Posts Tagged: Theatre Calgary

Selma Burke is a theatrical revelatory story.

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Selma Burke was a creator. She created sculpture, a learning environment, and a legacy. The public isn’t aware of her, but playwrights Maria Crooks and Caroline Russell-King are trying to change that. Theatre Calgary has teamed up with Alberta Theatre Projects to bring Crooks and Russell-King’s words to life in the world premiere of Selma […]

Shakespeare and The Beatles? For Theatre Calgary it mostly works.

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Theatre Calgary’s presentation of William Shakespeare’s As You Like It, adapted and directed by Daryl Cloran, is like ‘pools of sorrow, waves of joy.’ The production is mostly the original full length play, with songs by the Beatles spread throughout. Your brain chugs at first, trying to see how the two are related. They aren’t related […]