Grande Prairie Live Theatre

Tick… Tick… Boom!
2026-03-28 19:30, 2026-03-27 19:30, 2026-03-26 19:30 (America/Edmonton) | Grande Prairie Live Theatre, 10130 98 Ave, Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8V 0P6, Canada
By Jonathan Larson

“Grande Prairie Live Theatre’s sixth play of our 63rd Season”
Adult themes for ages 16 +. Content Warnings: Tick, Tick… Boom! contains discussion and representations of the following themes: adult themes, HIV/AIDS, mental health, drug and alcohol use.
A ticking can be heard in the background symbolizing the increasing anxiety Jon feels as he speeds towards his 30th birthday. Jon is a promising young composer who feels like he needs to make something of his life before he hits this next big birthday. The only problem is his agent won’t return his calls, he can barely afford his rent, and he is coming up on one of the biggest creative milestones he’s had to date. He wonders if time would ever slow down, and if he will ever see the future he hopes for.
Tick…Tick…Boom! is a semi-autobiographical musical based on the life and early career of composer Jonathan Larson, the Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award-winning composer of Rent. Jonathan himself performed in the original workshop at Second Stage Theater Off-Broadway in September of 1990. It is the story of a composer and the sacrifices that he made to achieve his big break in theatre. Containing fourteen songs, ten characters, three actors and a band, Tick, Tick… Boom! takes you on the playwright/composer’s journey that led to a Broadway blockbuster.
Everyone will love this youthful, endearing and thoughtful piece, and will surely embrace the universal ideal of holding onto your dreams through life’s most difficult challenges.

Produced by special arrangement with:
Music Theatre International
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New York, NY 10019
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Showtimes

Thursday March 26, 2026 – 07:30PM
Friday March 27, 2026 – 07:30PM
Saturday March 28, 2026 – 07:30PM
Thursday April 2, 2026 – 07:30PM
Friday April 3, 2026 – 07:30PM
Saturday April 4, 2026 – 07:30PM
Thursday April 9, 2026 – 07:30PM
Friday April 10, 2026 – 07:30PM
Saturday April 11, 2026 – 07:30PM

Pretty Archie
2026-03-22 19:30 | Grande Prairie Live Theatre, 10130 98 Ave, Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8V 0P6, Canada
Grande Prairie Live Theatre’s 31st Season of Roots and Blues Concert Series
Pinning down the sound of Cape-Breton-based quintet Pretty Archie has always been about as easy as catching a greased pig, but with the release of their new, self-titled album the band is confident that their unique mix of folk, Americana, bluegrass, Alt-Country, and East Coast music will appeal to a wider audience than ever before. Celebrating their tenth anniversary with what is arguably their finest work to date, the album was released on February 11, 2022 via Curve Music/Warner Music. The self-titled album is nominated for East Coast Music Award’s ‘Group Recording of the Year’ and ‘Country Recording of the Year’. ‘Familiar Feeling’ the first single from the album, was nominated for Canadian Folk Music Awards ‘Single of the Year’
Pretty Archie, their sixth album, is one of which they are justifiably proud, for it represents a quantum leap forward in the evolution of the group’s sound. ”I feel each of our other records was a step ahead of the previous one, but this one is six steps ahead,” declares bassist/vocalist/songwriter Colin Gillis. “We are proud of everything we’ve put out, but this is at a different level.”
Helping the group realize the formidable creative achievement that is Pretty Archie was internationally-acclaimed record producer and engineer Mark Howard, whose star-studded resume includes work with the likes of Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, U2, Tom Waits, The Tragically Hip, Peter Gabriel, and more. Howard’s fortuitous recent relocation to Cape Breton allowed Pretty Archie to take advantage of his skills, and the band couldn’t be happier with the results.
To record Pretty Archie, Howard and the band set up shop in the rustic setting of an A-frame lakeside cottage in Cape Breton. Lead vocalist/songwriter/guitarist Brian Cathcart explains that “Mark is very much about the vibe of the room, and this worked out perfectly. We were in the house for two weeks, basically doing a song a day, and we did evening sessions that had a cooler relaxed feel.”
“It was all basically recorded live off the floor, with minimal overdubs,” adds Colin. “That’s something we had always wanted, and Mark was able to do that. There’s a certain ambiance and energy in recording that way.”
Describing the new album, Brian states “it is more focused, even though you still can’t quite put a finger on it. For us, it definitely has way more of a country vibe. This record leans more towards alternative country or Americana, rather than the super commercial country out there.”
The catchy “Reasons” is one of the tunes that changed considerably in the studio, as Brian explains. “Originally that was rather a ‘cry in your beer’ song, but Mark wanted it faster. He had the 808 drum machine rhythm and we just sped the tune up to that, so now it is short, sweet and punchy.” There’s a similar upbeat tone to “Familiar Feelings,” another song that showcases the band’s instrumental prowess.
Brian digs deep vocally on the haunting ballad “Feel It In My Bones,” while, at Howard’s suggestion, “Someone New” became a duet, featuring Austin-based Maritime honkytonker Whitney Rose, with the contrasting vocals adding real resonance. Brian is especially proud of “Maritime,” a song written right in the studio that features these poignant lyrics – ”If your heart breaks down, we’ll use mine. It is weathered and weary, but it is Maritime.”
Cathcart explains that “as a band, we wear our East Coast hearts on our sleeves. We are very proud of where we are from, but our focus now is exposing people internationally to our part of the world.” Gillis adds that “if you are genuine and true to yourselves, then people will attach themselves to that, no matter where you are from.”
Pretty Archie have long been regional favourites, with a stack of Music Nova Scotia and East Coast Music Award nominations to their credit. They are now looking globally, and with Pretty Archie they have an album ready for international prime time play. Do yourself a big favour and check it out.
Promoter: Franz Kratschat
Performance 7:30pm

