Building on the success of last year’s Girls Gone Wilde event Urban Curvz Theatre is bringing back the popular late night cabaret showcasing the talents of established and emerging female playwrights and creators. Girls Gone Wilde runs March 7-8 & 14-15 at Lunchbox Theatre, nightly at 9:30pm.
The Girls Gone Wilde cabaret provides support for female artists engaged in creating brave new work. In showcasing their work Urban Curvz aims to contribute to the rise of commanding and arresting female voices at the forefront of Canadian culture. The late night cabaret will present a diverse spectrum of acts in based in theatre, clown, and dance. Featured artists include: The Janes, Lindsay Burns, Michelle Brandenburg, Genvieve Pare, Makambe K Simamba, and Sally Stubbs (Vancouver).
Tickets are $15.
Buy tickets at the door or in advance at Brown Paper Tickets.
All performances take place at Lunchbox Theatre (at the base of the Calgary Tower).
For questions please call: 403.999.5479
The Show created by the Janes and Nan Balkwill.
An ensemble of ladies compete for top spot in The Annual Thespian Jamboree.
Director: Nan Balkwill
Performer/Creators:
Heather Falk
Joleen Ceraldi
Helen Knight
I’m So Happy for You created by Michelle Brandenburg and Jacqueline Russell
This clown piece tackles societal expectations of women and the work required to maintain female friendships within a sticky mess of competition and different life trajectories.
Director: Kristen Eveleigh
Performer/Creators:
Jacqueline Russell
Michelle Brandenburg
Bundle by Makambe K. Simamba
An exploration of two women’s harmonious tug-of-war relationship at a time of inconceivable grief.
Director: Lindsey Zess Funk
Choreographer/Movement Coach: Oriana Pagnotta
Performers:
Makambe K. Simamba
Deborah Ferguson
Jamie Matchullis
Playing With The Boys by Sally Stubbs
Inspired by Canada’s first women police officers: Constables Lurancy Harris and Minnie Miller, this action packed tale explores two women’s struggle to gain credibility in a man’s world while they deal with an aggressive and mentally unbalanced inmate.
Director: Lara Schmitz
Performers:
Natalie Gauthier
Alyssa Bradac
Jenna Rodgers
Holleay Rohm (& fight director)
Exorcism- A fairytale for actresses by Lindsay Burns
….because theatre can hurt but it is also so damn beautiful.
Playwright: Lindsay Burns
Director: Tarra Riley
Performers:
Sonia Deleo
Hayley Feigs
Alexis Lerigny
Megan Owen
Julie Funk
All pieces Stage Managed by the incomparable Meredith Johnson!
***And please join us on March 8 at 2 pm for a reading of the full-length version of Playing with the Boys by Vancouver playwright Sally Stubbs. (Presented with support from the Playwright’s Guild of Canada.)
