Standing O: A nod to the best of Calgary theatre this year

There is no question the pandemic played havoc with live theatre, not just in Calgary , but around the world.

The excitement is palpable in the offices of Theatre Calgary , Alberta Theatre Projects and Vertigo Theatre these days as they are beginning to see a return to pre-pandemic season subscriptions.

Theatre Calgary can credit its Theatre For All incentive, which offers all the seats on the main floor of the Max Bell Theatre for just $44 .

Natascha Girgis played Satan in W.O. Mitchell's raucous Prairie comedy The Black Bonspiel of Wullie MacCrimmon .

Paul Gross made a triumphant return to a Calgary stage as that sly old deceiver in Conor McPherson’s The Seafarer.

Jukebox musical look at the first 15 years of Carole King’s professional and personal life never felt like a concert, even though it featured a hit parade of 1960s tunes.

Kaylee Howard as King and Sayer Roberts as her first husband Gerry Goffin , Billy Lake and Alex Gullason as their best friends and fiercest rivals, Barry Mann and Cynthia Weil .

The Shakespeare Company and StoryBook Theatre joined forces on Broadway hit musical Something Rotten!.