Grandma Mavis stages her own funeral in order to reunite her estranged family… just in time for an ice storm to trap them all in a funeral home. But, little does she know, she’s not the only family member bending the truth. Can this eccentric clan of liars navigate the rocky road to reconciliation? Or will the next 24 hours be the final nail in this dysfunctional family’s coffin?

Liars at a Funeral

Arts Commons

Not Even Death Can Stop Love
Farce and frights collide as Charles Condomine tries to keep his past from ruining his present after inadvertently summoning the spirit of his first wife at a dinner-party-turned-séance. Only he can see or hear her, but that won’t stop her attempts to destroy his new marriage, in this supernatural comedy from one of theatre’s most beloved British wits.

Blithe Spirit

Join Kris Demeanor and special guests for an intimate evening of music celebrating Kris’ album Songs for my Father to Fall Asleep To. This collection of songs was recorded over the past four years in studios, basements, churches, forests and tunnels, and was created as a love letter to his family and friends, and in particular to his father Wilfried. The performance will highlight the recording along with projection, lighting and story, creating a theatrical song cycle curated by the brilliant eye and ear of Ghost River Theatre’s Eric Rose.

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Songs for my Father to Fall Asleep To

West Village Theatre

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A coming-of-age comedy in a video store.

2003. VHS is out and DVDs are in, and thousands of tapes have been unloaded on a small franchise location of Empire Video in southern Alberta. Friends Cass and Owen, and their surly coworker Thomas, have to survive a shift of endless sorting, stickering and rewinding in time to get to an advanced screening of The Matrix Reloaded. In the midst of movie references and workplace shenanigans, the world of the video store begins to unspool around them, testing their friendship as never before.

Please Return to Empire Video by James Odin Wade

The Studio,Calgary

“King” LeBron James’s reign in Cleveland brings promise, prosperity and renewal to a city in desperate need of all three. It also brings together two unlikely friends in a bond forged by fandom. Told over twelve years (from LeBron’s rookie season to an NBA Championship) King James is an intimate exploration of the place that sports occupy in our lives and relationships.

King James

Tension Builds and Emotions Seethe Beneath the Surface
A classic of the stage, A Streetcar Named Desire is the story of Blanche DuBois, a former Southern belle, whose unexpected arrival in New Orleans sets in motion a dangerous power struggle between herself and her sister’s husband, Stanley. Tension builds as secrets about Stanley and Blanche are revealed and desires crescendo in this smoldering Pulitzer Prize-winning play.

A Streetcar Named Desire

A quirky comedy that could only happen in Calgary.

1988. It’s the age of Walkman’s and permed hair, and Calgary hosts the Winter Olympics. Audrey Pham represents Canada in the ultimate glam sport of Ski Ballet. Unfortunately for Audrey, the Athletes’ Village was not built large enough to accommodate everyone, and she is billeted with Birchwoman; the notorious Wicked Witch of West Kensington. Can Audrey master her pirouettes on the slopes, while navigating Birchwoman’s biting sense of humour and hoarder’s paradise of a curio shop on her once-in-a-lifetime quest for the Gold?

Go for Gold, Audrey Pham by Camille Pavlenko

Welcome to Object Runway, in which celebrated multidisciplinary artist and Ghost River Theatre artist-in-residence, Robin Leveroos, brings clocks to life. 

Audiences will be treated to a thrilling blend of fashion, drag culture, and mechanical magic as alarm clocks strut their stuff to Madonna's Hung Up and drag queens offer their sassiest critiques. In this high-energy, immersive micro-performance, the audience becomes the ultimate style influencer, revelling in each clock's quirky fashion statement.

Object Runway

Echoes of the Land invites audiences to immerse themselves in a transcendent sound journey led by Stoney Nakoda drummer and vocalist Cedric Lightning, Blackfoot traditional drummer and knowledge keeper Skip Wolfleg, spoken word poet Alanna Bluebird, and musicians Kris Demeanor and Kenna Burima. Grab your yoga mat,  join us at West Village Theatre, lie back, and let the soothing, meditative sounds wash over you. This is your chance to soak in powerful music that invites deep reflection on the land.

Echoes of the Land

E.B. White’s heartwarming classic about the unlikely friendship between a pig named Wilbur and a spider called Charlotte returns to the Martha Cohen stage this holiday season with a brand-new production!

This delightful adaptation follows Wilbur from his beginnings as a scrawny piglet who’s spared from becoming pork chops by a young girl named Fern. But as he grows and begins to cost his owners a fortune in feed, it will take help from all his new farmyard friends to save his life again, including the miraculous talents of a very special grey spider.

Charlotte’s Web

A heartwarming new holiday musical.

1965. For Anton, studying music at McGill was his ticket off the farm. Stuck at school for the holidays, he wants to make Christmas special for Donna, the girl in the next practice room with big dreams for her musical career. Anton sets to work on making creative presents to charm Donna as they count down the twelve days to Christmas. But when his rival, Robert, invites Donna to spend Christmas with him at his family’s Toronto Mansion, Anton needs to decide how far he’s willing to go to give her the perfect gift.

