TDAC's Performing Arts Trail Series presents

Shane Koyczan

TDAC's Performing Arts Trail Series presents

Shane Koyczan

Tuesday, March 28, 2023 at 7:30 pm at The Bailey Theatre

Tickets $35 Adult. Performing Arts Trail Series Pass - 6 shows for $148.00

NEW! Tickets for anyone 30 years and under are only $10/show. (Under 30)

Shuttle Bus - Book a round trip shuttle bus for only $5. Go to our shuttle bus booking page to check the schedule and book your shuttle at https://thebailey.ca/TheatreManager/1/online?resource=17

There seems no shortage of adjectives to describe a show by spoken word poet, writer and performer Shane Koyczan. Moving, hilarious, challenging, provocative, or inspirational. Take your pick. Here is a writer that takes you on a tour of your own feelings in a way that leaves you grasping for your own heart just to make sure it's still in your chest. His work has become a staple in schools for both its impact and reach.

Shane curates a kind of art gallery that displays sculptures of the human experience each time he speaks. Lauded for his sold-out live performances Koyczan has carved out his own artistic path and taken his work beyond the conventional.

Learn more at his website https://www.shanekoyczan.com/home.

Reserved Seating. 120 minutes including a 20 minute intermission.

Tickets $35 Adult. Performing Arts Trail Series Pass - 6 shows for $148.00

NEW! Tickets for anyone 30 years and under are only $10/show. (Under 30)

Shuttle Bus - Book a round trip shuttle bus for only $5. Go to our shuttle bus booking page to check the schedule and book your shuttle at https://thebailey.ca/TheatreManager/1/online?resource=17

There seems no shortage of adjectives to describe a show by spoken word poet, writer and performer Shane Koyczan. Moving, hilarious, challenging, provocative, or inspirational. Take your pick. Here is a writer that takes you on a tour of your own feelings in a way that leaves you grasping for your own heart just to make sure it's still in your chest. His work has become a staple in schools for both its impact and reach.

Shane curates a kind of art gallery that displays sculptures of the human experience each time he speaks. Lauded for his sold-out live performances Koyczan has carved out his own artistic path and taken his work beyond the conventional.

Learn more at his website https://www.shanekoyczan.com/home.

Reserved Seating. 120 minutes including a 20 minute intermission.

There seems no shortage of adjectives to describe a Shane Koyczan show. Moving, hilarious, challenging, provocative, or inspirational. Take your pick. Here is a writer that takes you on a tour of your own feelings in a way that leaves you grasping for your own heart just to make sure it’s still in your chest. His work has become a staple in schools for both its impact and reach. Shane curates a kind of art gallery that displays sculptures of the human experience each time he speaks. Lauded for his sold out live performances Koyczan has carved out his own artistic path and taken his work beyond the conventional.

There seems no shortage of adjectives to describe a Shane Koyczan show. Moving, hilarious, challenging, provocative, or inspirational. Take your pick.

Here is a writer that takes you on a tour of your own feelings in a way that leaves you grasping for your own heart just to make sure it’s still in your chest. His work has become a staple in schools for both its impact and reach.

Shane curates a kind of art gallery that displays sculptures of the human experience each time he speaks. Lauded for his sold-out live performances Koyczan has carved out his own artistic path and taken his work beyond the conventional.

Don't miss award-winning poet and spoken word artist Shane Koyczan, as we welcome him back for a performance in the Jenny Belzberg Theatre.

There seems no shortage of adjectives to describe a Shane Koyczan show. Moving, hilarious, challenging, provocative, or inspirational. Take your pick. Here is a writer that takes you on a tour of your own feelings in a way that leaves you grasping for your own heart just to make sure it's still in your chest. His work has become a staple in schools for both its impact and reach. Shane curates a kind of art gallery that displays sculptures of the human experience each time he speaks. Lauded for his sold out live performances Koyczan has carved out his own artistic path beyond the conventional.

"The Banff Centre of the Arts has long been a favourite spot of mine. Any opportunity to come back to soak in some inspiration has been deeply appreciated. I am so excited to return and bring along a bag full of stories, poetry, laughs and tears. Let’s talk about the arts… the medicine that got us through it."

INTERNATIONAL RENOWNED SPOKEN WORD ARTIST, POET, AND AUTHOR

An extraordinary talent, his shows are moving, hilarious, challenging, provocative, and inspirational. Powerfully engaging and authentic in attitude, his explorations are relevant to our changing times in the way that Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Gordon Downie, and Leonard Cohen are to theirs.

Shane is the winner of the USA Slam Poetry Competition and the winner of the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics.

Shane Koyczan is an award-winning Canadian poet, writer, and artist. He is the winner of the US Slam Poetry Championship and the Canadian Spoken Word Olympics and is an extraordinary talent who has blown the dust off of the traditional designation “poet,” known for tackling social and political issues with fierce honesty and tender humanity.