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Shaping words into a show filled with wonder

Nicolas Di Gaetano talks about the genesis of Countries Shaped Like Stars, a surprise hit that he created as a fringe show with Emily Pearlman for $300 in 2009.

Getting busy at the hip hopera

Sebastien Heins deconstructs the star making machinery through the journey of a pair of young rap stars in Brotherhood: The Hip Hopera, at the 2017 High Performance Rodeo.

Trace: mining memory for hidden ghosts

The University of Calgary's Bruce Barton and his co-creators, Toronto's Michele Polak and Martin Julien talk about Trace, a new site specific ghost story that's haunting Legion #1 as part of the 2017 High Performance Rodeo

Solo show explores a fictional brotherhood in rhyme

Sebastien Heins talks about Brotherhood: The Hip Hopera, a sung-through hip hop musical that explores the personal through the lens of hip hop culture.

In All the Little Animals, playwright Karen Hines asks a few big questions

Karen Hines talks about the things women talk about when they arent talking about their relationships in her new play, All the Little Animals I Have Eaten, opening this week at the High Performance Rodeo in Calgary.

Transforming Faulkner into theatre comes naturally for Smith-Gilmour

Dean Gilmour of Smith-Gilmour Theatre talks As I Lay Dying, which opens Wednesday as part of the 2017 High Performance Rodeo.

Rodeo, Week 2: 7 Shows

Here's some data for you to crunch. One week of High Performing Rodeo, Six Guitars, and seven new shows. (Plus a free lunch hour concert from Pro Arts @ Noon, Wednesday featuring Frank Rackow and The Black Sea, at Catholic... Continue Reading →

6 Guitars, One Memorable Show

Fringe festival favourite Chase Padgett returns to Calgary's High Performance Rodeo to present Six Guitars, one of the most popular fringe shows of all-time.

Rodeo Dispatch: Resilient songs make for beautiful music

A review of Songs of Resilience, the opening night show of the 2017 High Performance Rodeo in Calgary, Alberta, Canada

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