heart of the God-fearing, gun-toting, beef-loving Alberta prairies. Created and performed by gay, short, and hot non-binary comedians Elena (or Eli) Belyea (they/she) and Syd Campbell (they/them), GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM is out to queer the world, one denim punchline at a time. Artist Credits Co-Created and performed byELENA ELI BELYEA and SYDNEY CAMPBELL Directed and additional writing byPAUL BLINOV With musical guestMIRANDA MARTINI Produced byELENA ELI BELYEA, SYDNEY CAMPBELL, TORI MORRISON Sound design byTORI MORRISON Dramaturgical support:Rochelle Laplante, Mohamed Ahmed, Frances Girard, Steven Sobolewski Special thanks:David Walker, Geoffrey Simon Brown, Fringe Theatre, Alyson Dicey, Pips, Bob Campbell, Laurie Phipps-Campbell What Is the Inspiration For Your Piece? (The seed of inspiration) Because so many LGBTQ+ stories set in conservative backdrops focus on grief and isolation, GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM centres queer self-actualization and joy. Sketches are punctuated by monologues from Elena and Syd's lives about growing up gay in 'Berta, giving the audience a chance to land and get their bearings before the jokes start flying again. These monologues make GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM more than "just a sketch show": they're the connective tissue tying the show together, providing an unflinching look of the complex realities of life as part of a marginalized community. Risky, raunchy, and surprisingly heartfelt, GENDER? I HARDLY KNOW THEM will get you laughing, whatever your pronouns. PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL All of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. SHOWS General – $35Students/Seniors – $15For group bookings, contact outreach@azimuththeatre.com Health and Safety: We are working hard to keep our wonderful artists and audiences as safe as possible, and health and safety at the forefront of what I do here are the things that we are working to do to keep our artists and audiences as safe as possible. We appreciated your collaboration and cooperation! Masking Encouraged for audience members – Masks available at the door Limited Audience Capacity and select Cabaret Seating to allow distance between parties if preferred
Westbury Theatre
I.OZebra PulseGhost Cars Tickets $10 advance, $15 at the door.
The Aviary
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre's Expanse Festival "I am delighted to announce an evening of dance, featuring the exciting work created and performed by local artists, Skye Demas, Sandra Olarte and Tia Ashley Kushniruk & Christianne Ullmark. The participating artists bring their unique histories and virtuosity to the stage in a show not to be missed. While all three artistic teams and corresponding pieces have their distinct aesthetics, I believe they all address time and space in a way that only dance can. Time and space can be stretched in one moment and condensed in another. I am excited by this possibility and interested in how this is exhibited in each work. I see Interchange as a young forest. A thriving ecosystem of plants and trees at various stages in their process, available to exchange and share with one another."-Molly McDermott See all curated pieces together on March 24th, March 26th - Skye Demas GWDC New Work Award - ᑲᓇᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ Kanacicikewin - Cleanse, March 31th - where the tide meets the stream & Fragmented Journeys Creative Teams Fragmented Journeys Writer - Philip HackbornDance Dramaturgy - Deviani AndreaDirector /Producer - Sandra Olarte Ensemble:Rayel Komant (aerial artist)Anna Lubchenko (aerial artist)Kendra Lywood (aerial artist)Caitlin Mader (aerial artist)Sandra Olarte (aerial artist)Charece Pearman (aerial artist)Kennedy Tkach (aerial artist)Philip Hackborn (performer) Special thanks:Special thanks to Scott Rutledge, for his technical & creative support and providing the space that sparked the magic to happen. Thanks to Annie Dugan & Steph Gruson, from Firefly Theatre and Circus for making it possible to use their space for rehearsals. where the tide meets the stream Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved): Concept/Direction - Christianne Ullmark Interpreter - Tia Ashley Kushniruk 亚 女弟Sound Design - Christianne Ullmark Special thanks:University of Calgary, New Blu Emerging Dance, Toronto Dance Theatre, Beijing International Dance Festival ᑲᓇᒋᒋᑫᐃᐧᐣ Kanacicikewin - Cleanse Skye Demas - Good Women New Work Award Winner Artist Credits (Whole Team Involved): Performer, Choreographer – Skye DemasDirector – Skye DemasSound Design – the song is “Shiver” by Kosh Anade Special Thanks:Good Women Dance Collective Check out more of Expanse here! We want to make sure that we are doing as much as possible to make a festival for all bodies to enjoy on and off stage. Expanse 2022 will feature the following: ASL Interpretation at least one performance of every show at the festival Touch Tours* Relaxed Performances* Described Audio* Online Version of the Festival – Following the In-Person Festival *Available for select performances Learn More Here PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILL All of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated. SHOWS Students/Seniors/Newcomers – $15General – $35 For group bookings, contact outreach@azimuththeatre.com Health and Safety: We are working hard to keep our wonderful artists and audiences as safe as possible, and health and safety at the forefront of what I do here are the things that we are working to do to keep our artists and audiences as safe as possible. We appreciated your collaboration and cooperation! Masking Encouraged for audience members – Masks available at the door Limited Audience Capacity and select Cabaret Seating to allow distance between parties if preferred Health and Safety: We are working hard to keep our wonderful artists and audiences as safe as possible, and health and safety at the forefront of what I do here are the things that we are working to do to keep our artists and audiences as safe as possible. We appreciated your collaboration and cooperation! Masking Encouraged for audience members – Masks available at the door Limited Audience Capacity and select Cabaret Seating to allow distance between parties if preferred Accessibility The performance on March 31st at 6:30 PM will be ASL Interpreted.
