Catch the Keys is excited to return to Nextfest Emerging Arts Festival for another year of raucous, creative, chaotic fun. Bringing you the return of NuMusic at Nextfest and the Nextfest Nite Clubs, CtK delivers four nights of multidisciplinary, experiential emerging art. Want to get in on the action? NuMusic at Nextfest proudly presents brave [...]
+ Read more…Join Edmonton’s arts & culture community for a one-night cabaret where arts and politics collide! Wrecking Ball Alberta is an opportunity for you to witness first class Albertan performance, and join patrons, artists and politicians in a lively discussion about our shared vision for Alberta. The evening will include performances by Ahmed Knowmadic and Colin Matty [...]
+ Read more…Join Edmonton’s arts & culture community for a one-night cabaret where arts and politics collide! Wrecking Ball Alberta is an opportunity for you to share your thoughts, ideas, passions and art with audience and politicians alike in advance of the upcoming provincial election. Wrecking Ball Alberta will be held on Monday, April 16 at The [...]
+ Read more…Catch the Keys is proud to work with artsScene Edmonton and Breakfast Television Edmonton to bring you Trip the Light, an exclusive after hours party in the BTV studios featuring live performances by Sonic 102.9‘s Band of the Month Mitchmatic, past Band of the Month Scenic Route to Alaska, Axe&Smash and DJ Alex Faid. Your [...]
+ Read more…Catch the Keys is proud to present scenes from its upcoming full length physical theatre production Snout at The Realtors Expanse Movement Arts Festival on Saturday March 10 at 7pm at The TransAlta Arts Barns. Part of the Festival’s Studio Showings, Snout is presented alongside other works-in-progress by some of Edmonton’s most promising emerging artists. [...]
+ Read more…Catch the Keys is proud to present The Kitchen Sink Project as part of the fifth annual Canoe Theatre Festival‘s Adventures in Whitewater Theatre workshop series. A study of the roles women put on and take off in and out of the home, The Kitchen Sink Project spans the decades and brings together a collection [...]
+ Read more…Catch the Keys is making its first trek down Highway 2 to take part in the Site Specific Spectacular hosted by our friends and yours, Swallow-a-Bicycle, as part of the 26th annual High Performance Rodeo. Dancers in a freight elevator? Acrobats in the boiler room? Actors on a rooftop?! Welcome to the Site-Specific Spectacular, a [...]
+ Read more…Edmonton’s only traveling historical horror show Dead Centre of Town is back for another night of gory good fun. Based on the interesting and sometimes sordid history of our fair city, the fifth annual Dead Centre of Town digs up and dances with the dusty bones of the sadly forgotten haunted history of Edmonton while [...]
+ Read more…Catch the Keys is proud to provide stage management and publicity support to Edmonton’s public reading of controversial play Homegrown by Catherine Frid. Homegrown Controversy: Edmonton joins in on Canada-wide readings of controversial play Edmonton theatre community takes cautious approach to controversial play The Summerworks Affair: Cheap shots at the expense of artists Join the [...]
+ Read more…Nextfest is our favorite time of year. Marking the arrival of summer, Nextfest is the chance to revel in a sense of community truer than at any other festival in #yeg, truer than at any other time in the year; a moment when more than 400 artists come together in a raucous, rambunctious celebration of [...]
+ Read more…Catch the Keys proudly presents the first public reading of our newest stagework, Snout as part of Theatre Propero‘s 1,000 Faces of Mythic Art Festival. Loosely based on the Egyptian myth of Isis and Osiris, in which Osiris is killed by his brother in a jealous fit of rage over Osiris’ place as king, Snout [...]
+ Read more…It’s halfway to Halloween and the dead are restless… Join Catch the Keys as we celebrate Theatre Garage‘s first year of business! A night of fun, excitement, refreshments and fright, Halfway to Halloween recognizes the members of the community who helped make Theate Garage’s success possible! Remember, this is a Halloween party, lovelies – full [...]
+ Read more…Politics and art collide Monday, April 25, 2011 when Edmonton’s local art scene takes to the stage to share views on the current political landscape. Wrecking Ball 2011 is a one-night cabaret which allows local politicians to connect with young, arts minded voters. Similar events are being scheduled on the same night across the country, [...]
