Calgary’s Handsome Alice Theatre is taking its efforts to give a voice to women one step further with inVISIBLE, a collaborative project involving members of the community whose perspectives are often ignored.

Calgary’s Handsome Alice Theatre is taking its efforts to give a voice to women one step further with inVISIBLE, a collaborative project involving members of the community whose perspectives are often ignored.

“Launched in April 2016, Calgary’s Handsome Alice Theatre devotes itself to “unleashing the female voice through the development, creation and production of theatre works that are inclusive, curious and rebellious.”

Last year, Vancouver playwright Rosemary Rowe’s subversive little comedy The Good Bride took Edmonton by storm.

Getting hitched is a difficult decision, especially since marriage assumes you’ve already accomplished the even tougher task of finding love. Now, imagine being forced into the act by someone religiously in love with the nuptial concept itself… and fast food?

Calgary has a particularly vibrant alternative theatre scene, and with news from Handsome Alice, Theatre Basement and Sage Theatre about their upcoming seasons, this could be a most memorable year for theatre goers searching for edgier choices.

It was a long and arduous process when the Calgary theatre critics met on May 21 at Loft 112 in the East Village to choose the nominees for the 2016 Critter Awards.

The Shakespeare Company, Handsome Alice Theatre and Hit & Myth Productions combine for Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) which opens on Thursday.

The Shakespeare Company, Handsome Alice Theatre and Hit & Myth Productions combine for Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) which opens on Thursday.

The Shakespeare Company, Handsome Alice Theatre and Hit & Myth Productions combine for Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) which opens on Thursday.