Westbury Theatre
Jon McKeil + Guests Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Kasteel Rick Christian Selfish Bodies Travulta Girl Talk Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Little Miss Higgins w. guests.
The Aviary
SOUND OFF and Edmonton’s Rapid Fire Theatre return to bring you more of our unique brand of improv hilarity straight to your home! With the return of our online format, Maestro, we’re eliminating teams and pitting performers against each other for an ultimate battle of improv supremacy. This year we’re proud to present an ALL-DEAF team. Come cheer on your favorites as the in this hilarious knock-down battle where only one champion can remain! Don’t miss it! One show only! This event will be hosted on Zoom. You will receive a Zoom invite after purchasing a ticket.
Online
Join Deaf actor and makeup artist, Hayley Hudson, for a workshop on make-up for the stage. Hayley works for a makeup company called Seint and will share the tips has learned that could benefit those who are new to make-up for the stage. She will be covering all the basic and important elements that you will need. Also joining is her lovely assistant, Elizabeth Morris, who will act as the model for the demonstrations. Feel free to bring your own makeup so you can try things out for yourself! This event will be hosted on Zoom. You will receive a Zoom invite after purchasing a ticket.
Online
Mallory Chimpan Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Marlaena Moore w. guests Tickets $15 in advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Misfortune TellersMixed BlameGratuitous Platypus Tickets $10 advance, $15 at the door.
The Aviary
M is for Math – Wes Maciejewski: How many shapes are there? The answer is two. What makes one shape different than another? For elementary shapes like triangles and squares, the answer is simple: how many sides do they have? But what about shapes like that of the earth and of the universe? This idea of understanding the essence of “shape” spurred a great deal of philosophical thought for millennia. It took a 19th century polymath to give us the right way of thinking about this: does the shape have a hole in it or not? This led to one of the biggest unsolved problems known to humankind…and to this presentation. Wes is a mathematician. This is odd because he, growing up, never knew this is something people do. He became mathematician because he found math to be the most wonderful playground of ideas created by humans. He finished his undergrad sometime ago at the UofA, went on to a Master’s at the UofC, then a PhD at Queen’s. Since then, he’s held academic positions in Vancouver, Auckland, and California, presented at conferences all around the world, and is happy to now be back in his home province as a faculty member at Red Deer Polytechnic. M is for Mastodon – Chad Ohman: The Accidental Community: Reimagining Social Media Curiosity kills the cat, and if it doesn’t it makes it stronger. How an experiment grew to a community of over 35,000 members in the span of a month and how it’s managed to reshape how we interact with each other online. Chad runs the massively popular Mastodon instance mstdn.ca. M is for Marc-Julien – Marc-Julien Objois: Subtractive Synthesis: The Circuits that Make Music Marc-Julien is a software architect by trade, photographer and musician by hobby. He has had a long relationship with science, skepticism, and Nerd Nite Edmonton. He never passes up an opportunity to write about himself in the third person.Synthesizers come in many forms, but many of the sounds you hear in music from the last 60 years come from circuits generating oscillating voltages that get turned into sound. You’d be surprised at the simplicity of the origins of the sounds you hear, and also the rich variety that can be achieved. Marc-Julien will talk about how synthesizers from manufacturers such as Moog, Korg, and Roland make the bleeps and bloops you enjoy.
Studio Theatre
Cutoffs iPecactopus Out of Service Tickets $10 in advance, $14 at the door
The Aviary
On My SideThe Knot No HowzAche EaterAl3x4 Tickets $10 advance, $15 at the door.
