Special Events/Discounts

• Festival Passes available now
• Limited Pay-What-You-Will tickets available per performance
• Book your group of 6 or more and get 15% off or your group of 10 or more for 20% off!
• If you require an attendant, aide, or companion, they are still required to have a ticket. Please contact coordinator@skirtsafire.com and we’ll book a ticket for the accompanying person at no extra cost.

Accessibility Measures for Things I Shouldn’t Tell You by Shannan Calcutt

Sensory Kits
Sensory Kits will be available to borrow for free at all shows including sunglasses, ear muffs and fidget spinners.

Companion Tickets
If you require an attendant, aide, or companion, they are still required to have a ticket. Please contact coordinator@skirtsafire.com and we’ll book a ticket for the accompanying person at no extra cost.

Full Venue Accessibility
Outside, there is a large sidewalk in front of the building. The main entrance is wheelchair accessible, and in the intimate theatre space we can accommodate wheelchairs along the skirt of the stage. Main floor washrooms are wheelchair accessible*, with separate stalls.

*Please note that washrooms may not be accessible for some wheelchairs and larger mobility aids. Further information with regard to venue accessibility will be available soon.

Walterdale Theatre has a permanent installation of the T-Coil hearing loop. Patrons with hearing loss may borrow one of our head sets, or use their Loop-compatible hearing aid.Find more info on the venue’s website here.

Parking
Paid street parking in the area, plus a paid parking lot to the west of the building.Bus Routes: ETS Bus Routes 4, 7, 52, 57, 94, and 327 stop along Whyte Avenue close to the ATB Financial Arts Barns. Click here for more information on Accessibility Click here for SkirtsAfire’s FAQs

Content Warnings

• Language

If you need further clarification regarding these content warnings, please don’t hesitate to reach out to info@skirtsafire.com.

Shannan Caclutt
Playwright & Performer

Declared “a national treasure” by the CBC, Shannan Calcutt has played an eclectic range of venues worldwide from Saskatoon’s Wash ‘n Slosh Pub to the Sydney Opera House. A multi-award-winning funny lady, she has spent the last twenty years making people laugh on the Vegas Strip in Cirque du Soleil’s Mad Apple, Zumanity and Spiegelworld’s Atomic Saloon Show. One of the world’s leading educators in Clown and Play, she teaches regularly at Cirque du Soleil and Celebration Barn Theater. She’s profiled in the book “Clowns: In Conversation with Modern Masters,” by Ezra Lebank and David Bridal. She’s the Director of The Wizard of Oz Experience at Sphere, and has collaborated on multiple projects with Spiegelworld, “the world’s most audacious circus and nightlife company,” as the Director of Superfrico (The Cosmopolitan Las Vegas), Associate Director of The Hook (Caesars Atlantic City), and Resident Director of The Atomic Saloon Show (The Venetian Resort Las Vegas). She has designed and directed comedy acts for Cirque du Soleil’s Zumanity (New York-New York Hotel and Casino Las Vegas) and Friedrichstadt-Palast’s VIVID (Palast Berlin), Europe’s largest theatre stage. Her popular residency, Make a Show with Shannan, fosters a dozen solo shows annually and champions artists’ voices worldwide. She is fluent in English, sarcasm and sophisticated silliness. More about Shannan here: shannancalcutt.com

Photo Credit: Gaby Duong

Artist Adopted by
Lina Bil

Jan Henderson
Director & Dramaturg

Jan Henderson is one of North America’s leading teachers and directors of clown and mask. She studied and performed extensively with master clown teacher, Richard Pochinko, and as director, writer and performer with Edmonton’s Small Change Theatre, literally clowned her way around the world, discovering first hand that laughter is the universal language. She works as director and dramaturg for companies such as Ragmop Theatre and Candy Roberts Theatre, and is Senior Artistic Associate for Small Matters Productions, co-creating shows that enjoy critical acclaim locally and internationally. She returned to the stage in SMP’s hit comedy, Over Her Dead Body, for Edmonton’s Fringe Theatre Adventures. Jan teaches at the University of Alberta, and offers workshops through her company, Fool Moon Productions. She has received Global TV’s Woman of Vision award, and the Elizabeth Haynes Stirling Award for Outstanding Contribution to Theatre in Edmonton. Her lifetime of work is celebrated in the documentary, The Wise Fool, by Geraldine Carr.    www.foolmoon.org  smallmatters.ca

TJ Dawe
Director & Dramaturg

TJ Dawe is a Vancouver based writer, performer, director, and dramaturg. He’s toured many autobiographical monologues, including The Slipknot, Medicine, and Blueberries Are Assholes. He’s co-created stage parodies of Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, Sex and the City, and Six Chick Flicks. His co-written play Toothpaste and Cigars was made into the feature film The F Word, starring Daniel Radcliffe, Zoe Kazan, and Adam Driver. He co-hosts The Enneagram in a Movie Podcast, and is co-writing a book on the subject. In recent years he’s directed touring shows featuring experts expounding on the psychology of serial killers and cults. He leads an online course on creating one-person shows: soloshowcourse.com.