Theatre Alberta

May 2019 

Theatre Alberta 

“Theatre Alberta.” Theatre Alberta, https://www.theatrealberta.com

The Theatre Alberta website is filled to the brim with practical resources for any theatre artist in Alberta, offering everything from student resources to jobs for long standing theatre professionals. It is a website dedicated to bringing theatres across Alberta together, and if you’re willing to pay attention as you browse this site, you will probably find out about a new company, a new play or a new idea. 

What frustrates me about this site is that they have little critical analysis of Alberta Theatre. They focus on the connection and inclusion of “all things Alberta Theatre” without taking the time to highlight the “excellent” or the “exciting.” While this is great for people who are starting out, it can be frustrating as it lacks a direction, what is Alberta, as a province, striving for in its theatre? What gives us a unique identity? What is our ideal? I certainly don’t think that Theatre Alberta is failing it’s mandate of connection and equipping, but it would be nice if their mandate were something more - a conversation of identity.