Live Comedy Album Recording Sat Sep 8, 9:30pm; Sun Sep 9, 1pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, $10/$7 She Wolf Thu Sep 6, 5:30pm; Fri Sep 7, 10:30pm; Sat Sep 8, 2:30pm; Sun Sep 9, 11:30am The Bus Stop Theatre, $15/$12 Gillian English has a lot to say and she talks fast. Having […]
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Fringe 2018: Bubble Trans Pride
[IMAGE-1] Thu Sep 6, 9:10pm; Sat Sep 8, 8pm The Old Company Theatre, 2202 Gottingen Street, $10/$7 When Tyler (Tsholo Khalema) meets Bob (Mihaly Szabados), the attraction is instant. Bob has lost someone and Tyler’s art speaks to the pain. Meanwhile Tyler’s friend Jill (Karla Rae James), who has transitioned quite late in life, is […]
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Fringe 2018: Wicked Fountain of Youth
Thu Sep 6, 7pm; Fri Sep 7, 6pm; Sat Sep 8, 11am & 10pm; Sun Sep 9, 12:30pm The Waiting Room, 6040 Almon Street $10/$7 Veronica Steele and Charlotte Weeks have spent the summer driving from London, Ontario with their show Wicked Fountain of Youth, a portrait of a teenager (Weeks) with fetal alcohol syndrome. […]
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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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Fringe 2018: Liminal Flight
Fri Sep 7-Sun Sep 9, 7:30 & 8:30pm St. Matthew’s Church 1479 Barrington Street, $10/$7 After the show, the performers from Liminal Flight are buzzing with energy. Maybe from the energy of the crowd, from having done incredible things with their bodies, or from a sense of accomplishment that comes with mounting a new performance. “We […]
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Fringe 2018: Brandon Voyeur
Thu Sep 6, 11:30pm; Sat Sep 8, 3:30 & 10:45pm; Sun Sep 9, 2:45pm The Old Company Theatre 2202 Gottingen Street, $8 On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Brandon Lorimer sits waiting in the Bus Stop Theatre lobby wearing an eye patch. Maybe he’s in character: Somewhere between Brandon Lorimer and Brandon Voyeur, his performative alter ego […]
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Fringe 2018: The Extinction of Hong Kongers
Thu Sep 6, 10pm; Fri Sep 7, 9:30pm; Sun Sep 9, 7:30pm The Old Pool Hall Theatre 6050-6070 Almon Street, pwyc Chun Shing Roland Au and Carmen Lee met in their performing arts school in Hong Kong and immediately felt a collaborative chemistry. Together they moved to Ireland, then to Montreal and then to Halifax, where […]
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Fringe city
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 […]