Andrea Montgomery

Calgary

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Articles

Raoul Bhaneja Performs Solo Hamlet in Calgary

1 week ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Andrea Montgomery

It's Hamlet - with a twist. No set. No props. No cast. Just one actor. One voice. Seventeen characters. And a two-hour sprint through one of the most famous plays ever written. Award-winning Canadian actor Raoul Bhaneja is bringing Hamlet (solo) back to Calgary for a limited run, May 7-10 - a show he's performed more than 150 times in 25 cities since its debut in 2006. "We don't use sets. We don't use props. We don't use fancy lighting cues or sound cues," Bhaneja explains.
Calgary-born Terry Chen returns home in "Lucky Star"

1 week ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Andrea Montgomery

Terry Chen is no stranger to Hollywood - you've seen him in House of Cards, Almost Famous, Jessica Jones, and The Last of Us. But his latest film - a tense, homegrown drama called Lucky Star - brought him somewhere even more meaningful: home. " Lucky Star was one of the first projects that brought me back to Alberta," Chen says. "It's been such a great revisit."Born and raised in Calgary, Chen grew up in Woodbine, went to Chinook Park Elementary, and graduated from Western Canada High School.
New moves, familiar joy, and backstage Tetris

1 week ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Andrea Montgomery

What happens when you stage a high-octane musical in a venue where the wings are barely wide enough to stretch your arms? For Footloose at Stage West Calgary, the answer is choreography - on stage and off. "Every night, I'm like, 'Oh, Tetris," laughs Makayla Moore, who performs in the ensemble and serves as the show's dance captain.
Liars at a Funeral is a fast, funny farewell to ATP's 50th season

1 week ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Andrea Montgomery

It's a rare kind of comedy that makes you laugh at death, think about your own family, and still manages to throw Chinese food on a coffin. Alberta Theatre Projects is closing out its 50th season with belly laughs and raised eyebrows at Liars at a Funeral, a lightning-fast farce by Canadian playwright Sophia Fabiilli. You're forgiven if curtain call feels a little confusing. The numbers just don't seem to add up. The cast? Just five actors. The characters? Nine.
Awoowaakii shines a light on Blackfoot Two-Spirit identity at Theatre Calgary

2 weeks ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Andrea Montgomery

What does it mean to come home to yourself in a world that has tried to erase you? That is the beating heart of Awoowaakii, a world premiere play now on stage at Theatre Calgary's Big Secret Theatre. Written by Sable Sweetgrass and directed by Alanis King, this new work centres a Blackfoot transgender woman's story with tenderness, humour, and spirit.
Mary Stuart reimagined by Calgary's Sage Theatre

2 weeks ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Andrea Montgomery

Women may not always be the ones writing history - but they are often its fiercest players. Sage Theatre's latest production, Mary Stuart, distills the iconic power struggle between Mary, Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I into an intimate, modern adaptation. Running April 25 to May 4 at Motel Theatre in Arts Commons, the show reworks Friedrich Schiller's 1800 classic into something lean, tense, and radically personal. This isn't your average period drama.
Decidedly Jazz Works celebrates four decades in show biz

2 weeks ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Andrea Montgomery

What does it mean to mark 40 years in dance? For Calgary's Decidedly Jazz Danceworks (DJD), it means returning to the roots - and the rhythm - that built the company in the first place. Reminiscing in Tempo, running April 24 to May 11 at the DJD Dance Centre, is a retrospective of some of the company's most beloved works - and a full-bodied celebration of four decades of jazz, memory, and movement.
Verb Theatre finds joy in the tough stuff

1 month ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Andrea Montgomery

A play about depression. A show about suicide. And yet- somehow -it's hilarious. "Every Brilliant Thing" is playing at Calgary's Pumphouse Theatre, and while its premise might sound heavy, the experience is anything but. Presented by Verb Theatre and starring Betty Mitchell Award-winner Karen Johnson-Diamond, this one-person show is as heartwarming as it is unexpected.
Austentatious musical brings Jane Austen to Calgary stage

1 month ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Andrea Montgomery

What happens when a community theatre troupe tries to stage "Pride and Prejudice" - and everything goes spectacularly sideways? You get "Austentatious," the musical comedy by Calgary's Forte Musical Theatre Guild, back for a 15th anniversary revival. Originally staged in 2009, the show returns to the Beddington Theatre Arts Centre from April 8 to 19, with returning cast member Elinor Holt stepping back into the role of Jess.
A Killing At La Cucina brings murder mystery to a tech savvy age at Vertigo Theatre

1 month ago | calgary.citynews.ca | Andrea Montgomery

Vertigo Theatre's latest production and Canadian premiere, "A Killing at La Cucina," merges human drama with technological tension in a classic whodunit - or rather, how dunnit. Introducing Lucia Dante and her AI assistant, a new hot-shot detective and her unique AI-powered sidekick; as the first grapples with loss, the latter grapples with its own identity. In an era where it is extremely faux pas to use AI to do what a human actor can, Vertigo has chosen to use a human to voice the AI character.