Monster Theatre is committed to presenting stories from mythology and history in exciting new packages for today's audiences.

Is coming to Calgary! May 9th @ 10:30pm.

Never before seen in Calgary! 
Sold-out, five star reviews across the country!
One Night only!

May 9, 10:30pm
@ Loose Moose Theatre
Second floor of the Crossroads Market, 1235 - 26th Ave. SE
Tickets $15/$12 students (tickets)
For ticket info 403-265-5682, or mail@loosemoose.com

"Wildly funny, wonderfully crafted and brilliantly acted - Flawless!" -CBC
"The script is a lesson in crowd-pleasing wit!" -SEE Magazine
"Composed of equal parts absolute fact and utter nonsense, The Shakespeare Show is a laugh-filled treat for scholar and squire alike." -Vancouver Sun

How did an illiterate son of a Glover become the greatest playwright in the World?  He got someone else to write the plays!  Based on the biggest theatrical debate of all time, The Shakespeare Show follows Edward de Vere, the 17th Earl of Oxford as he meets the ghost of Christopher Marlowe, the three Witches from Mac...The Scottish play, Anne Hathaway, the bubonic plague and Queen Elizabeth herself!
The Shakespeare Show, written almost entirely in Iambic Pentameter, is another "relentlessly clever, action-packed and intellectually satisfying" adventure complete with puppets, songs, satire and sword-fights!

is coming to Victoria!

As part of Intrepid Theatre's Uno Festival. (tickets)
Metro Studio (1411 Quadra)
Thur May 28, 6:30
Fri May 29, 6:30
Sat May 30, 9:30


"This five foot nothing of a conqueror - performed by the energetic Ryan Gladstone - works wonders in a minimalist setting. Gladstone delivers a giant performance."  ***** - EYE Weekly

 "Writer/performer Ryan Gladstone plays the little general with vulnerability, total charm, and dead-on comic chops..." ***** - CBC Winnipeg

"It's French History as Filtered through Chuck Jones! Brilliant!" - Glenn Sumi, NOW Magazine

Mini Masterpieces

Awakening young minds to the joys of reading!
Each performance consists of three classics of literature miniaturized into 15 minute adaptations with puppets, songs, masks, dance, satire, physical theatre, and audience participation. 



Touring BC schools April and May 2009.
The Tale of Peter Rabbit by Beatrix Potter
20 000 Leagues Under the Sea by Jules Verne
Rip Van Winkle by Washington Irving
The Ugly Duckling by Hans Christian Andersen
Anne of Green Gables by LM Montgomery

Touring Spring 2010!
Rumpelstiltskin by The Brothers Grimm
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll
The Little Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court by Mark Twain
Alladdin's Wonderful Lamp from the 1001 Nights
Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery (back by popular demand!)

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It's Monster Theatre's 10th year of irreverent, hilarious, intelligent Classics and touring them on the Canadian fringe circuit!

What's brewing in the Monsters workshop?  We are dipping back into Canadian History!

"The Seven Lives of Louis Riel"
A Canadian Cowboy Comedy

Question: Who was Louis Riel?  A Rebel?  A Madman?  A Politician?  A Murderer?  A Prophet?  A Lover?  A Hero?
Answer: All of the Above!

Monster Theatre takes a look at the most enigmatic figure in Canadian history from the points of view of Seven different people in this Rollicking Western Adventure!