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a Downstage Production in Association with Immigrant Council for Arts Innovation & Climate Change Theatre Action
Nov 17-19, 2023 in Motel Theatre, Arts Commons
Check out international plays from Climate Change Theatre Action 2023! The theme of this year’s selection of short plays is inspired by the journal entry of American science fiction writer Octavia Butler: “All Good Things Must Begin”. Winning each of science fiction’s highest honours, Octavia Butler was also incredibly prescient, writing about extremism, racial justice, and climate change some 30 years ago. This year’s commissioned playwrights are solarpunks, envisioning radical pluralistic futures where nature and community thrive. Dive into worlds where successes and failures exist side by side, and where hope, courage and grief overlap.
Written by Erin Shields
Alberta Premiere Co-Produced by Downstage, Handsome Alice Theatre and Verb Theatre
February 29 - March 10, 2024 in Motel Theatre, Arts Commons
In this biting satire about the portrayal of women in film and television, three friends take us on a whirlwind tour of a world where women rule society as politicians, hunters, queens and policewomen - all while gazing at the semi-nude Beautiful Man. This comedy joyfully exposes the insidious and toxic aspects of popular culture with a sense of playful audacity. You’ll never watch your favourite binge-worthy shows the same way again.
Co-produced by Downstage and the University of Calgary’s School of Creative and Performing Arts
April 5 - April 7, 2024 in Motel Theatre, Arts Commons
Enjoy a series of Short Performances created and performed by students from the School of Creative and Performing Arts UCalgary as part of Alchemy Festival 2024. Imagine a body producing a magnetic field - invisible and powerful. Polarity, attraction, repulsion and sphere of influence will be explored in Magnetic Bodies. This dynamic series of new works by UCalgary Drama students will examine the power within the human body and how we, as magnetic beings, co-exist in a polarized society.
A World Premiere GoGo Battles Production by Karla Marx and Bitch Sassidy with Generous Support from Val Duncan and Downstage
April 18 to April 27, 2024 in Motel Theatre, Arts Commons
Get ready for this exciting one of a kind GoGo Battles experience as we present a prime-time mini-series event for the ages! It has all of the drama of wrestling but with murder!? There’s a new one-time-only show every night! Collect the clues over the full six night run to figure out who survives and who dies at Motel Theatre in Arts Commons! GoGo Battles is proud to team up with Downstage for a high-class, super smart person type artsy SMACKDOWN KABLAMO!!
