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Opera Parallèle's (OP) General and Artistic Director Nicole Paiement, today announced the 2021-22 season repertoire, casting and creative teams for the company's 12th anniversary.

Calgary Opera is pleased to welcome Jonathan Brandani, a sought-after rising star of the classical music world, as the company's new Artistic Director. Calgary Opera audiences will remember Maestro Brandani as the conductor of the Calgary Opera's box office record-shattering 2019 production of Puccini's La Bohème.

Adventurer, TV personality and author Josh Gates, host of the popular cable series, Expedition Unknown recounts some of his most amazing journeys at MPAC on Saturday, October 16 at 8 pm. Tickets for Josh Gates Live! An Evening of Ghosts, Monsters and Tales of Adventure are $29-$99.

The film tells the story of two low-level astronomers, who must go on a giant media tour to warn mankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet earth. The cast includes Jennifer Lawrence, Leonardo DiCaprio, Meryl Streep, Rob Morgan, Mark Rylance, Ariana Grande, and more.

Broadway is officially back, to the joy of all theatre-makers and theatre-lovers. However, this isn’t the world in which Broadway existed before its intermission. In the past eighteen months, more and more people have come to realize that Broadway is not the be-all, end-all of theatre, and they’re recognizing that Broadway success does not automatically determine the quality of any work. In fact, Broadway isn’t exactly the place for new, non-traditional ideas.

Last year, with hundreds of pantomimes cancelled and theatres across the country closed, 'Blue Peter' legend Peter Duncan filmed an interactive version of 'Jack and the Beanstalk' in his own giant back garden - starring as Dame Trott as well as co-directing.

The stacked cast includes Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Ariana Grande, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett, Jonah Hill, Mark Rylance, Tyler Perry, Timothée Chalamet, Ron Perlman, and more.

Adding to today's exciting administrative news, the company wishes to belatedly announce the decision by Opera Parallèle's Board of Directors in late 2020, to expand company founder, conductor and Artistic Director Nicole Paiement's position to include General Director.

Nickelodeon and VStar Entertainment Group present PAW Patrol Live! “Race to the Rescue,” an action-packed, music-filled production. The PAW Patrol are on a roll, returning in person and live on stage!

A very pro-European record, Bright Magic is ultimately not just about one city, but all centers of human interaction and community which allow the free exchange and cross-pollination of ideas. 

In 2020, with the great tradition of the family pantomime cancelled in many towns and cities across the land, riding to the rescue to make sure that panto-loving audiences didn’t miss out was ‘Blue Peter’ legend Peter Duncan with his biggest and best “Here’s One I Made Earlier” challenge!

Kimmel Cultural Campus has announced the much-anticipated return of in-person performing arts across their venues: the Kimmel Center, the Academy of Music, and the Merriam Theater. On September 18, from 11 a.m. until 4 p.m., Kimmel Cultural Campus will host a grand reopening event in Commonwealth Plaza to celebrate the start of the 2021-22 season.

Several new exhibitions are featured in the eight galleries at the Visual Arts Center in the Washington Pavilion including the South Dakota Governor’s 9th Biennial Art Exhibition. This touring exhibition celebrates the cultural and artistic past, present and future of South Dakota.

Season three will see “Will” (Amir Wilson), the bearer of The Subtle Knife, and “Lyra” (Dafne Keen), the prophesied child, travel through multiple worlds to find and protect each other.

This new initiative allows Professional Company Members to receive up to $10,000 to subsidize as much as 50 percent of the fee of a woman stage director or conductor who is contracted for the first time by the company.

Public Service Broadcasting will release their fourth album, Bright Magic, on September 24th, 2021 via Play It Again Sam. An album in three parts (Building A City / Building A Myth / Bright Magic), it is their most ambitious undertaking yet, bringing you to Europe's heart and de facto capital, the cultural and political metropolis that is Berlin.

Last month, Posner released a new song, 'Jealousy,' which is a collaboration with blackbear out now via Arista Records. The track was written by Mike alongside Mat Musto and Justin Bieber and produced by RetroFuture.

'Jealousy' is the first taste of new music from Posner since he embarked on a once-in-a-lifetime climb of Mount Everest, to raise money via a GoFundMe page for The Detroit Justice Center (DJC), a non-profit law firm working alongside communities to create economic opportunities, transform the justice system, and promote equitable and just cities.

As the final in-theatre seats were snapped up for Bristol Old Vic's Touching the Void, the theatre today announced its live-broadcast partners to help bring the production to a global audience.

2021 marks the 15th Anniversary of the international hit Harry Potter parody POTTED POTTER.  In celebrating this milestone, producers have confirmed that Australia will score a global exclusive with a five-city tour of this blissfully funny romp through J.K. Rowling’s back catalogue live on stage.