It all started when Richie Wilcox asked his musician pals to cover some Rufus Wainwright tunes at The Music Room on an empty Monday night during Pride. What once felt like a way to fill time during the festival quickly took root as an important tradition, with Heist’s annual Pride tribute—then called the Angels & […]
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The Waiting Room is over
Places Please! Monday, July 30, 7:30pm The Waiting Room, 6040 Almon Street $40 tickethalifax.com A different kind of Waiting Room is facing closure this autumn: The four-year-old north-end performance space, rehearsal hall and home of KAZAN CO-OP will fall to the condo wrecking ball in the coming months. “We rented to 18 independent theatre companies […]
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Princess Edward returns in Princess Rules
The Princess Rules To November 11, 8pm (plus 2pm Nov 11) The Waiting Room, 6040 Almon Street $15-$40 adv/$25 door tickethalifax.com “We’ve levelled up a bit,” says Aaron Collier, standing outside of The Waiting Room on Almon Street. “It’s like we went from Nintendo to Super Nintendo.” Collier and his husband Richie Wilcox are the […]
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Heist stakes
Heist launch party w/Stewart Legere, Manny Dingo, Princess Edward and DJ Almond Breeze Saturday, April 8 at 9pm Mother’s Halifax, 5710 Young Street Free A new live art company is taking over Mother’s Pizza on Saturday night. “Let art take over” is the motto of Heist, the rebranded group formerly known as Angels & Heroes. […]