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Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Daniel Lanois, Rick Mercer, Blue Rodeo announced for fall events
Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. The fall calendar is starting to fill up with big-name concerts and other events. Both musician-producer Daniel Lanois, comedian-TV personality Rock Mercer and Canadian hitmakers Blue Rodeo announced tours that will bring them to Calgary. Celebrating 40 years together, Blue Rodeo is back on the road with an anniversary tour. They swing into the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium for two shows, on Oct. 1 and 2, before moving on to Edmonton for two shows. East Coast soul singer Adam Baldwin opens for them on all dates. Over the years, the band has won numerous Junos, been put on a Canadian stamp, been inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame, been named to the Order of Canada, and won the Governor General's Performing Arts Award. They've sold more than four million albums with hits like Five Days in July, Head Over Heels, Lost Together, Try and Diamond Mine. Presale tickets are available June 3 on their website, Lanois, well-known as a producer working with such heavyweights as U2, Bob Dylan, Neil Young and Robbie Robertson, is also an eclectic musician who can't be pinned down to any one sound. Born in Hull, Quebec, his music spans folk, classical, soul, ambient, rock and electronica. He plays at the Bella Concert Hall on Oct. 11. The presale starts June 4 at Lastly, Rick Mercer brings his sharp wit and political commentary to Edmonton on Sept. 13 and Calgary on Sept. 14 at the Jubilee Auditoriums as part of his Stand Up for Canada Tour. Mercer is best known for CBC comedy shows This Hour Has 22 Minutes, Made In Canada and Rick Mercer Report. He has written four bestselling books and won nearly 30 Gemini Awards and Canadian Screen Awards. Tickets go on sale June 6 at Love concerts, but can't make it to the venue? Stream live shows and events from your couch with VEEPS, a music-first streaming service now operating in Canada. Click here for an introductory offer of 30% off. Explore upcoming concerts and the extensive archive of past performances.
Calgary Herald
14-05-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
Preview: One lost her head, the others their voice; Broadway musical SIX gives power back to Henry VIII's wives
Reviews and recommendations are unbiased and products are independently selected. Postmedia may earn an affiliate commission from purchases made through links on this page. Article content The musical SIX started as a class project in the Cambridge music department and went on to become an international sensation. Article content Toby Marlow and fellow student Lucy Moss collaborated on the musical about the six wives of Henry VIII, which premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in 2017, featuring a student cast. Two years later, productions were mounted in both London and New York, and it has since been produced around the world. The American tour plays at the Southern Alberta Jubilee Auditorium from May 20 to 25. Article content Article content Gaby Albo, who plays Henry's second wife, Anne Boleyn, says SIX is 'a modern concert style show. Something you'd expect from Beyonce. It's fun and fast. It started as a school project, and right away it just went wild. There is a new soundtrack album of the original cast, plus a filmed version of the play that has already [been] in cinemas in the United Kingdom, and will be released later this year in America.' Article content She explains that the six wives have formed a band, and they create this contest to see who will be the lead singer. The winner will be the wife who suffered the most at the hands of Henry, so they all detail their time with him. Article content Anne would seem to be the automatic winner. After all, Henry had her beheaded. Article content Albo is quick to point out that SIX is 'not a history lesson, and you don't need to know the facts of these women before going into the musical. Each of the wives tells their own story in the play, and there is information in the program.' Article content Article content Each wife has a distinct style, as if they were pop divas. Marlow and Moss used Beyoncé and Jennifer Hudson as inspiration when they were creating the musical style for Henry's first wife, Catherine of Aragon. They were inspired by Avril Lavigne and Lily Allen when creating Anne Boleyn. Article content Article content 'The great thing about the show is that we don't have to stick with the pop singers they used. We have the freedom to choose our own inspiration. I used Ariana Grande.' Article content Albo says the costumes are 'very modern but they still have royalty and grandeur to them. It's a way of making these women more relatable to a modern audience. They are not some old historical figures. They are very real.' Article content Catherine Parr, Henry's final wife, helps the others see that, with this contest, they are defining themselves. They are much more than simply his wives. They are people on their own. She says they are doing what history has done to them: defined them entirely in terms of Henry. Article content 'That's what the musical ends up doing. It's giving a voice to people who have really been silenced. They are individuals. They are not just Henry's wives,' says Albo.
