Theatre Calgary was awarded 5 Betties last night at the 2010 Betty Mitchell Awards. Included in the wins were the awards for Outstanding Production of a Musical - THE 25TH ANNUAL PUTNAM COUNTY SPELLING BEE which also took home awards for Outstanding Musical Direction - JOE SLABE and Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Comedy or Musical - KEVIN COREY. Other awards went to BEYOND EDEN'S KEVIN LAMOTTE and ALAN BRODIE for Outstanding Lighting Design and to BRETTA GERECKE for Outstanding Set Design.
For all the results from the awards, visit the Betty Mitchell Awards page.
Theatre Calgary and co-producing partner Vancouver Playhouse have had their production of BEYOND EDEN nominated for eight Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards in Vancouver. Nominations include OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION, Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - TOM JACKSON, Outstanding Lighting Design - KEVIN LAMOTTE & ALAN BRODIE, Outstanding Set Design - BRETTA GERECKE, Outstanding Costume Design - BRETTA GERECKE, Outstanding Sound Design - CHRIS JACKO & MICHAEL RINALDI, Outstanding Visual Art Design - GWAAI EDENSHAW, Outstanding Projection Design - JAMIE NESBITT.
For a list of all the nominations, visit the Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards page.
Theatre Calgary took home 4 statues at the 2009 Betty Mitchell Awards. Included in the wins were the awards for Outstanding Production of a Musical - DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS, Outstanding Musical Direction - STEPHEN WOODJETTS, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels, Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy or Musical - JAN ALEXANDRA SMITH, An Ideal Husband and Theatre Calgary's Company Manager SUSAN MCNAIR REID was the recipient of the Dean Ott/Debbie Boult Award for Outstanding Achivement in Technical Theatre.
For all the results from the awards, visit the Betty Mitchell Awards page.
Theatre Calgary has received 12 nominations for the 2009 Betty Mitchell Awards, which celebrate excellence in Professional Theatre in Calgary. Our musical hit Dirty Rotten Scoundrels led the way with five nominations including Outstanding Production of a Musical. Other nominations include:
Outstanding Production of a Musical - DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Drama - NANCY PALK, Doubt A Parable
Outstanding Performance by an Actor in a Comedy or Musical - DAVID LEYSHON, An Ideal Husband; DOUG MCKEAG and MIKE ROSS, DIRTY ROTTEN SCOUNDRELS
Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Comedy or Musical -
JAN ALEXANDRA SMITH, An Ideal Husband
Outstanding Musical Direction - STEPHEN WOODJETTS, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Outstanding Choreography or Fight Direction -
SVEN JOHANSSON, Skydive; LISA STEVENS, Dirty Rotten Scoundrels
Outstanding Costume Design - JOHN PENNOYER, An Ideal Husband
Outstanding Set Design - SCOTT REID, A Raisin in the Sun
Outstanding Lighting Design - ADRIAN MUIR, Skydive
For all the nominees, please visit the Betty Mitchell Awards page.
Theatre Calgary and co-producing partner Soulpepper Theatre have had their production of A Raisin in the Sun nominated for six Dora Mavor Moore Awards in Toronto. Nominations include Outstanding Production of a Play, Outstanding Direction of a Play (Weyni Mengesha), Outstanding Performance by a Female in a Principal Role (both Abena Malika & Alison Sealy-Smith), Outstanding Set Design (Scott Reid) and Outstanding Sound Design (Richard Feren).
For more information on the Dora Awards click here.
Theatre Calgary and the Playhouse Theatre Company of Vancouver are proud to announce that they will present the world premiere production of Beyond Eden, written and composed by Bruce Ruddell, during their 2009-10 seasons, and that the show will be featured as part of the Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
Eleven Albertans have been selected to sit on this new council, whose mandate is to champion and strengthen our province's cultural identity. To read more, click here (pdf document).
Theatre Calgary is proud to announce that the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa has invited us to perform Timothy Findley’s The Wars from November 7 to 11, 2008 as part of their special events marking the 90th anniversary of the Armistice of November 11, 1918.
Click here to download the media release (pdf document).
Click here to visit the Canadian War Museum website's info on Timothy Findley's The Wars.
Click here to read the preview in the Ottawa Citizen.
Click here to read the Ottawa Citizen story on 5 places to visit for Remembrance Day.
The Theatre Calgary/Citadel Theatre production of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST has received 4 nominations for Edmonton's 2008 Elizabeth Sterling Haynes Theatre Awards. Nominations include Outstanding Production of a Musical, Outstanding Costume Design (Leslie Frankish) and Outstanding Musical Director (Don Horsburgh) and Outstanding Choreography (Phillip Nero). For more on the awards, click here to see all the Sterling nominations.
The Theatre Calgary/Vancouver Playhouse co-production of Timothy Findley's THE WARS has received a leading 8 nominations for Vancouver's 2008 Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. Nominations include Outstanding Production, Outstanding Direction (Dennis Garnhum) and Outstanding Actress in a Supporting Role (Meg Roe). For more on the nominations, click here to read the Vancouver Province story.
Theatre Calgary's production of Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST has been heldover for a second time. A final week has been added to the run, as the show will now close May 4th. This holdover makes the show the longest running production in Theatre Calgary's 40 year history. Click here to download the media release (pdf document).
Theatre Calgary has announced its 2008-09 season of plays. Click here for the season lineup!
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