One Yellow Rabbit’s 30th Anniversary ’s International High Festival Performance of the Arts Rodeo January 7 – January 31, 2016

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Calgary Songs Project (Carillon, Trees and Concert) page 14 evalyn parry’s SPIN page 16 MICHAEL The Club page 17 GREEN January 21, 1957 - The Rockefeller Project page 18 February 10, 2015 10-Minute Play Festival page 19 16 A proud performer, a shameless Paddle Song page 20 vaudevillian, a sensitive method player, an innovative improviser – ProArts@Noon page 21 if he took the part, he delivered. He had astounding energy for Calgary, I Love You, but You’re Killing Me page 22 so many other areas of culture Tomorrow’s Child page 24 making, but first he was an actor with impeccable rehearsal skills, Porno Death Cult page 25 20 27 the kind that assured the audience instantly that they are in the DEEP AEROBICS page 27 presence of a truly unusual and brilliant stage professional, capable Life, Death and The Blues page 32 of dazzling, shocking, amusing, Huff page 33 24 and moving any audience. Kate Bowie page 34 Our brother, our crazy magpie, 17 Michael, Mikey, Elk Shadow. WeeTube page 35 We miss you. Century Song page 37 Who Killed Spalding Gray? page 39 Jack Charles V. The Crown page 40 25 Bastardy page 41 Eternal page 42 Haircuts by Children page 45 Renderrabbits page 46 Improv Everywhere page 47 You Are Here Too: Recalling The Whaler page 48

Please Note: All information in this brochure is correct at the time of publication. One Yellow Rabbit and The High Performance Rodeo reserve the right to make alterations to the programming and cannot be held accountable for cancellations, substitutions or changes. 22 Photo by Andy Curtis by Photo

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Our deepest thanks to our Blackfoot, Stony/Nakoda and Tsuu’ T’ina family We’re celebrating 30 years of Rodeo madness with a big heartfelt kiss to What an incredible blessing it has been for and neighbors for allowing us to share this Treaty 7 land. We are grateful. our town: OYR’s wickedly funny Calgary, I Love You, but You’re Killing Me me to work with this group of people – this is a musical comedy written by Blake Brooker and composed by our One Yellow Rabbit (OYR) – a company This is a time of new beginnings at One Yellow Rabbit and the High longtime pal, David Rhymer. It’s the first of two productions we will create that has been a source of inspiration Performance Rodeo. this year, a whole new plan for One Yellow Rabbit and the future work of for me as long as I can remember. My our beloved Ensemble. thanks to Blake, Denise and Andy for Sadly, many of these changes are in large part due to the tragic death their open-arm welcome into the Rabbit of Michael Green our Rodeo founder, producer and curator – a dynamic family and for entrusting me with their Local music whiz Kenna Burima has pulled together musicians and High Performance Rodeo. Imagine being and vibrant energy. What more can be said about this past year and the Calgarians, compiling 30 songs written by Calgarians to celebrate our gifted the opportunity to spend your days profound effect it has had on our Company and on our community. We history in music with the Calgary Songs Project: 30 Songs Celebrating with an ensemble whose values – those of all miss Michael deeply – as we also miss beloved ensemble composer 30 Years. She’ll play them on the Carillon and host a respect, dignity, integrity, compassion and Richard McDowell. Their spirit and creativity permeate the walls of our one-night-only mash-up concert of some of your favourite Calgary humanity – are at the very core of their theatre and our hearts. artistic practice; incredible. These values musicians. inform all we do at One Yellow Rabbit. My We also mourn the loss of dear friends and great Canadians, Elder thanks to this incredible team, the staff and And it wouldn’t be a Rodeo without something wild. So, you must dust off the Board of Directors, whose dedication, Narcissus Blood, Michele Sereda and Lacy Morin-Desjarlais, whose lives your favourite neon spandex and join New York based dance and music artist daring and commitment to fun make each were cut short with Michael’s. Miguel Gutierrez for a high-impact and high-concept workout experience in day in the office a joy. DEEP AEROBIC S. Thank you everyone for your solidarity during this very trying time. Your kindness resonates to the bottom of our Leporidaen hearts. You’ve helped There truly is something wild for everyone – our stylin’ new Program us overcome much. Guide will show you the full line-up for our 30th birthday party – theatre, dance, music, plays in elevators (how is that for going back to our roots!) And here we are now. and a whole lot of celebratory surprises. Fittingly, we pay homage to our friends in this 30th Anniversary Festival The 2016 High Performance Rodeo is all about finding the beauty that arises by going to the roots of who we are; by bearing witness to lives lived from the forest floor after a fire’s devastation. The fact that rabbits are among heroically: lives loved, lives celebrated and lives lost. We offer you Cliff the first creatures to re-inhabit and thrive in that kind of natural devastation Cardinal’s Huff; Cheri Maracle’s homage to trailblazing Mohawk Pauline is a fitting reminder of the resiliency of One Yellow Rabbit. Johnson in Paddle Song, and from down under Jack Charles V. The Crown, presented to us by Uncle Jack Charles himself – actor, musician, potter, This is who we are now. Revel in it with us. gifted performer and for a good portion of his 70 years a homeless addict, a thief and a regular in Victoria’s prisons. And what would our 30th birthday be without Daniel MacIvor – who was the first national artist the Rodeo ever presented – bringing us Who Killed Spalding Gray? Ann Connors Managing Director - One Yellow Rabbit Music and its power to express our soul and heart is also prominent Artistic Producer - High Performance Rodeo throughout this year’s festival. Through music we find levity and joy – we’re lifted up so that we may dance – and we do.

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“The Rodeo is vital to our sense of building community in the city. Not only do we attract top artists from around the world, but we give our own citizens permission to love our city, to dream together, and to be inspired in their own lives by the very best in the world” - Mayor Naheed Nenshi

Purchasing Tickets Student Rush It takes a community to produce the kinds of performance With your support, we’ll deliver: Online – at HPRodeo.ca or the Students with valid student ID receive discounted tickets for events that have kept you coming back to the High • Original, stimulating theatre that reflects who we participating shows, 15 minutes before showtime. Performance Rodeo – for the last 30 years. It’s become the Box Office atartscommons.ca are now – here, in our own neck of the woods Visit HPRodeo.ca/offers for the latest ticket deals and special offers. place where we meet each other and mingle with artists. It’s By Phone – the Arts Commons Box Office at 403.294.9494 part of how we identify with our city. • Top-drawer international performances that make Calgary the envy of every other city in In Person – visit the Arts Commons Box Office at 225 8th Ave SE Let’s keep that going on – together. (main floor). Rodeo on a Budget • Bold, fresh young talent – local and international One Yellow Rabbit is a not-for-profit organization. We simply – that speaks for a new generation and grows to On a budget? At the High Performance Rodeo, we offer an eclectic would not be able to produce stimulating performance do great things in the world (then comes back to Passes and Group Tickets mix of events so everyone can participate. We’ve got free and events – for you – without supportive individuals and the Rodeo) inexpensive events that let you be part of the festival action organizations – like you. Available by phone or in person at the Arts Commons Box Office. without breaking the bank. Be part of making amazing culture happen in Your role in all of this. our community. Most of us appreciate a good deal. So, you’ll want to know HPRodeo.ca/rodeo-on-a-budget Your donation – small, medium or large; monthly or one-off about the 2016 High Performance Rodeo Flex Pass. This is how it – will keep the High Performance Rodeo & One Yellow Rabbit works: surprising you and delighting you. For the next 30 years. Donate now. • Buy a bundle of four tickets for $120. Post Show Discussions and Special Offers oyr.org • Choose from 13 eligible productions: HPRodeo.ca/flexpass Get up close. Talk to the artists. Go behind the scenes. Help us celebrate our hprodeo.ca • Then it’s up to you – choose one ticket to four productions, four Get more out of your Rodeo experience with exclusive 30th and build another For more information on donation and sponsorship tickets to one production, or any combination that suits you. High Performance Rodeo special events, ticket packages and opportunities contact Johnny Dunn: (403) 264-3224 ext.7 post show chats. 30 years to celebrate. One Yellow Rabbit is a registered charity: Business Number 12709 5826 RR0001 Make someone smile. Buy a Flex Pass as a gift for the adventurous theatre lover in your life. HPRodeo.ca/offers As a start – let’s raise $30K by March 31, 2016. 30in30in3 – as it were. And because you’ll certainly get Brownie points for turning your friends on to this fabulous festival, find 10 friends or more – gather Donate $60 or more before December 31 to them up and save 15% on the regular ticket price. Interact with Us be automatically entered into a draw to win a Call the Arts Commons Box Office at 403.294.9494 Connect with us on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram or sign-up 2016 Rodeo Pass. for the One Yellow Rabbit and High Performance Rodeo Express • Limit of one entry per donation. Winners to be E-newsletter for the latest news and offers. drawn December 31, 2015. hprodeo.ca/interact