Twelve Days by Joe Slabe

A beloved multi-award winning Canadian play returns to Lunchbox. 

While revisiting the shores of Juno Beach, Jake encounters Isabelle, a precocious 10-year-old from the local village. Isabelle’s inquisitive nature and charm challenge the old soldier to confront some long-ignored ghosts – most notably the war-time death of his eldest brother, Chester, a once promising young musician. Jake’s Gift is a multi-award winning Canadian play about a World War II veteran’s reluctant return to Normandy, France, for the 60th anniversary of the D-Day landings. At its heart, this play is about the legacy of remembrance and makes personal the story behind one soldier’s grave.

Jake’s Gift by Julia Mackey

Sidney Bruhl is a successful writer of Broadway mystery plays. Unfortunately, Bruhl is now struggling to live up to his own reputation, suffering through a series of consecutive flops. A possible break in his fortunes occurs when he receives a script from Clifford Anderson, a student in the seminar he has been. Sidney’s plan, which he devises with his wife’s help, is to offer collaboration to the student, an idea that the younger man quickly accepts. Sidney’s actual plans, however, will prove to be much more sinister. What Sidney doesn’t know is that Clifford has some surprise plot points of his own up his sleeve.

Deathtrap

Stage West Dinner Theatre

It’s Christmas Eve and Sharky has returned to Dublin to look after his irascible, ageing brother who’s recently gone blind. Old drinking buddies Ivan and Nicky are holed up at the house too, hoping to play some cards. But with the arrival of a stranger from the distant past the stakes are raised ever higher. In fact, Sharky may be playing for his very soul.

Canadian star Paul Gross leads an incredible cast in this gripping dark comedy by Tony-nominated playwright, Conor McPherson. The Seafarer celebrates the bonds of camaraderie, the possibility of redemption, and the enduring hope found in second chances.

The Seafarer

Award-Winning Drama Based on True Events
Winner of five Tony Awards including Best Play, this American epic tells the story of the dramatic rise and fall of Lehman Brothers Inc., from its immigrant origins in pre-Civil War Alabama to its Wall Street peak and the crash that followed. The Lehman Trilogy is performed by three actors, playing the Lehman brothers, their wives, their sons, their grandsons, and all other characters, tracing the 163-year history of a dream destined for collapse.

The Lehman Trilogy

"So unexpectedly fun!"

“An experience that really opens up the world of theatre.”


Immerse yourself in a world of light, textures, and sound on stage with Ghost River Theatre's The Room Sculpture Experience where creativity and community collide. Created by Artistic Director Eric Rose, this unique, hands-on event invites audiences to collaboratively construct and deconstruct a one-of-a-kind theatrical sculpture. The Room Sculpture Experience is an inspiring journey in which audiences become the artists. This is 60 minutes that will change your world!

The Room Sculpture Experience

Fun, Funny and Frantic
Welcome to The Cornley Drama Society’s production of The Murder at Haversham Manor, where the actors are unprepared, the set is falling apart, and the leading lady is unconscious. The Play That Goes Wrong is Noises Off meets The Mousetrap, a comedic play-within-a-play that celebrates the old adage: despite the hilarious consequences, the show must go on!

The Play That Goes Wrong

At 77, Georges Boivin decides to “give the dice a roll.” Georges just lost his wife, the “centre of his universe.” But there is life after 70, and it must continue even after great loss. With his three friends, all older than he, he sets out on a cross-country road trip from Québec to Vancouver, in search of his first love who he hasn’t seen in 50 years.

The Ballad of Georges Boivin

Palliser Square One

The true story of the woman behind the American dime
Few know of Selma Burke, the Black American sculptor who played a major role in the Harlem Renaissance movement of the 1920s and 30s. Among her works is a bas-relief plaque of President Franklin D. Roosevelt, which is now widely accepted to be the basis for the design on the American dime, and something for which she never received credit within her lifetime. A stirring play about the importance of art, courage, romance, and justice, Burke’s rarely-told story is brought to life in this world premiere by Calgary playwrights Maria Crooks and Caroline Russell-King.

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Lunchbox Theatre

Object Runway

Ghost River Theatre

Echoes of the Land

Ghost River Theatre

Charlotte’s Web

Alberta Theatre Projects

Twelve Days by Joe Slabe

Lunchbox Theatre

Jake’s Gift by Julia Mack...

Lunchbox Theatre

Deathtrap

Stage West Dinner Theatre

The Seafarer

Alberta Theatre Projects

The Lehman Trilogy

Theatre Calgary

The Room Sculpture Experi...

Ghost River Theatre

The Play That Goes Wrong

Theatre Calgary

The Ballad of Georges Boi...

Lunchbox Theatre

Selma Burke

Theatre Calgary