Saskatoon Summer Players take a heartfelt look at family and identity with modern musical
Director Liz Whitbread knew the Saskatoon Summer Players production of Fun Home was making theatre magic from the first read-through. As the cast sat together and parsed through the words and music, the very real emotions at the core of the 2015 musical came to the surface. By the end of it, everyone was weeping. […]
World War II spy stories centre of musical drama at Persephone Theatre
If you’re unfamiliar with the stories of female spies in the Second World War, you’re probably not alone — but Persephone Theatre has the perfect production to remedy that for you. The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare is a Catalyst Theatre production about fictionalized versions of the stories of real female spies for the Allied […]
Persephone Theatre season-opening comedy tests the old saying “love thy neighbour”
Persephone Theatre’s 50th season starts with a quirky comedy about new neighbours and an argument over a fence line that spirals out of control.
New season, old favourite: Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan kicks off with ‘Hamlet’
This season’s production of the popular tragedy ‘Hamlet’ is set in the flashy era of the roaring 20s.
Saskatoon Summer Players celebrates its 60th with musical classic
The company’s 60th season wraps with ‘The Music Man,’ on at the Remai Arts Centre until June 23. The show tells the story of Harold Hill, a conman who arrives in River City, Iowa with a scheme to sell the unwitting townsfolk on funding the creation of a children’s marching band.
New theatre company takes on taboo with exciting comedy-drama
Lolabrickida Theatre is set to make its debut on June 12 at the Remai Arts Centre BackStage Stage with the Tony Award-nominated comedy-drama “In the Next Room (or The Vibrator Play).”
New Theatre in the Park show addresses digital life at home
Tackling topics around social media, the Internet and our digital lives through Sum Theatre’s signature puppets and music, “The Reel Whirled” promises to be a family-friendly show out and about in parks throughout Saskatchewan.
Unique, trilingual Shakespeare adaptation takes Sask. stage
Never Never Shakespeare, Gordon Tootoosis Nīkānīwin Theatre (GTNT) and La Troupe du Jour have partnered together to produce an adaptation of Shakespeare’s “King Lear” with a truly unique twist: the show will be performed in a combination of English, French and Cree.
25th Street Theatre’s new play bares all in a celebration of self-worth
“Society has an opinion on you which they don’t have a right to have, they have an opinion on your value as a person based on your appearance,” said playwright Madeline Blais-Dahlen.
New Dancing Sky Theatre show explores the world after the end of the world
The play itself is meant to address nature, humanity and the relations between them through the lens of a new-age fairy tale. Playwright Kelley Jo Burke said the various characters go on journeys during the play to find out “what comes next” in a very changed world.