Alberta Theatre Projects announced yesterday that The New Canadian Curling Club has officially become the highest-grossing play in single ticket sales for a non-holiday production in the company's 48-year history, eclipsing a mark previously set by the 2010 production of Ronnie Burkett's Billy Twinkle: Requiem for a Golden Boy.
As the closer to Alberta Theatre Project's 2018/2019 season - and coming off of the announcement in August of 2018 to exchange this show for another - all eyes were on The New Canadian Curling Club...Directed by Artistic Director Darcy Evans, this two act play set the goal of diversity and inclusive storytelling and I don't think it follows through.
Opening March 5 and running until March 23, Alberta Theatre Projects will present the fifth and final show of its 2018/19 season, The New Canadian Curling Club, in the Martha Cohen Theatre at Arts Commons. Written by Canadian playwright Mark Crawford and directed by ATP's Executive & Artistic Director Darcy Evans, The New Canadian Curling Club is a hilarious and inspiring reminder of what it means to be Canadian.
In anticipation of the opening night of The New Canadian Curling Club by Mark Crawford at Alberta Theatre Projects, I sat down with director Darcy Evans to talk about the show, Canada, and the importance of community.
The new season includes a world premiere, two hot-button dramas, a classic children's fantasy, a rock concert/music-theatre mash-up, and a party you won't want to miss. Alberta Theatre Projects announced their 48th season line-up that will run from September 2019 to May 2020. With a return to a six-play season and longer show runs, the season is the first programmed by ATP's Executive and Artistic Director Darcy Evans.
Alberta Theatre Projects is honoured to co-present Cafe Daughter with One Yellow Rabbit as part of the 33rd Annual High Performance Rodeo. Running January 15 to 27, Kenneth T. Williams' warm, uplifting play follows the story of a Chinese- and Cree-Canadian girl growing up in 1950's small-town Saskatchewan.
ZORRO: FAMILY CODE is running until December 30 at Alberta Theatre Projects in the Martha Cohen Theatre in Arts Commons.
Opening November 30 and running until December 30, Alberta Theatre Projects is excited to present this season's Family Holiday Show, ZORRO: Family Code in the Martha Cohen Theatre in Arts Commons. A new twist on the classic legend, this world premiere production features the famed vigilante Zorro like you've never seen him before.
Last week, ATP made the announcement that they would be replacing the fifth show in the season, Without Rule of Law (WROL) with a show by another Canadian writer, Mark Crawford and his new work The New Canadian Curling Club.
Alberta Theatre Projects is reprogramming the fifth and final production of its 2018/19 season with The New Canadian Curling Club, a hilarious and inspiring story by Canadian playwright Mark Crawford about community, humility, and understanding our differences.
Anne Brown, Chair of the Board of Directors of Alberta Theatre Projects, has announced that Darcy Evans will be stepping into the role of Artistic Producer. Following a national search, Evans was the board's unanimous choice, according to theatrealberta.com.
Penn State Centre Stage, Penn State's professional theatre training program, has announced its 2017-18 season.
Sam and Jimmy have been friends for more than twenty-five years, and they are supposed to be facing "gay middle age" together. When Sam dies, it's up to Jimmy to plan their final picnic. Jimmy steals Sam's cremated remains from the funeral home and tries to give his friend the send off he deserves.
A group of young men and women take over a church while protesting their government's stand on foreign relations and the impact it is having on their lives. This situation could have been pulled from recent headlines covering the Occupy movement; it is instead the story of the Tribe from the American Tribal Love-Rock Musical: Hair.
A group of young men and women take over a church while protesting their government's stand on foreign relations and the impact it is having on their lives. This situation could have been pulled from recent headlines covering the Occupy movement; it is instead the story of the Tribe from the American Tribal Love-Rock Musical: Hair.
Anglewalk Theatre returned to the Studio Theatre at the Toronto Centre for the Arts this year with the Canadian premiere of I Love You Because, an off-Broadway modern musical twist on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. The show closes tonight, April 15.
Angelwalk Theater has come up with a real gem with the romantic musical comedy I Love You Because. The show, playing in the cozy Studio Theater in the Toronto Center for the Arts boasts a top-notch cast, fluid direction, a tuneful score and clever, insightful lyrics.
Anglewalk Theatre will return to the Studio Theatre at the Toronto Centre for the Arts in 2011/2012 with a brand new musical revue, Off-Broadway On Stage, and the Canadian Premiere of I Love You Because, an off-Broadway modern musical twist on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Anglewalk Theatre will return to the Studio Theatre at the Toronto Centre for the Arts in 2011/2012 with a brand new musical revue, Off-Broadway On Stage, and the Canadian Premiere of I Love You Because, an off-Broadway modern musical twist on Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice.
Simon Callow is the latest international star to be added to the Stratford Festival's ranks. Mr. Callow will be presenting a new work of his own composition, based on Shakespeare's sonnets.
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