The List: Shumka’s Ukrainka celebrates renowned artist with dance

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An unusual and exciting biography in dance has its world premiere Friday and Saturday — Shumka’s Ukrainka!

Born in Zviahel, Ukraine, in 1871, Lesya Ukrainka became a renowned poet, writer, activist, musician, storyteller and humanitarian in the Ukrainian diaspora.

Shumka’s artistic director Les Sereda was inspired to develop a dance theatre work around her story, rife with artistic angst, physical hardships like tuberculosis of the bone, escapes and numerous creative triumphs.

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Along with her prolific poetic, dramatic and literary achievements, Ukrainka explored ethnography and collected data on folk traditions and Ukrainian folk melodies.

She recorded 220 of the latter, published work on children’s games, songs and fairy tales and formed a collection, Folk Songs for Dance — making her a pioneer of ethnic studies in Ukraine.

“I believe that Lesya lived out her dreams through her writing,” notes Sereda. “Her health limited her physically but through her writing, she could experience the world.

“She wrote not only of love but also social justice and human rights,” he says of the feminist anti-tsarist. “This was at a time when such subjects were frowned upon. Now is a time when these subjects are at the forefront.”

Combining energetic dance, state-of-the-art lighting, deep musical roots (Alexander Rodin composes) and of course terrific dancing (Tasha Orysiuk and Paul Olijnyk among the choreographers here), Shumka’s Ukrainka looks like an enlightening experience all around.

Tickets at shumka.com start at $58.58 all in, with two show times at 7:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday at Jubilee Auditorium, 11455 87 Ave.

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There’s also a $12 student matinee at 10 a.m. Friday — see shumka.com for the application form and more details.

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10/4 – 11/16: There’s no work in the arts, but so much to be done (Latitude 53)

Thru 10/5: 20th Anniversary Exhibition (Peter Robertson Gallery)

Thru 10/5: Alison Bigg: Auricals; Shin Matsunaga: The Graphic Appetite (Harcourt)

Thru 10/5: Jessica Desmoulin: Sacred Patterns (Gallery@501)

Thru 10/5: Mihyun Maria Kim: Translations of Han (Gallery@501)

Thru 10/6: Survivor Portraits (Kingsway Mall)

Thru 10/12: John King: Black Granite (Bugera Matheson)

10/15: Capital Modern Downtown Building Tour (City Hall, various)

10/15: The Citadel and the City (Citadel Theatre)

10/15: Edmonton Design Week (various)

10/17: Unrealized Histories panel (Glenora Royal Albert Museum site)

10/17,20: Downtown Working Class Heritage Building Tour (Milner, various)

10/18: AI + Design: Friend or Foe? (The Pendennis)

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10/18-11/30: Garfield Morgan: Cloth & Conscience, Erika Germain: The Names of Loved Ones (Harcourt House)

10/19: Blatchford Air Traffic Control Tower Tour (Blatchford Tower)

10/19-11/9: Jim Macgregor: Liminal (Bay 1)

Thru 10/19: Innovative Threads: Contemporary Weaving (Alberta Craft Gallery)

10/26-11/9: Les Graff New Work (Bugera Matheson)

Thru 10/31: Wilf Kozub: Much Depends on the Weather (Metro Gallery)

Thru 11/2: Mackenzie Kelly-Frère: Drawn (Alberta Craft Gallery)

Thru 11/5: Jack Bawden: Give a Hoot (Yardbird)

11/23-12/7: Marleana Wyman: But there were also flowers (Bugera Matheson)

11/30,12/1: Handmade for the Holidays Market (AGA)

12/6-14: Art-O-Rama (Harcourt)

Thru 12/7: Cait McKinney and Hazel Meyer: Glad You Closer Home/White Whiskey Mary (Mitchell)

Thru 12/31: Damian Moppett: Untitled Abstract Object in Space (AGA)

2025

4/27-5/11: Jim Visser: Varying Visions (Bugera Matheson)

