1. A Tension to Detail Thu September 10, 8:10pm Fri September 11, 6:30pm Sat September 12, 4:30pm Sun September 13, 4:25pm Museum of Nat History, 1747 Summer St, $10 People often mistake going to the theatre as a passive experience. But a show like Gerard Harris’ is an ardent reminder that being an active audience member […]
Amanda Campbell
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Dance/Theatre
Live Art Dance 30th season begins September 27 with Dévorer le Ciel, 8pm, Sir James Dunn Theatre, 6101 University Avenue If you’re interested in contemporary dance, theatre or performance art, then you should definitely check out choreographer Crystal Pite’s contemporary twist on Shakespeare’s The Tempest this fall, put on by Live Art Dance for their […]
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Fall Arts Preview 2012
Click here to read up on a packed fall of fun with events of the visual art, film, musical, literary, theatre, comedy and dance variety.
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Fringe Invocation Experiment: Rhys, Gina, Ailsa
Fringe Invocation Experiment: Rhys, Gina, Ailsa is a collective creation piece by Rhys Bevan-John, Gina Thornhill and Ailsa Galbreath in conjunction with Misery Loves (theatre) Company as part of the Atlantic Fringe Festival. Collective Creation is often more about the process of creating theatre than the product that comes from it and often these pieces […]
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Obsession
Choreographer Petra O’Toole brings Obsession to the Atlantic Fringe Festival, which is like a very short play, or the early stages of one, with an extended dance sequence melded into it to help dramatically express the intense emotions of our protagonist. According to the notes in the Fringe guide this 25 minute piece is a […]
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A Quartet of Devious Dealings
A Quartet of Devious Dealings by Janet Godsell is a collection of four very short plays, each one building up to the punch line that ends the show. They play at the North Street Church as part of the Atlantic Fringe Festival. These plays, each one ten minutes in length, have all been winners at […]
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The Panel Show
The Panel Show comes to the Atlantic Fringe Festival from Toronto and plays at the DanSpace. It is a game show hosted by Ned Petrie where a panel of three comedians are asked questions pulled from REAL LIFE Stupid News and then points are allotted for the chance to win a giant mock-up cheque for […]
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Ash
The first play of my 22nd Annual Atlantic Fringe Festival was Emily Forrest’s play Ash, produced by Forerunner Playwright’s Theatre Company, which plays at the Pier 21 Museum- Bratty Hall until September 6th, 2012. I actually saw an early production of Ash at Once Upon a Theatre Collective’s recent Evening of Short Plays and it […]
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Gerry Farmer: The Voices In My Head Come Out
It seems unfair to review a stand up comedy show on the first day of The Atlantic Fringe Festival, as stand up requires the interaction of an audience to test out material, to hear how jokes land (or don’t) and to develop the right rhythm and pacing. It’s a cumulative process that cannot be honed […]
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Why Should You Fringe?!
Tomorrow the festivities kick off the 22nd Annual Atlantic Fringe Festival here in Halifax and until September 9th, in twelve venues throughout the Downtown, over fifty productions from both local and international artists will be performed for eager audiences. A friend of mine in Toronto refers to Fringe as “Theatre Christmas” and for the theatre […]