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, On behalf of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts, I’m pleased to welcome you to the 2016 High Dear One Yellow Rabbit Performance Rodeo, where you’ll experience four weeks of local, national and international talent performing theatre, music, dance, comedy and interdisciplinary art. Congratulations on the 30th Anniversary of the High Performance Rodeo. We celebrate the visionaries, We also artists and supporters who enliven our city every January with this vibrant International0 years ago. Festival of the

For 30 years, One Yellow Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo has delighted audiences in Calgary Arts. with award-winning performances that arouse curiosity, stimulate imagination and challenge expectations. In thinking back over the history of the High Performance Rodeo, we pay special tribute to the memory of

founder Michael Green, who was instrumental in bringing the festival to life 3 f Calgarians has the power to build The continued success of High Performance Rodeo illustrates how arts and culture contributes to acknowledge the many people who have worked tirelessly over the years to build the festival into what it growing a community is today. What an occasion to have reached this milestone! — incredible, diverse and inclusive creating arts excitement, community ed in Calgary. ucation and inspiration. It also speaks to the At Calgary Arts Development, we believe that arts infusing the lives o The Alberta Foundation for the Arts is pleased to support the High Performance Rodeo, which our city. The High Performance Rodeo is a brilliant example of how the arts engage citizens and enrich th contributes to the AFA’s vision of an Alberta where a vibrant arts community inspires creativity the artistic and creative vibrancy annual of edition. Calgary. If you’reIf you havenever been been, to make the festival sure you in pastadd ityears to your you’ll calendar no doubt this and innovation, and is part of the fabric of how we live and work. We hope these talented artists to attend the 30 be keen inspire you to explore, discover and celebrate the art in your life, every day. year!

Joan Udell

Chair, Board of Directors Sincerely, Alberta Foundation for the Arts (AFA)

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A MESSAGE FROM MAYOR NENSHI On behalf of my City Council colleagues and the citizens of Calgary, I

Performance Rodeo — Calgary’s International Festival of the Arts. am pleased This is a parti to welcome you to High cularly special year for the High Performance Rodeo and One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre as they celebrate 30 three decades, Calgarians haveyears of captivating audiences from a grassroots showcase to one had of the the privilege largest offestivals witnessing of andits Highkind pushing Perin Canada. boundaries. Over the past formance Rodeo’s progression Of course, as we celebrate this milestone, we must also pay tribute to Michael Green, co Yellow Rabbit and founding be felt during this year’s festival,curator I have of High no doubt Performance Rodeo. While the loss of Michael will certainly -founder o many artists involved f One . that his passion and creativity will be honoured by the I commend all the organizers and volunteers who dedicate the success every year. Your commitment landscape and make our city even better. to Calgary ir time and talent to ’s artistic community continues t making this festival a o shape our cultural Sincerely,

Naheed K. Nenshi

MAYOR

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Pre show drinks. Post show parties.

We know where you’ll find exactly what you’re looking for.

The Laycraft Lounge - aka the Rodeo Bar, is the official festival hangout. And you won’t need your GPS to find it.

It’s right across from the Big Secret Theatre, on the 2nd floor of the Arts Commons building, overlooking the scenic .

Newly renovated, The Laycraft Lounge is more urbane than ever. But still remains the same Rabbit warren, where we are all bunnies, from where we gather with our pals, scurry to our next show; and come back for sustenance, revelry and community.

Introduce yourself to someone. Make a new friend. Share a review and a drink. It’s all part of the High Performance Rodeo. Bigrockbeer.com @BigRockBrewery Hours of operation at: HPRodeo.ca/laycraft-lounge #bigrockbeer bigrockbrewery venues and maps 1 Big Secret Theatre* - 2nd Floor, 225 8th Avenue SE 2 Boyce Theatre – Stampede Park – 1410 Olympic Way SE

3 Calgary Tower – 101 9th Avenue SW

4 Cathedral Church of the Redeemer – 604 1st Street SE

4th Ave SW 4th Ave SE 5 J.J. Young Room* - 2nd Floor, 225 8th Avenue SE

6 Laycraft Lounge* - 2nd Floor, 225 8th Avenue SE

5th Ave SW 5th Ave SE 7 Lunchbox Theatre – 160, 115 9th Avenue SE

8 Martha Cohen Theatre* – 215 8th Avenue SE

6th Ave SW 6th Ave SE 9 Martha Cohen Theatre Elevator* - 215 8th Avenue SE 10 4 10 Royal Canadian Legion #1 - 116 7th Avenue SE

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PART I PART II PART III CALGARY SONGS PROJECT: 30 SONGS CELEBRATING 30 YEARS CALGARY SONGS PROJECT: The Trees of Stephen Avenue The Concert 30 SONGS CELEBRATING 30 YEARS by Various Artists Produced by Kenna Burima Calgary, Canada Arranged by Kenna Burima Various Times throughout the month of January ONE NIGHT ONLY! January 15 @ 9:30pm Reception & Live Performance You can’t untangle the music from the people who made it. Trees Sculpture – West End of Royal Canadian Legion #1 January 7 @ 5:00pm Stephen Avenue Walk From $30 Recording plays at Noon daily throughout Free Musician and composer Kenna Burima and Arif Ansari, the Show Description January mind behind the Calgary Cassette Preservation Society, Show Description Must see concert! A crazy collection of Calgary Tower bring you the Calgary Songs Project: 30 Songs Celebrating As you stroll – or rush from one meeting to Calgary’s boldest bands form surprising 30 years, a tribute to this city’s recent musical heritage. Free another – under the ‘Galleria Trees’ on collaborations to bring the 30 quintessentially Stephen Avenue, listen for the 30 songs Calgary songs to life. Show Description wafting from above. The result is a 30-song playlist that celebrates 30 years of Performed by The final playlist is unveiled on the opening song in Calgary ­­— ringing out from towers, throughout night of the 30th anniversary of One Yellow Napalmpom downtown, from the stage in our beloved Legion #1 — Rabbit’s High Performance Rodeo. That Forbidden Dimension and in the hearts of Calgarians everywhere. evening Burima will perform an arranged medley of the 30 songs on the Calgary The Von Zippers The echoes of the people and the places of Calgary are Tower’s carillon. This is the first year the The Shiverettes carillon will feature an all-Calgarian Tom Phillips forever captured in song in three performances. musical playlist. And special guests for surprising on

Illustration by Tom Bagley stage collaborations.

