A look back on our 2025/26 season
That's a wrap on IGNITE!
June 3 to June 6, 2026
Pumphouse Theatre
The IGNITE! Festival of Emerging Artists brought together audiences and artists for four unforgettable days of original performance.
This year’s festival showcased a dynamic lineup of emerging Canadian talent, highlighting new work across disciplines and uplifting fresh perspectives from the next generation of creators.
We are deeply grateful to our curious and engaged audiences who showed up, supported new work and helped create an electric festival atmosphere. Your enthusiasm and openness make IGNITE! possible.
A heartfelt thank you also goes to our dedicated festival team and the Sage Theatre Board and Pumphouse staff for their commitment to championing emerging artists.
Most importantly, we celebrate the artists, creators and creative teams who brought this year’s festival to life. Your passion, innovation and courage to share new work are at the heart of IGNITE!.
We look forward to continuing to amplify new voices and can’t wait to welcome you back next year.
Past Show: reset
In a world of AI, it can be dangerous to be real.
Mar. 18 to Mar. 22, 2026
Contemporary Calgary
We were thrilled to have collaborated with Vertical City Performance on this immersive theatrical puzzle, reset.
Thank you to everyone who joined us for this unique ride—we were thrilled to explore it together.
We extend our sincere thanks to our talented cast—Julie Orton, Jamie Konchak, Mike Tan, and Baden Griffiths.
A special acknowledgement to our dedicated creative team: Jasom Mehmel, K. Hall, Dylan Lindsay, and Emil Agopian.
Finally, we would like to recognize Bruce Barton, the writer and director of reset and Co-Director of Vertical City Performance.
PAST SHOW: Shakespeare's R&J
Four college students. One night. The greatest love story ever told.
Feb. 20 to Feb 28, 2026
West Village Theatre
We are deeply grateful to everyone who joined us for Shakespeare’s R&J. Your presence, energy, and support helped make this production a truly memorable experience.
Our sincere thanks go to our exceptional cast—Joel David Taylor, Brett Dahl, Bernardo Pacheco Sosa, Jamie Cesar, and Ben Gaudet.
We would also like to recognize and thank our dedicated creative team: Javier Vilalta, Meredith Johnson, Conrad Belau, Tauran, Jeffrey Olyneck, Anastasia St. Amand, Kristin Eveleigh, Tonisha Kroger, Jake Rose, Richard Beaune, Jason Mehmel, Dylan Lindsay, and playwright Joe Calarco.
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