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Ghost River Theatre

Daring performance creation for Calgary, for Canada, and for the world. Our work embraces a hybrid of high tech visual spectacle with low-fi theatrical magic.

Artistic Director: Eric Rose
Executive Director: Christy Offer
Admin & Marketing Coordinator: Ryan Wesley Gray

Ghost River Theatre is an innovator. Led by Artistic Director Eric Rose, GRT is a devised theatre company that creates, develops and mounts original productions through a significant investment in imaginative research and development. We make our work in a rigorous, supportive collabo

rative-creation environment that recognizes and utilizes the unique abilities of all participants, premiering our work in Calgary and then touring it nationally and internationally. As Jessica Goldman of CBC Radio stated “…no one is better at mounting a totally unique and exquisitely creative piece of work than Ghost River Theatre.”

Over our twenty-five year history, GRT has created and toured some of the most thoughtful, daring, imaginative, and seemingly impossible work that this country has produced. With a keen desire to create, to engage and to push the boundaries of live performance GRT has establish itself firmly as a leader in both the Calgary, Alberta, and national cultural ecologies. For a great taste of our work click:
https://vimeo.com/62367304

For an independent company Ghost River Theatre has consistently punched above its weight:
• 21 Betty Mitchell awards, 64 nominations;
• 37 original productions since 1992;
• Appearances at the Magnetic North Theatre Festival, High Performance Rodeo, Canada’s National Arts Centre, the Pride of Place Festival (UK), Summerworks National Series and Montreal’s Les 20 jours du theatre a risqué;
• Winning 3 Betty Mitchell Awards for Outstanding Production of a Play for The Highest Step in the World (2010), ONE (2011) and The Last Voyage of Donald Crowhurst (2015).
• Receiving the Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology’s Award of Merit for The Highest Step in the World (2012).
• Receiving the Calgary Critics Award for Best Technical Design for Tomorrow’s Child (2014)
• Snezana Pesic’s design work for ONE (2011) was selected to represent Canada at the 2015 Prague Quadrennial.
• Chosen as the first ever Company-in-Residence at the University of Calgary’s School for the Creative and Performing Arts (2015-16)

These kinds of accomplishments and accolades received by Ghost River Theatre are recognition of a deep ongoing commitment for achieving the highest in artistic excellence.

08/05/2026

So proud to honour our AD Eric Rose! Check out this video that touches on artistic process and celebrates this meaningful award!

07/04/2026

Coming to SummerWorks Performance Festival 2026 🔥

One of Canada's premier independent theatre festivals — now in its 2026 edition themed Fight | Flight, SummerWorks brings together artists who root themselves in place, community, and practice while rewriting histories and creating new narratives through the body, memory, consent, transformation, and identity.

Proud to be part of the lineup.

Soft Squishy Things 🚀

A lone trans-fem astronaut. Alone in space. So she starts making things.

A lo-fi sci-fi odyssey in miniature — where everyday objects become companions, worlds, and reasons to keep going. Object theatre meets cosmic universe. A Kleenex becomes an alien pet. Marshmallows terraform new planets.

Part humour, part heartbreak, part existential absurdity. Come for the DIY sci-fi. Stay for the soft squishy feelings.

🎭 Ghost River Theatre / Macromatter Created by Eric Rose & Robin Leveroos Performed by Robin Leveroos Directed by Eric Rose

📍 Factory Theatre Studio 📅 Aug 13 @ 9 PM | Aug 14 @ 7:30 PM* | Aug 15 @ 3 PM* *AUG 14 & 15 followed by post-show Q&A ⏱ 50 min | 💸 $20 / $35 / $50

SummerWorks runs Aug 6–16 in Toronto. Festival tickets on sale July 13 👉 [link in bio]

06/26/2026

🌿 ECHOES OF THE LAND 🌿

JUNE 25 – 28, 2026

In honour of National Indigenous History Month, join us for a transcendent auditory journey rooted in the spirit and rhythms of the land.

This unique performance transcends traditional theatre. Lie back and let the soothing, meditative sounds wash over you. Designed as a sound bath to engage the senses, audiences will lay flat on the floor, blindfolded or with eyes closed, fully immersed in a meditative realm of discovery and deep reflection on the land. 🧘‍♀️✨

Featuring: 🥁 Cedric Lightning | Stoney Nakoda Drum & Vocals 📖 Alanna Bluebird | Spoken Word 🎹 Kenna Burima | Keyboard & Vocals 🎸 Kris Demeanor | Music Direction, Guitar & Vocals 🤝 Skip Wolfleg | Traditional Drummer & Knowledge Keeper | Sound Design Tauran | Gift of Song, Clarence Wolfleg Senior

Directed and concept Eric Rose
Assistant Director Jennie Esdale

🗓️ DATES: Thu 25 June | 7:30 PM Fri 26 June | 7:30 PM Sat 27 June | 7:30 PM Sun 28 June | 3:00 PM

📍 WHERE: Big Secret Theatre @ Werklund Centre

• Bring your own yoga mat •
Presented by the Werklund Centre.