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“Part theatre, part musical gig, part spoken word poetry & part documentary... “Full of surprises, suspense and unexpected discoveries” whatever it is, it is brilliant.” – Toronto Star – Edmonton Journal Photo by Jeremy Mimnagh Jeremy by Photo

evalyn parry’s SPIN Show Description Credits THE CLUB Show Description Credits Co-Presented with Theatre Calgary Starring the Bicycle as muse, musical instrument Writer and Performer - evalyn parry Created by Kendra Fanconi and The Yes mesdames et messieurs, the elevator is in Created by Kendra Fanconi and The Only Animal and agent of social change. Only Animal service! Created by evalyn parry Bicycle Percussion and Vocals - Brad Hart Directed by Heather Inglis Through a series of songs played live on a vintage Vancouver, Canada In homage to the High Performance Rodeo’s Toronto, Canada Cello - Kevin Fox Lights and Sound by Chris Kavanagh bicycle, award-winning Toronto theatre artist and humble origins as the Secret Elevator Produced by Theatre Yes songwriter evalyn parry takes her audience on an Viola - Angela Rudden Experimental Performance Festival, we Project Co-Curator and Production Coordinator innovative musical and theatrical journey about Edmonton, Canada present an entirely new take on the elevator Melissa Thingelstad January 7 — 11 @ Various Times Violin - Kathleen Kajioka women, cycling and liberation. experience. Martha Cohen Theatre Director - Ruth Madoc-Jones Inspired in part by the incredible true tale of Annie Confusion, loud music and flashing lights in January 7 — 9 @ Various Times Commission funds provided by the Magnetic North Theatre Festival From $35 Londonderry — the first woman to ride around String Arrangements - Michael Holt The Club distract from the tight space. Up to (Ottawa, Ontario) As part of Theatre Yes’s National Elevator Project. the world on a bicycle in 1894 — parry spins a web Martha Cohen Elevator six people squeeze into the elevator with the 70 minutes Production Designer - Beth Kates of stories which travel deftly from 19th century (Arts Commons) dancing cast where they are a captive audience evalynparry.com women’s emancipation to 21st century consumer Production Manager - Shanna Miller for 10 minutes. It’s difficult to discern the actors FREE with Admission to culture, peeling back layers of history to ultimately from the audience at times because everyone is We acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, which last year evalyn parry’s SPIN reveal a profoundly contemporary and personal invested $153 million to bring the arts to Canadians throughout the country. part of the show – or call it a party if you will. heart to her investigation. parry’s co-star, played 10 minutes Nous remercions le Conseil des arts du Canada de son soutien. L’an dernier, Enjoy this participatory show, or relax and by percussionist Brad Hart, is a vintage bicycle: le Conseil a investi 153 millions de dollars pour mettre de l’art dans la vie des theatre-yes.ca watch – up close and personal. suspended in a mechanic’s stand on stage and Canadiennes et des Canadiens de tout le pays. connected to a variety of electronic effects.

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THE ROCKEFELLER PROJECT 10-Minute Play

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THE ROCKEFELLER PROJECT Show Description Torquil’s dogged investigation and 10-Minute Play Festival Show Description The daring participants in this year’s 10-Minute impersonation challenges us to find the Play Festival include: Co-Presented with Vertigo Theatre “I don’t think that I lie more than anybody Produced by Downstage Testimony to the success of this Calgary classic, truth in True Crime and confront our else does. It’s simply that my lies have been the 10-Minute Play Festival has moved to The Downstage Produced by Crow’s Theatre cultural addiction to a good story. Entirely Calgary, Canada found out.” Boyce Theatre, a bigger venue to accommodate scripted or absolutely extemporaneous, Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre A work in development by Torquil the growing legions of fans that keep theatres Clark Rockefeller is a real life conman of The Rockefeller Project is a mind-twisting Campbell bursting at the seams to witness this annual High Cowtown Opera the highest order, now serving a near-life encounter with an artist obsessed with how January 9 @ 7:00pm Performance Rodeo favourite. sentence in a California State prison. we all fake it, one way or another. The Shakespeare Company And iconic Canadian musician and The epic Calgary theatre adventure recognizes the January 8 @ 7:00pm Credits NEW VENUE WITH Major Matt Mason Collective provocateur Torquil Campbell wants to importance of seizing the moment, giving theatre Royal Canadian Legion #1 try him on for size. Torquil Campbell is the co-lead singer and RESERVED SEATING! companies 24 hours to create a 10-minute play, Chromatic Theatre a songwriter for the Montreal-based indie using a prop and a line of text given to them the PWYW (Pay What You Want – What does it mean for an excellent rock band, Stars. He also is a member Boyce Theatre at Stampede Park night before the show by the surprise guest MC. suggested admission $10 at the door.) fabulator to embody an excellent fabulator? of the band Memphis and he records And in the end, does an intricate con differ From $35 The veterans of the challenge keep coming back for and performs with Broken Social Scene, that much from a successful work of art? more, joined by brave newcomers eager to make a Canadian indie rock band and musical 140 minutes including intermission crowstheatre.com their mark on the Rodeo. collective. downstage.ca Don’t miss out on this night of hilarious adrenaline- charged, insomnia-addled performances.

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“...her life fully realized onstage... PROARTS@NOON excellently executed, this work will become a much needed voice in the canon of Canadian Theatre...” Photo by Kenneth Locke Kenneth by Photo – Ryan Cunningham, Artistic Director, Kenna Burima Native Earth Performing Arts Theatre Co. Cliff Cardinal Uncle Jack Charles & Union Choir (January 20) (January 27) (January 13)

PADDLE SONG Show Description Credits PROARTS@NOON Show Description January 27 Legendary Australian theatre pioneer, Uncle Jack Charles (Bastardy, Jack Charles V. Co-Presented with Lunchbox Theatre Pauline Johnson was a trailblazing heroine, proud Written by Dinah Christie with Tom Hill Co-Presented with ProArts Society Lunch hour has never been so refreshing. The Crown), lost it all to addiction, crime and Mohawk poet and performer during the late 1800s. Produced by Cheri Maracle Performed by Cheri Maracle January 13, 20 & 27 @ Noon Experience the work of exciting new performers in doing time. Almost 70 and no longer caught in The daughter of a respected Six Nations Mohawk the intimate setting of the Cathedral Church of the that cycle, Jack is back. Join the incredible Uncle Toronto, Canada Chief, and an English mother, Pauline embraced her Lighting Design by David DeGrow Cathedral Church of the Redeemer Redeemer, a beautiful and historic venue in the Jack Charles, his band and special guests for our heritage and fiercely challenged the stereotypes of FREE heart of Calgary’s cultural district. closing concert women and First Nations Peoples with her unique January 11 — 23 @ Various Times stage show, which she performed for more than 30 Yako’nikonhratshá:nit tsi niyakónnhes ne Pauline 60 Minutes January 13 Calgary’s own multi-talented Kenna Don’t forget to bring your lunch. years. Johnson. Ohnakénkha ne 18 tewennyaweréhson, Burima and the Union Choir sing ten songs from Lunchbox Theatre yakohsennowá:nen né:’e tsi yeweyén:te tsi yehyá:tons the Calgary Songs Project written by Calgary’s Her powerful story is brought to life in Paddle Song, Adults - $25, Student & Senior - $20 ne kawenniyóhston tahnon teyontyerónnyons favourite female songwriters, arranged and a one-woman musical theatre performance by Cheri kahswen’karáhere akwáh tsi ok nón:we Korahne. performed for piano and choir. Join us for this 60 Minutes Maracle, that captures the heart and journey of young Paddle Song, nè:ne Dinah Christie nok Tom Hill truly authentic Calgary musical experience. Pauline, from canoeing River at home on rotihyá:ton, tahnon teyontyerónnyens ne Cheri cherimaracle.com Chiefswood, to earning her place on stages in Canada, Maracle, wathró:ris ne Pauline akoká:ra – ónhka January 20 Award-winning playwright Cliff the United States and Great Britain. ok nè:ne teyakonekwenhsayéhston, nè:ne ó:ya Cardinal (Huff) plays songs from his first album thiyakonkwe’tò:ten, nè:ne aontahoti’nikonhratihéntho’ ‘Cliff Cardinal and The Skylarks: This Is Not A Paddle Song reflects the legacy Pauline carved out: ne onkwehón:we tehontyerónnyons nok Mistake,’ to be released in November 2017. Join an unparalleled mixed-blood persona that would ronterohrókhes tsi niyó:re kenh wenhniseratényon. us to hear this bold new voice from Canada’s First influence Indigenous performers and audiences, for - Translated to Mohawk by Brian Maracle Nations that is taking Canada by storm. decades to come. Cheri Maracle is a multi-award-nominated Mohawk- Irish actor, singer and songwriter of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory.

