The Bull Skit comedy troupe is throwing a local comedy benefit on Saturday to help bail out Calgary arts groups who were recently flooded.
“The Calgary flood has taken a lot from the community, and the artistic community,” said Jenna Goldade, co-founder of Against the Wall Theatre’s Bull Skit. She noted “our friends at the Improv Depot were inundated with water,” as was the Stride Gallery, which is still assessing damage.
Other Calgary arts facilities that were struck by muddy river water include Lunchbox Theatre, Green Fools, the Fringe Festival’s Theatre in a Box, the National Music Centre, the AVALANCHE! Institute of Contemporary Art, and Rocky Mountain Concert band’s rehearsal space, “to name a few,” added Goldade.
The benefit performance will be held at the Scott Block in downtown Red Deer. On the bill will be improvisation, poetry, music and more.
Some performers are poet Jarrett Viczko, improviser Karen Johnson Diamond and stand-up comedian Trevor Campbell, both from Calgary, Bull Skit’s own Andrew Rocha and Lee Weselak, and country singer/songwriter Amy Lou from Red Deer.
Goldade wants to thank owners of the Scott Block for donating space for the benefit, and she hopes local residents will come out and support the event.
Tickets are $10 each at the door, and donations are welcome. All proceeds will go to either the Red Cross flood relief effort or directly to the Calgary arts groups.
Doors open at 7 p.m., show is at 8 p.m. There’s a cash bar. The show contains mature language and adult themes.