Paint Night
2026-03-07 19:30, 2026-03-06 19:30, 2026-03-05 19:30, 2026-02-28 19:30, 2026-02-27 19:30, 2026-02-26 19:30, 2026-02-21 19:30, 2026-02-20 19:30 and 1 more date | Grande Prairie Live Theatre, 10130 98 Ave, Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8V 0P6, Canada
By Carey Crim

“Grande Prairie Live Theatre’s fifth play of our 63rd Season”
Imagine STEEL MAGNOLIAS with modern day issues, as six women gather for a much-needed girls’ night out. The plan is to eat, drink and create works of art at a local Paint and Sip night studio while celebrating a bride to be. But as the alcohol flows, so do their thoughts on motherhood and womanhood, and their carefully curated lives get hilariously and heartbreakingly real. PAINT NIGHT is about the powerful way women support each other in an unpredictable world and what happens when we put down our cellphones, truly connect, and paint outside the lines of our comfort zone.
Reviews:
“BRILLIANT… Playwright Carey Crim has crafter another wonderful play… [Crim] creates a canvas of characters that we all either know well or recognize in part in ourselves, and chooses a daring palette of issues that are some of the most human, and most often shared by women… The interactions between the feminine factions crackle with sarcasm, humorous cultural references, intellectual debate and personal disagreements”
— The Sun Journal
“[PAINT NIGHT} falls nicely within a genre of entertainment that blends broad, old-school naughty humor together with references to serious contemporary issues that personally trouble the strong women characters… All the issues are located in the many individual challenges they, as women, battle as they try to balance the ever-changing demands of parenthood and work while attempting to somehow keep a pretty picture of it all in their minds”
—Portland Press Herald
Presented by arrangement with:
Theatre Rights Worldwide
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Showtimes

Thursday February 19, 2026 – 07:30PM
Friday February 20, 2026 – 07:30PM
Saturday February 21, 2026 – 07:30PM
Thursday February 26, 2026 – 07:30PM
Friday February 27, 2026 – 07:30PM
Saturday February 28, 2026 – 07:30PM
Thursday March 5, 2026 – 07:30PM
Friday March 6, 2026 – 07:30PM
Saturday March 7, 2026 – 07:30PM

Cara Luft & Clayton Parsons
2026-02-22 19:30 | Grande Prairie Live Theatre, 10130 98 Ave, Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8V 0P6, Canada
Grande Prairie Live Theatre’s 31st Season of Roots and Blues Concert Series
Juno award winning singer-songwriter-musician Cara Luft is that rare artist steeped in folk and traditional roots music almost from birth, yet willing to alter the fabric, stretch the boundaries and fearlessly bend genres and styles. A founding member of Canadian folk super-group The Wailin’ Jennys and the brainchild behind Winnipeg’s acclaimed powerhouse duo The Small Glories, Luft deserves her solid reputation as one of Canada’s finest live performers, armed with amazing tenacity, vision, energy and a contagious hilarity. To quote the roots magazine No Depression, “Luft has a rich tradition in folk music – it’s safe to assume that she knows her stuff – and upon listening it becomes quite clear that she is indeed a formidable songwriter and performer… [The] lovely Ms. Luft sets the bar for the talented few who’ll follow in her footsteps.”
Cara has a spirit that drives her to connect with people, and for this she is loved everywhere she goes. Reviewers of her live shows talk about her compelling vocals, superb musicianship, humorous anecdotes, accomplished songwriting, ability to switch between styles and the charm of her stage presence. Cara’s the real deal, there’s nothing pretentious about her. And that sense of honesty, integrity, personality and spontaneity permeates both her music and her live shows. “Long may she reign!” (Lonesome Highway)
caraluft.com

