High Performance Rodeo

High Performance Rodeo 🌟 Calgary’s wildest annual festival of the arts serving up theatre, dance, comedy, music & more!

🔥 January 2027
⭐️ Presented by

04/17/2026

Our community always helps make the magic happen, and we’re hoping you’ll join us again 🌸✨

For this year’s BYA show, Handy Devices for Existential Crisis, we’re creating a dreamy garden of joy and looking for donations of silk, paper, or plastic flowers to help bring the stage to life. 🌼

If you have extra blooms, sprigs, or stems tucked away at home, we’d love to give them a new purpose onstage. Denise has asked for LOTS of flowers, and we’re looking to make it a full floral takeover. 💐

Drop-offs begin Tuesday, April 21, weekdays from 10 am to 4 pm at the One Yellow Rabbit offices, Werklund Centre (Centre Court above Cravings Café).

Thank you for continuing to support the artists and the imagination behind these productions. 🌷

Tickets are now on sale for this incredible show!

💐 Handy Devices for Existential Crisis
🗓 May 13–16
📍 Big Secret Theatre
⏰ 7:30 p.m.
🎟 https://www.oyr.org/productions/handy-devices-for-existential-crisis

✨ Handy Devices for Existential Crisis ✨The BeautifulYoungArtists return with a new work presetned by One Yellow Rabbit ...
03/31/2026

✨ Handy Devices for Existential Crisis ✨

The BeautifulYoungArtists return with a new work presetned by One Yellow Rabbit and directed by Denise Clakre. Expect to experience a tragi-comedy cabaret that leans all the way into chaos, imagination, and heart.

Five friends build a shifting, image-filled world where humour and invention become tools for survival. It’s playful, a little unhinged, and deeply human. 🎭

Because when things feel uncertain, you gather your people, make something out of nothing, and keep going. 🔥

✨ Handy Devices for Existential Crisis
🗓 May 13 – 16
📍 Big Secret Theatre
⏰ 7:30 PM
🎟️ https://www.oyr.org/productions/handy-devices-for-existential-crisis

🌍✨ World Theatre Day ✨🌍Today, we celebrate the magic, mischief, and meaning of theatre and how it brings us together in ...
03/27/2026

🌍✨ World Theatre Day ✨🌍

Today, we celebrate the magic, mischief, and meaning of theatre and how it brings us together in a shared space of stories and connection 🎭

Theatre is not just what happens on stage. It is what we bring into the room and what we carry out with us ✨

We believe in the essentials, the quiet things that make live performance come alive 🧠

This World Theatre Day, remember what it feels like to be at a live performance. The shared breath, the stillness, the moment something lands in your chest ❤️

Hold onto that. Pass it on 💛

If you’ve experienced the magic of the BeautifulYoungArtists before, you know how unforgettable these performances can b...
03/13/2026

If you’ve experienced the magic of the BeautifulYoungArtists before, you know how unforgettable these performances can be. 🎭

This May, Calgary’s rising performers return under the guidance of OYR’s own, Denise Clarke, bringing new work, fresh voices, and bold, intimate moments to the stage. ✨

Get ready to laugh, feel, and be amazed … we can’t wait to share this show with you.🔥

Tickets available soon! 🎟

Today we celebrate the women who shape the stage and the stories we share. 🎭From the artists and creators to the produce...
03/08/2026

Today we celebrate the women who shape the stage and the stories we share. 🎭

From the artists and creators to the producers, technicians, staff, and volunteers – women are at the heart of what makes HPRodeo possible. 💛

Their voices challenge us, move us, make us laugh, and remind us why live performance matters. 🌟

Today and every day, we celebrate the women who create, lead, and inspire. 💪

Happy International Women’s Day 💜

02/21/2026

From the bottom of our hearts — thank you. 💛

Over three unforgettable weeks, we laughed, we cried, and we witnessed performances that moved us beyond words. Stories were shared, conversations sparked, and connections made that will last far beyond the stage. 🎭

To our longtime fans: your energy, your support, and your belief in bold, boundary-pushing art is what makes HPRodeo what it is. Every clap, every cheer, every moment of presence matters. ✨

2027 feels forever away… but hey, that just gives you more time to miss us, right? 😏

02/10/2026

We’re teary eyed that it’s over… but wow, what a ride! 😢🎉

HPRodeo 2026 shook the stage, moved our bodies, and hit us right in the feels.