+ Read more…Catch the Keys is proud to be involved in this year’s presentation of the Expanse Movement Arts Festival. Brought to you by the genius duo over at Azimuth Theatre, Expanse Movement Arts Festival is a boundary-pushing three day festival dedicated to showcasing the inspired investigation of the innovative spirit of the body-in-motion. This high-velocity event [...]
+ Read more…Hello, kittens. Game for another night of fright, are you? Back for two nights of gory good fun, the fourth annual Dead Centre of Town grips the heart of old downtown by celebrating one of Edmonton’s finest, oldest theatre venues, the New City Compound. Read what the press is saying: A Travelling Haunted House: Catch [...]
+ Read more…Nextfest 2010. What a show! Catch the Keys had the distinct pleasure of curating five nights of festing fun this past June. If you were there, you know just how much fun we had. At a back yard party just a week before Nextfest opened, we had the distinct pleasure of meeting the undeniably talented, [...]
+ Read more…CtK is proud to provide a preposterous posse of paparazzi for the Big Rock Edmonton Eddies Monday, June 21 2010 at the Transalta Arts Barns for the second consecutive year! Special thanks to Jamie Cavanagh, Mary Hulbert, Vincent Forcier and Darren Paul for their reporting talents!
+ Read more…We like you. We really, really like you. But we don’t want to pressure you or anything, so while you’re deciding, here are a few tidbits to read: No one’s Immune to the Nextfest Nite Clubs Vibe We Triple Dare you! Turning up the Celluloid NuMusic at NextFest: aka, the Big Fat Collaborative Chance
+ Read more…This time of year always gets us CtK gals buzzing with energy: the energy of feeling the sun after a long, cold winter; the energy of backyard bonfires and late night chats with great friends; and, of course, the energy of another year with our long-time love affair, NextFest. Oh, NextFest. How we heart you. [...]
+ Read more…Catch the Keys has always had a serious crush on NextFest. We admit we’re even more giddy than usual over the chance to deepen our obsession this year. Catch the Keys proudly announces NuMusic@NextFest. New to NextFest, this two-part music performance features brave new works by nine emerging composers from across Canada. Played by a fresh five [...]
+ Read more…According to the great oracle (Wiki), “dissonance has several meanings, all related to conflict or incongruity” What does dissonance mean for an artist? Does social dissonance map onto musical dissonance? Does the sound of industry birth the sound of industrial music? Is dissonance noise? Is dissonance modern art? Is dissonance the extreme of sensory thresholds, [...]
+ Read more…Ncounters: Living in a World of Sound and Noise is a student led transdisciplinary conference held March 5 – 7 which invites you to explore new approaches to the exploration of sound. Join the Graduate Music Students Association and the History and Classics Graduate Association at Dewey’s Pub on Campus at 8pm on Friday March [...]
+ Read more…Can you paint sound? Can you feel music? Can you separate sound from colour? Explore the artistic meaning and relationship among music, sound and colour. Ncounter colour and music Friday, February 26 at 7pm at Dewey’s Pub on Campus. This open stage concept invites visual artists, photographers, composers, performers, scholars and anyone interested in exploration [...]
+ Read more…Ncounter sound. Ncounter visual art. Ncounter acting. Ncounter music, theory, composition, history, sociology and more at Ncounters: a monthly collaborative meeting of the minds presented by the Grad Music Students’ Association. Hosted at Dewey’s Pub on the University of Alberta Campus, Ncounters invites collaboration from sound artists, visual artists, actors, musicians, composers, theorists, musicologists, historians, [...]
+ Read more…View a slideshow of images from the performance, care of Andrew Paul with See Magazine! Two adorable kids are putting on a Christmas pageant when the director dies suddenly. In order to save Christmas, twelve baby Jesus’ have to perform twelve Christmas miracles in only twelve days. Only one thing is certain: after Nik & [...]