5/19-6/1: On the Walls This May group show (Bugera Matheson)

Books

10/8: Anh Duong: Dear Da- Lê launch (Audreys)

10/10: Rayanne Haines: What Kind of Daughter launch (Audreys)

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10/10: New Romantics Club: Kate Goldbeck’s You, Again (Magpie)

10/13: Brian Bartlett: The Astonishing Room launch (Audreys)

10/15: Russell Cobb: Ghosts of Crook County launch (Audreys)

10/16-20: LitFest (various)

10/17-28: STARFest (St. Albert Public Library)

10/19: EPL Gala: Books + Cooks (Milner)

10/27: Hayley Wickenhauser: Over the Boards — Lessons from the Ice Q&A (Horowitz)

10/28: Benjamin Hertwig: Juiceboxers launch (Paper Birch)

Comedy

10/4: Ahren Belsle (Yuk Yuk’s)

10/4: Laura Ramoso: Sit Up Straight Tour (Horowitz)

10/4-5: Ahren Belisle (Yuk Yuk’s)

10/4-5: Simon Glassman (Comedy Factory)

10/5: Phil Hanley (Arden)

10/6: Diversity Hires: Canadian Comedy Tour (Grindstone)

10/10: ISMO: Watch Your Language Tour (Horowitz)

10/11-12: Bob Angeli (Comedy Factory)

10/11-12: Adrienne Fish (Yuk Yuk’s)

10/16: Leif Oleson Cormack (Dive Bar)

10/16: Luke Kidgell: Happy Hour (Comic Strip)

10/17: Majah Hype Overdue Comedy Tour (Comic Strip)

10/17: This Is That (Festival Place)

10/18: Colin Hollett, Mike Lynch, Brian Aylward (Yuk Yuk’s)

10/18-19: Leif Oleson Cormack (Comedy Factory)

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10/18-19: Josh Adam Meyers (Comic Strip)

10/19: Sebastian Maniscalco (Rogers)

10/20: Danny Martinello (Comic Strip)

10/24-27: Hormoz Rashidi (Comic Strip)

10/25: Gary Gulman: Misfit Stand Up Tour (Myer Horwitz)

10/25-26: Cedric Newman (Yuk Yuk’s)

10/31-11/3: Aldo Campana (Comic Strip)

11/10: Steph Tolev: The Canadian Filth Queen Tour (Myer Horowitz)

11/19: Maxim Galkin (River Cree)

2025

1/18: The Irrelevant Show 20th Anniversary Special: Doing Our Best (Arden)

1/30: Ben Bankas (River Cree)

2/7: Al Simmons (Arden)

4/19: Sarah Millican: Late Bloomer (Winspear)

Exhibits

10/4-11/2: Dark (Fort Edmonton)

Thru 10/5: Canadian Finals Rodeo (Rogers)

11/6-9: Farmfair International: Dallas Smith, Tyler Joe Miller (Expo Centre)

Thru 10/31: Pumpkins After Dark (Borden)

Thru 11/9: Deadmonton Haunted House (old Edmonton Sun building)

2025

Thru 1/12: Angkor: The Lost Empire of Cambodia (RAM)

Festivals

10/5: SteinFest (EPIC)

Thru 10/5: Edmonton International Film Festival (various)

10/15-20: Edmonton Design Week (various)

10/16-20: LitFest (various)

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10/16-20: NorthwestFEARFest (Metro)

10/10-11: Festival Edmonton Chante (La cité)

10/20: EUFF.01 Edmonton Underground Film Festival (Aviary)

2025

1/29-2/1: Flying Canoë Volant (French Quarter)

2/7-17: Silver Skate Festival (Laurier Park)

5/20-25: From Cradle to Stage (Walterdale)

7/18-20: The Great Outdoor Comedy Festival (Kinsmen Park)

8/7-10: Edmonton Folk Music Festival (Gallagher Park)

