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If We Were Birds is on Sat, Oct 17 · 1:30 p.m. at University of Alberta - Fine Arts in Edmonton. Times shown in local Edmonton time.

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If We Were Birds takes place at University of Alberta - Fine Arts, 8737 112 Street NW, Edmonton, Edmonton.

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If We Were Birds is free to attend.

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If We Were Birds

Name: If We Were Birds
Start: 2026-10-17T19:30:00.000Z
End: 2026-10-17T21:00:00.000Z
Location: University of Alberta - Fine Arts

Sat, Oct 17 · 1:30 p.m.MDT

University of Alberta - Fine Arts · Edmonton

If We Were Birds By Erin Shields Directed by Huirui Zhang October 15 at 7:30pm October 16 at 7:30pm October 17 at 1:30pm & 7:30pm This event has limited seating. Latecomers will not be seated and unc…

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When

Sat, Oct 17 · 1:30 p.m.Ends 3:00 p.m.MDT

Where

University of Alberta - Fine Arts8737 112 Street NW, Edmonton

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When and where

Date and time: Sat, Oct 17 · 1:30 p.m.Ends 3:00 p.m.MDT — local Edmonton time
Location: University of Alberta - Fine Arts8737 112 Street NW, EdmontonEdmonton

About this event

If We Were Birds

By Erin Shields

Directed by Huirui Zhang

October 15 at 7:30pm

October 16 at 7:30pm

October 17 at 1:30pm & 7:30pm

This event has limited seating. Latecomers will not be seated and unclaimed tickets will be released for walkups.

Runtime: 90 minutes, no intermission

Content warnings:

recommend age 16+

contains depictions of sexual violence, mutilation, infanticide, and cannibalism

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✱ Special collaboration with live musicians.

An ancient myth. Two kings. Two sisters. A crime that tries to erase and silence them both. Yet a chorus of women, survivors of war, remembers. What lingers after violence? Why keep revisiting the past? When words are cut out, the truth transforms and finds another way to fly, in strength. Part Greek tragedy, part modern reckoning, this production of Erin Shield