The Firehall Arts Centre has just unveiled its 2017-18 season, with dance and theatre pieces that tackle everything from the '60s Scoop to sexual assault and from bodybuilding to Grimm fairy tales. The company carries on its long tradition of diversity in programming, with indigenous and Metis works, and several shows about women and gender.

The historic venue kicks off from September 27 to 30 with Shay Kuebler's Radical System Art dancework called Feasting on Famine, a look at one man's disciplined immersion in the extreme world of bodybuilding.

Next up, October 4 to 14, local theatre artists Itai Erdal, TJ Dawe, and Rachel Peak look at technology, social media, and the quest for true love and human connection in Hyperlink.

Touchstone Theatre, Ruby Slippers Theatre, and the Diwali Festival present Pamela Mala Sinha's Happy Place from October 20 to 29, exploring the lives of seven women in an in-patient centre that treats various forms of trauma.

From November 11 to December 2, look for a production of Only Drunks and Children Tell the Truth, Drew Hayden Taylor's story about the 1960s scoop-up of First Nations children for adoption by white families.

The new year finds the return of Itsazoo and Savage God Production's biting climate-change comedy The Pipeline Project, which debuted at the Gateway Theatre last spring; a production of Aussie playwright Patricia Cornelius's Shit, a show as uncompromising as its title, centring on three androgynously named women (Billy, Bobby, and Sam) from violent, poor backgrounds who have landed in prison together; and the return of Chelsea Hotel: The Songs of Leonard Cohen.

Later next spring, look for Sheldon Elter's one-man autobiographical theatre work Metis Mutt, Serge Bennathan's Grimm brothers-inspired dance piece Contes Cruels (Cruel Tales), and the premiere of C'mon Angie by Amy Lee Lavoie—a work that emerged out of Touchstone Theatre's Flying Start program.

Early bird passes go on sale June 15, with prices ranging from a full four pack for $68 to a felxible six pack for $138. Find more information and the detailed schedule here.