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CALGARY, I LOVE YOU, but YOU’RE Show Description Credits KILLING ME The City is a nest and a distraction. Safe and dangerous, Writer and Director: Blake Brooker Produced by One Yellow Rabbit comforting and alien, it exhausts and energizes in equal measure. Does a city that spends much of its energy Composer: David Rhymer Calgary, Canada visualizing what is occurring below the surface of the Performers: earth have a quality notion of what’s going on above it? Denise Clarke January 12 @ 8:00pm Who are we as a city? If an animal, what kind? If a Andy Curtis Preview gender, what variety? Are we a griffin or a gopher? A Karen Hines sphinx or a spaniel? Jamie Tognazinni January 13 — 23 @ 8:00pm A warrior-queen or a tipsy teen? Does the city have a Musicians: Big Secret Theatre soul and if so how do we describe it? Just who the hell Kris Demeanor From $40 areMakes we now? no Jonathan Lewis David Rhymer oyr.org One Yellow Rabbit dowses, parses, and probes these questionsdifference for the 2016 High Performance Rodeo. Stage Manager: Michelle Kennedy Calgary, I Love You, but You’re Killing Me is about music, comedy and the mysterious relationship we all have Sound Designer: Dewi Wood with home. where you go

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“It’s the kind of fearless, amorphous mix of interactive comedy, dance, art, and spiritual searching that could only have come out of the head of Friedenberg, a performer who defies categorization on any level.” - Janet Smith, Georgia Straight

“…an intriguing immersive experience combined with compelling storytelling.” - Jessica Goldman, CBC Radio

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Tomorrow’s Child Show Description Credits PORNO DEATH CULT Show Description Credits by Ray Bradbury An unforgettable audio experience created for a Directed by Eric Rose and Matthew Waddell Produced by Tara Cheyenne An exploration of faith and faithlessness, Written and Performed by Tara Cheyenne blindfolded audience. Performance life and death from dance-theatre guru Friedenberg Sound Design by Matthew Waddell and Eric Rose Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg, Porno This new adaptation of sci-fi giant Ray Bradbury’s short Vancouver, Canada Co-Presented with Vertigo Theatre Assistant Direction by Evan Medd Death Cult is infused with her signature Directed by Marcus Youssef story Tomorrow’s Child is a one-of-a-kind, audio-only humour and pathos. Adapted by Matthew Waddell, Eric theatre experience presented to a blindfolded audience. Original Music by Jesse Osborne-Lanthier and Sarah Albu Movement Direction by Justine A. Rose and David van Belle The quirks of ‘50s sci-fi are reimagined for a highly January 14 — 16 @ Various Times In a pilgrimage through a strange Sculpture by Emily Promise-Allison Chambers immersive sonic environment, created with the latest in landscape of longing, a woman, a Produced by Ghost River Theatre West Village Theatre sound technology. preacher and a god, come face to face Original Music by Marc Stewart From $35 with each other and the unanswerable Two new parents in an imagined future confront the Featuring: questions that contort our collective January 12 – 17 @ Various Times realities of their newborn son — who has been born into 60 Minutes Lighting Design by James Proudfoot Tyrell Crews as Peter perceptions. another dimension. Will they accept the divide between The Studio at Vertigo Theatre taracheyenne.com parent and child? Or find another solution? Anna Cummer as Polly Director Marcus Youssef (Neworld Theatre) Costume Design by Alice Mansell From $30 lends his unique style and impeccable Based on the short story “Tomorrow Child” by Ray Bradbury, originally David van Belle as Dr. Wolcott 80 Minutes published as “The Shape of Things”© 1947; renewed 1975 by Ray Bradbury. eye to this quirky, idiosyncratic fusion Set Design by Mickey Meads Visit HPRodeo.ca/offers of text, dance, character, and prayer for ghostrivertheatre.com Performed by permission of Don Congdon Associates, Inc. something better. Forever thanks to Nigel for ticket packages and Charnock discounts. Premiered March 5-8, 2014 at The Firehall Arts Centre.

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“It was a mixture of a party, a kindergarten drama class — “You’re a dandelion, floating in the wind” — and a religious revival meeting. (“I love you!” everyone shouted at one point, rushing around hugging one another.) It was the best aerobics class I’ve ever seen.” – Roslyn Sulcas, New York Times

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DEEP AEROBICS Show Description most provocative and necessary artistic voices” by Dance Magazine. Gutierrez says that his work is Created by Miguel Gutierrez Death Electric Emo Protest Aerobics aka DEEP “philosophical inquiry disguised as performance.” AEROBICS is a workout form invented and New York, USA shamelessly disseminated by New York-based choreographer Miguel Gutierrez, who hopes to soon Credits destroy the technique, because it’s just too hard January 16 @ 9:00pm to teach, and the world is going to hell in a hand Created and Disseminated by Miguel Gutierrez Royal Canadian Legion #1 basket anyway. Lighting Design by Lenore Doxsee From $25 DEEP AEROBICS is a participatory spectacle – one Projection by Jillian Peña hour-plus of the communal/political/conceptual/ 60 minutes imaginational workout experience. And it’s a Management by Ben Pryor/tbspMGMT movement, it’s a transformative experience for the Premiere: Danspace Project, New York, USA, 2011 mind/body/spirit/genital matrix. Production Management by Sarah Lurie Gutierrez asks that each participant come in costume. Please push your imagination beyond the 80s! Stylists will be present with materials for on-site costume adjustments as necessary. Participants are DEEP AEROBICS is open to anyone over 18 (alcohol Photo by Pekka Mäkinen Courtesy of Finnish encouraged to come in House of Dance Association is served in the venue) and to all abilities. costume - Aren’t you glad Miguel Gutierrez, a dance and music artist based in New York, USA, has been called “one of our you saved that spandex!

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Show & Company January 4 - 10 January 11 - 17 Thursday 7 Friday 8 Saturday 9 Sunday 10 Monday 11 Tuesday 12 Wednesday 13 Thursday 14 Friday 15 Saturday 16 Sunday 17 10-Minute Play Festival - Downstage & Guests SPIN Bastardy - Amiel Courtin-Wilson CALGARY SONGS ROCKEFELLER PROJECT SPIN PADDLE SONG PADDLE SONG PADDLE SONG PADDLE SONG PADDLE SONG PADDLE SONG TOMORROW’S CHILD (Carillon Launch) #1 Legion Martha Cohen Theatre Martha Cohen Theatre Lunchbox Lunchbox Lunchbox Lunchbox Lunchbox Lunchbox Vertigo Studio Calgary, I Love You, but You’re Killing Me - One Yellow Rabbit Calgary Tower 7:00pm 2:00pm 2:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 2:00pm Calgary Songs Project: 30 Songs Celebrating 30 Years (Concert) 5:00pm - Various Artists SPIN 10-MIN PLAY FEST SPIN TOMORROW’S CHILD ProArts@Noon PADDLE SONG PADDLE SONG PORNO DEATH CULT Century Song - Volcano Theatre SPIN Martha Cohen Theatre Boyce Theatre Martha Cohen Theatre Vertigo Studio (Kenna Burima Lunchbox Lunchbox West Village Theatre 7:00pm DEEP AEROBICS - Miguel Gutierrez Martha Cohen Theatre 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm & Union Choir) 6:00pm 6:00pm 2:00pm 7:30pm Church of the Redeemer Eternal - Daniel Fish THE CLUB SPIN Calgary, I Love You 12:00pm TOMORROW’S CHILD TOMORROW’S CHILD TOMORROW’S CHILD evalyn parry’s SPIN - evalyn parry THE CLUB Martha Cohen Theatre Martha Cohen Theatre (Preview) Vertigo Studio Vertigo Studio Vertigo Studio Haircuts by Children - Mammalian Diving Reflex Martha Cohen Theatre Elevator 7:30pm Big Secret Theatre TOMORROW’S CHILD 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm Huff - Native Earth Performing Arts Elevator 6:30pm - 7:15pm 8:00pm Vertigo Studio 6:30pm - 7:15pm 8:45pm - 11:00pm THE CLUB 7:30pm PORNO DEATH CULT PORNO DEATH CULT PORNO DEATH CULT Jack Charles V. The Crown - ILBUERRI Theatre 8:45pm - 11:00pm Martha Cohen Theatre TOMORROW’S CHILD West Village Theatre West Village Theatre West Village Theatre Kate Bowie - Theatre Replacement Elevator Vertigo Studio CALGARY, I LOVE YOU 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm Life, Death and The Blues - Theatre Passe Muraille 6:30pm - 7:15pm 9:00pm Big Secret Theatre 8:45pm - 11:00pm Paddle Song - Cheri Maracle 8:00pm CALGARY, I LOVE YOU CALGARY, I LOVE YOU CALGARY, I LOVE YOU Big Secret Theatre Big Secret Theatre Big Secret Theatre Porno Death Cult - Tara Cheyenne Performance TOMORROW’S CHILD 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm ProArts@Noon - Various Artists Vertigo Studio The Club - Theatre Yes 9:00pm TOMORROW’S CHILD TOMORROW’S CHILD TOMORROW’S CHILD The Rockefeller Project - Torquil Campbell Vertigo Studio Vertigo Studio Vertigo Studio Tomorrow’s Child by Ray Bradbury - Ghost River Theatre 9:00pm 9:00pm 9:00pm

