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✨ CELEBRATE the 2026-2027 SEASON WITH US! ✨ This season, we invite you to imagine, take risks and discover potential through bold visions of possible futures, immersive community experiences, and live performances shaped by the choices made in the moment. Expect theatre that blurs the line between process and presentation, where collaboration, curiosity, and participation are key. 🎟️ TICKETS ARE ON SALE NOW at DOWNSTAGE.CA 🤩 Season Art by Leetia Lyons @leechuts ✏️ From Scratch All Season Long | Motel Theatre, Werklund Centre In Collaboration with various creators and partners! Stories in process. Ideas in motion.  Join us throughout the season as creators imagine, test and reshape new work. With a mixture of private workshops, public readings and intimate invitations into the creative process, From Scratch offers audiences a chance to experience theatre in the making. SEPTEMBER / OCTOBER OFFERINGS 💬 September 25th, 7pm ~ An Evening with Marie Beath Badian!  Renowned playwright, Marie Beath will read excerpts from her plays, “The Making of St. Jerome”, “Prairie Nurse”, and “The Waltz”.  FREE ADMISSION, RSVP through the LINK IN BIO 🗒️ October 3rd, 7:30pm ~ Plays-in-Progress readings!  From the Alberta Playwrights’ Network / Hit & Myth Productions’ Playwright Mentorship Program, hear new works from: Wendy Froberg, TJ Jablonski, Sheldon Barenec, Brett Lemay, Natalie Meisner, and Clem Martini No RSVP, arrive early to secure your seat - ENTRY BY DONATION to support APN’s upcoming programs 👁️ October 9th, 7:30pm ~ Kisapmata Book Launch!  Celebrate the publication of Kisapmata by Filipino-Canadian playwright, Bianca Miranda.  Snacks from Amihan Grill, scent library from Stop & Smell, and get a copy of the play for a discounted price! FREE ADMISSION, RSVP through the LINK IN BIO 🔗 MORE COMING IN 2027, stay tuned and more details at DOWNSTAGE.CA ☁️ Dreaming Climate Consciousness October 23 & 24, 2026 | Motel Theatre, Werklund Centre TICKETS ON SALE NOW at DOWNSTAGE.CA A Downstage production with Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation @icaialberta Conceived and Facilitated by Evan Medd @bananacarwash A New World with New Rules.  Vibrant Visions
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To all of our performers: Thank you for dazzling us with your artistry at the 38th Annual High Performance Rodeo! Your dedication to your craft was evident in every mesmerizing moment on stage. Your performances were nothing short of spectacular, and we’re endlessly grateful for the energy you brought to the event... BRAVO! 🎭✨👏 #HPRodeo2024 #ThankYou
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🔥WEEK 1 RECAP🔥 THAT’S HOW YOU START OFF THE WEEK AT #HPRodeo2024! 👏 It’s hard to believe that the ✨FIRST WEEK✨ of the 38th Annual High Performance Rodeo has come and gone! Time goes by fast when you’re having fun! 😈 What’s been your fav performance so far this year? 👇🐰 🗓️: January 15 - February 4, 2024 🎟️: Tickets available now. Link in the bio! ✨ ⏰: View showtimes available. Link in bio! ✨ 📍: Arts Commons [ 225 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0K9 ]
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🧑‍⚖️ORDER IN THE COURT🧑‍⚖️ We had 24hrs, 3 artists, and one ball of yarn to make a piece for the Ten Minute Play Festival and we had a BLAST. 💥 Our brilliant artists @cam_pav @becomingnothingnew and @alideregt made sure court was in session with their moves, quips, and hand made wigs (brilliantly crafted by Ali DeRegt). Verb AD Kathryn Smith was even included via a little improvised crooner number 🎤 Thank you @hprodeo @oneyellowrabbit @jamiedunsdon for including us!🩵 Thanks to @villagebrewery for helping us craft our beer “Secret Verbs and Spices”!🍻 Thanks to our hosts @tenajwilliams and @thedfong 💖 And thanks to all the other companies who took part and were ridiculous with us: @lunchboxyyc @bakermillerpinkart @8rojo_ @thumbsupgoodwork @cypt Go enjoy the Rodeo!!
