On Memory, Loss and Grief in Verb Theatre’s Production of The Starling Effect
What if science could mimic the very pathways of the human mind and in doing so, offer a way to outrun degenerative disease? What would that mean for our memories, our identities, and the people we love? It’s these questions that are at the centre of Verb theatre’s production of The Starling Effect, in partnership with Reckless Daughter Creative.
Lazy Susan Was the Sensory Experience of Dreams
Over at the Werklund Centre, Inside Out Theatre and Handsome Alice Theatre have come together to put on Lazy Susan. Following a mother and daughter on different-yet-similar journeys in their life, dealing with crises of their own, the play explores an honest and strikingly vulnerable story. All set on a lazy susan, where for the first time in your life, you won’t have to reach across the table to grab something.
Downstage Calgary’s Botticelli in the Fire is Breathtaking
Have you ever wondered what the Renaissance would have looked like with weekend long orgies, playing squash like its Challengers and texting each other? Then Downstage and Hit & Myth Productions have a treat for you with their production of Botticelli in the Fire.