Zomblet Oct 24-25, 8pm; Oct 26-27, 2pm & 8pm The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street $15-$30 T en years ago, when Dan Bray and Colleen MacIsaac began helming Villain’s Theatre (then known as Vile Passéist), they mainly aimed to stage plays by Shakespeare’s unsung peers. But, after mounting many a show by Marlowe, Middleton […]
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Colleen MacIsaac’s mercury explores communication and loneliness
mercury Thu Sept 5, 9:30pm Fri Sept 6, 5pm Sat Sept 7, 2pm & 11:20pm Neptune Theatre 1593 Argyle Street $8/$5 Colleen MacIsaac sidles into a Quinpool Road coffee shop, bowtie matching her combat boots in a perfect, non-navy-shade of dark blue. She sits down with an iced coffee and so much energy she hardly […]
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Halifax Fringe 2019 – Day 2
@howtoplaywithzachfaie By Zach Faye I watched the first instalment of the incredibly earnest and possibly sinister Zach Faye’s Instagram livestream and I’m not quite sure what it is yet but I did it while eating a burrito from the comfort of my bed so I am already sold. A tale about a man and his […]
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Theatre review: The Little Years at the Bus Stop
The newest production from CanCon devotee Matchstick Theatre is John Mighton’s The Little Years, directed by Matchstick’s artistic director Jake Planinc and starring Colleen MacIsaac and Christine Daniels. It follows the family of Kate (Kayla Gunn and MacIsaac), a girl who dreams of a career in theoretical mathematics, from 1957 to 2002, mainly through her […]
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Fringe 2018: Herbie Dragons and Oh Crap, My Scarf!
Oh Crap, My Scarf! Thu Sep 6, 7pm; Sun Sep 8, 5:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street, $7 Herbie Dragons Thu Sep 6, 8pm; Fri Sep 7, 7:30pm; Sat Sep 8, 1 & 8pm; Sun Sep 9, 5:30 & 8:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, $10 Kevin Hartford is having a busy Fringe: Oh Crap, […]
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The Villain’s Theatre’s World on fire
The Blazing World April 11-15 Neptune Studio Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $20-$25 neptunetheatre.com Colleen MacIsaac has written and is starring in The Blazing World, previewing April 11 on Neptune’s second stage and opening April 12. As a multi-disciplinary artist—she makes theatre, comics and animation, to start—having more than one job on a project is not […]
