CATALYST THEATRE SOCIETY OF ALBERTA

IN JUNE 2023 WE HIRED A PROFESSIONAL CREW TO SHOOT NEVERMORE - THE IMAGINARY LIFE & MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF EDGAR ALLAN POE OVER THREE DAYS AT VERTIGO THEATRE IN CALGARY. LATER WE CO-PRODUCED AND PRESENTED A WORKSHOP OF CHUMP BY SUE GOBERDHAN EXPLORING HER GUYANESE CANADIAN UPBRINGING FEATURING A CAST OF EIGHT AND CULMINATING IN A COMMUNITY DINNER FOR OVER 50 PEOPLE. IN AUGUST WE ANNOUNCED OUR 2024 CONFLUENCE FELLOW MÉTIS ARTIST DANIELLE LAROSE AND BEGAN HER SEASON-LONG RESIDENCY TO DEVELOP THE POISONER'S DAUGHTER. IN OCTOBER WE PARTICIPATED IN THEATRE YES' FUNDRAISER FOR THE EDMONTON FOOD BANK PERFORMING HAMLET WITH 19 STUDENTS RAISING OVER $10 000. FROM SEPTEMBER TO MAY WE RAN OUR ASSOCIATE PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT PROGRAM WITH SUPPORT FROM THE EDMONTON COMMUNITY FOUNDATION PROVIDING EMERGING PRODUCTION MANAGERS WITH HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE AND CREATING A PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT HANDBOOK SHARED AT THE CITT CONFERENCE. IN DECEMBER WE BEGAN REHEARSALS FOR THE INVISIBLE - AGENTS OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE AT THE GRAND THEATRE IN LONDON ON REFINING THE SHOW FOR A SUCCESSFUL RUN IN JANUARY AND FEBRUARY. IN MAY WE HELD A GALA PREMIERE SCREENING OF THE FILMED VERSION OF THE INVISIBLE AT ZEIDLER HALL FOLLOWED BY THE LAUNCH OF OUR ONLINE STORE WITH NEW ALBUMS AND THE FILM AVAILABLE FOR STREAMING.