The 28th Halifax Fringe Festival is kicking off with over 50 shows across 11 days in venues across the city. Don’t wait for the buzz to build—trust us on these. Ah Hell!: The Words of Dorothy Parker Aug 30, Sep 1-2, Sep 4 & Sep 6 The Old Company Theatre, 2202 Gottingen St $5 ”Dorothy […]
Atlantic Fringe Festival
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The Halifax Fringe Festival wants you to come off the beaten track
Cinq à Sept at Good Robot June 1, 5-7pm Good Robot Brewing The Atlantic Fringe Festival is going into its 27th year with a new name: The Halifax Fringe Festival. Executive director Lee-Anne Poole believes it will better represent the event, which she calls “one of the city’s biggest festivals that a lot of people […]
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Review: Re-Fringed Day Two
Re-Fringed February 15-18 The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen St. www.tickethalifax.com The Princess Show Aaron Collier plays Princess Edward, a superstar in a strange land who must battle monsters and storms to save both herself and her partner Abel. A precisely choreographed and lip-synced performance with a magical projected backdrop of stunning animation, The Princess […]
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Re-Fringed takes two
Re-Fringed February 15-18 The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street tickethalifax.com If you want to move the clock back and pretend it’s the end of summer, Re-Fringed has your ticket. “Re-Fringed is a mini festival highlighting a small selection of shows from the Atlantic Fringe Festival,” says festival director Lee-Anne Poole. “The Fringe festival in […]
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Fuck This, I’m Out
Theatre in Nova Scotia has a serious problem and if something isn’t done about it, it will go the way of the cod fisheries. Theatre, like many arts disciplines in Nova Scotia, is dominated by white, straight, cis men. Desperate to attract audiences, theatre companies will go to any lengths except for honestly representing the […]
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Gender-fucking royalty
The Princess Show Thursday, September 8, 8:30pm Saturday, September 10, 1:30pm Sunday, September 11, 4:10pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $11 Princess Edward has learned some truths about the world, and she’s here to share her wisdom. In an epic journey of drag, music, anime, lip-synching, claymation and more, Princess courageously confronts apocalyptic […]
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Atlantic Fringe 2016—Day 7
Here’s what’s on today at The Atlantic Fringe Festival. Don’t say there’s nothing to do, because there is. ***NEW REVIEW*** Attention Seeker written and performed by Gerard Harris A year after Gerard Harris’ 2015 Fringe show, A Tension To Detail, we find that time has not changed Harris much, nor slowed him down. He still […]
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What’s new at this year’s Fringe Fest
This year’s Atlantic Fringe Festival, spanning the city from September 1-11, brings some additions worth applauding. On its 26th birthday, Halifax’s longstanding accessible and community oriented theatre fiesta is branching out. For starters, Fringe has a new director. After festival leader Thom Fitzgerald stepped down last year (he now sits on the board of directors), […]
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Fringe Fest for first-timers
Dark Matter Thursday, September 8, 10:30pm Friday, September 9, 6:45pm Saturday, September 10, 12:45pm & 9:45pm Sunday, September 11, 2:35pm Plan B Merchants Co-op, 2180 Gottingen Street $7 If you have enough time to make it through half an episode of Stranger Things, then you have enough time to check out some of this year’s […]
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Laughing at death with fringe ambassador Nancy Kenny
Everybody Dies in December Thursday, September 8, 10pm Friday, September 9, 5:15pm Saturday, September 10, 4:40pm Sunday, September 11, 8:50pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $10 Theatre-goers will find the award-winning playwright Nancy Kenny lying atop a mortuary slab as they enter the performer’s newest one-person show, Everybody Dies in December, during the […]
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Gillian English, farts and all
A Bitter Shrew Thursday, September 8, 6:30pm Friday, September 9, 8pm Saturday, September 10, 10pm Sunday, September 11, 6pm The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street $10 Drag Queen Stole My Dress Friday, September 9, 9:30pm Sunday, September 11, 4:30pm The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street $10 Some people, when asked their greatest achievement, freeze. They […]
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Atlantic Fringe 2016 – Day 1
The reviews are in from the opening night of the Fringe Fesitval. You can just read them all in order, or jump to a specific one with these links: Hummingbird I’m Only One Man The Mom Show or the Most Boring Show Ever Noel James, What’s Welsh for Funny? The Princess Show Stood Up Hummingbird […]