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a fun, mind-bending, popcorn-munching, edge-of your-seat, twisty mystery-thriller-whodunnit

Alexander Ariate and Anna Dalgleish; Directed by Haysam Kadri; Set & Projection by Scott Reid; Costume by Rebecca Toon; Lighting by Anton Degroot; Sound by Darren Young; Photo by Tim Nguyen Co. (Vertigo Theatre)

Heist

By Arun Lakra

Heist is a sizzling, twisty-mystery, popcorn-munching, edge-of-your-seat, heist-whodunnit, Clue meets Oceans 11 kind of show. A criminal mastermind reassembles his squad to heist a diamond from the lair of an international jewel thief, but what he’s really doing is setting an elaborate trap for whoever double-crossed them last time. 

Production History

Heist was commissioned by Bloomington Playwrights Project (Indiana) with the goal of taking a wildly successful film genre and creating a heist story for the stage. Heist had a successful workshop production in Indiana in May, 2022, and had its World Premiere at Vertigo Theatre in Calgary, Canada in January-February, 2024.

Heist is being presented in 2025 as a co-production between the Citadel Theatre in Edmonton, Alberta and the Grand Theatre in London, Ontario.

Awards

  • Finalist - Outstanding New Play, Betty Mitchell Awards, Calgary (2024) 

  • Finalist - Outstanding New Play, Calgary Theatre Critics Award (2024) 

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