The Power of Preston Aug 13-14, 7pm Alderney Landing Theatre, 2 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth $15/$20 W hen Anne Johnson-McDonald picks up the phone, a quick half-hour before she’ll have to rush out the door to rehearsals, she’s ready to explain exactly where the name of her latest musical comes from: “The power of Preston is […]
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Stepping Stone’s show
The Reversal of Peter Dawson February 2-4 Alderney Landing Theatre 2 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth $15 ticketpro.ca “It’s a great opportunity for these women,” says Wanda Taylor, the executive director of Stepping Stone Nova Scotia, an organization supporting marginalized populations currently and formerly involved in the sex trade. Since the beginning of the new year, Taylor […]
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Iron born
Burnwater:Alchemy September 13-17, 7 pm Alderney Landing Theatre, 2 Ochterloney Street $20/$25 Nova Scotian blacksmith John Little is the inspiration for Burnwater: Alchemy, an immersive performance installation. “The piece is inspired by the experience of being on John Little’s land,” says co-director and performer Susanne Chui. Created in collaboration with Mocean Dance and Hear Here […]
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Tonya Lee Williams gets real
In Conversation with Tonya Lee Williams Thursday, January 19, 1:30pm Alderney Landing Theatre $30 Tonya Lee Williams begins our phone interview from LA as direct and unflinching as the golden state’s sun: “How did you get onto the path of acting?” I ask, wondering what drew her to the field, what compelled her to play […]
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Theatre review: The Colour of Courage
The Colour of Courage is a new play inspired by the journal of writer-director Anthony Sherwood’s great-uncle Captain William White II, a Nova Scotian and first black officer in the British Army during WWI. The action follows the No. 2 Construction Battalion, known as the Black Battalion, as they hide in a trench under enemy fire. […]
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Akshongay will take your breath away
When watching Akshongay, it’s impossible not to lose your breath a little as Nova Dance’s Nova Bhattacharya and Louis Laberge-Côté flit, as though weightless, together across the floor. The dancers seem to be communicating telepathically with one another as their bodies bend and spring apart in tandem. “We’re bringing contemporary dance that is inspired by […]
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There’s no place like Winter Home
Michael Greyeyes, a renowned artist/dancer/choreographer/actor/director and professor of theatre at York University, explores a Cree family’s experience of the harsh Saskatchewan winters through the decades with his multimedia installation and solo performance Winter Home. Greyeyes—who you’ll likely recognize from his on-screen roles; he’s appeared in everything ranging from Passchendaele to Smoke Signals, Charmed and Law […]
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Leah-Simone Bowen takes you into The Hallway
Playwright Leah-Simone Bowen knows better than to plan a quick exit from a reading of her play The Hallway. “People want to talk to me about it,” she explains on the phone from her home in Toronto. “I usually get people saying things like ‘that’s not what [I] expected to happen.’” That’s exactly what she […]
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Hands of the sacred
It’s been 24 years since setar player Kiya Tabassian, famous for his skill on the Persian instrument, met his world-renowned mentor: master of the spiked-fiddle, the kamancheh, Kayhan Kalhor. Their training would only last one year, but “He always stayed as a master for me, as a model for me,” says Tabassian. Now, he’ll have […]
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Mocean Dance’s survival in a wild land
The barren, windswept landscapes of Sable Island have inspired artists and travellers for centuries. Among its recent devotees is Vancouver-based choreographer Serge Bennathan, who joins forces with Halifax’s Mocean Dance to create a new piece, Sable Island, which premieres as part of Mocean’s new show, Close Reach, debuting this month at Alderney Landing Theatre, along […]
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Where I work: Shahin Sayadi
Chess with the Doomsday Machine To February 7 Alderney Landing Theatre WHO HE IS I grew up in a theatre family—my dad had a company and my mother performed, I grew up in that environment, ended up in Canada and did theatre studies at Dalhousie. Maggie [Stewart, OneLight’s managing director] and I started the company […]
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David for Queen
Technology has certainly evolved in 25 years, but the Halifax Theatre for Young People production of John Lazarus’ 1988 play David for Queen proves that attitudes are much slower to change. It‘s the story of a gay junior high student’s journey towards self-and-social-acceptance, and while playwright Kristin Slaney has updated the script to incorporate current […]