A Killing at La Cucina
You dine, maybe you die.
- Played
- March 15 – April 13, 2025
- Venue
- Vertigo Theatre
- Season
- 2024–25
- Production Website
- web.archive.org
World-famous food critic Richard Carlyle dies after dining at the hottest new 5-star restaurant, FATE – an establishment that offers diners an experience to face their own mortality. Did he die by eating the improperly prepared puffer fish, or was he murdered? Enter Lucia Dante, renowned detective, to solve the case. With numerous suspects that all have reasons to kill, Lucia must draw on her skills and the help of her AI colleague Isabella. She must also settle scores from her own past in order to crack the case.
This World Premiere of a new Canadian play is a delicious whodunnit of the highest order that introduces a new legend of crime solving in a fast paced and intense mystery.
Content advisory: Flashing, strobe lighting effects, stage fog, and gunshot sound effects.
- Lucia Dante Lauren Brotman
- Isabella Rouge Lauren Brotman
- Actor 2 Braden Griffiths
- Playwright Thomas Morgan Jones
- Director Jack Grinhaus
- Dramaturge Jack Grinhaus
- Assistant Director Steven Conde
- Set Designer Narda McCarroll
- Costume Designer John Iglesias
- Lighting Designer jaymez
- Projection Designer Andy Moro
- Sound Designer MJ Dandeneau
- Composer MJ Dandeneau
- Assistant Sound Designer Danelle White
- Fight Director John Knight
- Dialect Coach Laurann Brown
- Choreographer Javier Vilalta
- Stage Manager Sara Turner
- Assistant Stage Manager Chandler Ontkean
Founded in 1976 as Pleiades Theatre, Vertigo Theatre is Calgary's premier professional theatre company dedicated to mystery and intrigue. Recognized as Canada's National Theatre of Mystery & Intrigue, Vertigo produces a full season of genre plays — thrillers, classics, and world premieres — welcoming over 50,000 patrons annually. Located at the base of the Calgary Tower in downtown Calgary, the company operates two performance venues, a rehearsal hall, and is home to the BD&P Theatre Series. Incorporated as a charitable society in 1997 and rebranded as Vertigo Theatre in 2003, the company has been nominated for over 300 Betty Mitchell Awards since 1998. Vertigo is also a hub for Calgary's arts community, hosting partner organizations including Lunchbox Theatre, The Shakespeare Company, and the High Performance Rodeo.