GP Music Society's Vocal Jazz with Big Band - A Valentine's Celebration
2026-02-20 19:30 - 21:30 | KMSC Law Performing Arts Theatre, 300 Arbour Hills Blvd, Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8X 0V2, Canada
Vocal Jazz with Big Band
Valentine’s Day Celebration Fundraising Concert
Friday, Feb 20th, 7:30PM at KMSC Law Performing Arts Theatre
Concert featuring some of Grande Prairie’s finest singers performing songs associated with Manhattan Transfer, Stevie Wonder, Joe Williams, Robbie Williams, Etta James, Tony Bennett, Adele, Ella Fitzgerald, Frank Sinatra, Natalie Cole, Michael Bublé, Shirley Horn, Michel Legrand, Yes, Antonio Carlos Jobim, Blood Sweat & Tears.
Backed up by the Grande Prairie Jazz Ensemble directed by Dr. Robert Howey
Tickets are General Admission $35, Students/Seniors (65+) $20 Open Seating.
Available online through: GPLT Theatre Box Office, Online www.gplt.ca or at the door.
Come out and hear some of Grande Prairie’s finest singers including Caitlin Card, Ted Senecal, Roxanne Gordey, Chelsie Pall and David Crouse. These singers have been featured extensively in GPLT productions, Boys’ Choir concerts, Grande Prairie Opera concerts and Pop-Up Jazz events. As this is a Valentine’s Day Tribute, love songs are in the program.

Looking Glass Land
2026-02-01 13:30, 2026-01-31 16:00, 2026-01-31 13:30, 2026-01-30 19:00, 2026-01-25 13:30, 2026-01-24 16:00, 2026-01-24 13:30, 2026-01-23 19:00 | Grande Prairie Live Theatre, 10130 98 Ave, Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8V 0P6, Canada
By James DeVita

“Grande Prairie Live Theatre’s fourth play of our 63rd Season”
Looking Glass Land is Fun for the Whole Family! and Kids of all Ages! With special Sunday matinee performances!!
This award-winning stage adaptation by renowned playwright James DeVita takes Lewis Carroll’s original Through the Looking Glass and literally runs with it. This wild adaptation highlights and improvises on the pure, unadulterated fun of the story. The play still retains some of Carroll’s deeper meanings, but what it possesses most of all is a huge helping of unabashed silliness! this delightful romp through Alice’s looking glass land retains all of the familiar characters then introduces dozens of new ones: a baseball team, a gospel group called The Responsibilities, a train conductor, a peanut salesman, detectives, a Miss America pageant, star-struck tourists, plastic light saber wielding knights and much more.
Directed by Alyssa Hudson
Showtimes

Friday January 23, 2026 – 07:00PM
Saturday January 24, 2026 – 01:30PM
Saturday January 24, 2026 – 04:00PM
Sunday January 25, 2026 – 01:30PM
Friday January 30, 2026 – 07:00PM
Saturday January 31, 2026 – 01:30PM
Saturday January 31, 2026 – 04:00PM
Sunday February 1, 2026 – 01:30PM

