Louis B. Hobson

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Preview: Lunchbox Theatre's ode to video stores is also a love letter to lost friends

Please Return to Empire Video, the final play in Lunchbox Theatre’s 50th anniversary season, is a love letter to lost friends and lost times.

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Review: Tina musical shakes the rafters at the Jubilee

Tina Turner is one of the most remarkable comeback stories in the history of rock music.

2?days ago Theatre

After five rounds in same play, actor feels the Spirit of Noel Coward

The third time is supposed to be the charm, but Christopher Hunt thinks his fifth time is particularly charming.

2?days ago Theatre

Vertigo's new season to include ghosts, monsters and old-school thrillers

Vertigo’s 49th season includes everything from a ghost story to a courtroom drama.

March 13, 2025 Theatre

Preview: Performer says Tina Turner musical role is demanding but 'so rewarding'

Love has everything to do with Tina: The Tina Turner Musical.

March 10, 2025 Theatre

Preview: Puppets and masks deliver pathos and laughs at annual Festival of Animated Objects

There was a time when Calgary’s Festival of Animated Objects was a small fry, but not anymore.

March 6, 2025 Theatre

Review: King James' delightful tale about friendship and sports a slam dunk for ATP

Since premiering at Chicago’s Steppenwolf Theatre in March 2022, Rajiv Joseph’s King James has become the most-produced new play in America, and Haysam Kadri’s production at Alberta Theatre Projects shows us why it is such a crowd-pleaser.

March 6, 2025 Theatre

Preview: Sage Theatre's Boom Baby offers frank, and funny, look at life in Alberta's oilpatch

It took almost 15 years for Natalie Meisner to give birth to her newest play, Boom Baby.

February 27, 2025 Theatre

Review: Stage West has the right ingredients for fabulous kitchen farce

Stage West is mining comedic gold with its production of the Canadian farce, Too Many Cooks.

February 18, 2025 Theatre

Review: Vertigo's Deadly Murder has all the hallmarks of classic cat and mouse thriller

The psychological thriller Deadly Murder is not so much a whodunit, as it is a who is yanking whose chain, and Vertigo Theatre has given it a top-notch production for its Canadian premiere.

February 13, 2025 Theatre