+ Read more…The indie5 09/10 season opener U: The Comedy of Global Warming is a unique, independently produced, locally created multi-media play about Alberta and Climate Change. U: The Comedy of Global Warming is a ribald, funny and engaging mixture of information, entertainment, criticism and hope that blends fiction and fact in search of truth and answers. [...]
+ Read more…View a slideshow of photos from the event, care of See Magazine. Local visual artist Kevin Green likes women; he also likes animals; he doesn’t, however, like cilantro. Kevin thinks cilantro is the most pretentious of all herbs. But that doesn’t mean Kevin doesn’t occasionally enjoy being pretentious about art. Join Kevin Green, Michelle Domsky & Erik Bailey at External [...]
+ Read more…Your favorite puppet jerk is back for another night of gut busting hilarity Saturday October 31. Catch the Keys is proud to present Gabbo’s triumphant return – see Gabbo for one night only at the House on the Haunted Hilltop (8220 106 Ave) for a night of creepy good fun, drink specials, a costume contest judged by the lovely [...]
+ Read more…Dead Centre of Town: Ghost Train Thursday, October 29 The Iron Horse (8101 Gateway Blvd) Doors at 9pm More than one hundred years ago, this building here used to be a train station, did you know that? Back for another night of gory good times, Catch the Keys is proud to present the third annual [...]
+ Read more…Wigs, make up, hats, accessories, costume sales and rentals – get it all at The Theatre Garage! Proud to support local entrepreuners dedicated to providing the theatre community with props and costumes galore, Catch the Keys invites you to celebrate the opening of The Theatre Garage with us on Monday, September 28. Get your ghoul on just [...]
+ Read more…Catch the Keys was proud to jazz up the opening of the new United Cycle with a little clown love, a whole lotta face paint and some serious performance talent. Special thanks to: Amy Keating, Tata Tuviera, Joel Crichton, Vincent Forcier, Daniela Maselli, Lianna Makuch, Evan Hall, Olivia and Cat Amyotte.
+ Read more…Kick off August with The System Theatre at the hottest party of the summer! Join us Saturday, August 1 at theARTery for a fundraising extravaganza full of drinks, food, visual art, Fringe previews – including a taste of The System Theatre’s brand new work Jack & Jill – a silent auction and an exclusive live [...]
+ Read more…Quoted from the Wednesday, July 8, 2009 University of Alberta Department of Drama Alumni News: “Beth Dart’s (BFA Tech Theatre Stage Management ’07) Catch the Keys collective continues to be use other art forms (photographs, music) as the impulse for their theatre-making experiments. Dart’s early ideas to engage other artists such as painters or musicians [...]
+ Read more…“Perhaps people are wanting more bang for their buck these days, or maybe everyone’s getting tired of the one-trick-pony acts out there. Either way, the variety show is one vintage concept that’s been taken out of the tickle trunk and shined anew. That’s what the organizers of the upcoming Gabbo Show believe, anyway.” Continue reading [...]
+ Read more…The Gabbo Show Saturday, July 18 The Avenue Theatre 9030 118 Avenue $15 in Advance/$20 at the Door Full bar Injected with the raw comedy of Rapid Fire Theatre’s The Chimney Sweepstakes, the tantalizing burlesque talents of The Keyhole Kittens, and mind-bending black-light puppetry, The Gabbo Show is a variety party featuring the musical talents [...]
+ Read more…feats – Festival of Dance and the TransAlta Arts Barns invite you to explore your wide-eyed curiosity and witness the unexpected at the Wideyed Cabaret! Wideyed Cabaret July 4 10:00 p.m. Westbury Theatre @ TransAlta Arts Barns 10330 84 Ave. Tickets: $10 TIX on the Square: (780) 420-1757. Curated by Catch the Keys Productions, the [...]
+ Read more…Special thanks to the more than 150 performers and everyone who attended this year’s NextFest Nite Clubs. An awesome, amazing, mind-blowing, (insert over-the-top adjective here) four days of performance party fun, this year’s Nite Clubs offered the best turnout and line up yet. Please check out See Magazine’s pictorial review.