8/14-24: Edmonton International Fringe Festival (Old Strathcona)

Film

Thru 10/5: Edmonton International Film Festival (various)

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10/6: An Unfinished Journey w/ Q&A (Metro)

10/11,26: The Rocky Horror Picture Show (Metro)

10/20: EUFF.01 Edmonton Underground Film Festival (Aviary)

10/31: The Phantom of the Opera w/ Dennis Jame on the Davis Concert Organ (Winspear)

Music

10/4: DJ Chad Cook: That’s Hot 2000s Dance Party (Starlite)

10/4: Ally Fiola (Yardbird)

10/4: Front Porch Blues Revue (Blue Chair)

10/4: Mitch Gorman (Felice)

10/4: Ellie Heath, Lindsey Walker, Alex Dawkins (Aviary)

10/4: Gryphon Trio (Convocation Hall)

10/4: Lynne Hanson (St. Basil’s)

10/4: Michael Marcagi (Midway)

10/4: Run the Plank, The PJ Chronicles (Dive Bar)

10/4: Beau Wheeler, Ken Stead (Parkview)

10/4-5: Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3 (Winspear)

10/5: Marten Borch; Crystal Plamondon (Blue Chair)

10/5: The Fab Four (River Cree)

10/5: Brett Hansen album release (Yardbird)

10/5: K-Man & the 45’s, Dany Laj, The Looks (Aviary)

10/5: Neon Reverie (Starlite)

10/5: Ruby Waters (Midway)

10/6: Buddie, Moxjeet, BeeBomb, Weak Material (Aviary)

10/6: Jeremy Doody (Blue Chair)

10/6: Edmonton Blues Hall of Fame Induction/Ceremony (Yardbird)

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10/8: Dominique Adams, Jacob Brodovsky (Blue Chair)

10/9: Delta ’88, Morning Coyote (Aviary)

10/9: PJ Perry Quartet (Blue Chair)

10/10: Nick Carter (River Cree)

10/10: FOOLS EP release, No Euphoria (Aviary)

10/10: Suzie Villeneuve, Marie Flipo-Bergeron (La cité)

10/10: Tim Isberg (Festival Place)

10/11: Brat Halloween: Charli XCX Dance Party (Starlite)

10/11: Sympa César, Meera Sylvain, Jono (La cité)

10/11: NEEDTOBREATHE (Jube)

10/11: Rights to Roam, Panic Pixie, Fn’A, Privy Vault (Temple)

10/11: Sunseekers Global, Tepid Spring — Absurd Collective fundraiser (Aviary)

10/11: Up on Cripple Creek: The Music of The Band, Bob Dylan and The Byrds (Arden)

10/11: Adèle M. Wilding (Yardbird)

10/11,12: Let’s Misbehave: The Songs of Cole Porter (Winspear)

10/12: Bad Religion (Midway)

10/12: Complete, Kryple (Temple)

10/12: Degs (Starlite)

10/12: Dave House, Garrett Dale, Ryan Ten (Buckingham)

10/12: Megan Lance (Felice)

10/12: Phiqual Poynte, SWILL, James Parrott, Shawn Pinchbeck (Collins Gallery)

10/12: The Temporalists (Yardbird)

10/13: Carnifex, Cryptopsy, Mental Cruelty, Heavy/Hitter, Organectomy (Starlite)

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10/13: Matt Epp, JD Crosstown (Neyaashiinigmiing) (Aviary)

10/13: Marius Van Den Brink (Yardbird)

10/14: Pulley, The Unwashed, A New Rhetoric, Knife Fight in the O.R (Buckingham)

10/16: Anciients, Bison (Temple)

10/16: Sammy Brue, Branson Anderson (Aviary)

10/17: Boy Golden & the Church of Better Daze (Starlite)

10/17: ESO New Music: Ecstasy — Featuring Sara Slean (Winspear)

10/17: Sam Singer, Sam the Living, Landlady (Aviary)

