Chris Locke w/host Dan Hendricken, Cher Hann, Matt Wright, Heidi Brander Thursday, November 17, 8pm w/host Adam Christie, Cher Hann, Bob Kerr, Struan Sutherland Friday, November 18, 8pm The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street Chris Locke learned he was afraid of bears the hard way. The comedian was on a hike in Northern Ontario with […]
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Kyle Kinane can’t stop, won’t stop
Kyle Kinane w/Cher Hann, Everardo Ramirez, 7pm w/Travis Lindsay, Struan Sutherland, 10pm Saturday, October 22 Paul O’Regan Hall, Halifax Central Library, 5440 Spring Garden Road $20 adv/$25 door Kyle Kinane is a comedian/comedian. He’s got a big beard, a gravelly voice, an amiable disposition and usually holds a beer while he tells his sharply observational […]
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The BIPOCalypse is coming
For Sharestha Drall, everything is fuel for her next joke, from the iced chai latte she’s sipping to how people react to her sexuality. Delivering punchline after punchline, her eyebrows shoot up while she watches for a reaction. As an American Indian, “like, called a terrorist type of Indian,” and a self-described queer, Drall says […]
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Review: Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising
Nobody tries very hard in the sequel to 2014’s best comedy—it’s the same movie except Rose Byrne and Seth Rogen battle a sorority instead of a frat—which detracts some humour points. But with a cast this great—especially Zac Efron; Byrne, 2014’s standout, sadly gets less to do and a rehash of insane/grossout scenarios, plus a curious and enduring feminist streak—you’ll […]
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What comedians really think about the Halifax ComedyFest
They say laughter is the best medicine, so get ready for a healing dose. From now until Sunday, the Halifax ComedyFest treats the city to 31 comics who will make you laugh across five venues. Legends like Cathy Jones, Derek Edwards, Elvira Kurt and Sean Cullen are showcased alongside up-and-comers like Aisha Alfa, Ivan Decker […]
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Review: The Lobster
What if being single was a crime? A dystopic future of marrieds is the world posited by The Lobster, but that’s just the logline. Here’s what actually goes on: There’s a place where eligible singles gather. They have 45 days to find a mate—hetero, natch—and if they fail they’re turned into an animal of their […]
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Scott Thompson picks his top 5 favourite characters
Character acting requires incredible comedic skill, and from 1984 to 1994, the men behind Toronto-based sketch TV show The Kids in the Hall were masters of disguise. The show was a worthy rival to Saturday Night Live, airing on both HBO and CBC with its host of darkly absurd, satirical and original character sketches. This Tuesday and Wednesday, the […]
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Review: Demolition
Quebecois director Jean-Marc Vallée continues his steady march into Hollywood—you have him to blame for Matthew McConaughey’s Oscar—following up Wild and Dallas Buyers Club with the Jake Gyllenhaal-starrer Demolition. Gyllenhaal, who’s made two films with Vallée’s fellow ascendant Francophone, Denis Villeneuve, stars as Davis, an investment banker whose wife dies in a car accident. A hospital vending-machine incident inspires Davis to write […]
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Review: The Bronze
Melissa Rauch, The Other Girl from The Big Bang Theory—“Not Kaley Cuoco, not Blossom, the other girl!” has crafted herself a terrific lead role in Hope Ann Greggory, a foul-mouthed, emotionally stunted former Olympic gymnast. Still living at home with her postal worker father (the great character actor Gary Cole, from Veep and The Good Wife), Hope is half-coasting through […]
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Review: Whiskey Tango Foxtrot
Tina Fey plays her least Tina Fey-iest character in Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, a book she optioned because a reviewer called the author a “Tina Fey character.” We begin in 2003, where Fey’s Kim Baker (her real-life counterpoint is Kim Barker; why the single-letter name change?) has just been deployed from her boring job writing teleprompter […]
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Watch: A teaser for the Halifax Cat Fanciers’ Society Cat Show
Today at The Coast, watch the trailer for Cat Show, which chronicles the competition and heats between Halifax’s north-end cats and their owners, all participants in the Halifax Cat Fanciers’ Society’s Biennial Spring Classics. The trailer is a pitch for a potential satire (catire?) web-series, based on real life events. In 2013, Kathleen Prinsen‘s tabby Florian […]
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Hotline tips on how to survive the Halifax Pop Explosion
Here we are, doggies. Tonight is the first evening of the Halifax Pop Explosion, five full days of the coolest bands in hip-hop, indie rock, indie pop and regular pop. There’s also a symphony experience, an incredible comedy lineup, songs for the folkier set, an HPX Conference, the Collide Creative Technology Conference and much more. If you haven’t […]
