Calgary Theatre Newsroom

The Calgary Folk Music Festival is set to run this month, July 25-28, 2024. Learn more about the event here!

Our Fathers, Lovers, Sons and Little Brothers, written and performed by Makambe K. Simamba, will be presented by Handsome Alice, Verb Theatre and Tarragon Theatre from September 13 - 28, 2024 at Big Secret Theatre in Arts Commons.

StoryBook Theatre kicks off its 2024-25 season with SINGERS@SUNSET, featuring local artists performing musical theatre and film songs.

The Calgary Philharmonic and Run Calgary have announced the seventh annual Beat Beethoven. Now bigger and better than before, this year's event takes place on Sunday, September 8 at 2PM in Prince's Island Park and features a free concert for all Calgarians by the Calgary Phil.  

Nuevo Flamenco sensation Jesse Cook has just announced the spring 2025 leg of his “Jesse Cook in Concert” world tour, adding 15 shows that will take him to five Canadian provinces between February and April. The extension is the clearest testament yet to the unprecedented success of the tour, which started in 2024 and has been bringing the already wildly in-demand Cook to new markets and bigger venues than ever before.

Watch as the actresses playing Cee Cee Bloom and Bertie White through the ages in Beaches the Musical at Theatre Calgary talk about their personal connections to the story, and their experience bringing this International Premiere to the stage.

The nominees for the Betty Awards have been announced. See the full list of nominees here!

Discover Handsome Alice Theatre's exciting 2024/2025 season lineup, featuring innovative productions and compelling performances. Stay tuned for more details and exclusive interviews.

The Shakespeare Company reveals its 2024/2025 season lineup as they conclude their 25th season. Discover the exciting new productions and get insights from Artistic Producer Richard Beaune.

Mike Stoller and Iris Rainer Dart discuss the creation of Beach the Musical, and the process of bringing it to stage at Theatre Calgary in the video here!

Get a first look at rehearsals for Theatre Calgary's upcoming International Premiere of Beaches the Musical. The production will begin previews on May 18th, 2024, celebrate opening night on May 24th, and will run through June 16th in the Arts Commons Max Bell Theatre in Calgary. Tickets for Beaches the Musical are now on sale. 

Latitude 49 and Land's End Ensemble will co-present the second annual contemporary music festival, Sound Atlas Music Festival, from June 27 -  June 29, 2024, at Contemporary Calgary.

The Shakespeare Company and Hit & Myth Productions will come together for A Midsummer Night’s Dream, the last show of the company’s season.

Vertigo Theatre presents MS. HOLMES AND MS. WATSON by Kate Hamill, May 11 - June 9. Learn more about the show here!

Get a first look at the new trailer for the World premiere of Selma Burke, presented by Theatre Calgary and Alberta Theatre Projects.

Theatre Calgary has revealed the creative team and full cast for the upcoming International Premiere of Beaches the Musical. See who is starring and learn how to purchase tickets.

Experience the magic of live theatre as Forte Musical Theatre Guild presents BUY ME A DRINK, JOE.

The Shakespeare Company and StoryBook Theatre are inviting audiences to their first-ever co-production, Something Rotten!. Learn more about the production and see how to purchase tickets.

Theatre Calgary has revealed its 2024-25 season of  plays. See the full lineup and learn how to purchase tickets.

Watch as The Bard Meets The Beatles in a Mashed-Up Musical in this all-new first look at the production! As You Like It runs until March 24, 2024 at Theatre Calgary. Shakespeare’s classic comedy of love and mistaken identity is given new life in this high-spirited adaptation featuring the music of The Beatles.

Broadway Across Canada has revealed its 2024-2025 Broadway season, featuring seven theatrical productions that will take center stage in Calgary, at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium. See full programming and learn how to purchase tickets.

The 2024-25 season has been announced for Broadway in Calgary, kicking off this September with Come From Away and continuing with seven shows through 2025. Learn more about the season here!

Vertigo Theatre will present THE GIRL ON THE TRAIN based on the best-selling book by Paula Hawkins and DreamWorks Film, adapted for the stage by Rachel Wagstaff and Duncan Abel, March 16 - April 14, 2024. Learn more about the production here!

Did you know that Theatre Calgary's production of As You Like It includes wrestling? Find out what to expect from this exciting new production - on stage  February 27th through March 24 in an all-new video.

Following the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the Axios Men's Ensemble commissioned composer and two-time Grammy Award nominee, Benedict Sheehan, to compose a Requiem to honour the countless victims who have lost their lives in this tragic war. Check out all the details here!