10/17: A Tribute to Elvis in Concert (Arden)

10/18: Jordan Davis (Rogers)

10/18: Joel Frahm Trio (Yardbird)

10/18: Kayas, Hyloxalus, Shackled to the Throne (Dive Bar)

10/18: Terra Lightfoot (Soho)

10/18: Misery Signals, Comeback Kid, Undying, With Honor, Arts Major (Starlite)

10/18: Alexis Norman, The Mbira Renaissance Band (St. Basil’s)

10/19: The Carpoolers, Misfortune Telers, Bedtracks, Pleasurecraft (Starlite)

10/19: Tea Fannie (The Moon)

10/19: Five Alarm Funk (Arden)

10/19: GEDfest (Midway)

10/19: Hoopsnake, Tekarra, Begrime Exemious, Lacerator (Temple)

10/19: Misery Signals farewell tour (Union)

10/19: Sean Davis Newton LP release, Samantha Savage Smith, Kaiya Kodie (Aviary)

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10/19: Rum Ragged (Parkview)

10/19: Smash Mouth, The Spin Doctors (River Cree)

10/20: Evanescence, Halestorm (Rogers)

10/20: Forest Blakk (Starlite)

10/20: The Musical Box: Selling England by the Pound 50th (Festival Place)

10/22: Olga Arribas Quintana violin, Miroslav Sekera piano (Muttart Hall)

10/22: Danny Brown (Midway)

10/22: Noise Café #9: The Exit Bags, Hamelin/Waters, Echoradia, Morrigan (Aviary)

10/24: Adam Baldwin, Mariel Buckley (Starlite)

10/24: Cross Dog, Family Man (Aviary)

10/24: An EPIC Cookout with Maestro Fresh Wes (EPIC)

10/24: Mireille Moquin (Café bicyclette)

10/25: ESO Pairings: Brahms & Bourbon (Winspear)

10/25: Classic Albums Live: Led Zeppelin I + II (Festival Place)

10/25: Saint Asonia, Bad Wolves, Royal Tusk (River Cree)

10/25: Yesterday Once More (Arden)

10/26: Jessica Ackerley (Yardbird)

10/26: Blue Moon Marquee (Festival Place)

10/26: Tchaikovsky, Brahms & Violin (Winspear)

10/26: Bryson Tiller (Rogers)

10/26: Valley (Midway)

10/26: Hawksley Workman (Arden)

10/27: Salem Trials, Tidebringer, Gutter King, All Was Lost (Buckingham)

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10/27: Julian Taylor (Festival Place)

10/27: Tchaikovsky, Schumann & Cello (Winspear)

10/28: The Menzingers, Fire Next Time, Year Over Year (Midway)

10/29: Vanden Dool, MorrisMorris (Aviary)

10/29: Jessia (Starlite)

10/30: Mia Kelly (Aviary)

10/30: JJ Wilde (Starlite)

10/31: Ghost Massive Bass Therapy (Dive Bar)

10/31: The Phantom of the Opera w/ Dennis Jame on the Davis Concert Organ (Winspear)

11/1: ABBA Revisited (Arden)

11/1: Arkells, Poolside (Rogers)

11/1: Bonobo, Sahib & Joluca (Midway)

11/1: Aleksi Campagne (St. Basil’s)

11/1: Burton Cummings (River Cree)

11/1: The Dead South (EEC)

11/1: Hawksley Workman (Festival Place)

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11/1: Billie Zizi (La cité)

11/2: The Canadian Arabic Orchestra: The Nightingale (Horowitz)

11/2: Grace Petrie (Parkview)

11/2: Malandanzas, Hydracat, Waldo Poblano (Temple)

11/2: Vox Luminis (Convocation Hall)

11/3: Norma Jean, Teeth (Starlite)

11/4: Hippie Death Cult, Kadabra, The Endless (Temple)

11/6: Corb Lund Acoustic Trio (Arden)

11/6: Alyssa Reid (Starlite)