WeeTube - Theatre Replacement CALGARY SONGS DEEP AEROBICS Who Killed Spalding Gray? - ReWork Productions (Concert) #1 Legion You Are Here Too - Recalling the Whaler - The Deep Field Podcast #1 Legion 9:00pm Calgary’s 9:30pm Surprise Dates: YOU ARE HERE TOO Improv Everywhere - Improv Everywhere YOU ARE HERE TOO (Recording) Month Long Installations: International (Recording) J..J. Young Calgary Songs Project: 30 Songs Celebrating 30 Years (Carillon) J..J. Young 9:45pm - Kenna Burima 9:45pm Calgary Songs Project: 30 Songs Celebrating 30 Years (Trees) - Festival Please Note: All information in this brochure is correct Various Artists at the time of publication. One Yellow Rabbit and Renderrabbits - Tyler Klein Longmire The High Performance Rodeo reserve the right to of the Arts make alterations to the programming and cannot 50 33 be held accountable for cancellations, substitutions or changes. Week 1 Week 2 Week

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Monday 18 Tuesday 19 Wednesday 20 Thursday 21 Friday 22 Saturday 23 Sunday 24 Monday 25 Tuesday 26 Wednesday 27 Thursday 28 Friday 29 Saturday 30 Sunday 31

PADDLE SONG PADDLE SONG PADDLE SONG PADDLE SONG PADDLE SONG PADDLE SONG LIFE, DEATH & BLUES LIFE, DEATH & BLUES ProArts@Noon BASTARDY ETERNAL Haircuts by Children Haircuts by Children Lunchbox Lunchbox Lunchbox Lunchbox Lunchbox Lunchbox Martha Cohen Theatre Martha Cohen Theatre (Uncle Jack Charles) Big Secret Theatre Big Secret Theatre TBA TBA 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 12:00pm 2:00pm 7:30pm Church of the Redeemer 5:00pm 5:00pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm 12:00pm - 4:00pm 12:00pm LIFE, DEATH & BLUES ProArts@Noon PADDLE SONG KATE BOWIE PADDLE SONG CENTURY SONG LIFE, DEATH & BLUES LIFE, DEATH & BLUES LIFE, DEATH & BLUES LIFE, DEATH & BLUES Martha Cohen Theatre (Cliff Cardinal) Lunchbox Vertigo Studio Lunchbox West Village Theatre BASTARDY Martha Cohen Theatre Martha Cohen Theatre Martha Cohen Theatre Martha Cohen Theatre 7:30pm Church of the Redeemer 6:00pm 7:00pm 12:00pm 6:00pm 7:30pm Big Secret Theatre 7:30pm 7:30pm 2:00pm 2:00pm HUFF KATE BOWIE LIFE, DEATH & BLUES 5:00pm West Village Theatre KATE BOWIE Vertigo Studio KATE BOWIE Martha Cohen Theatre JACK CHARLES V. CROWN JACK CHARLES V. CROWN JACK CHARLES V. CROWN 8:00pm Vertigo Studio 7:00pm Vertigo Studio 7:30pm LIFE, DEATH & BLUES University Theatre University Theatre University Theatre 7:00pm 7:00pm Martha Cohen Theatre 7:30pm 7:30pm 2:00pm CALGARY, I LOVE YOU LIFE, DEATH & BLUES CALGARY, I LOVE YOU 7:30pm Big Secret Theatre LIFE, DEATH & BLUES Martha Cohen Theatre LIFE, DEATH & BLUES Big Secret Theatre CENTURY SONG CENTURY SONG ETERNAL 8:00pm Martha Cohen Theatre 7:30pm 7:30pm Martha Cohen Theatre 8:00pm CENTURY SONG West Village Theatre West Village Theatre Big Secret Theatre HUFF 7:30pm West Village Theatre 7:30pm 7:30pm 5:00pm HUFF West Village Theatre YOU ARE HERE TOO 7:30pm West Village Theatre 8:00pm HUFF (Recording) WHO KILLED SPALDING WHO KILLED SPALDING LIFE,DEATH & BLUES 8:00pm West Village Theatre J..J. Young WHO KILLED SPALDING GRAY? GRAY? Martha Cohen Theatre CALGARY, I LOVE YOU 8:00pm 9:45pm GRAY? Big Secret Theatre Big Secret Theatre 7:30pm Calgary, I Love You Big Secret Theatre Big Secret Theatre Big Secret Theatre 8:00pm 8:00pm 8:00pm CALGARY, I LOVE YOU WeeTube 8:00pm #1 Legion 8:00pm JACK CHARLES V. CROWN Big Secret Theatre 10:00pm YOU ARE HERE TOO University Theatre 8:00pm 42 (Listening Party) 7:30pm Laycraft Lounge 34 YOU ARE HERE TOO 9:45pm WHO KILLED SPALDING (Recording) GRAY? J..J. Young Big Secret Theatre 39 9:45pm 8:00pm 46 WeeTube #1 Legion 10:00pm 30th 45 Week 3 Week

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LIFE, “It reaches inside and grabs you so hard that you forget it’s make-believe. It makes DEATH you rethink what you thought you knew. It leaves you transformed.” AND THE Chandra Mayor, CBC Radio How to Rodeo BLUES

“With the help of Juno Award-winning singer Divine Brown and backed by members of the Big Time, Bhaneja tells most of his story through a killer set of rocking, soulful, toe-tapping blues numbers.” – Jordan Bimm, Now Magazine Photo by Michael Cooper by Photo akipari by Photo

