January 24 – February 15
What lurks beneath the upper crust?
Life is jolly agreeable when you’re an esteemed member of a respectable post-war British family. Pity, then, when tragedy befalls a local factory girl and a mysterious inspector barges in looking for answers. Suddenly, it seems everyone has something to hide. Who dunnit? Who didn’t?
A timeless classic by one of the great playwrights of the 20th century.
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Recommended for ages 5 and up
Even a mask can’t hide everything.
Mask, mime, and puppetry combine to bring this classic tale to a young audience. An Emperor, obsessed with the latest fashion, falls prey to two tricksters who boast they can make him a suit of clothes so fashionable that only those who are “smart and good at their jobs” will be able to see them. Worries about other people’s opinions, the Emperor and everyone else pretend to see what isn’t there. Everyone, that is, except one small child who isn’t afraid to tell the truth.
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Y Stage Season Sponsor:  | Vertigo Theatre operates out of Vertigo Theatre Centre and is located in the heart of downtown at the Calgary Tower. Housing two performing spaces, The Playhouse and The Studio, Vertigo Theatre produces a mystery series (Vertigo Mystery Theatre) and presents theatre-for-young-audience productions from across the country (Y Stage Series). Vertigo Theatre also offers significant rental opportunities to other arts and corporate organizations and is home to Gallery 2005, a visual art gallery from the collections of the Alberta Foundation for the Arts and the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation.
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