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Get in the Christmas Spirit with Alberta Ballet

If you’re looking to get yourself and your family into the holiday spirit, get a direct injection of the season with Alberta Ballet’s The Nutcracker! Just up the hill at the Jubilee Auditorium, catch the matinee performances this weekend and get carried away to Christmas with the 10th anniversary performance of this holiday classic.

Between the sets, the performances, and the orchestra, there is something in The Nutcracker for everyone and all ages. With Christmas just days away, the weekend matinee shows are a great opportunity to raise the spirits of even the grinchiest grinch this season. Make sure you arrive a little early and leave time for all the great pre-show activities, such as a live reading of The Nutcracker and a photo booth featuring the Snow Tsarina and sleigh from the show!

The Nutcracker will be at the Jubilee Auditorium up until Christmas Eve, so get your tickets and take in the fantastic Christmas classic!

Everything you need to know and to purchase tickets, visit: https://www.albertaballet.com/nutcracker

 

 

Science in the Cinema: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Calgary is a vibrant city with more arts and culture than most think.  There is never shortage of new and annual events to attend.  Join the Science in the Cinema: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button for an extraordinary explanation of the film in terms that the general public will understand.  As found on the Avenue Calgary website, “What’s better than a free movie screening? A free movie screening with real-life scientists in attendance who can answer your burning questions. For this edition, members of the Arnie Charbonneau Cancer Institute will host a screening of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and discuss the relationship between genetics and aging. ”

Dates: November 21, 2018

Times: 6 p.m. doors; 6:30 p.m. showtime

Cost: Free

The Plaza Theatre, 1133 Kensington Rd. N.W., 403-283-2222, go.ucalgary.ca

 

Plan to attend this amazing FREE event and learn some new and interesting concepts.  For more information, please contact go.ucalgary.ca

Calgary European Film Festival

The multiculturalism in Calgary continues to grow and so does the support of art not just locally, but internationally as well.  Come be apart of the European film industry with the Calgary European Film Festival!

As reported on the Avenue Calgary website, “Order some popcorn and settle in to watch some European films at the Calgary European Film Festival. Now in its seventh year, the annual film festival features movies from 18 countries including France, Croatia, Moldova, Spain, Greece and more. All the movies featured during the festival are played in the original language they were shot in with English subtitles.”

Time:
Times vary

Cost

TBA

Location

Globe Cinema
617 8 Ave. S.W.
Calgary, AB
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For more information or to inquire about time and ticket pricing, please check out the Calgary European Film Festival website here.

Red Rock Diner – A Performance

Description

Stage West Theatre’s 2017/2018 season closes out with the musical Red Rock Diner. Classic ’50s hits like “Crying,” and “Jailhouse Rock,” soundtrack this infectiously fun musical about coming of age during the 1950s’ burgeoning rock ‘n’ roll scene. Taking place at the Stage West Theatre Restaurant, audience members can treat themselves to a meal and a show.

“Toe-tapping beats, a nostalgic song list…an enjoyable summer performance.” 
– Monica Miller, The Vancouver Observer

“…the energy is so contagious…well-choreographed fun.” 
– Samantha Thompson, The Runner

 “Inspiring entertainment…a palpable energy that has the crowd moving.” 
– katherinerene.com

Five teens come of age while DJ Red Robinson plays the biggest hits of the 1950s. From the raucous “Great Balls of Fire” and “Jailhouse Rock” to ballads like “Cry”, this infectious musical captures the excitement and innocence of the city’s burgeoning rock ‘n’ roll scene.

Inspired by Red Robinson’s early days in radio, playwright Dean Regan created Red Rock Diner to showcase Robinson’s legendary broadcasting career and influential voice that he used to spin the records that shaped the rock ‘n’ roll landscape of the 1950s. Filled with energy, phenomenal talent, and great music, Red Rock Diner will leave you singing and dancing along to all of the songs you grew up with and have come to love!

Time:
Times vary

For more information, visit:
stagewestcalgary.com or Avenue Calgary

 

Glory – A Theater Performance

Alberta Theatre Projects’ presents it’s final show for the 2017/ 2018 season.  Glory takes place during the great depression and tells the story of women and hockey during that time.  Experience the amazing acting and story that presents the struggles, successes and Canadianism for women and women in sport.

Glory

Apr 3, 2018 to Apr 21, 2018

This event occurs weekly, on Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

Description

It’s 1933. A time when life is tough due to the Great Depression and tension is bubbling in Europe. It’s also a time when, in Canada, hockey was a sport for men. In Glory, four friends are living in already uncertain times but trying to show that hockey is a sport for women too. This is the final show in Alberta Theatre Projects’ 2017/2018 season.


Times:

Tuesday 7:30 p.m.
Wednesday 7:30 p.m.
Thursday 7:30 p.m.
Friday 7:30 p.m.
Saturday 2 p.m.; 7:30 p.m.
Sunday 2 p.m.

For tickets:
artscommons.ca

For more information or to buy your tickets, check out the Alberta Theatre Projects website, here.

Cost

Tickets from $26

Location

View mapMartha Cohen Theatre, Arts Commons
215 8 Ave. S.E.
Calgary, AB

Alberta Theatre Projects – CONSTELLATIONS

SOPHISTICATED ROMANCE CONSTELLATIONS BY NICK PAYNE DIRECTED BY VALERIE PLANCHE
FEBRUARY 27 – MARCH 17, 2018
Martha Cohen Theatre, 215 8 Ave SE, Calgary, AB

Running until mid-March, Alberta Theatre Projects hosts Constellations, a magically romantic tale of two unlikely individuals, who by chance, find themselves falling deeply in love.  Though life throws some unexpected curve balls, the two beautiful characters, Roland and Marianne, work together in finding peace in their relationship.

As reported on the Visit Calgary website, “An international hit on Broadway and in London’s West End, Constellations is a spellbinding love story about an unlikely romance between Roland, a beekeeper, and Marianne, a physicist. After a chance encounter at a barbeque brings them together the possibility of a spark seems unlikely, but what happens next defies the limits of our understanding of time and space. Unfolding in a series of parallel moments over the course of their relationship, the play explores the infinite trajectories that love can take to bring us together or pull us apart.”

Get your tickets today for this award winning show and learn how true love can never be stopped.

 Audience Considerations: Contains mature subject matter and coarse language. Suggested for ages 14+

Tickets range from $26 – $75: For more info call Alberta Theatre Projects Ticket Office at 403-294-7402 or email us at tickets@ATPlive.com

“THE MOST SOPHISTICATED DATE PLAY BROADWAY HAS SEEN” – THE NEW YORK TIMES “A ROMANTIC BOMBSHELL” – VARIETY “FUNNY, TENDER AND STARTLINGLY ORIGINAL WORK” – THE DAILY TELEGRAPH