Romeo and Juliet
As part of the Royal Opera House cinema season, St. Albert’s Arden Theatre presents Kenneth MacMillan’s groundbreaking ballet Romeo and Juliet.
The Royal Ballet’s romantic signature work stars Sarah Lamb as a Juliet full of grace, lightness and technical polish, and Steven McRae as her quicksilver Romeo.
Critics across the board are in praise of the 1965 doomed love story, an interpretation of Prokofiev’s magisterial score with its potential to shred emotions as few others.
Romeo and Juliet will be screened Sunday, March 20 at 2 p.m. Tickets are $20 adults, $15 students/seniors plus facility fees. Call 780-459-1542 or at ticketmaster.ca.
Kokopelli hits Broadway
Renowned across the region for having one foot in world music, four Kokopelli choirs present their first-ever musical theatre themed concert.
On With the Show resurrects Broadway hits from Something Rotten, Urinetown, Jersey Boys, Lion King and Sister Act 2 to name a few.
The concert features a special guest performance by Aiden Glenn, recently singled out for the role of Gavroche in the Toronto production of Les Misérables.
On With the Show takes place on Saturday, March 19 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the West End Christian Reformed Church, 10015 – 149 St.
Tickets are $20 adults, $15 students. Call 780-420-1757 or tixonthesquare.ca or at the door.
Percussion ensemble’s beat goes on
MacEwan University music department’s Percussion Ensemble stands at the forefront of musical excellence. On Sunday, March 20 at the John L. Haar Theatre, they present their major concert of the season.
Led by Brian Thurgood, this dynamic group features a cornucopia of instruments that are struck, scraped or shaken.
Percussion instruments are usually thought of as the backbone or heartbeat of an ensemble, and the students have embraced them with energy, precision and timing.
The concert starts at 7:30 p.m. at MacEwan’s Arts Centre, 10045 156 St. Tickets are $11.75 adults, $9 students/seniors. Call 780-420-1757 or tixonthesquare.ca.
Folk jazz at the Yardbird
Ben Sures, an acclaimed musician and Folk Fest favourite, invites a group of friends for an evening of verse, rhythm, strings and horns at the Yardbird Suite on Thursday, March 24.
Local trombonist Audrey Ochoa, writer, arranger and conductor for the second half also marshals the horns. She leads a little big band consisting of famed saxophonist P.J. Perry, Dave Babcock, Jeremiah McDade and trumpeters Bob Tildsley and Sergio Rodriguez.
Vocalists Stephanie Suchy, bassist Joe Phillips, fiddler Sara Frank and mandolin player Luke Fraser round out the evening.
Doors at 7 p.m., concert at 8 p.m. Tickets are $22 advance, $26 at door. Call 780-420-1757 or at tixonthesquare.ca