11/6: Saint Idiot EP release, Kip Lily, Electric Bench Hoop (Aviary)

11/7: The Jim Cuddy Band (Winspear)

11/7: Diamond Cafe (Temple)

11/7: Jimmy Guiboche & Pete Turland Band (Cafe bicyclette)

11/8: Fauré’s Requiem w/ Richard Eaton Singers (Winspear)

11/8: Lilyisthatyou (Double Dragon)

11/8: Corb Lund Trio (Festival Place)

11/9: Jill Barber (Arden)

11/9: Cadence Weapon, Super Duty Tough Work, Tea Fannie (Starlite)

11/9: Joey Cape, Brian Wahlstrom, Seth Anderson, James Renton (Buckingham)

11/9: Cody Jinks, Ward Davis (Winspear)

11/9: Dallas Smith, Tyler Joe Miller, Teigen Gayse (EEC)

11/10: Jane Siberry (Festival Place)

11/11: The Hearts (Ritchie Hall)

11/12: Death From Above 1979, Teen Mortgage (Midway)

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11/13: Carly Pearce, Matt Lang (Midway)

11/14: Honeymoon Suite, Flock of Seagulls, Men Without Hats, The Spoons (River Cree)

11/14: Snotty Nose Rez Kids (Starlite)

11/15: Classified, JRDN, Brett Matthews (Midway)

11/15: Good Lovelies (St. Basil’s)

11/15: Keshi (Rogers)

11/15-16: She’s Got Soul: Legendary R&B Hits w/ Capathia Jenkins (Winspear)

11/16: Apollo Suns, BUNS (Aviary)

11/16: Chase Matthew (Midway)

11/16: Sarah McLachlan (Rogers)

11/16: Tenille Townes (Jube)

11/17: The Henry Girls (Festival Place)

11/17: Something’s Fishy with the ESO (Winspear)

11/17-18: Zach Bryan (Rogers)

11/18: Garneau String Quartet: Two ‘Wolfs’ Among Friends (Muttart Hall)

11/19: Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band (Rogers)

11/20: Michael Bernard Fitzgerald (Temple)

11/20: Mo Kenney (Aviary)

11/20: Alexander Stewart (Midway)

11/21: Tina Hart (Cafe bicyclette)

11/21: Owen Riegling, Riley Taylor (Starlite)

11/22: Danny Michel and Steve Poltz (Horowitz)

11/22: Flux Pavilion, McTwist (Starlite)

11/22: Moontricks, Dirtwire, Will Evans (Midway)

11/22: Micah Sage, Haidee, Dempsey Bolton (Aviary)

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11/22: Jack Semple (Festival Place)

11/22-23: Lightly Classical: Affairs of the Heart feat. Juliette Kang (Winspear)

11/23: Barka (Festival Place)

11/23: 3 Inches of Blood, Riot City (Midway)

11/26: Seven Kingdoms, Striker, Lutharo, Osyron (Starlite)

11/28: ESO Classics: The Nutcracker & Mozart (Winspear)

11/29: Natalie MacMaster & Donnell Leahy (Winspear)

11/30: Scott Nolan, Joe Nolan, Scott Cook with Pamela Mae: Ramblers Choir (Parkview)

12/5: Bok Brass Christmas Concert (La cité)

12/6: Tribute to Bill Bourne (St. Basil’s)

12/7: Matt Andersen: Put the Jolly in Your Holly (Arden)

12/7: Marianas Trench (Midway)

12/8: Bedouin Soundclash (Midway)

12/13-14: Handel’s Messiah (Winspear)

12/20-23: A Very Merry Pops: Celebrating Family Traditions (Winspear)

2025

1/12: Chamber Orchestra of Edmonton: Latin Nights feat. saxophonist Allison Balcetis (St. Andrew’s)

1/13: Garneau String Quartet: Dvôrák w/ Angela Cheng (Muttart Hall)