LIFE, DEATH AND THE BLUES Show Description Credits HUFF Show Description Credits Co-Presented with A play. A concert. A conversation. An entertainment. Written and Conceived by Raoul Bhaneja Produced by Native Earth Winner of the 2015 RBC Tarragon Emerging Playwright Playwright & Performer - Cliff Cardinal Alberta Theatre Projects A biography. An autobiography. A multimedia Performing Arts Prize, Indigenous playwright Cliff Cardinal is one of the Directed by Eda Holmes Director - Karin Randoja extravaganza. most exciting new voices in Canadian theatre. Produced by Theatre Passe Muraille, Toronto, Canada Starring Raoul Bhaneja, Set and Costume Designer - Jackie Chau in association with Hope And Hell Created by Gemini-nominated actor and Maple Huff is the wrenching, yet darkly comic tale of Wind Divine Brown & band members: Theatre Co. Blues Award-winner Raoul Bhaneja, this fusion and his brothers, caught in a torrent of solvent abuse Lighting Designer - Michelle Ramsay performance mixes genres to explore the power, Jake Chisholm on guitar January 19 — 22 @ 8:00pm and struggling to cope with the death of their mother. Toronto, Canada Sound Designer - Alex Williams passion and meaning of The Blues. Bhaneja, and Juno Wind’s fantastic dream world bleeds into his haunting Tom Bona on drums West Village Theatre January 19 – 31 @ Various Times Award-winning Canadian R&B/Soul singer Divine reality, as he’s preyed on by the Trickster through the Stage Manager - Jennifer Stobart Brown, accompanied by Blues musicians, converse, Chris Banks on upright bass From $35 hallways at school, the abandoned motel he loves more Martha Cohen Theatre Production Manager - Pip Bradford banter and play the Blues. Each night Bhaneja than home, and his own fragile psyche. 70 minutes From $30 introduces us to the music of legends like T-Bone Technical Director - June Epstein With his signature biting humour and raw, vivid Walker and Paul Oscher; and he interviews and jams nativeearth.ca 125 Minutes Including Intermission imagery, Cardinal expertly portrays more than a dozen with a Blues Legend. characters in his captivating solo performance. passemuraille.ca Oma miyetahmowin ka-peyakot cakasteyipiyis Through sharp and witty dialogue, the characters We acknowledge the support of TD Bank, a tour kakispinatamasot omasinahikesis awa nehiyaw kasikasot explore the genre and their personal histories; sponsor for Life, Death and The Blues. Visit HPRodeo.ca/offers Cliff Cardinal. Oma ka-wisakak, tipiskaw papihonikew wrestling with the cultural complexities that surround acimowin awa yotin ekwa ostesah ekacipitikocik oma “The Blues”. for ticket packages and acimowin oci miyacikewin eki-kitimahikocik ekwa eyakamehitakik kweyas pimatisowin e-kisi nakatihikocik discounts. okawiywawah. - Translated to Cree by Audrey Pahtayken

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“First baffling and then hilarious, each of these scenes offers dialogue KATE BOWIE revealing the intimate inanity of a world where people communicate through the ether in meaningless jabber. I have seen the future, and it is a LOL funny freak show.” -Vancouver Sun Photo by Tim Matheson by Photo Gunther Gamper by Photo

KATIE BOWIE Show Description Credits WeeTube Show Description Credits Produced by Theatre Replacement In 1981, Kate Bush and David Bowie rented a Performed by Maiko Yamamoto & James Long Produced by Theatre Replacement Part performance, part parlour game, WeeTube uses the Created and Performed by James Long and secluded mansion in a remote part of England to publicly posted comments found under popular YouTube Maiko Yamamoto Vancouver, Canada Written by Greg MacArthur Vancouver, Canada make an album together. Over the course of one Videos as performance text to highlight the brilliant and month, these iconic figures lived and worked, away Directed by Blake Brooker the mundane found in the world’s most populated critical from the limelight and pressures of their lives. discourse. January 20 — 23 @ 7:00pm Composer and Sound Designer Emma Hendrix January 22 & 23 @ 10:00pm Neither of them has ever spoken publicly about Behind YouTube, one of the most influential media on The Studio at Vertigo Theatre what happened during this time. No recordings Lighting Designer Jonathan Ryder Royal Canadian Legion #1 earth, lurks an immense community of people who from these sessions have ever been heard. From $35 Costume Designer Leah Weinstein From $25 comment upon its content, often anonymously. The Thirty years later, a Canadian couple — two usual niceties of courtesy and amiability do not seem 75 Minutes Stage Manager Ruthie S Tabata 90 Minutes superfans of Bush and Bowie — rent a cabin in to apply in this virtual world. In WeeTube, the world’s theatrereplacement.org the woods to recreate that mythic collaboration theatrereplacement.org more notorious YouTube videos are the backdrop in a desperate attempt to salvage their 10-year for a performance hosted by James Long and Maiko relationship. Kate Bowie is a bizarre examination of Yamamoto of Theatre Replacement. By placing the the nature of co-existence and what it takes, in the comments in familiar dramatic settings, they engage in Visit HPRodeo.ca/offers end, to become someone else. Visit HPRodeo.ca/offers a revealing and disturbing dialogue that will make you for ticket packages and for ticket packages and question our species while you ROFL at the same time. discounts. discounts.

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“...a happening of exceptional visual and musical quality.” Dance. - Capital Critics’ Circle Photo by John Lauener by Photo ROYAL WINNIPEG BALLET: BJM DANSE: MIXED REPERTOIRE Overnight GOING HOME STAR – Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal packages: TRUTH AND RECONCILIATION presents contagious energy with Accommodation, tickets, Going Home Star explores the world a mixed programme featuring and breakfast for two CENTURY SONG Show Description Credits of Annie, a young urban First Nations Itzik Galili’s Mona Lisa, Andonis from woman adrift in a contemporary life Foniadakis’ Kosmos, and Ridrigo Produced by Volcano Theatre Century Song is a live performance hybrid, showcasing Soprano & Co-Creator - Neema Bickersteth of youthful excess. Pederneiras’ Rouge. the powerful Canadian soprano Neema Bickersteth. A $180 Toronto, Canada Choreographer & Co-Creator - Kate Alton Created with the support of the radical theatricalization of the standard recital form, it is SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 13, 7:30 PM plus taxes and fees Truth and Reconciliation Commission ERIC HARVIE THEATRE part classical song, part dance, part visual art, and part Director & Co-Creator - Ross Manson of Canada. ADULT $25 | SENIOR/STUDENT $22 1.800.884.7574 experimental filmmaking. January 26 — 29 @ 7:30pm Costume Designer - Charlotte Dean CHILD $12.50 SATURDAY, MARCH 26, 7:30 PM Inspired by Virginia Woolf’s Orlando, and Alice Walker’s West Village Theatre Projection Designers - Momme Hinrichs & Torge Møller ERIC HARVIE THEATRE In Search of our Mothers’ Gardens, the show imagines a banffcentre.ca (fettFilm, Germany) ADULT $35 | SENIOR/STUDENT $30 605 COLLECTIVE: VITAL FEW From $35 different way to negotiate history. Through the eyes and CHILD $25 Box Office: voice of a black female protagonist — a kind of modern Composer - Reza Jacobs Vital Few pushes into new physical 403.762.6301 60 minutes territory to explore unison and day “everyman” — we move through the past century, Set Designer - Camellia Koo togetherness, the negotiation Note: $2 per ticket processing fee volcano.ca using fine art and music to explore human feeling Many events are FREE of group dynamics, and the applies to all ticket purchases, to a maximum of $16 per order. through time. Pianist & Improvisation/Composition - Gregory Oh or PAY WHAT YOU CAN! preservation of self inside the collective consciousness. Century Song was developed by the Toronto-based, Lighting Designer - Rebecca Picherack international award-winning performance company, Visit HPRodeo.ca/offers Percussion, Computers & Improvisation/Composition - Vital Few was co-commissioned by Volcano, in partnership with Crooked Figure Dances, and Debashis Sinha The Banff Centre. for ticket packages and the Moveable Beast Collective , and German projection SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 7:30 PM discounts. design company fettFilm. Assistant Director - Michela Sisti MARGARET GREENHAM THEATRE The services of Michela Sisti were made possible through $20 Theatre Ontario’s Professional Theatre Training Program, funded by the Ontario Arts Council. Supported in part by grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and the Ontario Arts Council, Image: 605 Collective, photo by David Cooper. an agency of the government of Ontario.

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Toronto Dance Theatre Artistic Director Christopher House performs his exquisite adaptation of post-modern iconoclast Deborah Hay’s solo work.