+ Read more…Comrades! Your revolution – it’s the what-if, the could-be, the should-be, the will-be. Your revolution – it’s politics and semantics, artistics and music. So gather the beatnicks, the critics, the cynics, the mystics, the mavericks, the convicts: blow up the gimmicks, pick-apart the slick-ricks, dismantle the predicate. Your revolution – it starts Saturday! Climb atop [...]
+ Read more…Catch the Keys was proud to provide a gaggle of preposterous paparazzi for the Big Rock Eddies in Edmonton on June 8. “Are the rumours true? Who are you wearing tonight? OMG – it’s him!” Special thanks to performers Ryland Alexander, Kristi Hansen, Mary Hulbert and Darren Paul, Cracked Pepper Events and Fringe Theatre Adventures.
+ Read more…Curated by Catch the Keys Productions, the NextFest NiteClubs are a series of late-night, multi-disciplinary performance parties. Each NiteClub has a completely distinct flavour so you’ll never experience the same thing twice. This year the NiteClubs take place at Edmonton’s sexiest downtown location, theARTery (9535 Jasper Avenue), where you’ll be entertained and entertaining as you [...]
+ Read more…In our every day, women play a variety of different roles: we are sister, mother, daughter, grandmother, career woman, caregiver, lover, wife, friend, enemy; the expectations tied to each role define us, make us stronger, build us up, tear us down, bring us home. In response to kitchen sink realism – a cultural movement born [...]
+ Read more…Please read the review of Art on Art in Vue Magazine. Special thanks to everyone who made it out to see the show!
+ Read more…Read Liz Nicholl’s preview of Art on Art, a multi media project fusing many different mediums. Ed note: Liz got a little confused during the interview. Megan gave the interview, and Beth is actually the director, not the playwright which makes for a somewhat confusing article. But press is press! Thanks, Liz!
+ Read more…Check out the prevue of Art on Art in Vue Magazine. Don’t forget: Art on Art opens on Thursday, May 7 at the PCL Studio Theatre at the Arts Barns. Come to the Saturday, May 9 performance and stay for the after party. Drinks, dancing and electrock by the electric arc. Purchase tickets by visiting [...]
+ Read more…The System Theatre presents Art on Art by Catch the Keys Productions May 7 – 9 and 14 – 16, 2009 PCL Studio Theatre, TransAlta Arts Barns (indie5) Performances nightly at 8:00 and 9:30 PM PLEASE NOTE: 8:00 PM only on Saturday, May 9, followed by an after-party; ticket-holders guaranteed admission to the after-party. As [...]
+ Read more…David Jeffrey Buchanan, host and producer of Edmonton-based documentary and talk show Sound of My Own Voice (SOMOV), caught up with Catch the Keys at the Fringe Theatre Adventures 2009 fundraiser, Spark a Revolution. Watch the documentary. Special thanks to all the artists who donated their time and undeniable talent to make this event a [...]
+ Read more…A spark. A flame. A fire. Fuel the Revolution and join Edmonton’s emerging arts community for a high-energy evening of non-stop entertainment. A fundraising event showcasing original entertainment by Edmonton’s daring emerging artist community, proceeds from Spark a Revolution will support Fringe Theatre Adventures’ Edmonton International Fringe Festival. Saturday, March 28th, 2009 7:00 P.M. Westbury [...]
+ Read more…The ARTery, June 2008 A series of late-night, multi-disciplinary performance parties supported by Canada Council, the NextFest NiteClubs offered three nights of fun, each with a completely distinct flavor to ensure audiences never experienced the same thing twice. Visual art, dance, music, comedy, performance – the NiteClubs offered a little taste of everything for everyone. [...]
+ Read more…NextFest. June 2008 Exploring some serious art on art action, Catch the Keys Production’s Art on Art was the climactic collective of the 2008 NextFest NiteClub’s. A series of commissioned thematic photos taken by Vancouver’s Sheen Caddick were given to Andrew Smith of the electric arc, who created music inspired by the story of the [...]
+ Read more…University of Alberta, January 2007 Part of an experimental thesis project, The Revolution was catapulted by a supportive collective of people dedicated to one cause and one movement. Through an intricate network of interconnected creative strengths, The Revolution showcased the might of the creative cooperative through the culmination of the visual, the audio, the heart, [...]
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