All in One Yellow Rabbit
Buckle up cowpokes, because the 38th Annual High Performance Rodeo is on the horizon, and the Rabbits have wrangled up the must-see shows for you! With 25 stellar shows in the lineup, this Rodeo promises to be the best one yet. So grab your cowboy hat, snuggle under a warm blanket, and sip on some cocoa as we spill the beans on our top picks.
After a successful return to the High Performance Rodeo this year, One Yellow Rabbit (OYR) continues the explosive energy this spring with an all-new musical. The world premiere of Nightingale Alley takes to the stage this April 12 – 23 in the Big Secret Theatre, Arts Commons.
With three weeks of live performances including six co-presenting partners, 12 venues, 26 shows, 115 performances, and 150 artists, One Yellow Rabbit’s 37th annual High Performance Rodeo is ready to heat up your winter.
Here's the inside track on the festival, so get a pen ready, call your friends, and map out your return to Calgary's International Festival of the Arts. There is something for everyone in this bold, wild and cutting-edge lineup that includes concerts, ballet, theatre and so much more.
In 1970, three women set to work making the dream for a performing arts centre in Calgary a reality. Today, Arts Commons is a top destination for arts and culture in North America. Learn more about the exciting history of Arts Commons—from the 1988 Olympic Games to the world famous Carthy Organ—and discover what the future holds!
Get ready Calgary for this exploration of regret, disaster, and accountability from the perspective of a self-sacrificing Jewish mother who initiates a marriage explosion.
The High Performance Rodeo is back! One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo (HPRodeo) is returning with a series of seven productions and presentations this spring including This Is the Story of the Child Ruled by Fear, May 26 - 28. Hand-picked to delight audiences, these seven selections represent what HPRodeo is all about – wild and ambitious, progressive and provocative, and inherently LIVE. We had a chance to sit down with artist David Gagnon Walker, creator of This Is the Story of the Child Ruled by Fear to find out what inspired him and how this unique show came to be.
One Yellow Rabbit’s 36th annual High Performance Rodeo, is about to warm up your winter with the hottest live-performance art in the city. We sat down with Producer Oliver Armstrong to find out what’s in store at Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts. Here’s what Producer, Oliver Armstrong is excited about for the upcoming HPRodeo.
On October 28, One Yellow Rabbit will welcome back bliss (the birthday party play) for its second run, returning live performance to the Big Secret Theatre stage at Arts Commons. Written and acted by Verb Theatre director Jamie Dunsdon, critically acclaimed bliss approaches the inopportune moments in life when, like an errant balloon, our ignorance is popped. Perhaps it’s the dawning horror that Santa’s handwriting looks an awful lot like moms, or the burgeoning weight of climate change and environmental action––whatever the catalyst, bliss embarks on an exploration of our vulnerability, our curiosity, and our limitless capacity to ignore that which we shouldn’t.
