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- Mar 26
Craft Bites 54 Word Beer Play
This is a copy of my 54 word beer play published on select SITUATION BREWING beer cans at the Springboards New Play Festival hosted by...

- Mar 23
Blog on Structure for Springboards!
I get bored incredibly easily. So, if I ever feel like I’m treading too close to something I’ve already written chances are I’ll lose...

- Mar 10
SUBSCRIBE OR LIKE At the Springboards New Play Festival
Tickets Available Here.

- Feb 11
"WHAT MADE YOU THINK OF THE GRASS?" at Edmonton Script Salon
SCRIPT SALON, Sunday, February 13 at 7:30 in the Upper Arts Space at Holy Trinity Anglican Church (10037 84 Avenue). Doors open at 7....

- Nov 15, 2021
Reading At Craftbites Nov. 19
Liam will be reading a selection from one of their works this Friday as part of PGC's Craft Bites this Friday.

- Jul 15, 2021

- Jun 29, 2021
Workshopping Plays During a Pandemic
"For just over a year, I’ve had the pleasure of working with Heather Inglis and Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre in workshopping and...

- Jun 5, 2021
Article by Liz Nicholls on 'ARKANGEL'
https://12thnight.ca/2021/06/04/arkangel-piecing-together-the-mysteries-of-the-past-in-a-small-town-sci-fi-horror-from-liam-salmon-at-nex...

- May 27, 2021
ARKANGEL Trailer + Show Times
SYNOPSIS: Something has happened to the church. Something’s terribly wrong with the pastor. Maybe something’s always been wrong with the...
- May 16, 2021
Work In Progress Reading - PISCES by Darrin Hagen
Liam participated in performing / reading a piece by Darrin Hagen as part of Theatre Network's work in progress series. Link:...

- Apr 2, 2021
Script Salon Reading
"We’re celebrating another year! April is our seventh anniversary, so we’ve gathered the following fabulous Edmonton playwrights to help...

- Mar 4, 2021
Digital Play Work-In Progress Experiment/Performance
Something is coming...! I'm currently working on a new script 'ARKANGEL' that will be presented digitally as part of NEXTFEST in July.

- Feb 28, 2021
Artist Statement With WWPT
I think it’s fair to say that the world is in an interesting place right now. Although, I feel like that’s something that could be said...

- Feb 26, 2021
Playwright in Residence With WWPT
For this and more WWPT news, see a link to their mailer at: https://mailchi.mp/7f0c5938af86/wwpt-winter-season-announcement?e=6d80f38a43

- Feb 22, 2021
Reading and Discussion With Craft Bites
Liam will be reading a selection from one of his plays alongside Rebecca Anne Bloom as part of the Playwright Guild of Canada's 'Craft...

- Feb 19, 2021
DND Adventure Stream Launch
Me and some pals are starting a dnd adventure stream called 'Tales from the Black Lobster.' For more information, check our twitter at:...

- Jan 19, 2021
Last Month for 'LOCAL DIVA'
What a year it's been... At the end of January, 'LOCAL DIVA' will be taken off the Alberta Queer Calendar website after being live for a...

- Nov 7, 2020
AQCP Playwright Round Table Discussion
"We’re back with a bonus, Writers’ Roundtable episode featuring the first three playwrights in the Alberta Queer Calendar Project - Liam...

- Aug 30, 2020
'All The Way To Pluto' At EdmonTEN
'All The Way To Pluto' is rescheduled to premiere as part of the rebooted edmonTEN festival on September 11/12. [MORE INFO]

- Aug 10, 2020
Workshopping During a Pandemic
Like many aspects of our our lives pre-COVID it feels like theatre has been placed in a sort of uncomfortable stasis for the foreseeable...

- May 30, 2020
Forging Forward During a Pandemic, The Queer Calendar Project
As we find ourselves in the tail end of May / beginning of June - we're excited to move forward with the Queer Calendar Projects. After a...

- Mar 15, 2020
ALL THE WAY TO PLUTO at 'EDMONten' Showcase of 10 Minute Plays
https://www.grindstonetheatre.ca/shows/edmonten-mar-20/?fbclid=IwAR1l-6WYegUia8JPfGfshzjguj1lNvDgVCBwt0ImGkK0bRJfFo3wt5pfaao The Short &...

- Jan 31, 2020
LOCAL DIVA To Launch In Audio Form Today As Part Of The Queer Calendar Project
Featured: queercalendar.ca

- Jan 28, 2020
Queer Calendar Launch!
(Link to FB Event: https://www.facebook.com/events/800971200369858/ ) Join Cardiac Theatre and What It Is Productions and our hosts,...

- Sep 26, 2019
Youth Riot In-Room Coordinator
Liam will be working as the in room coordinator for Alberta Playwright Network's 'Youth Riot' Program. It's a program designed to help...

- Aug 13, 2019
LOCAL DIVA at the Edmonton Fringe
LOCAL DIVA is a story told by the fictitious diva Tragi-dean. Their trials, their struggles, their stories. Growing up gay in a catholic...

