Theatre Calgary, in partnership with Arts Commons Presents, are thrilled to bring Calgary audiences the Tony Award-winning drama based on true events with Stefano Massini’s masterpiece The Lehman Trilogy, adapted by Ben Power.
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Curtain's Up! Another Exciting Year at Arts Commons
Every September, the kids go back to school, while actors, writers, directors – and symphony orchestras – go back to rehearsal.
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!
A Groundbreaking Artist's Story Comes to the Stage in World Premiere
Few know of Selma Burke, the Black American sculptor who played a major role in the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1920s and 30s. Among her works is a bas-relief plaque of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which is now widely accepted to be the basis for the design on the American dime, and something for which she never received credit within her lifetime.
Shakespeare and The Beatles in a Musical Theatre Mash-up
For more than 55 years, Theatre Calgary has produced numerous plays by William Shakespeare, and have staged even more musicals in that span. But something that hasn’t been done before? The words of Shakespeare and music of The Beatles at the same time! That all changes this March, as Theatre Calgary presents As You Like It, a musical conceived by Daryl Cloran and the Beard on the Beach Shakespeare Festival (Vancouver).
Made in Italy, Inspired in Alberta
Get ready to take in a great night of family, music, laughs, and food as Theatre Calgary and presenting partner Alberta Theatre Projects welcome Farren Timoteo to the Martha Cohen Theatre for his funny and lively one-person show, Made in Italy. A tour-de-force solo show, Made in Italy is a comedic chronicle of the generational differences in an immigrant family set in 1970s Jasper, Alberta.
The Greatest Mystery in Theatre Opens Theatre Calgary’s Season
Theatre Calgary is thrilled to open its ‘Theatre For All’ season with the classic whodunit The Mousetrap, by the world’s greatest mystery writer, Agatha Christie.
On a dark and snowy night, seven strangers find themselves trapped in a remote English guesthouse. The next morning, the snowed-in guests are joined by a police sergeant who brings news of a grisly murder in London. To the guests’ horror, he reveals that the killer may very well be in their midst. The thrills and suspense begin as the sergeant delves into the histories of the guests to uncover sordid pasts, as audiences will race to put the pieces of the puzzle together before the final curtain.
Shakespeare on the Bow Takes Theatre to the Great Outdoors
It’s summer in Calgary and with that comes one of the city’s favourite traditions: Shakespeare on the Go!
Theatre Calgary’s long-standing Shakespeare by the Bow program is back again this year and once again hitting the road to bring a classic work by William Shakespeare to multiple parks, community associations in Calgary and surrounding areas, as well as Heritage Park.