Season Two is all about hearts, pulsing and dripping. We can’t wait to spend the year reaching into your chest, ripping out your heart, and serving it back to you in a buffet of theatrical dishes! Bon appetit!
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2nd Annual Pretty, Witty, And GAY!Celebrating Sexuality, Gender Diversity, and Equality on Stage.
Saturday, October 2, 2010 The Arrata Opera Centre, 1315 7th St SW Following last year’s overwhelming success, we are thrilled to announce Pretty, Witty, and Gay! is now an annual event. This fundraiser cabaret is filled with theatre, music, comedy, dancing, drag, drinks, a silent auction, and much more, all followed by one of the hottest parties of the year. If you are interested in performing in this one night only cabaret, please contact jamie@verbtheatre.com for more details. Whether you are gay, straight, bi-sexual, transsexual, transgendered, two-spirited, or anything in-between, Verb invites you to celebrate the stories of these communities. |
John and BeatriceBy Carole Frechette An imaginative and subversive comedy from the writer of Helen’s Necklace, Governor General Award winner Carole Frechette.
October 19 – 30, 2010 Motel in the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts Beatrice has locked herself in a small room on the 33rd floor of an high-rise tower, waiting for the man who will answer her challenge: Well to do heiress seeks “a man who will interest, move, and seduce her.” Bounty Hunter John will do anything for a reward, so the games begin… but what reward does Beatrice really offer? A hilarious and twisted comedy about the hazards of romantic delusion. |
The Opposite of Dismal, a Show and TellDevised by Col Cseke and Aviva Zimmerman Homeless Calgarians present photos of all the best things past, present, and future.
Motel in the EPCOR Centre for the Performing Arts Part of Downstage’s Uprising Festival of New Political Work For tickets contact EPCOR Centre’s ticket office 403-294-9494 or epcorcentre.org After last seasons sold out run of Oedipus Evolving, an adaptation of the classic tragedy remimagined with members of the Mustard Seed drama club, artists Col Cseke and Aviva Zimmerman reunite with homeless Calgarians for The Opposite of Dismal. Cseke and Zimmerman will spend the fall months working with members of the homeless community to explore the question “what is the best part about…” This show and tell is a chance for an audience to get a glimpse of the humor, love, and humanity that exists in the homeless community. |
Marg Szkaluba (Pissy’s Wife)By Ron Chambers with music by Paul Morgan Donald One of Canada’s theatre legends tells one hell of a story.Starring Sharon Pollock*
Ironwood Stage and Grill While playing a country blues set at a local honky tonk, Marg tells the crowd her vivid and wryly funny story. This self-proclaimed “hard woman” tells of her abusive marriage to “Pissy” and her eventual escape through a surprising new career as a country blues singer. A bitterly funny night of songs and stories told by one of Calgary’s most loved and respected theatre. *Appears with the permission of Canadian Actors’ Equity Association, pending confirmation. |
