Writer: Emily Dallas
Director: Valmai Goggin
Musical Director: Joe Slabe
Designers: Kathryn Smith (Scenic and Lighting) Rebecca Toon (Costumes);
Actor Pictured: Tara Jackson
Photo: Benjamin Laird
Writer: Emily Dallas
Director: Valmai Goggin
Musical Director: Joe Slabe
Designers: Kathryn Smith (Scenic and Lighting) Rebecca Toon (Costumes);
Actor Pictured: Tara Jackson
Photo: Benjamin Laird
The Carole Forhan Theatre Arts Scholarship is available on an annual basis, in the amount of $500, awarded to an individual who demonstrates passion, dedication, a solid work ethic and commitment to theatre, and who is moving ahead to further their education and/or knowledge in the area of
Creative Calgary, a non-partisan civic coalition of artists, arts executives, philanthropists and city builders, is celebrating a major step forward for Calgary’s artists and arts organizations due to an unprecedented increase in funding for the sector. City Council has approved a plan to double Calgary Arts Development grants
The CASA Award is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 playwriting award is actor/director/playwright Rehane Abrahams of Cape Town, South Africa. The Jury, consisting of South African theatrical powerhouses Amy Jeptha, Sara Matchett, and Jennie Reznek, along with Canadian Chair and celebrated playwright/actor Marcia Johnson, had
Dan McGarvey | CBC News | December 8, 2018 Kids from Calgary Islamic School’s Omar Bin Al-Khattab campus are using the power of theatre to tackle subjects like Islamophobia, identity and the history of Muslims in Canada, working with a local theatre company. In a first for both organizations, the
Learn with Ambrose University – Performing Shakespeare with Kate Newby www.ambrose.edu/arts
As of December 31, 2018, Theatre Junction will be leaving THE GRAND theatre in Calgary. After Calgary’s oldest theatre was purchased by Theatre Junction and saved by the company from demolition in 2006, THE GRAND was transformed into a culture house for contemporary live art which served as a
Message from the Chair of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts For more than 25 years, the Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA) has served as the Government of Alberta’s primary supporter of artists and arts organizations. Our support helps ensure that the arts continue to be
Sarah Rieger | CBC News | November 28, 2018 City council voted 10-5 Wednesday against a motion that would have frozen the Calgary Arts Development Authority’s funding and plans instead to nearly double the agency’s budget next year. This year, the city gave CADA $6.4 million. The city’s
GALEN SIMMONS | THE STRATFORD BEACON HERALD | NOVEMBER 22, 2018 Anita Gaffney has devoted 27 years of her life to the Stratford Festival. The daughter of one of the people who established the festival in 1953, Gaffney is committed to seeing both the festival and the
Registration now open for Rozsa Executive Arts Leadership 2019 cohort. #REAL2019 #ArtsLeadership
Minister of Culture and Tourism Ricardo Miranda has proclaimed January 2019 as the first ever Month of the Artist in Alberta. The month will be an annual celebration of artists and the value they bring to the province, both socially and economically. “Alberta is a province full
CBC News | November 7, 2018 Calgary’s High Performance Rodeo announced its lineup Tuesday for the 33rd annual edition of the arts festival. The January festival, organized by theatre company One Yellow Rabbit, will feature more than 20 different performances from around the world, including collaborations with Alberta Theatre Projects,
CBC News | November 6, 2018 Quebec video artist and set designer Stéphanie Jasmin has won the $100,000 Siminovitch Prize in Theatre. The co-artistic director of Montreal’s UBU creative company was praised by the jury for “beautiful and highly original visions.” The 38-year-old gets $75,000
Mark Weber | Red Deer Express | October 31, 2018 With loads of experience from his own years in theatre, Red Deer’s Albertus Koett is thrilled to have signed on as the new artistic director for Tree House Youth Theatre. Born and raised in Red Deer,
Jane van Koeverden | CBC News | October 30, 2018 Sarah Henstra has won the 2018 Governor General’s Literary Award for fiction for her novel The Red Word, a murky and twisted story about sexual assault on a college campus that the jury called “an utterly effing good read.” The Governor General’s Literary
Liane Faulder| Grande Prairie Daily Herald | October 30 Edmonton’s Matthew MacKenzie has won the prestigious Carol Bolt Award for his new play, Bears. The national award, which comes with a $5,000 cash prize, comes from the Playwrights Guild of Canada and is awarded to a
A group of Calgary theatre companies have joined forces to fill a void and initiate a locally-based tour booking agency. Ghost River Theatre has received two years of funding from Canada Council to help kickstart the agency and along with Inside Out Theatre and Downstage, have committed to be
The winners of the Carol Bolt Award, RBC Emerging Playwright Award, Stage West Comedy and Musical Awards, Theatre for Young Audiences Award, Robert Beardsley Award, and PGC’s Honorary Membership Award were announced at the Tom Hendry Awards ceremony at The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto on Sunday, October
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