The Aviary
Get ready to laugh, smile, and be entertained by the dynamic duo of Pafolie & Jaclo, direct from Montréal! We’re proud to present two of Quebec’s finest clowns, who will take you on a hilarious journey of clowning and mime. Pafolie (Marie-Pierre Petit) and Jaclo (Jacques Hamon) each have decades of experience with entertaining audiences. With their quirky antics and unique personalities, these clowns will have you in stitches from start to finish. So come one, come all, and witness the magic of Pafolie & Jaclo! This is a show that's perfect for all ages and it's guaranteed to leave you with a smile on your face and a skip in your step. Don't miss out on this incredible performance!
Backstage Theatre
Fools Reign of Error Rage Revival Tickets $10 in advance, $15 at the door
The Aviary
Signing Songs explores how a signed song artist, Robert Bhola, mediates between languages and modalities. The film seeks to understand the meanings that events and actions have for the artist. The film features interviews with Robert and samples of his work. In ASL with English voiceover and subtitles. Directed by: Kristin SnoddonProduced by: Xing Fan and Cinéall This event is available on demand from 2023-03-28 through 2023-04-02. You will receive a link and a password to watch this event after purchasing a ticket.
Online
Presented by Kristin Snoddon, this workshop will explore the methodologies of translating popular songs into ASL. Translating popular songs into American Sign Language and other national sign languages is not explored enough as an art form. It involves using different ways to communicate that people have access to, based on how their senses work. The workshop will feature the film "Signing Songs" that looks into the reasons and beliefs of a song signer as they interpret between languages and modes. After the movie, there will be a open discussion and Q&A. ASL/English accessible
Studio Theatre
In a distant kingdom, Simon, an apprentice inventor of ideas, has long been preparing to take over from his mentor Mo as the director of the Royal Imaginarium. During the official celebration of the gathering of directors of the Royal Assembly, Simon is under pressure to unveil his finest invention to the entire kingdom! After an unexpected incident in the Imaginarium, Simon faces several challenges before his big presentation. Throughout his quest, he meets other candidates for the Royal Assembly who face similar hardships. Together, Simon and his new friends learn how to manage their stress, their expectations of themselves and their personal strengths. This play, designed for students in kindergarten through grade 6, encourages audiences to engage with the themes of imagination, personal growth, and self-confidence.
La Cité Francophone Theatre
Steve Dawson & The Hooded Mergansers Tickets $18 in advance, $22 at the door.
The Aviary
Amai Kuda Et Les Bois Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door.
The Aviary
You, Me & Zach Good Jeans Tickets $12 in advance, $15 at the door
The Aviary
Created by Deaf artists Elizabeth Morris and Hayley Hudson, The MaryRobin Show is an entertaining showcase featuring comedy skits, ABC storytelling, visual vernacular, monologues, and dancing. Elizabeth and Hayley are Deaf professional actors with rich backgrounds in theatre and film. They are excited to present this show during SOUND OFF and hope that it brings you lots of laughter! Please note: This show contains some mature content and may not be suitable for children. This event is available on demand from 2023-03-28 through 2023-04-02. You will receive a link and a password to watch this event after purchasing a ticket.
Online
Everyone loves a bad girl. Deaf wealthy serial killer, Enchante, favors a Chinese cleaver to prey upon those who abuse young women. With her beauty and cunning charms, she entices her lovers to their deadly fate. Enter her mind of tasting blood as she welcomes you into her red rose world of secret stories. Please note: This event contains mature language and subject matter and is not suitable for children. ASL/English accessible This event will be hosted on Zoom. You will receive a Zoom invite after purchasing a ticket.
Online
Special April Fools show! SOUND OFF and Rapid Fire Theatre return for our 7th year to bring you more of our unparalleled brand of improv hilarity! Watch as two teams, each with a mixture of Deaf and hearing improvisors, go head-to-head in a battle for the senses. As always, in our SOUND OFF Edition, language is forbidden! Each team cannot use signs or speech and must boldly act out your suggestions within the physical limits of their bodies alone. Featuring the ridiculous improvisors from Edmonton's Rapid Fire Theatre along with our wacky artists from SOUND OFF's shows, this improv event is sure to leave you SPEECHLESS with laughter! Don’t miss it! One show only!
