Varscona Theatre

• Hinshaw urges respect for COVID-19 comfort levels as some businesses continue vaccine checks

  Edmonton's Varscona Theatre, located off Whyte Avenue, will continue asking for proof of vaccination or a negative COVID-19 test.

  Health

  Feb 16, 2022
  
• COVID-19: Edmonton indie arts venues make quick pivot for online Christmas programming amid closures

  The new restrictions now in place in Alberta meant quick changes had to be made when it came to indie theatres' plans for the Christmas season.

  Features

  Dec 15, 2020
  
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• Fire forces evacuation of Edmonton’s Varscona Theatre

  Crews arrived in the area of 103 Street and 83 Avenue at 1:07 p.m. after a call that smoke and flames were coming out of the vents.

  Jan 25, 2018
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• Edmonton company needs help to open new live theatre venue in Old Strathcona

  Grindstone Theatre started in 2011. The theatre company currently uses space in the Varscona Theatre but there are plans to move to a new venue.

  Features

  Nov 24, 2016
• Curtain to soon rise on new Varscona Theatre in Edmonton

  There's still work to do; the theatre seats still have to go in, for example. But the $7.5 million rebuild is on track. It started as an idea to simply expand the lobby.

  Entertainment

  Apr 15, 2016
• Edmonton-born actor Nathan Fillion raising funds for Varscona Theatre overhaul

  Hollywood actor Nathan Fillion is giving back to the Edmonton theatre where his career began, by offering a chance to have lunch with him in exchange for donations towards the Varscona's overhaul.

  Entertainment

  Aug 11, 2015
• Edmonton theatre troupe takes on New York and Blizzard of 2015

  The snowstorm dubbed Blizzard of 2015 shut down Manhattan Monday night, but for a group of Edmonton performers, it was a walk in the (Central) Park.

  Weather

  Jan 27, 2015