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Join us for an evening of good food, company and MURDER!

In this brand new fast-paced comedy murder mystery show, you will meet a brigade of quirky characters as they get your help to solve a grizzly murder. Laugh, cry, and celebrate as you learn the history of Longview, the Twin Cities, and some of the confirmed Ghosts residing in the hotel.

This show is created by the Erratic Players, a new Foothills theatre collective made up of artists from our own backyard. The Twin Cities Saloon is bringing you the chance to be part of their first destination theatre experience.

Your $70 ticket includes:

Your admission to the show that happens all around you
A full three-course meal is served during the show made by the Twin Cities
The chance to see the amazing venue, known to be haunted by at least 6 ghosts!

Enjoy a night out in Longview like no other, as the Twin Cities Saloon hosts this wild and funny show.

More dates will be added as shows fill up

THE PEACOCK SEASON

Show Times: Wed - Sat @ 7:30pm; Matinees Feb 4, 10, 11 & 17 @ 2:00pm
Tickets: Adults $23, Student/Senior $18
The play is set in 1908. Having made the mistake of marrying for love, Clarke and Cora Mariner are reminded upon renewed acquaintance with their former sweethearts, of all the riches their foolishness has denied them, and the simultaneous thought occurs to them that perhaps it’s not too late to try again. But, as divorce is unthinkable in their circle, murder appears to be the only answer, whereupon they try to do away with each other; their diabolical plans go awry to the extent of nine unintended victims. Suffice it to say that the police are as inept as the murderers, and all ends in as stylishly, and as charmingly bizarre, a fashion as it began.

CANTATA: RUMOURS OF MY CRAZY USELESS LIFE
A co-production with Sage Theatre
By Clem Martini (AB Playwright)
Directed by Jason Mehmel
Feb. 28th-Mar 3rd, 2024
Engineered Air Theatre, Arts Commons
Nightly at 7:30PM
Sat./Sun. matinee at 2PM

Martin discovers his mother’s health and cognitive abilities deteriorating while supporting his brother living with mental illness. Facing emotional and medical problems that feel almost unsolvable, Martin negotiates the delicate framework of caregiving in situations that are both heart-rending and darkly comic. In a symphony of overlapping perspectives, this award-winning play opens a window into the lives of a family going through the hidden, high-stakes struggles of elder care and mental illness.

• “A devastatingly beautiful account… Cantata is a master class in writing, direction, and acting.” – Louis B. Hobson, Calgary Sun

Dinner Theatre - March 8, 9, 15, 16/2024
Doors Open - 5:00pm
Dinner - 6:30pm
Play - 8:00pm
Matinee - March 17/2024
Doors Open - 1:00pm
Play - 2:00pm
Despite the different mishaps that occur while performing this play, the cast pushes through substituting actors, replacing missing props and lots of improv! Comedy at it's best!!

A world premiere directed by John Hudson
March 15 to March 31, 2024
At Nellie McClung Charter School for Girls, four girls join the science club to build a robot for an international student robot-building competition. They face power struggles, negotiate interpersonal relationships, and learn how to build a robot; all whilst facing the biggest hurdle of them all – how to survive being a teen age girl.
A new funny drama - or new serious comedy, about this fragile time in a young woman's life between childhood and being an adult.

Buy your grades. Buy your future. But what happens when the rest of the world finds out?
Ranked tells the story of a dystopian world where competition reaches new heights as publicized academic excellence defines each student's worth. When an impossible lie is discovered, the fate of these students' futures hangs in the balance. Ranked asks - what are you worth? Who decides? And what do you do when it all comes crashing down.
Join Hunting Hills Theatre Production students for their 2024 production of Ranked. Students perform in the live band, execute incredible choreography, present visually stunning tech, and share heartfelt storytelling; this is a must-see show that will have you thinking, "this was done by high school students?!"
Shows are at the Red Deer Memorial Centre from March 13-17 at 7:00PM, with a 1:30 Sunday matinee. Preview and matinee tickets are $18, evening shows are $22. Discounts available for Red Deer students through their schools.

F YOU CAN’T TRUST YOURSELF, WHO CAN YOU TRUST?
Rachel Watson escapes her dull life by watching the perfect couple through the train window every day until she witnesses something shocking unfold. Caught up in a world of infidelity and murder, she begins her own investigation, crossing a dangerous line and turning into a suspect herself. Facing difficult truths about a life lost, this stirring psychological thriller reveals bigger secrets than Rachel could have ever imagined.
This riveting Canadian Premiere, adapted from Paula Hawkins NY Times best-selling novel turned Hollywood film, keeps the tension mounting right up until the final reveal.

Do you dream of seeing Casselman, the ice storm and a cow named Caramel in the same movie? So do we. But until we get the budget, here’s the musical. Very freely inspired by a true story, Vaches, the musical tells how Jean, a farmer, will try to save hundreds of cows from certain death despite the obstacles: his urban daughter, the money-hungry mayor, the soldiers who show up and the ice storm that is freezing the hearts of the inhabitants.

Both funny and touching, Vaches, the musical speaks (and sings!) with humour and sincerity about living together and the resilience of Franco-Ontarians in the face of adversity.