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✨10 MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL RECAP✨ Wow, wow, WOW Calgary! Now that’s how you properly kick off the High Performance Rodeo!🔥 Last night, the entire Martha Cohen Theatre was filled with #theatrekids at this year’s 10 Minute Play Festival, curated by the one and only Jamie Dunsdon! 🎭 Of course, we want to give a huge thank you and CONGRATS to all six talented theatre companies who took part in this year’s 10-Minute Play Festival; @bakermillerpinkart, @lunchboxyyc, @cypt, @8rojo_, @verbtheatre & @thumbsupgoodwork. This years themed was inspired by the Hunger Games. With a bowl of yarn and blow up inflatable tube man (talk about a curve ball) they did an incredible job at bringing the 🔥 over 24 hours and had the audience in stitches 😂 Let’s just say the odds were definitely in their favour! We can’t wait to wild with you over the next 3 weeks. We promise - the fun has only just begun! 🎭💥😘
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[ 1️⃣ DAYS ] // #HPRodeo2024 The wait is ✨ALMOST✨ over! Only 24 more hours until we bring the heat on the opening night of the #HPRodeo2024! 🎭🔥 We have a special treat for all of you as we kick off the season tomorrow! In honour of the opening act at the #HPRodeo2024, the cast of the 10-Minute Play Festival has crafted 6 limited edition craft breweries 🍻, courtesy of our friends at @villagebrewery where you can sip and miggle with your besties at the #HPRodeoAfterParty! Check out all of the flavours to try out tomorrow! 🍻 🎟️ Get your tickets today! Link in bio. 🗓️: January 15 - February 4, 2024 🎟️: Tickets available now. Link in the bio! ✨ ⏰: View showtimes available. Link in bio! ✨ 📍: Arts Commons [ 225 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0K9 ]
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[ DID YOU KNOW ] - The cast of the 10-Minute Play Festival has teamed up with @villagebrewery to craft their very own 🍻 flavours as you attend the opening night of the #HPRodeo2024?! 🎭🔥 Each theatre that is featured in the 10-Minute Play Festival, has curated a unique flavour for you to sip as we kick off the rodeo! This year, we’re excited to be featuring the following: ✨ @verbtheatre ✨ @8rojo_ ✨ @cypt ✨ @bakermillerpinkart ✨ @thumbsupgoodwork ✨ @lunchboxyyc Join us on January 15th, 2024 at 7:30 PM where you can witness an unforgettable performance at the Martha Cohen Theatre! 🎟️ Tickets are available by visiting the link in our bio! #HPRodeo2024 🗓️: January 15, 2024 🎟️: Tickets available now. Link in the bio! ✨ ⏰: 7:30 PM 📍: Martha Cohen Theatre [ 215 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0K8 ]
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@oneyellowrabbit Performance Theatre presents: 🎭 10-MINUTE PLAY FESTIVAL 🎭 Witness Calgary’s most fearless theatre troupes embrace the ultimate creative challenge: crafting a wholly original 10-minute play in just 24 hours, fueled only by a prop and a single line of dialogue curated by Jamie Dunsdon! This year, we’re excited to be featuring the following: ✨ @verbtheatre ✨ @8rojo_ ✨ @cypt ✨ @bakermillerpinkart ✨ @thumbsupgoodwork ✨ @lunchboxyyc Catch the 10-Minute Play Festival on the opening night of High Performance Rodeo, January 15, 2024, at the 📍 Martha Cohen Theatre! 🎟️ Tickets are available by visiting the link in our bio! #HPRodeo2024 🗓️: January 15, 2024 🎟️: Tickets available now. Link in the bio! ✨ ⏰: 7:30 PM 📍: Martha Cohen Theatre [ 215 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB T2G 0K8 ]
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Well #YYC, you’ve brought the most immaculate energy and ✨ vibes ✨ into the 37th #HPRodeo so far, and we can’t wait to see it continue into the final week of the festival! Check out what’s rounding out the 37th Annual High Performance Rodeo this week! @chinookblast
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This enthralling and captivating creation, performed for only 5 audience members per performance. Good Host program is collaborating with @hprodeo to present After for Deaf patrons on February 4th! This show have no words and is all movement based but will have artist talk back prior to the show starting. After (8ROJO, Calgary, Canada – The Studio) Co-Presented by One Yellow Rabbit and The GRAND After is a dark visual performance by award-winning ensemble 8ROJO. Horacio Quiroga, considered by many the Edgar Allan Poe of Latin America, is one of the most celebrated horror writers of our time. Based on true events, Afternarrates through images and objects, the last days of Quiroga’s wife, Ana Maria Cires. (ID: A creature with white cast on top of head is staring at the camera with pitch black eyes. There are numbers and dotted lines on the skull. It skin and body is pitch black. It is holding two small dusty white dolls without eyes)
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Hold on to your seats, the 37th #HPRodeo has only just begun! Things are about to get 🔥WILD🔥 This week we’ve got After, THIS IS HOW WE DIE, Pochsy IV, Alejandro Escovedo, Brahms X Radiohead, While She Sleeps, The Curious Yellow Cabaret and SO 👏 MUCH 👏 MORE 👏 Get your tickets now ➡️ Link in Bio
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Next up in the meet the team behind @rojo_ ‘ s AFTER series is Norma Lewis! Norma is one of the original co-founders of 8ROJO, creating uniquely innovative work over the last sixteen years. She has been a performer in Calgary for more than twenty years working with various theatre companies, including her most recent work in Theatre Calgary’s staged production of Steel Magnolias during their 2021-22 Season. Norma has produced, co-created, and acted in several original 8ROJO creations over the years (After, The Lost Hours, Gretchen’s Nightmare, Neruda Nude, and Macula), and has had the privilege of performing internationally in their productions in such places as Reykjavik, London, Taipei, Stockholm, Prague, and Mexico City. It continues to be a thrill to explore and map out uncharted forms of storytelling, challenging the boundaries of theater. With only 5 audience members per show, tickets for AFTER are selling fast! 🔥 AFTER is a dark, profoundly visual and intimate theatrical experience not to be missed and is presented in partnership with @OneYellowRabbit as part of the 37th annual @HPRodeo All performances of AFTER are currently sold out. However, for any inquiries regarding cancellations or wait list tickets please contact us at info@thegrandyyc.ca 🗓 Jan. 24 - Feb. 5 (No Shows Jan. 30) ⏰ Showtimes Vary 📍Studio at The GRAND 🎟 $25 -$45 #OneYellowRabbit #HPRodeo #HPRodeoFOMO #yycnow #thegrandyyc #yycarts #yycnow #calgaryevents #calgarylife #dailyhiveyyc #curiocitycalgary #calgaryevents #yycevents #thingstodoyyc #thingstodoincalgary #calgary #yycliving #liveshows #calgarydowntown #downtownyyc #theatrenews #theatrearts #theatrelife #theatre #theatrecompany #yyctheatreperformance #canadiantheatre #yyctheatre #livetheatre #calgaryart
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