Epicurean Calgary

AN UPDATE ON EVENTS AFFECTED BY COVID-19:
ALMOST ALL EVENTS HAVE BEEN POSTPONED INDEFINITELY, OR TO A SPECIFIC FUTURE DATE, OR HAVE BEEN CANCELLED COMPLETELY. INFORMATION ON EACH EVENT IS AS ACCURATE AS POSSIBLE.

May 2020

May 11, 30, 2020

Stage One Festival (ON HOLD)

Lunchbox Theatre, 160 115 9 Ave. S.E.

Showtimes:
TBA

Schedule:
TBA

Free Admission

The plays of tomorrow on stage today!
For more than 30 years, Lunchbox Theatre has been dedicated to the creation, development and production of new Canadian one-act plays, many of which have gone on to great acclaim after their premiere on this stage.
Come and be part of the process of creation. Attend the FREE workshop readings and help shape the new plays that will grace the Lunchbox stage in years to come.

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June 2020

June 10-13, 2020

The 2020 IGNITE! Festival of Emerging Artists: Hyperspace Edition

Virtual

IGNITE! 2020 Schedule:
TBA

Tickets:
TBA

A Festival at a Distance
With the global spread of COVID-19, and the mass cancellations of beloved arts events, and much of society at large, we’re sure many of you have been watching the IGNITE! channels for updates about the 2020 festival. While it won’t be without its challenges, IGNITE! is PUMPED to officially announce the “festival at a distance” model for 2020.

Space. The final frontier…a minimum of 2 meters between all humans.
The COVID-19 pandemic has rocked our worlds like shields at 10% in an asteroid belt. But we’re firing up thrusters and blasting outta here! Announcing:
The 2020 IGNITE! Festival of Emerging Artists: Hyperspace Edition
The brave ship IGNITE!, her fearless captain, steadfast officers, and keen space cadets have determined there is no turning back. We may be spatially distanced, but like entangled particles, there is no severing our social and artistic connections. There are worlds to explore. Adventures to encounter. Together.
2020 IGNITE! will be presented via a festival-at-a-distance model. Our scanners indicate there are distant star systems that could be studied from afar in addition to non-embodied or even digital worlds. Join our science officers and space cadets on an uncharted mission of discovery!
Houston, we have a festival!
The performances that are being presented this year fall into four categories: Dance, Improv, Provocation, and Theatre. Within these categories, artists have gone down multiple avenues and our lineup for this year is subsequently diverse and thought-provoking.

What is a festival at a distance?
The IGNITE! Festival will be presented during the original dates of June 10–13. Details will be available on the Sage Theatre website closer to the festival launch, but will encompass a combination of physically-distanced performances and digital presentations.

How are artists going to develop and share their shows safely?
The festival will be following all recommendations of Alberta Health Services and requiring artists to do the same in the creation and presentation of their work.
This has and will drastically change how they develop and present their projects this year while working with the Series curators to adapt projects/processes or support the creation of new experiments on a show-by-show basis. Some will certainly be going digital. Some may wish to embrace the possibilities and tensions of bodies seperated by great distances.

How can I experience IGNITE! as an audience member this year?
Keep an eye on the website and social media. Details about how to access performances will be included when the program is ready to go live. Expect most shows to go online…but maybe not all!

What is staying the same?
After consulting with funders, artists will continue to receive honorariums for their work – a key value of the festival. As in the past, all projects will receive 3 “performances” to showcase their work, a mentor to guide their project’s development, professional development workshops, socializing/networking events, and the supporting administrative and production resources of the festival infrastructure. They are committed to offering the same or equivalent supports for these rad, out of this world artists!

The IGNITE! Festival presents exciting work from new voices. Take in the bleeding edge of theatre, music, and dance at a festival dedicated to supporting, mentoring, and presenting emerging artists of all disciplines.

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