Discussion

Opening May 15th and running through May 30th at the Pumphouse Theatre in Calgary, Front Row Centre Players presents Cabaret, directed by Kay Astop. Kyle sits down with Kay to talk about this complicated production and the time it took to bring it to the stage from having to shutter it due to the pandemic 4 days before it was set to open until today when it finally sees an audience.

Tickets: https://www.artscommons.ca/whats-on/frc-2025-26-season

About the show:

In a Berlin nightclub, as the 1920s draw to a close, a garish Master of Ceremonies welcomes the audience and assures them they will forget all their troubles at the Cabaret. With the Emcee’s bawdy songs as wry commentary, Cabaret explores the dark, heady, and tumultuous life of Berlin’s natives and expatriates as Germany slowly yields to the emerging Third Reich. Cliff, a young American writer newly arrived in Berlin, is immediately taken by English singer Sally Bowles. Meanwhile, Fräulein Schneider, proprietor of Cliff and Sally’s boarding house, tentatively begins a romance with Herr Schultz, a mild-mannered fruit seller who happens to be Jewish.

Discussion

Opening the 28th through the 31st of May at the Spanic Arts, Flying Tree Theatre presents two original works - Where is Home and Next Door by Julie-Anne Bolduc. Kyle sits down with the two creators of Flying Tree Theatre, Julie-Anne and Arash Minhas to discuss what these works are about, what Flying Tree Theatre is all about, and what these sorts of works mean for first generation Canadians.

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About the Shows:

Where Is Home? explores the experience of first generation immigrants and newcomers whose roots stretch across borders and time. It follows a young man torn between the home he left behind and the future he hopes to build with the woman he loves. When home is never just one place, what does love look like and where does it belong?Next Door explores an intercultural relationship between a white Canadian woman and a South Asian man navigating love under the weight of family expectations. When cultures meet, tensions rise but so do moments of deep connection.Together, these two works examine identity, belonging, family, and the quiet resilience it takes to build connection across difference.Together, these two works examine identity, belonging, family, and the quiet resilience it takes to build connection across difference.

Discussion

Jay's Wing, directed by Snizhana Gukasian-Korobeinikova was put up at the West Village Theatre March 28th and 29th of 2026. Kyle sat down after the show had closed to talk with directed and performer Snizhana about how the production went, what it meant, and how Ukrainian Theatre differs from Canadian Theatre and what lessons we can take away from this bridging of cultures.

About the Show:

Adapted from the original Ukrainian text by Ivan Franko, Massino, a 40-year-old man, spends New Year’s Eve in solitude. He reflects on his aesthetic, reclusive life until he receives a letter from his forgotten love, which forces him to reconsider his views on the future. The love story of Maria and Massino was written 120 years ago. We took one of the most poetic prose works of Ukrainian literature and translated it into the language of theatre.