Past Performances

Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre presents: Clothing October 5-7 and 12-14 at 7:30 pm October 8 at 2 pm Good Thrift, next to Good Neighbour Community Market 149 5 Ave SE (upstairs) Book tickets here. Pay the price...

A live performance about the forces pushing us apart, and what it means to be together.

At the 2020 IGNITE! Festival of Emerging Artists: Hyperspace Edition, Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre’s Provocation Series invites artists to push creative boundaries, and ask bold questions about art and society.

Amidst the largest collective crisis many of us have ever faced, how do we care for ourselves in honest and compassionate ways in order to minimize pain, and to heal? Elegant Animal is a socially distanced self-care creation from In Arms Theatre, taking place in the audience member’s own home, in their own time.

A dark, twisted narrative unfolding across a digital ecosystem that explores the aftermath of a gay 14-year-old's suicide, his family and church's refusal to hold a funeral for him, and the social movements that emerge in protest.

Devin Kotani is a half-Japanese/half-Scottish actor. In the past, he has played characters of racial backgrounds different than his own, but now he wonders: “Is that okay?”

Between November 4, 2015 and February 29, 2016, Canada resettled more than 25,000 Syrian refugees, following the outbreak of civil war. But what if war arrived much closer to home? What if Calgary became a warzone, and we were all forced to flee our homes and become refugees?

We are coming to take up space, to have our stories heard. Those who are marginalized often feel and are told that they are not good enough. Well, we are here to say that we are and that, if you ever feel alone, know that you are not. We are all struggling.

Part play, part memoir, part workshop and part experimental group therapy, Nobody tells the story of one woman’s journey through life and her longing to be seen, heard and loved by those around her.

For Love Sake stems from Sarah's memory and PTSD of some childhood trauma and abuse that she experienced; her acknowledgement of them; and the road to healing from them. She explores their effect on her psyche and her perception of reality, along with the evolving relationship with her family from the beginning to this point in her life.

At the 2019 IGNITE! Festival of Emerging Artists, Swallow-a-Bicycle Theatre’s Provocation Series invites artists to push creative boundaries, and ask bold questions about art and society.

Ghost: Return to Mourning is an experimental exploration of death, balancing autobiographical sentiment with external pressures regarding the healing that often needs to takes place. It encourages viewers to ruminate on past memories and divulge hidden truths to help us face darkness within ourselves when it comes to overcoming inauthenticity and accessing vulnerability.