Twelfth Night To August 31 Cambridge Battery, Point Pleasant Park $20 suggested donation tickethalifax.com Twenty-five years ago, nearly on a whim, Shakespeare By The Sea put up Twelfth NIght for a week in Point Pleasant Park. Last weekend the company opened the production for its fourth time, in honour of that anniversary. But there are […]
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DaPoPo’s Live-In travels across artistic lines
DaPoPo Theatre’s Live-In To Oct 31 Full schedule at facebook.com/DaPoPoTheatre With its net cast wider than ever, DaPoPo Theatre’s Live-In Festival is nine years old and going strong. “In contrast to previous years, we have curated a little less but opened the doors wider,” says Garry Williams, DaPoPo’s artistic director. This year’s festival theme is […]
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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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Death becomes her
A Good Death To January 18 at 7:30pm (Thu-Sat), 2pm (Sat-Sun) Neptune Studio Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $25/$20 Kim Parkhill isn’t sleeping so well lately. As both playwright and producer for A Good Death, currently playing at the Neptune Studio Theatre, she’s got a lot on her mind. “I’ve discovered sleeplessness accompanies most of my […]
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DaPoPo Theatre’s Live-In lives on
You know the part in the Wizard of Oz where Toto pulls back the curtain and exposes a guy who’s pulling levers to create a talking head holograph that’s supposedly the wizard? That’s the scene Garry Williams uses to explain the theme of this year’s DaPoPo Theatre Live-In. “We’ve called this Live-In ‘Looking Behind the […]
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A little Theatre
Songs and doing good deeds around will warm your heart better than any half-assed hot chocolate, trust. DaPoPo Theatre gives you a chance to unwind while helping raise some funds for Vile Passéist Theatre’s upcoming production of The Roaring Girl. A Little Cabaret (Friday, January 25, 9pm at Menz & Mollyz Bar) features songs lovingly […]
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DaPoPo’s harbouring secrets
The day has been hot and sunny, one of the few in a predominantly grey summer, so most of the people crossing the Halifax Harbour on the ferry make a beeline to the upper deck to enjoy the ocean breeze. Small children fidget impatiently as adults settle into their seats, some chatting; others plugging into […]