1/17: Sum 41 Final World Tour (Rogers)

1/18-19: ESO Classics: Mozart & Sibelius (Winspear)

1/24-25: Saddles of the Silver Screen: The Great Westerns (Winspear)

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1/25: Big Little Lions (Parkview)

1/26: Presto, Mambo! with Platypus Theatre (Winspear)

1/31: ESO New Music: Dinuk Wijeratne’s Fantasy (Winspear)

1/31: Major Love (St. Basil’s)

2/1: Laila Biall: Joni Mitchell & The Canadian Songbook Reimagined (Arden)

2/6: Schubert Strauss & Saint-Saëns (Winspear)

2/7: The Black Opry (Arden)

2/7: ESO Pairings: Piano & Prosecco (Winspear)

2/8: Catherine McLellan (Parkview)

2/8: Schumann Quartett (Robertson-Wesley)

2/14: Kaia Kater (Arden)

2/14: Old Man Luedecke (St. Basil’s)

2/15: Basia Bulat (Arden)

2/20: Our Lady Peace, Collective Soul (Rogers)

2/21: Apocalyptica plays Metallica (Midway)

2/21-22: Mozart, Mendelsson & Bruch (Winspear)

2/22: Celtara (Parkview)

2/22: Mother Mother, Cavetown, Cannons (Rogers)

2/28-3/1: High Drama: Epic Choral Hits from Broadway & Hollywood (Winspear)

3/7: Sue Foley (St. Basil’s)

3/7: The Paperboys (Arden)

3/8: Bel & Quinn (Arden)

3/8: Red Clay Straws (Midway)

3/8: Women of Folkways (Parkview)

3/9: Jason McCoy, Chad Brownlee, Jason Blaine (Arden)

3/14: ESO Pairings: Trumpet & Tequila (Winspear)

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3/15: ESO Classics: Brahms & Trumpet (Winspear)

3/21: Cassie and Maggie (St. Basil’s)

3/21: ESO New Music: Celebration: The Music of John Estacio (Winspear)

3/21: Heart (Rogers)

3/22: Growing Roots: Folk Music from Around the World (Winspear)

3/22: Martin Kerr (Parkview)

3/27,29-30: Ravel & Gershwin: Classical Meets Jazz (Winspear)

4/1: Rose Cousins (Festival Place)

4/4: Ndidi Onukwulu (St. Basil’s)

4/4-5: Pops on Parade (Winspear)

4/5: Blue Moon Marquee (Arden)

4/5: Còig (Parkview)

4/7: Angela Hewitt (Robertson Wesley)

4/11: Rum Ragged (St. Basil’s)

4/11-12: ESO Classics: Organ & Orchestra (Winspear)

4/13: Chamber Music Orchestra of Edmonton: fiddler Brianna Lizotte (St. Andrew’s)

4/21: Jesse Cook (Jube)

4/23: Ehnes Quartet (West End Reformed)

4/24: Alex Cuba (Arden)

4/24: ESO Classics: Beethoven, Liszt & Piano (Winspear)

4/26-27: ESO Classics: Beethoven’s Eroica Symphony (Winspear)

5/2: ESO Classics: The Complete Beethoven Concertos: Part 1 (Winspear)

5/3: ESO Classics: The Complete Beethoven Concertos: Part 2 (Winspear)

5/3: Martyn Joseph (Parkview)

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5/5: Garneau String Quartet: Enescu to the Rescue (Muttart Hall)

5/8: ESO Classics: Vivaldi, Rodrigo & The Moldau (Winspear)

5/9: ESO Pairings: Guitar & Gin (Winspear)

5/10: Dean Lewis (Midway)

5/14: Godspeed You! Black Emperor (Midway)

5/25: Symphonic Buzz: The History of Music (Winspear)

5/30-6/1: ESO Classics: Tchaikovsky’s Piano Concerto No. 1 (Winspear)

6/6-7: Totally 80s: Rad Retro Favourites (Winspear)

