Every September, the kids go back to school, while actors, writers, directors – and symphony orchestras – go back to rehearsal.
All in Downstage
Art Party Ignites Creative Spark
Arts Commons was bursting with creativity on July 4th at the final Art Party of the season. The evening pulsed with creative energy, welcoming guests to engage with a mix of artistic mediums and stories.
The 2024-25 Season at Arts Commons is Out of the Bag
From Tony Award-winning epics to light-hearted comedies, world-renowned composers to classical masterpieces, the 2024-25 season of the performing arts at Arts Commons has it all! Read on to learn about the amazing line-ups that the resident companies of Arts Commons - Alberta Theatre Projects, Arts Commons Presents, Downstage, Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, One Yellow Rabbit, and Theatre Calgary - have in store!
The Wild Side of Theatre with OMG Someone Dies!
Downstage Artistic Producer, Katherine Rawlinson, sat down with Bitch Sassidy, co-creator with Karla Marx, of GoGo Battles about Motel Theatre's upcoming one-of-a-kind experience you don't want to miss. This is a prime-time satirical feminist wrestling mini-series event for the ages!
Getting to Know Beautiful Man Actor Linda Kee
Hailed as “hysterically funny, brilliant, brutal” by Now Magazine, Beautiful Man makes its Alberta premiere in the Motel Theatre at Arts Commons. Written by the Hamilton-born Erin Shields who is known for her sharp lens interrogating the negative depictions of women in literature, Beautiful Man is a biting satire about the portrayal of women in film and television, co-produced by Downstage and Verb Theatre.
Bringing All the Good Things Together with Downstage
Dive into the creative minds of playwright solar punks, envisioning radical pluralistic futures where nature and community thrive in this series of staged readings from Climate Change Theatre Action 2023 - All Good Things Must Begin.
Stage It Festival Brightens Up Your May
Arts Commons is heating up this spring with Downstage’s Stage It Festival of new works! Downstage will host four days of theatre, music and more in Motel Theatre, Arts Commons. This fresh festival includes a new audio play from award winning local playwright, Tara Beagan plus three new plays that were created as part of Downstage’s Stage It Program.