Diyet and the Love Soldiers
2026-01-08 19:30 | Grande Prairie Live Theatre, 10130 98 Ave, Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8V 0P6, Canada
Grande Prairie Live Theatre’s 31st Season of Roots and Blues Concert Series
Diyet was born in a tent and spent her childhood on the ancestral lands of the Kluane First Nation people in Canada’s Yukon Territory. Coming from a family rooted in traditions but tempered with a good sense of adventurous hippie attitudes, Diyet has created a musical presence that is as diverse as her Southern Tutchone, Tlingit, Japanese and Scottish heritage.
She discovered her voice singing on the school bus, went on to acquire a degree in music, then became a published songwriter in Vancouver, BC. When the pull of the North was too strong, she packed her bags, and her Dutch husband, moving back to her village of 90 people without a plan or even a pub to play in. The result of this unlikely career move has been international collaborations, extensive touring and two acclaimed albums (The Breaking Point & When You Were King,) with the third album: Diyet & The Love Soldiers released in 2018 which received nominations for: “Folk Album Of The Year” at “The Indigenous Music Awards”, “Indigenous Artist Of The Year” at the “Western Canadian Music Awards” and “Indigenous Songwriter Of The Year” at the “Canadian Folk Music Awards”
Diyet & The Love Soldiers is alternative country, folk, roots and traditional with catchy melodies and stories deeply rooted in Diyet’s Indigenous world view and northern life. Diyet sings in both English and Southern Tutchone (her native language) and plays bass guitar. Backed by Love Soldiers: husband and collaborator, Robert van Lieshout (acoustic guitar, drums & percussion) and Juno Award winning producer, Bob Hamilton (electric guitar, pedal steel & mandolin); this trio multi instrumental trio from the Yukon has a sound that can fill a big stage or capture an intimate room.
During the last decade Diyet & the Love Soldiers have performed nationally in Canada and internationally in Europe. Performance highlights include major folk, jazz, world and multi-disciplinary festivals and theatres in Canada, tour in the UK and upcoming tours in Germany & The Netherlands. TV appearances include; APTN Indigenous Day 2019 Live, CTV Atlantic Morning Show and CBC New Years Eve 2020 National Broadcast.
Continuing to live with feet firmly planted in two worlds, Diyet’s adventurous and sometimes chaotic life is on full display in her music. She often says, “yesterday, fishing for our dinner on the ice, the next day, on the stage singing for you!”

Family Sing Along
2025-12-19 16:30 - 19:00 | Grande Prairie Live Theatre, 10130 98 Ave, Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8V 0P6, Canada
Bring your friends and family and join us for an fun evening filled with the songs that everyone loves, led by Rick & his wonderful group of carolers!
And… despite his busy, packed, and ridiculous schedule around this time of year; we’ve even secured an appearance by the big man himself. That’s right: ole Saint Nicholas in person: Kris Kringle/Père Noël/Sinterklaas/Svyaty Mykolay… the one and only Santa Claus will be here in the flesh, at the Grande Prairie Live Theatre!
Complimentary Hot Chocolate & cookies will be served in the lobby.
Visits w/ Santa from 5-6, Sing Along from 6-8!
Tickets are $10 each, 2 and younger free.

5 Alarm!
2025-12-13 19:30, 2025-12-12 19:30, 2025-12-11 19:30, 2025-12-06 19:30 | Grande Prairie Live Theatre, 10130 98 Ave, Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8V 0P6, Canada
By Kristen Da Silva

“Grande Prairie Live Theatre’s third play of our 63rd Season”
What happens when friendship is broken and turns into a bitter rivalry? 5 Alarm is about this and more! Hot Chili, healing, and friendship come together in this heartwarming comedy.
A fairground in Killaloe, Ontario is home to the annual Wayne Rose Memorial Chili Cook Off, where Killaloe residents come each year to compete for the honour and the cash prize. The most determined of these is Ava Rose, who has tried (and failed) to win for sixteen years. This year, with the help of a new assistant, Ava returns to battle her former childhood friend and rival. If she can piece together her late father’s missing Five Alarm Chili recipe she might just piece together the mysteries of her past.
“…Da Silva’s script will keep you guessing where the narrative is heading. And the laughs just keep coming.”
– Dan Brown, the London Free Press
“This rollercoaster adventure that Ava Rose takes, on her mission to equal the master of all masters chili, is an intriguing and delightfully funny romp that keeps you guessing on what will happen next.”
– Doug Harvey, Port Stanley News
Produced by special arrangement with:
Marquis Entertainment Inc., 10 Adelaide Street East, Suite 402, Toronto, Ontario M5C 1J3 CANADA
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Colin Rivers, Managing Literary Agent
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Showtimes

Thursday November 27, 2025 – 07:30PM
Friday November 28, 2025 – 07:30PM
Saturday November 29, 2025 – 07:30PM
Thursday December 4, 2025 – 07:30PM
Friday December 5, 2025 – 07:30PM
Saturday December 6, 2025 – 07:30PM
Thursday December 11, 2025 – 07:30PM
Friday December 12, 2025 – 07:30PM
Saturday December 13, 2025 – 07:40PM

Grande Prairie Symphonic Wind Ensemble Concert
2025-12-06 19:30 - 21:30 | Douglas J. Cardinal Performing Arts Centre, 10726 106 Ave, Grande Prairie, Alberta, T8V 4C4, Canada
The GP Symphonic Wind Ensemble was established out of the GPRC music program in 2021. The group plays the best of original band works and orchestra music transcriptions. It is a 35-40 piece band including community and school musicians. This concert features Opening Night on Broadway, A Jolly Christmas Mishmash, Carmen Symphony, Famous Themes by Henry Mancini, A British Isles Christmas, Handel in the Strand and other selections.