Theatre/Dance

10/4-5: Shumka’s UKRAINKA: The Four Faces of Lesya Ukrainka (Jube)

Thru 10/5: The Invisible — Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare (Catalyst)

10/6: Script Salon: Waiting for Waiting for Godot (Holy Trinity)

10/9-19: A Party to Murder (Walterdale)

10/10-27: The Woman in Black (Varscona)

Thru 10/13: A Streetcar Named Desire (Shoctor)

10/17-27: Bear Grease (Maclab)

10/18: Top Talent Wrestling: Kurt Angle (Midway)

10/18-19: Ballet Edmonton: In the Wake (Triffo)

10/18-11/3: Richard O’Brien’s Rocky Horror Show (Orange Hub)

10/25-26: Alberta Ballet’s GRIMM (Jube)

10/26: Night of the Living Drag 2: Janis & Brooks’ HallowQueer Fundraiser (Evolution)

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10/30-11/3: Glory (Tim Ryan)

11/2: UFC Fight Night: Moreno vs. Albazi (Rogers)

11/2-3: The Price Is Right (River Cree)

11/7: Two Battles of Francis Pegahmagabow (Varscona)

11/8: On the River with Asani and Maria Dunn (Arden)

11/9-12/8: The Ballad of Johnny and June (Citadel)

11/10: HERE COME THE GIRLS (Arden)

11/19-24: The Book of Mormon (Jube)

11/21-24, 11/30-12/1: Beauty and the Beast (Arden)

11/23-12/24: A Christmas Carol (Maclab)

11/26-12/7: Brother Rat (Backstage)

11/27-12/3: Heathers, The Musical (Triffo)

12/4-8: Alberta Ballet’s The Nutcracker (Jube)

12/4-15: It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play (Walterdale)

12/13-28: Rogers and Hammerstein’s Cinderella (Festival Place)

12/13-29: Die Harsh: A Christmas Musical (Orange Hub)

2025

1/11-2/2: Goblin: Macbeth (Rice)

1/12: Harlem Globetrotters (Rogers)

1/14-19: Beetlejuice (Jube)

1/23-2/9: Bea (Varscona)

1/25: Alberta Ballet Winter Gala (Jube)

2/1-3/2: Disney’s Frozen The Broadway Musical (Shoctor)

2/5-15: King of the Yees (Walterdale)

2/12-17: Natasha, Pierre & the Great Comet of 1812 (Tim Ryan)

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2/14-15: Ballet Edmonton: Escape (Triffo)

2/20-3/9: Stewart Lemoine’s The Noon Witch (Varscona)

2/21-22: Alberta Ballet’s Dance Theatre of Harlem (Jube)

2/22-3/23: A Midsummer Night’s Dream: The ’70s Musical (Maclab)

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2/26-3/2: Cirque du Soleil Crystal (Rogers)

2/28: Ballet Kelowna: The Cowboy Act Suite & Other Works (Arden)

3/11-16: Tina (Jube)

3/20-4/7: After Mourning — Before van Gogh (Varscona)

3/21-22: Alberta Ballet’s The Wizard of Oz (Jube)

3/22-4/13: Heist (Shoctor)

3/26-30: The Prom (Triffo)

4/23-5/3: Stag and Doe (Walterdale)

4/26: The Alphabet of Awesome Science (Arden)

5/1-18: Where You Are (Varscona)

5/2-3: Ballet Edmonton: Precipice (Triffo)

5/3-25: Little Women (Shoctor)

5/9-10: Alberta Ballet’s Don Quixote (Jube)

5/9-18: A Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder (Orange Hub)

5/30: Stewart Lemoine’s On the Banks of the Nut (Varscona)

6/20-22: Riverdance 30 — The New Generation (Jube)

7/9-19: Shakespeare in Love (Walterdale)

7/9-27: Disney’s The Lion King (Jube)

7/11-27: Neil Simon’s The Odd Couple (Varscona)

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