Backstage Theatre
TUNiCObroa Skai Tickets $15 advance, $20 at the door
The Aviary
Tyson Ray BorsboomAmanda PennerSalty Auntie Tickets $17 advance, $21 at the door
The Aviary
Join Jennifer Manning (Montréal) and Sarah Snively (Edmonton) for a unique theater experience! These Deaf/DeafBlind cis-gender women share a common bond — they both have Usher Syndrome. During this entertaining and enlightening look at Usher Syndrome, Jennifer and Sarah offer audiences a deeply vulnerable and hilarious perspective on living with Usher (not the singer).
Backstage Theatre
This workshop will allow them to comprehend the need to think beyond and outside of the box. The main goal is to improve their visual intelligence: think visual, be visual. This workshop will focus on Visual Vernacular, its prominent features (including facial expressions, gestures, classifiers), and will include hands-on activities to see the benefits of using Visual Vernacular in theater. The workshops are exciting exercises to develop your body and facial expressions. Come and learn how to master controlling your body, eyesight, technique, iconic gestures, and special effects in ASL and Visual Vernacular. Please note: This workshop is intended for ASL/sign language users. Non-sign language users may find it challenging to participate.
Backstage Theatre
Presented as part of Azimuth Theatre's Expanse Festival - Works in Process Series Kurama an oil painter moves to a new city. A story that looks at growing up, living with other humans, and who will survive at the end. Artist Credits:Playwright/Performer - Mohamed AhmedPerformers - David Madow, Jaylin JanuaryDirection - Joseph DanceyScenic Design - Sheldon StockdaleLighting Design - Tom TunskiSound Design - Mohamed Ahmed, Jaylin JanuaryStage Manager - Andraya Diogo Special thanks:Ahlam Hassan, Millwoods, and Existing! What Is the Inspiration For Your Piece? (The seed of inspiration)Who shouldn't I be by Sampha. Beautiful song. PAY-WHAT-YOU-WILLAll of our tickets are based on a Pay-What-You-Will model. However, to make the art happen, we have suggested rates below! Give more or give less. What’s important to Azimuth Theatre is sharing theatre experiences together. Any contribution is valued and appreciated.SHOWSGeneral – $35Students/Seniors – $15For group bookings, contact outreach@azimuththeatre.com Health and Safety: We are working hard to keep our wonderful artists and audiences as safe as possible, and health and safety at the forefront of what I do here are the things that we are working to do to keep our artists and audiences as safe as possible. We appreciated your collaboration and cooperation! Masking Encouraged for audience members – Masks available at the door Limited Audience Capacity and select Cabaret Seating to allow distance between parties if preferred
Westbury Theatre
Last year’s digital smash hit, When The Walls Come Down, returns to our festival — this time live on stage! Inspired by Caroline Hebert's life story, the performance sheds light on stereotypes and difficulties that many Deaf Canadians may face. We learn of her childhood as she shares that her parents never learned to sign and that she felt extremely alone and isolated. She tells us about the birth of her daughter and the pressure she was under to give up her baby because she is a Deaf mother. As Caroline grows older, she slowly finds her community and true sense of self. It’s impossible to not fall in love with her honesty and vulnerability throughout the performance. With stunning lighting design by James Proudfoot, the stage is transformed to reveal glimpses of memories that have impacted Caroline’s life. The performance integrates projects in unexpected ways and features an animation created by a team of five talented artists from the Vancouver Film School. Through contemporary dance Caroline's stories come to life. Evan Rapaport and Racheal Prince, both former artists with Ballet BC, dance the leading roles in the work alongside Caroline. The work is performed in ASL with English voice overs, making it equally accessible for hearing and Deaf audiences. We are excited to continue sharing this work so that everyone may experience an imaginative, thought provoking journey that helps to educate and potentially connects audience members to a community outside of their own.
La Cité Francophone Theatre
WhybieSynesthesiaSharpain Carnage PristineMom Weed Tickets $10 advance, $15 at the door.
The Aviary
“roots2reach” is the Montreal-based collaborative project of Alida Esmail (hearing dance and theatre artist), Hodan Youssouf (Deaf theatre artist), and Sophia Wright (hearing dance artist). These three artists have been learning how to work together since 2021 as they create a dance work accessible to both Deaf and hearing audiences. This workshop will look at how this Deaf/hearing collective has developed their collaboration and will give a look into their creative process, including their challenges, successes, and learnings thus far. The workshop aims to incite honest discussion between the Deaf and hearing communities and encourage others to dive into the rich work of Deaf/hearing partnerships! ASL/English accessible
Studio Theatre
sKiNDot CardiganSKQVIDS Tickets $10 advance, $15 at the door.
The Aviary
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