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Handsome Alice Theatre Presents The Tall Building – The Half Step – Stephen Hunt
Sulla (Genevieve Pare) is anxious. She’s a woman in her thirties, who lives in a tall building, in a city on fire, where coyotes roam the streets.
Handsome Alice Theatre Looks Out From The Tall Building – Joyful Magpies
A city is threatened by fire and wild coyotes in Jill Connell’s play The Tall Building. For three strangers living high above in an apartment building, however, it’s not the fire or coyotes that concerns them – it’s each other.
Absurdist drama The Tall Building explores the human condition – The Calgary Herald
True to its moniker, Handsome Alice Theatre’s production of Jill Connell’s absurdist drama The Tall Building is handsome.From design and direction to performance, a great deal of talent has been lavished on Connell’s play. The play is set on the 100th floor of a skyscraper in a not-too-distant apocalyptic city that is on fire.
Calgary Theatres providing edgy options – The Calgary Herald
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.
Calgary Herald announces the Calgary Theatre Critics Awards nominees
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.
Goodnight Desdemona theatre review
Eyeopener theatre reviewer Jonathan Love offers his thoughts on the new production of Goodnight Desdemona from new Calgary theatre company Handsome Alice.
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) is a refreshing production
There is something completely refreshing about taking something conventional and flipping it on its head. Men playing all the roles in a play, including the roles of women. Men being the funny ones, making the jokes and getting all the laughs. Men being the heroes, who fight the battles and win the wars.
Goodnight Desdemona
Sometimes you see a show that takes you completely by surprise. For me, Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) was that show.
Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) roars with wit and humour
Co-presented with The Shakespeare Company and Hit & Myth Productions, Handsome Alice Theatre, formerly known as Urban Curvz Theatre, makes its debut with Anne-Marie MacDonald’s 1988 play Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet).
Goodnight Desdemona a comic delight
Like Alice and Wendy before her, Constance Ledbelly, the hero of Anne-Marie MacDonald’s Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet), goes on an exotic journey of self discovery.
Five facts about Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet)
The Shakespeare Company, Handsome Alice Theatre and Hit & Myth Productions combine for Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) which opens on Thursday.
Goodnight Desdemona gives Shakespeare a feminist twist
The Shakespeare Company, Handsome Alice Theatre and Hit & Myth Productions combine for Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) which opens on Thursday.
Handsome Alice Shines Light on Female Stories
The Shakespeare Company, Handsome Alice Theatre and Hit & Myth Productions combine for Goodnight Desdemona (Good Morning Juliet) which opens on Thursday.