A BRIEF HISTORY OF THEATRE PROSPERO
Theatre Prospero creates productions of new and old theatre rooted in many cultures’ mythologies, from Zulu Epics to Shakespeare.
The artists and audiences that come together to share these stories reflect their diversity. The venues where they meet include theatres in Edmonton, our home venue on Alberta Avenue, found spaces, classrooms, seniors’ centres and school gyms across Alberta.
We give Alberta students the chance to create theatre themselves with professional artists via our School Artists In Residency Program.
In the last 20 years we have had the privilege to create on the land of and with peoples from:
Treaty 6: Traditional territory of the of the Cree, Dene, Blackfoot, Saulteaux, Nakota Sioux and Métis.
Treaty 7: Traditional territory of the Blackfoot Confederacy: Kainai, Piikani and Siksika as well as the Tsuu T’ina First Nation and Stoney Nakoda First Nation.
Treaty 8: Traditional territory of the Cree, Dene and Métis.
PRODUCTION HISTORY
- Click a show title to learn more about each production -
2018/19
SEASON
2017/18
SEASON
THE NIGHTINGALE
(Co-production with the Thousand Faces Festival)
PAWÂKAN MACBETH
(Co-production with Akpik Theatre)
2016/17
SEASON
ANTHEM OF LIFE PART 1
WORKSHOP
THE FALL OF THE HOUSE OF ATREUS (Workshop Co-Production with Troglodyte Theatre)
2015/16
SEASON
FINN MCCOOL AND THE SALMON OF WISDOM
PAWÂKAN MACBETH WORKSHOP
PROPHESIES
(Workshop Co-Production with Impossible Mongoose Productions)
2014-15
SEASON
2012-13
SEASON
ROMEO & JULIET
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
2008-12
SEASONS
COMING OF THE KINGS
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
KING LEAR
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
THE TEMPEST
MACBETH
2004-08
SEASONS
HAMLET
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
HAMLET
ROMEO & JULIET
2000-04
SEASONS
TAMING OF THE SHREW
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
MACBETH
1996-00
SEASONS
THE SECOND SHEPARD'S PLAY
THE BACCHAE
THE TEMPEST
MUCH ADO ABOUT NOTHING
HAMLET
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM
2013-14
SEASON
MACBETH
1996 INAUGURAL YEAR
ARTIST IN RESIDENCY PROGRAM HISTORY
The Seven Cree Virtues
2019
Macbeth
2004-06, 2013-15
Alice in Wonderland
2015
The Wizard of Oz
2014
The Coming of the Kings
2010
Much Ado About Nothing
1999, 2008, 2010
King Lear
2007 & 2009
Hamlet
2005 & 2006
The Taming of the Shrew
2000
A Cree Cymbeline
2017
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
1996, 1999, 2001, 2003-06, 2009-14
Oliver!
2014
A Christmas Carol
2012 & 2013
A Child's Christmas in Wales
2010
Romeo and Juliet
2007-08, 2011-12
Rock Around the Block
2006
The Frogs
2005
The Bacchae
1999 & 2000
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby
1998