Saturday, Jan. 9 at 8 p.m. Sunday, Jan. 10 at 2 p.m. F.R. Matthews Theatre

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WHO KILLED SPALDING GRAY? Show Description Credits Produced by reWork Productions On the weekend of January 11, 2004, celebrated Written and Performed by American monologist Spalding Gray ended his life Daniel MacIvor Written and Performed by by jumping off the Staten Island Ferry in New York. Daniel MacIvor Directed by Daniel Brooks That same weekend, on the other side of the country, Toronto, Canada Daniel MacIvor was spending three days in California Produced and Stage Managed by Marcie Januska in a series of sessions with a man who had offered to Dramaturgy by Iris Turcott save MacIvor’s life. Linking these two real stories is a January 27 ­— 30 @ 8:00pm fiction derived from the obsessions of Gray and the inventions of MacIvor, about a man named Howard Big Secret Theatre who had forgotten how to live. A solo performance From $30 about truth and lies and the four most important things in life. 75 Minutes reworkproductions.com Photo by Guntar Kravis by Photo

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“There is something special about Uncle Jack. Something about his voice, his stature, his laugh, his story something powerful but humbling. It was that something that ricocheted people to their feet to give the man a standing ovation. It is most certainly, something that “Jack Charles is engaging, fun to watch, you won’t want to miss” and his story is moving. Courtin-Wilson’s rapport with Charles yields a frankness – Dione Joseph, Australian Stage rare even in an era as saturated as ours with people willing to expose themselves on camera.” - Colin Beckett, UnionDocs Photo by Bindi Cole by Photo Bindi Cole by Photo

JACK CHARLES V. THE CROWN Show Description Credits BASTARDY Show Description Manamith koolin-l ganbu One man shows his talent nuther mooyup Produced by ILBIJERRI Theatre Based on the life of Uncle Jack Charles, Starring Jack Charles A Film by Amiel Courtin-Wilson Provocative, funny and profoundly moving, Bastardy is Jack an actor Company spoken in his own words. the inspirational story of one man’s journey into the light. Djilak-djirri – dha Jack Writers Jack Charles & John Romeril Jack a singer Melbourne, Australia A powerful one-man show that shines the spotlight For forty years and with infectious humour and Yinga-dha koolin Jack Director Rachael Maza January 27 & 28 @ 5:00pm Jack works with his hands on the colourful life of one of Australia’s near forgotten optimism, Jack Charles has juggled a life of crime with Toured by Performing Lines Marnang-bul Jack – a potter treasures. Jack is an actor, musician, potter and gifted Dramaturge John Romeril Big Secret Theatre another successful career — acting. Filmmaker Amiel Emaraleek djilak-djirri Jack a gifted performer performer, but for a good portion of his nearly 70 years Courtin-Wilson follows Jack over seven years — gradually Musical Director Nigel MacLean $15 –dha Jack he has also been homeless, an addict, a thief and a blurring the line between director and accomplice as Many years homeless January 28 — 30 @ Various Times Guitar & Violin Nigel MacLean 83 minutes Bullarto weekabul regular in Victoria’s prisons. Jack continually traverses the criminal and acting worlds. An addict University Theatre at the When the law finally catches up with Jack he is forced to weelam –ut A respected Aboriginal Elder who pioneered Koorie Percussion Phil Collings University of Calgary decide if he can go straight for the first time in his life. A thief theatre in the early 70s, founded Nindethana, the first Toy-yon –it Bass Mal Beveridge Did time From $40 Aboriginal theatre company, was a television regular Credits Nyeelam-bul pinbullally and the star of movies including The Chant of Jimmie Script Consultant Melanie Beddie Visit HPRodeo.ca/offers – bul 75 Minutes By Filmmaker Amiel Courtin-Wilson Proud Kulin man Blacksmith, Jack is one of Australia’s most highly Set & Costume Designer Emily Barrie for ticket packages and Baambuth – al Lived in the BIG house in ilbijerri.com.au regarded performers. At almost 70, no longer caught in Starring Jack Charles as Himself Victoria the cycle of addiction, crime and doing time, Jack sings Lighting Designer Danny Pettingill discounts. Dullally koolin Theatrical Trailer at Jack sings and tells his and tells his extraordinary tale with extraordinary flair. Bullarto weelam Victoria Audio Visual Designer Peter Worland HPRodeo.ca life story –ut Manamith koolin-l ganbu nuther mooyup Djilak-djirri – dha Jack Yinga-dha koolin Jack Marnang-bul Jack Dhumba – dha ba yinga- - Translated to Boon Wurrung Emaraleek djilak-djirri –dha Jack Bullarto weekabul weelam –ut Toy-yon –it Nyeelam-bul pinbullally – bul by Fay Stewart-Muir, Victorian Baambuth – al Dullally koolin Bullarto weelam Victoria –ut Dhumba – dha ba yinga-dha weegan-dha Jack dha weegan-dha Jack Aboriginal Corporation for - Translated to Boon Wurrung by Fay Stewart-Muir, Victorian Aboriginal Corporation for Languages Languages

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“This is an intellectual pleasure; more surprisingly, Eternal is emotionally resonant…As fine layers of the recent past accumulate on the work’s eternal present, a quietly tender ETERNAL heat builds...” - Claudia La Rocco, The New York Times Photo by Thomas Dunn by Photo

ETERNAL Show Description Credits A Film by Daniel Fish Two actors. Two screens. The final scene of a movie. Created and directed by Daniel Fish New York, USA The great New York director Daniel Fish has orchestrated a Performed by Christina Rouner & magnificent piece that charts the contours of the human Thomas Jay Ryan In association with Cinematheque heart. Director of Photography Michael Koshkin January 29 & 30 @ 5:00pm In July 2013, Fish assembled a film crew to shoot Thomas Sound recordist Patrick Southern Big Secret Theatre Jay Ryan and Christina Rouner performing the final scene of the 2003 film Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind in a Costume design Terese Wadden $15 continuous loop for two hours — the only constraint: they Projection Andrew Lazarow 120 minutes must keep going, no matter what happens. Eternal is the unedited, two-channel video of their performance. Sound Mix Daniel Kluger danielfish.net We watch as two fabulous performers plunge into the pure pleasure of acting, but for the camera, evoking the infinite possibilities of this heartbreaking scene Visit HPRodeo.ca/offers of separation. With their looks and their gestures, a for ticket packages and passionate and very moving love affair and estrangement discounts. unfolds. An ode to acting that is simple and eternal. Premiered at Incubator Arts Project, New York, on October 10, 2013

42 See pages 28-31 for full festival schedule Tickets: 403.294.9494 • Information: 403.294.7411 hprodeo.ca • @hprodeo • #hprodeo • facebook.com/hprodeo HAIRCUTS BY “It’s about trusting our future generation with not just the hairs on your head but about understanding young people are capable of much more than we give them credit for. ” CHILDREN

Photo by John Lauener by Photo – Chris Burns, Australian Education Minister

HAIRCUTS BY CHILDREN Show Description Credits Co-Presented with Haircuts by Children is exactly what it sounds like. Conceived by Darren O’Donnell Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre Children from 8-12 years old are trained by professionals Directed by Petrina Ng & Jenna Winter Created by Mammalian Diving Reflex to cut hair, then they offer free haircuts to the public at a Production and Local Coordination by Eva Verity salon in the city. Toronto, Canada & Alicia Ward Haircuts is a performance about insane haircuts, power Featuring the grade 5 students from the Calgary Board of and trust; we challenge our audience to set their vanity Education’s Abbeydale School January 30 & 31 @ 12:00pm — 4:00pm aside, relinquish control, and trust that a 10-year-old has the creative ability, dexterity and responsibility to FREE command a sharp pair of scissors. Ultimately it is also Supported in part by grants from the Canada Council for the Arts and mammalian.ca a performance about the intimate and rare moments the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the government of Ontario. shared between two very unlikely strangers – a child and an adult. Visit hprodeo.ca Mammalian Diving Reflex’s work occurs in public, collaborates with non-artists, and attempts to create for location details, unusual social contexts and situations that bring children and adults together as well as individuals from or to book your different socio-economic, geographic, cultural, and appointment. racial backgrounds who wouldn’t normally have the opportunity or reason to spend time together.