Calgary Herald
30-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Calgary Herald
'Mariko is a diamond': After 17 seasons, Alberta Ballet principal dancer Mariko Kondo's final performance will be in Don Quixote
Article content Mariko Kondo says she is trying not to think about the end. Article content Article content As the date nears for her final bow as a principal dancer at Alberta Ballet in Don Quixote, she is attempting to keep her mind on the task at hand. But sometimes the reality sinks in. Article content 'For now, I still feel the same,' says Kondo, in an interview with Postmedia. 'I'm just going through my daily routine. Nothing has changed. But recently, I have been going through my photos and my memories. It's quite emotional. It's bittersweet.' Article content Article content After 18 years with Alberta Ballet, Kondo's final Calgary performance will take place on Saturday at the Jubilee Auditorium. She is performing the role of Mercedes in artistic director Francesco Ventriglia's new adaptation of the famous ballet, which will run from Thursday to Saturday. Mercedes dances with bullfighter Espada in the ballet, firing up the production with a sultry and celebratory dance backed by an entourage. Article content Article content After performing in the Nutcracker in 2023, Kondo took a year off after a dance injury. While she initially thought the injury would put an end to her career, she battled back because she was determined to finish on her terms and 'say goodbye from the stage.' Article content Article content Most recently, she performed as Glinda in last month's Alberta Ballet production of The Wizard of Oz. Earlier this month, she performed in Dubai after Alberta Ballet was invited by the United Arab Emirates to perform A Thousand Tales Ballet. Choreographed by Ventriglia, it included pieces from Aladdin, Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty and Swan Lake. Article content Article content Kondo played the White Swan. Article content 'I didn't think of going to Dubai at the end of my career,' she says with a laugh, 'But it was something I had never experienced before. The city and the beautiful opera house. Everything was more than I imagined.' Article content But Kondo says the timing feels right for her to take her final bow. Article content 'The injury was a big thing for me,' she says. 'I was injured in 2022 and I had pain since, but somehow I danced. But it is time for me. I don't know, but I just feel physically and mentally, it's a good time.'
Yahoo
11-04-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Shumka fest, Canadian Film Day and more in Edmonton this weekend
Shumka Dance Festival: Dazzlingly visual and full of jaw-dropping skill leaping back centuries, Shumka's inaugural dance fest has schools across Canada presenting their finest ensemble work. With performances running all day Friday and Saturday, dancers will get professional feedback, all leading up to a separate competition show 7 p.m. Saturday. The costumes, the makeup, the music, the motion — if you want to see how the kulbasa is made as dancers rise up through the ranks, this is a perfect opportunity in the midst of a wider celebration of all things Ukrainian! Details: 9:45 a.m.-9 p.m. Friday, 8:45 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Saturday, then 7 p.m. Saturday at Jubilee Auditorium (11455 87 Ave.), $20/adults, $8 5 and under/day, $25/adults, $8 5 and under competition show at Word Combinations: The dynamic vibe of Tim Rechner's abstract compositions in various media, including pastel and paint have always looked a little like alien graffiti tags — 'writing' as the street artists call their high-design words on the wall. Thus, though not exclusively, is the title of Rechner's show fitting, 'Word Combinations,' also bringing to mind the strange names creative people can give their artwork. And the savvy move of asking us to think of text while we're looking at seemingly random shapes is a gentle reminder of the many powerful kinds of language out there besides written and spoken. What is art, after all, but a parade of unique and endless styles of invented communication? Details: Through May 7 at Aviary (9314 111 Ave.), admission by gig, see for details Maestro: Starting with a dozen performers, this Squid/Hunger Games style is a competitive, elimination-style battle to the pretend death as one by one the theatresports hopefuls are churned through the dystopian meat grinder of audience voting. At the end, whoever's left standing is crowned Maestro — but at what cost to our souls? Looks deadly! Details: 9:30 p.m. this, next and various upcoming Saturdays at Rapid Fire Exchange (10437 83 Ave.), $20/general, $10/students at Comics Zines and Books Market: The Art Gallery of Alberta has expanded its zine fair to include all artists working in the realm of book arts including comics, art books, printmaking, bookbinding, calligraphy and more. Handmade journals, magazines, prints — you name it, and all delightfully local in this age of growing intentional support-localism. Best of all, free admission to the market space! Details: 11 a.m.–5 p.m. Saturday, 11 a.m.–4:30 p.m. Sunday at AGA (2 Sir Winston Churchill Sq), free National Canadian Film Day: This Wednesday, theatres all over town, the province and indeed the world celebrate our national cinematic octopus of ongoing motion-picture creativity with some 1,700 free screenings. Dreamspeakers is showing dark comedy-thriller Seed at Metro (8712 109 St.), while Edmonton International Film Festival is presenting hockey doc Ice Queens with its director Damon Kwame Mason for a Q and A at Landmark Cinemas 9 in City Centre — both showing at 7 p.m. Metro is then running 1991 horror-western Clearcut at 9:30 p.m. Pe Metawe Games (11805 94 St.) is rolling the hilarious Hey, Viktor! at 5:30 p.m., while Edmonton Movie Club has documentary To Kill a Tiger at Council of India Societies Edmonton (9504 37 Ave.) at 6:30 p.m. Kicking it all off, it's another chance to see the impossibly good Universal Language, 11 a.m. at FAVA Studios, #149 10045 156 St. Details: Wednesday, no charge fgriwkowsky@ @ 'The coolest venue in Edmonton': Starlite Room celebrates 35-year legacy with shows by Corb Lund, Moneen, Cancer Bats 'Consumer behaviour has changed': Edmonton Opera's new season has something for everyone You can also support our journalism by becoming a digital subscriber. Subscribers gain unlimited access to The Edmonton Journal, Edmonton Sun, National Post and 13 other Canadian news sites. Support us by subscribing today: The Edmonton Journal | The Edmonton Sun.
