June 12-14 2008, at the Pumphouse Theatres

The fourth annual IGNITE! festival continues Sage Theatre's longstanding tradition of supporting emerging artists in Calgary and area. A three day multidisciplinary performing arts festival, IGNITE! promises to be full of thrills and surprises from the next generation of artists in Calgary.

The full lineup, including mainstage theatre shows, a shorts program, bands, a visual art gallery, dance and more, can be found here.

ONE FLEA SPARE
by Naomi Wallace
directed by Geoffery Ewert
October 2-11, 2008
London, 1665. The city is held in the grip of a plague. Many have died, others have fled, and those that are left become prisoners in their own houses. William and Darcy Snelgrave find themselves locked up with two undesired houseguests: Bunce, a sailor, and Morse, a very strange little girl. Naomi Wallace's poetic, mysterious and sharply funny script exposes moral rottenness and unlikely kindnesses.

THE ATTIC, THE PEARLS & THREE FINE GIRLS
by Jennifer Brewin, Leah Cherniak, Ann-Marie MacDonald, Alisa Palmer and Martha Ross
directed by Rob Moffatt
November 13-22, 2008
Delightful, uproariously funny and fast-paced, The Attic, The Pearls & Three Fine Girls tells the story of the three very different sisters: Jojo, Jayne and Jelly. Reunited by their father's death, the Fine Sisters revisit the fantasies, joyful complicity and bitter rivalries of their childhood. Founding Artistic Director Rob Moffatt returns to Sage to helm this highly physical tale.

FROZEN
by Bryony Lavery
directed by Kevin McKendrick
February 26-March 14, 2009
Ten-year-old Rhona disappears, and this tragic event ties together the lives of three strangers: her mother Nancy, who drifts into a state of frozen hope; Ralph, a tattooed drifter; and Agnetha, an academic studying the nature of serial killings and mourning a loss of her own. A powerful story about how we handle grief, and the possibility of redemption.

IGNITE! 2009
Calgary's Festival for Emerging Artists
June 11-13, 2009
Five years old already! The fifth incarnation of IGNITE! will offer over one hundred development opportunities to artists at the beginning of their careers - actors, playwrights, directors, designers, stage managers, dancers, visual artists and musicians...
Get ready for three days jam-packed with Calgary's hottest emerging talent.