- Jul 23, 2019
'LOCAL DIVA' Selection Reading, Newmarket ON
I will be reading a selection from my one-man play 'LOCAL DIVA' at the Newmarket, ON play festival. This is the same play that will be...

- Jul 23, 2019
'ELECTRA' at the Newmarket, Ontario 10 Minute Play Festival
My ten minute play 'ELECTRA' will be presented this week at the National Newmarket, Ontario 10 Minute play festival. For ticketing and...

- Jun 16, 2019
"Subscribe or Like" at the Edmonton Script Salon
My new play "Subscribe or Like" will receive a public reading July 14th at the Edmonton Script Salon. Details to be posted soon.

- May 31, 2019
Over the Edge With 4Play
Had the privilege of writing the absolutely bonkers "What About the Bees" with Catalyst Theatre's Over the Edge with 4Play. We will all...

- May 1, 2019
Announcing the Queer Calendar Writers
Makram Ayache: The Hooves Belonged to the Deer Elena Eli Belyea: Let Me Keep Opening This Moment Brett Dahl: Pretty Ugly Émanuel...

- Apr 22, 2019
Intermission Series Part 2 - Emerging Artists in Ontario/Quebec
A couple of days ago, my latest entry in the 'emerging across Canada series' was published by intermission magazine. See the article...

- Jan 10, 2019
In Process...
(pictured: a desk in process) I have the incredible privilege working with Heather Inglis and and incredibly talented cast of actors this...

- Jan 1, 2019
Alberta Queer Calendar Applications Up!
Call for submissions!! In partnership with Cardiac Theatre and What It Is Productions , we're looking for 12 queer writers to fill 2020...

- Dec 21, 2018
Tiny Bear Jaw's Annual Microplay Readings
Liam's tiny play 'ALL THE WAY TO PLUTO' will be read as part of Tiny Bear Jaw's fundraising night. Swing on by + see some great works.

- Oct 12, 2018
Article in Intermission Magazine: "Emerging Across Canada - The West"
Over the past few weeks I had the privilege of speaking to an amazing group of 'emerging' theatre artists based across western Canada. We...

- Aug 2, 2018
'Clytemnestra' Placed Third at the Newmarket National 10 Minute Play Festival
QUOTE: "Last night, before the closing performance of the 2018 NNPF, the NewMarket National Playwriting Awards were announced. 1st Place:...

- Jul 4, 2018
Clytemnestra at the Newmarket National 10 Minute Play Festival
My 10 minute play 'Clytemnestra' will be presented from 26 - 29th at a 10 Minute Play Festival in Newmarket Ontario. "After sacrificing...

- Apr 24, 2018
The Words We Do Not Have - New Words Festival
My play 'The Words We Do Not Have' is going to be presented as part of the National Theatre School of Canada's New Words Festival. The...

- Mar 28, 2018
Ottawa Little Theatre’s 77th National One-Act Playwriting Competition Winners
Third Prize, The Gladys Cameron Watt Award (sponsored by the Ottawa Chapter of the Canadian Federation of University Women): Watch Me...

- Feb 9, 2018
Writing For Video Games
This week the National Theatre School's Playwriting Department worked with Jill Murray to create small little video games using the...

- Dec 10, 2017
'Watch Me Drown' to be Read at The New Ideas Festival
'Watch Me Drown' - the play I worked on during my second year at the National Theatre School - will be read as part of a new play...

- Dec 10, 2017
10 Minute Play Excerpt at 'NewPrideNow'
A 10 minute excerpt from a play in progress 'TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND' will be read in Edmonton at 'NewPrideNow.' "A play reading event from...

- Sep 13, 2017
Silence and the Machine - Produced by Theatre BSMT
Check out Silence and the Machine produced by Theatre BSMT this October in Calgary, Alberta! CATCH IT: October 11 - 7:30PM October 12 -...

- Jul 21, 2017
National Newmarket 10 Minute Play Festival
The National Newmarket 10 Minute Play Festival is this weekend!! So if you find yourself in Newmarket, Ontario or are in the area -...

- Jul 14, 2017
Writing 'Classically' in 10 Minutes or Less
This year I wrote a short ten-minute play called Iphigenia. Where it's essentially inspired by the Greek myth in which Iphigenia's...

- Apr 20, 2017
At the Banff Playwright's Colony
(Photo by Brian Quirt.) As part of the National Theatre School of Canada's Playwriting Program, we have the extreme privilege of...

- Apr 12, 2017
'Fags In Space' Reading in Ottawa
Fags In Space will be presented as part of Ottawa Little Theatre's Playwright's Weekend on April 22nd at 7:00pm. This comes as part of a...

- Apr 8, 2017
Iphigenia at the Newmarket National 10 Minute Play Festival
Iphigenia will be featured along side 24 other plays in Newmarket, Ontario as part of a 10 Minute National play festival. (July 21 - 23)....