✨ This was not just art, it was connection in motion.
🎭 Calgary showed up. Artists went all in.
❤️ Together we proved bold performance brings us closer.

Did you catch the magic? Drop your favourite memory in the comments. ✨💬

02/10/2026

🎉🐇 WE HAVE A WINNER! 🐇🎉

Congratulations to our 50/50 raffle winner, Terry-Lynn C! 💰✨

Thank you to everyone who bought a ticket. Half of the jackpot is going home with one very lucky supporter.

Because of your support, we can keep creating, taking risks, and telling unforgettable stories on Calgary’s stages.

From all of us, thank you for hopping in and supporting the arts. 🎭✨

Closing Night Party! 🎉Tonight, join us for drinks, beats from DJ Subliminal Rabbit, and party vibes that won’t quit. 💃✨C...
01/31/2026

Closing Night Party! 🎉

Tonight, join us for drinks, beats from DJ Subliminal Rabbit, and party vibes that won’t quit. 💃✨

Catch fierce moves from Q***r Arts Society and Vogue YYC, explore Yu Chen’s Portraits of Belonging, and dive into interactive art including +15 Soundscape, Pyramids of Compassion, and the Micro Cinema.

It’s your last chance to see the 2026 HPRodeo x Alberta Printmakers Poster Show and grab a poster of your own.

🎭 Let’s go out with a bang!

🎉 Closing Night Party
🗓 January 31
📍 Centre Court and the Laycraft Lounge
⏰ 9:30 PM

Bittersweet vibes today 🤍🤠The HPRodeo is riding off into the sunset, and yeah, we’re feeling it. The stories, the chaos,...
01/31/2026

Bittersweet vibes today 🤍🤠

The HPRodeo is riding off into the sunset, and yeah, we’re feeling it. The stories, the chaos, the magic, the moments we’ll be talking about all year.

But it’s not over yet. There’s still time to catch one more inspiring show. One last chance to laugh, feel, and be reminded why live performance hits different.

Come be part of the finale. 🎭✨

🚬 A Brief History of Smoking Ci******es | Heather Edwards Theatre | 7:30 PM
✨ Body Concert | The Studio at Vertigo Theatre | 8:00 PM
🤔 Your Show Here | Big Secret Theatre | 7:30 PM
🎭 My Name is Karen | Big Secret Theatre | 2:00 PM
🎭 Hucksterland | Alexandra Centre Concert Hall | 2:00 PM and 7:30 PM
🪩 Closing Night Party | 9:30 PM

Click to get tickets: https://www.oyr.org/hprodeo/lineup](https://www.oyr.org/hprodeo/lineup

TONIGHT ONLY: New Blood 🪶Strathmore High School brings stories of healing, connection, and reconciliation to the stage. ...
01/30/2026

TONIGHT ONLY: New Blood 🪶

Strathmore High School brings stories of healing, connection, and reconciliation to the stage. Through movement, music, and powerful storytelling, students honour voices like Siksika Chief Vincent Yellow Old Woman, sharing journeys of resilience and hope 🌅

Be part of a night that bridges cultures, sparks understanding, and celebrates the power of coming together 🔥🤝

Don’t miss it. This is reconciliation in motion! 💛🪶

🪶 New Blood
🗓 TONIGHT (Jan 30)
📍 The GRAND Flanagan Theatre
⏰ 7:30 PM
🎟 https://www.oyr.org/productions/new-blood](https://www.oyr.org/productions/new-blood

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