Ashlie Corcoran News

The Citadel Theatre has announced its 2023/24 Season of programming, bringing Edmonton audiences a fantastic new season of theatre packed with action, adventure, music and storytelling.

Single tickets are now on-sale for all of the Canadian Opera Company's 2022 in-person programming. 

Toronto audiences will soon be reunited with the best in live Canadian opera this winter as subscriptions to the Canadian Opera Company's in-person offerings are now on sale.

Today, the Arts Club Theatre Company’s Artistic Director Ashlie Corcoran and Executive Director Peter Cathie White announced the full 2021–2022 season programming for the province’s leading non-profit theatre organization.

To honour Vancouver's vibrant artistic community during this challenging time, the 2020 Jessie Theatre Award Nominations were announced virtually, for the first time, on Monday, June 8th, hosted by the mother daughter duo Amanda Sum (seen this season in Chicken Girl and East Van Panto) and Linda Leung.

Vancouver Opera's 2019-2020 season continues with the comic masterpiece The Barber of Seville by Gioachino Rossini. Memorable melodies and mischievous escapades create frivolous fun in the pursuit of true love.

Citadel Theatre is getting no slow start to the New Year. Their first production of 2020, Cost of Living, is a breathtaking Pulitzer-winner from Martyna Majok presenting the beauty and cost of caring for a fellow person. From the difficulties of in-home care to the financial challenges associated with disability, Cost of Living is rich in heart, honesty, and humour.

This holiday season, the Arts Club in Vancouver is playing THE SOUND OF MUSIC at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Stage. Starring Synthia Yusuf as Maria and Jonathan Winsby as Captain von Trapp, this production is the perfect show for the family to see this winter! The show plays from November 7th, 2019 to January 5th, 2020 and will definitely warm your heart!

Mark Crawford, the playwright of last year's wildly popular The New Canadian Curling Club, will once again bring his unique brand of laugh-out-loud observations of small town life to the Blyth Festival stage with Bed and Breakfast a?" this time, Crawford also stars in the show, alongside his real-life partner, actor Paul Dunn.

Artistic Director Tim Carroll and the Shaw Festival have announce their 2020 season.

Vancouver Opera announces their 2019-2020 season consisting of 4 opera produc­tions and the 4th annual Vancouver Opera Festival, 9 days of opera, special events, speakers, family events, and more from April 23 to May 3, 2020. The season is completed by a full program of education and community engagement activities.

Today, Citadel Theatre's Artistic Director, Daryl Cloran, announced his next season of programming, which includes another exciting international partnership for the Citadel, and many Canadian, North American, and World Premieres. The 2019/20 Season will feature a new series, Highwire, which promises innovative experiences for the theatrically adventurous. And, for the first time, the Citadel will offer a summer musical. It's an ambitious, thrilling season for the Citadel!

A heartfelt comedy about "being out" in small town Ontario, Mark Crawford's Bed and Breakfast is bringing dozens of hilarious characters - played by only two actors - to the GCTC stage.  When Brett inherits the family home, he and Drew move out of quick-paced Toronto to set up a B&B in a sleepy little Ontario town. What follows is a madcap journey through renovations, family skeletons, and finding a place to call home. In partnership with Arts Club Theatre Company (Vancouver), Ashlie Corcoran directs this production starring Mark Crawford and Paul Dunn.

On Wednesday September 12th, Arts Club's production of the play: THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME had its opening night at the Stanley Industrial Alliance Theatre in Vancouver. This 2015 Tony Award winning play (Best Play) is based on the best-selling novel by Mark Haddon with the stage adaptation by Simon Stephens. Being the first show of their 2018-19 season, Arts Club did not disappoint with this impeccable show featuring an incredibly talented cast and compelling storyline.

Music, marriage, mystery, and more! The care-free, smash hit musical Mamma Mia! dances onto the Maclab Stage (and into everyone's hearts), starting February 17. Featuring the beloved music of pop culture icons, ABBA, the story of a daughter trying to figure out who her father is before she weds will warm your heart and have you dancing in the aisles. With groovy classics such as Dancing Queen, Super Trouper, S.O.S. and Honey, Honey, audiences are sure to get swept up in the music and the magic.

This December, opera's youngest fans can experience a production created just for them with the Canadian Opera Company's new, family-friendly presentation of The Magic Victrola.

Soundstreams presents Ear Candy: Electric Messiah 3. Rapidly becoming a Toronto holiday tradition, Electric Messiah 3 runs December 4, 5 and 6 at The Drake Underground.

This December, opera's youngest fans can experience a production created just for them with the Canadian Opera Company's new, family-friendly presentation of The Magic Victrola.

The new Citadel Theatre season, starting in less than two weeks, is literally stellar for the many accomplished artists, local, national, and international, who will appear on Citadel stages in the coming months.

Sudbury theatre director Miriam Cusson will receive this year's John Hirsch Director's Award on Tuesday, September 12 during the Zones Theatrales festival at Ottawa's National Arts Centre. The same evening, the festival will feature a workshop presentation of Miriam's newest work, Parmi les eclats, which will premiere in 2018 at the Theatre du Nouvel-Ontario.