🔗 Link in bio for tickets & accessibility inquiries.

06/23/2026

NATIONAL DEVISED THEATRE INTENSIVE 2026.

That's a wrap.

Three weeks and a whole lot of risk-taking. We came in to explore The Performer Inside the Process and left with something entirely new.

Swipe for some thoughts from the cohort on what this journey meant.

Huge thanks to Ghost River Theatre, Eric, Jamie, and Tania, and everyone who showed up ready to create.

See you in 2028. Keep making.

06/19/2026

ONE MORE CHANCE! Firday June 18!

The culminating showcase of the NATIONAL DEVISED THEATRE INTENSIVE 2026 COHORT

After three weeks of rigorous collaboration exploring "The Performer Inside the Process," the 2026 cohort presents their final devised work.

Directed by Eric Rose, with Jamie Konchak and Tania Alvarado, this 30-minute performance transforms intuition and improvisation into a unique theatrical moment.

🧵 Upon receiving a letter with harrowing implications, a young textile worker embarks on a quest to avenge her father's death. SOMETHING INCREDIBLE HAS HAPPENED is a poetic contemplation on grief, vengeance, and working-class strife.

🎭 Created by Ghost River Theatre with an ensemble of artists from across North America, this psychological thriller features stylized choreography, shadow, choral sound, and text.

✨ DON'T MISS ART IN MOTION! ✨

📅 June 18 & 19 | 7:30 PM 📍 West Village Theatre

PWYC at the door!

RSVP to [email protected]

06/18/2026

06/17/2026

🎟️ SPECIAL INVITATION 🎟️

The culminating showcase of the NATIONAL DEVISED THEATRE INTENSIVE 2026 COHORT

After three weeks of rigorous collaboration exploring "The Performer Inside the Process," the 2026 cohort presents their final devised work.

Directed by Eric Rose, with Jamie Konchak and Tania Alvarado, this 30-minute performance transforms intuition and improvisation into a unique theatrical moment.

🧵 Upon receiving a letter with harrowing implications, a young textile worker embarks on a quest to avenge her father's death. SOMETHING INCREDIBLE HAS HAPPENED is a poetic contemplation on grief, vengeance, and working-class strife.

🎭 Created by Ghost River Theatre with an ensemble of artists from across North America, this psychological thriller features stylized choreography, shadow, choral sound, and text.

✨ DON'T MISS ART IN MOTION! ✨

📅 June 18 & 19 | 7:30 PM 📍 West Village Theatre

PWYC at the door!
RSVP to [email protected]

06/12/2026

SOMETHING INCREDIBLE HAS HAPPENED.

After three weeks of rigorous collaboration exploring "The Performer Inside the Process," the 2026 National Devised Theatre Intensive cohort presents their final devised work.

Directed by Eric Rose, Jamie Konchak, and Tania Alvarado, with a group of INCREDIBLE artists from near and far, this 30-minute performance transforms intuition and improvisation into a unique theatrical moment.

The Culminating Showcase
📅 Thursday, June 18 & Friday, June 19
⏰ 7:30 PM
📍 West Village Theatre, Calgary

Come witness what we've made together.

06/08/2026

NATIONAL DEVISED THEATRE INTENSIVE

First week down at the National Devised Theatre Intensive and what fantastic work from a such a wonderful group of artists!

Week 1: Principles, play, process — laying the groundwork.
Week 2: Material creation, composition, collaboration — letting the work emerge from ensemble and instinct.
Week 3: Assembly + sharing — shaping what we've built into something to offer.

Three weeks. Twenty artists. One intense, immersive journey into devised practice. Grateful for the space, the community, and the freedom to take bold creative risks with Ghost River Theatre.

🎭 Join us for the sharing
June 18 & 19 • 7:30 PM | West Village Theatre, Calgary
Come see what we're making together.

Address

2007 10 Avenue SW
Calgary, AB
T3C0J8

Telephone

+14032427118

Website

http://www.ghostrivertheatre.com/, https://linktr.ee/GhostRiverTheatreYYC

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