Theatre Junction GRAND’s exciting 2017/2018 season reflects the company’s vision of expanding its activities to be a place where the best artists in Calgary can create, nurture and present their work.

"This season, there will be a whirlwind of activity. Visual art, film, and work by local artists, alongside our season of national and international work, will create a hub of activity and exploration at Theatre Junction GRAND," says Guy de Carteret, Executive Director. "Our goal is to become a revitalized public space that increases our civic footprint, where we participate in the life of the city and create a culture of innovation, exploration and learning through the arts."

From September 1-30, patrons can purchase 2 tickets for $50 to any show in the Flanagan Series. After that, regular ticket prices will be in effect.

The 2017/18 season will present 3 shows in the Flanagan theatre, along with a new Studio Series, comprising of TJLabs and NEXT STAGE.

Co-presented with Springboard Performance’s Fluid Festival

UNCENSORED. INNER. MONOLOGUE.

At center stage stands a single microphone. Four characters take on society, ranting about how to use crowd-funding to raise money to commit a murder; why ‘we’ no longer care about anything; what a privilege it is to be wasting time and why all shows suck.

Music by Jimi Hendrix and other blues and country artists complete the backdrop.

Presented by Theatre Junction and One Yellow Rabbit Performance Theatre as part of the 32nd annual High Performance Rodeo

AUTOFICTION. DJ SET. ANDROGYNY.

Imagine not choosing one gender, but just being. MDLSX is a solo-performance that prompts you to do just that.

Life stories, home video and photographs, mashed up with academic research on the queer community, and fiction about the culture, the topic of androgyny is tackled in a unique and personal way.

Music includes The Smiths, Vampire Weekend, R.E.M and the Yeah Yeah Yeahs.

April 11 - 14, 2018

DANCE. HYPNOTIC. MESMERIZING.

A stark white room with two spinning bars and two women dancing seamlessly around, WROUGHT creates an atmosphere that is all encompassing and hypnotic.

WROUGHT is an intimate story that feels like both spoken poetry and personal testimony. Each woman’s unique way of dance tells us who they are and most of all shows us how movement reveals someone.

NEXT STAGE

Premiering this season, NEXT STAGE will host seven local independent companies and one national company who will present new and fully-developed work. Theatre Junction will provide a free, two-week residency for each company, providing space, front of house, box office management, marketing and technical support at no charge to the artists. NEXT STAGE funding is provided by the Calgary Foundation and Imperial Oil.

Our Studio Series will also include nine TJLab sessions, where emerging local artists explore different aspects of performance through one or two week residencies in our Studio. TJLab artists investigate and explore new ideas and content as they develop new work. At the end of the residency, a work-in-progress performance is presented to an audience.

Artists and dates are on our website.

Theatre Junction’s CBE Accredited High School Mentorship program will present their work, developed over two seasons with local playwright Geoffrey Simon Brown.

Performance Dates April 27 & 28, 2018

One of Calgary’s oldest theatres, The GRAND was also a movie house, and in celebration of Canada’s 150th, we are premiering a film series of all Canadian films, curated through the partnership of CSIF. Each film will have its own spin, interest and intrigue but will be created in, filmed in, and at times, budgeted in Canada! All screenings will be $5.

We’re filling our walls, nooks and crannies with art: in the lobby, in Workshop Kitchen + Culture and in the mezzanine. We’re also presenting our new digital art series "Under the Ocular." You can catch the first installation, created by Amelia May Scott beginning August 31st.

(verb): the bringing together of a community to listen and learn from each other in order to influence change.

Highly inclusive and participatory conversation, Soundings are facilitated open-space gatherings where the people in the room can explore a theme and share their wisdom, experience and create social and personal change. This past year we brought together emerging and established artists, and arts organizations to discuss how artists can make a career of their art in Calgary. We have new topics planned for this coming season that will explore different aspects of society.

For more information and tickets, please visit theatrejunction.com or 403.205.2922.