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IMPROV EVERYWHERE

“If there’s one man in the world who can convince thousands of people to take off their pants in the subway, to follow the disembodied instructions of a downloaded MP3, or to high-five a stranger on an escalator, it’s Charlie Todd.”

Photo courtesy of Improv Everywhere - Daniel Terdiman, CNet Magazine Photos by Richard Lam Richard by Photos

Renderrabbits Show Description IMPROV EVERYWHERE Show Description Created by Tyler Klein Longmire Inspired by Andy Warhol’s screen tests, Renderrabbits New York, USA Since their humble beginnings in New York City in 2001, is a series of animated portraits of the One Yellow Improv Everywhere has grown from a small gang of Calgary, Canada Rabbit performance ensemble. Tyler Klein Longmire restless comedians into a global prank collective and a pays homage to the ensemble using archival and recent Visit HPRodeo.ca for details viral video-making sensation. footage to make an animated film. He painstakingly Throughout the month of January FREE From the No Pants Subway Ride to the MP3 Experiment, traced each frame using a technique called ‘rotoscoping’ their publicly staged scenes of chaos and joy are beloved In the Laycraft Lounge with the intention to “animate their past and weave it improveverywhere.com/calgary by the hundreds who witness them, the thousands who into their present, as we all look towards the future.” FREE participate in them, and the millions who watch and Credits share the videos online. tklongmire.com Tyler Klein Longmire is an animator, designer, and “We Cause Scenes” is the slogan used by Improv theatre-maker based in Calgary. He works at the Everywhere, founded by Charlie Todd, to describe their Quickdraw Animation Society, an artist-run centre for hilarious, guerrilla performance art. The group’s stated independent animators in Calgary; and is a founding mission is to cause scenes of “chaos and joy” in public member of the experimental performance collective places. Humble Wonder Theatre. What chaotic and joyous pranks will Improv Everywhere unleash on Calgary? The brave and fun-loving will recognize this as a true expression of Rodeo.

46 See pages 28-31 for full festival schedule Tickets: 403.294.9494 • Information: 403.294.7411 hprodeo.ca • @hprodeo • #hprodeo • facebook.com/hprodeo See pages 28-31 for full festival schedule Tickets: 403.294.9494 • Information: 403.294.7411 hprodeo.ca • @hprodeo • #hprodeo • facebook.com/hprodeo 47 THE FUTURE During the month of January the High Performance Rodeo will host over Rodeo—with the artists who create that work. The students will have the 150 local and visiting artists. What happens when performing artists from opportunity to meet and share with these senior artists, and to engage in across Canada and around the world converge on our city? What does this active and reflective discourse around the work that they experience. mean for our communities, our audiences, and our artists? What impact Moving behind the scenes, these students will have a rare opportunity to does Calgary have on these visiting artists? explore issues of motivation, training, composition, dramaturgy, modes of Specifically, how might our students truly engage with these visiting performance, and the ins-and-outs of the business of touring with some contemporary artists? And how, in addition to seeing their work, can of the most influential artists in contemporary performance. A key aspect meeting the artists and conversing with them inform our students’ of this program will be a series of interactive artist talks hosted at the practices? In short, how can this artistic intersection and exchange inspire University of Calgary. Under the direction of Bruce Barton, Director of the the next generation of Calgary’s cultural creators? SCPA, and facilitated by many of our City’s senior artists, these talks will also be open to all of Calgary’s students and to the general public. For our 30th anniversary we are launching a new initiative built upon these questions. In partnership with the University of Calgary’s The Beautifulyoungartist program will be a particularly conspicuous, School of Creative and Performing Arts (SCPA), as part of OYR’s progressive, and joyful answer to the question of what can happen when beautifulyoungartist program, we have developed the all-access pass. a city like Calgary hosts a festival like the High Performance Rodeo. This new venture will gather drama students from Western Canada Check out our website for details on dates and location. High School and post-secondary creative and performing arts students YOU ARE HERE TOO: from the University of Calgary in a rich environment of performance, workshops, and conversations about the work that is presented at the Recalling the Whaler

YOU ARE HERE TOO: Show Description Credits RADICAL... Imagining the Future of Performance from roots to realization RECALLING THE WHALER If you’ve ever seen Michael Green do The Whaler, you Created and produced in Calgary by theatre artists, School of Creative and Performing Arts have every naked detail etched in your mind. It was wild story-tellers, and audiophiles: theatre at its hilarious best — wet, nude, and undeniable. Created by The Deep Field Podcast, Col Cseke High Performance Rodeo Listeners in During the Rodeo on Friday and Saturday nights, The Anton de Groot Residence Deep Field Podcast team will be looking for you with tape rolling, to record your tall tales of Michael Green’s Laurel Green Recording Dates The Whaler. Share what The Whaler means to you, and Now in its second season, The Deep Field Podcast January 15 & 16, 22 & 23 celebrate what you remember. team have gone searching for a mysterious hum @ 9:45pm — 12:00am As the High Performance Rodeo’s official Listeners in plaguing the community of Ranchlands, explored Residence, we will borrow your voices to build a chorus. disabled Albertans’ (legal) right to love, and imagined J..J. Young Room A cacophony. A sea shanty. the inner-thoughts of butterflies. If you never caught the spectacle, you can find out all Subscribe to The Deep Field Podcast on iTunes. Listening Party about it on January 29. Join us for a Listening Party where

we compose YOUR remembrances, YOUR belly laughs, dance drama music January 29 @ 9:45pm and YOUR voices shouting out “I AM THE WHALER!” one or The Laycraft Lounge two – or a hundred – times more. Congratulations! The High Performance Rodeo is 30 years young, with three decades of ground-breaking, trend-setting performances to its credit. And a glance at this year’s program proves its future is just as bright. At the SCPA we too are reaching deep into our roots at the deepfieldpodcast.com same time that we’re radically re-inventing ourselves. So it’s not hard for us to recognize a cause for celebration.

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48 See pages 28-31 for full festival schedule Tickets: 403.294.9494 • Information: 403.294.7411 hprodeo.ca • @hprodeo • #hprodeo • facebook.com/hprodeo Congratulations to One Yellow Rabbit and the High Performance Rodeo on 30 years of building our city into a place where we’re all proud to live.

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For OYR Oriana Pagnotta For Arts Commons Anisa Abbas Mikki Gardner Connor Seely “This is serious work for playful Heather Close Box Office and Karly Peters Allison Duck Chief Alan Gawalko Taylor Solberg June 20th to July 10th, 2016 people. It is THE laboratory of Taryn Craig Patron Services David Sklar Tyra Erskine Abby Girma Miranda Wolfe our art form; singular in Canada, Alexis Knapp Chantal Wall Jen Jamer Angela Garcia Jarrett Robertson Victor York Big Secret Theatre, Calgary, Alberta unique in our profession and Laura Castle oyr.org something to be treasured.” SPECIAL THANKS Limited Enrollment. - Peter Hinton O.C., Theatre Director/Playwright Applications Due: June 1, 2016 (2014 Summer Lab Participant) Michelle Balic Richard Einarson Wes Jenkins Michael Morrison Rand Roeric Dewi Wood Karen Ball Ron Eliovitz Sam and Carol Kamis Travis Nelson Ian Russell Darren Wurzer Francine Béland Jocelyn Erhardt Ben Leavitt Leonard Nooy Dale Turri Diane Blackwell John Gilchrist Trudie Lee Lance Olson Janet Webb One Yellow Rabbit is grateful for the support it receives from: Ian Chiclo Michael Godfrey Jay MacGillivray Cherie Ratte Cameron Webster Max Duguay Natashia Haynes Sharon Modlin Tamara Raymond Lakin Wecker WineCalgary’s Most Dramatic Wine Event benefittingStage One Yellow Rabbit

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