March 21st to 23rd 2024 at 7:30pm

Directed by Dillon Orr
Cast: Constant Bernard, Maxim David, Emma Ferrante, Stéphane Guertin and Geneviève Roberge-Bouchard

Join our youth musical theatre course participants for our production of Raise Your Voice: A Musical Revue!
TICKETS AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION:
Tickets are available at showpass.com.
Please note that all tickets are for general admission.
Theatre doors open thirty minutes before the performance begins.
Performance dates are as follows:
• Friday, March 22, 2024, 2023 at 7:00 p.m.
• Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 12:00 p.m.
• Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 4:00 p.m.

Directed by John Hudson
Anonymous online columnist “Sugar” receives thousands of letters asking for advice, and with her own particular brand of brutal honesty and incisive empathy, helps those seeking guidance with life’s obstacles both large and small. Based on the best-selling book by Cheryl Strayed, Tiny Beautiful Things is a luminous play that personifies the unfathomable questions that are at the heart of being human.
“Tiny Beautiful Things is about the endangered art of listening to – and really hearing and responding to – other people…” – NYT

THE GONDOLIERS
Show Times: Wed - Sat @ 7:30pm; Matinees Apr 28 & May 4 @ 2:00pm
Tickets: Adults $23, Student/Senior $18

It is with all the necessary and appropriate pomp, that we announce, pronounce and soundly declare, our final show of the season will be: Gilbert and Sullivan’s, The Gondoliers! This 12th collaborative operetta by the beloved pair is set in Venice and is rife with Nobility, mistaken identities, Royalty, young lovers married to the wrong people, commoners, wit, patter, a Cachucha and of course, Rapture!

OUTSIDE MULLINGAR
By John Patrick Shanley
Directly by Heather Pattingale
May 1st-5th, 2024
Engineered Air Theatre, Arts Commons
Nightly at 7:30PM
Sat./Sun. matinee at 2PM

A poetic romance set in rural Ireland about neighbors stuck in the trenches of a land feud. Anthony and Rosemary grew up on adjacent farms and are now nearing mid-life crises. He’s an introverted farmer, she’s a woman who doesn’t mince words. When Anthony’s father threatens to disinherit him, Rosemary steps into the swirling mess of long-standing family eccentricities to take her shot at love. On the brink of catastrophe, they fight back despair and stubborn follies to unearth the magic of finding their hearts’ true home.

• “A beautifully wrought play by one of our leading playwrights.” DC Theater Arts

Join us for our production of Rodgers and Hammersteins's Oklahoma!
SYNOPSIS:
Rodgers & Hammerstein’s first collaboration remains, in many ways, their most innovative, setting the standards and rules of modern musical theatre. In a western territory just after the turn of the 20th century, a high-spirited rivalry between local farmers and cowboys provides a colorful background for Curly, a charming cowboy, and Laurey, a feisty farm girl, to play out their love story. Their romantic journey, as bumpy as a surrey ride down a country road, contrasts with the comic exploits of brazen Ado Annie and hapless Will Parker in a musical adventure embracing hope, determination, and the promise of a new land.
Caution: gunshots
TICKETS AND PERFORMANCE INFORMATION:
Tickets are $25 and are available at showpass.com
Please note that all tickets are for general admission.
Theatre doors open 30 minutes before the performance begins.
Performance dates are as follows:
• Friday, May 3, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
• Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.
• Saturday, May 4, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
• Sunday, May 5, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.
• Friday, May 10, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
• Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.
• Saturday, May 11, 2024 at 7:00 p.m.
• Sunday, May 12, 2024 at 2:00 p.m.
*synopsis from concordtheatricals.com

Claudia Dey’s acclaimed Trout Stanley is set in northern British Columbia, on the outskirts of a mining town between Misery Junction and Grizzly Alley. In this inhospitable setting live a pair of sisters, twins who are not identical in any way: Sugar, a complicated, insecure waif who still wears the tracksuit her mother died in ten years prior, and Grace, a rough-and-tumble hellcat who owns the local dump. At the play’s opening, it is their thirtieth birthday, and the TV news has announced the disappearance of a local Scrabble-champ stripper. While Grace is at the dump, housebound Sugar is surprised by a mysterious drifter, one Trout Stanley, foot fetishist and fake cop, who is searching for the lake where his parents drowned – a fishy story if there ever was one. He quickly becomes mired in a surreal love triangle with the two sisters.
Trout Stanley is about three people who confuse codependence for co-operation and afliction for affection. An eccentric, captivating story in which the biggest catch of all is love.
May 09th to 11th 2024 at 7:30pm
Matinees: May 11th and 12th at 1:30pm
Directed by Hugues Frenette
Cast: Stéfanelle Auger, Steve Jodoin and Mélissa Merlo

Sofia loves witch stories. Her favourite is the one about her Nonna meeting the Befana, an old lady who brings sweets to well-behaved children while they sleep... and who carries away the unwary ones who stumble upon her in the middle of the night! The day Nonna disappears, her granddaughter is convinced the Befana has kidnapped her. Sofia sets off to find her and becomes immersed in a story that goes beyond anything she could ever have imagined.
In this show inspired by the legends of northern Italy, Anaïs Pellin's writing takes young audiences on an adventure full of twists and turns. Between the rapture and turmoil of childhood, La Befana conveys a poetic story about the final journey of our loved ones.
**A TYA tour intended for Francophone and French Immersion schools across Alberta.** (grade 2 to 6)
Directed by Emilie Leclerc
Cast: Thérèse Champagne, Julio Rod Marín, Mia Wistaff