Author of the article: Louis B. Hobson
Publishing date: Dec 31, 2020 • December 31, 2020 • 2 minute read • Storybook Theatre is filming a production of Annie for online viewing. jpg
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For local theatre companies, 2020 will be remembered as a year of forced innovation.
When the pandemic slashed audience capacity by two-thirds or shuttered theatre venues completely, companies had to learn to improvise.
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Posted: Dec 10, 2020 10:30 AM ET | Last Updated: December 10, 2020
No theatre for you this holiday season? Humbug! Keep the tradition alive by catching your favourite festive shows online. Theatre Calgary, for instance, is launching a video version of A Christmas Carol. (That s Stephen Hair in the role of Scrooge.)(Theatre Calgary)
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A Christmas Carol tis the season for taking in a show, and COVID can t squash your favourite tradition. Sure, the actual theatres are closed, but all those big annual Christmas-y spectaculars? They re going online. And if Nana s spent the last nine months perfecting her Zoom game, the whole fam can (virtually) watch together. Before you plan a big night in, consider these streaming options.
Author of the article: Louis B. Hobson
Publishing date: Dec 11, 2020 • December 11, 2020 • 3 minute read • Dennis Cahill is Scrooge in Loose Moose Chrismoose Carol 1919. jpg
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Local theatre companies are trying to help rev up the holiday spirit with some unique virtual offerings.
Loose Moose and newly minted Blue Jeans Theatre are offering quirky versions of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol while Vertigo, Lunchbox and 6 Degrees Music + Sound Productions have pooled resources to produce an old-fashioned 1940’s radio-style radio version of the holiday classic It’s A Wonderful Life.