New West Theatre

• Lethbridge performing arts group ends bumpy year on a high note

  After launching an urgent fundraising campaign to help save its operations in southern Alberta, New West Theatre has ended 2022 with a well-attended production.

  Economy

  Jan 2, 2023
  
• Financial struggles impacting southern Alberta performing arts groups

  "There's also been a dry-up in the funding and grants that are available for performers."

  Features

  Nov 29, 2022
  
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• Lethbridge’s New West Theatre returns to stage with first-ever live drive-in show

  For the first time in more than 30 years, the New West Theatre in Lethbridge is holding a live drive-in show where audience members can come experience rock n' roll hits form the golden drive-in age of the 50s and 60s.

  Entertainment

  Aug 11, 2020
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• Coronavirus: How movie, live theatres in Lethbridge are planning for Stage 2 reopening

  "I believe if we socially distance, we will not be able to exceed probably more than 30 per cent capacity." 

  Consumer

  Jun 9, 2020
• New West Theatre has a new manager for the 2019 season

  New West Theatre is starting 2019 off with a change in management as a 20-year theatre veteran joins the team.

  Entertainment

  Jan 2, 2019
• New West Theatre set to hit the stage this September when Yates Theatre re-opens

  The New West Theatre group are gearing up for a musical entrance back on their local stage for the first time in a year as the Yate re-opens in Lethbridge after major renovations.

  Jun 12, 2018
• A look back at the history of theatre in Lethbridge

  Theatre has long been a way for people to express themselves and showcase their artistic flair. It’s a unique form of entertainment, and for many in Lethbridge, and the bright lights of the stage have been calling for some time.

  Features

  Jun 12, 2018
• Lethbridge group says city has ‘need for a performing arts centre’

  A group of passionate residents are drumming up support for a new performing arts centre in the city of Lethbridge. They say they believe current facilities are outdated and that city council should include a new building in their next Capital Improvement Plan.

  Entertainment

  Jul 28, 2016
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• New West Theatre starts summer season with Jukebox, a music-comedy review

  New West Theatre is celebrating the diversity of the fun of jukeboxes in a show filled with hits from the 1950s to the 1970s, with a bit of comedy mixed in.

  Entertainment

  Jun 22, 2016