Halifax Fringe 2019 is here. That means over 350 performances, over 55 shows, over 11 days, in 10 venues across the city. The 29th annual festival kicked off last night with the always popular Opening Night Sampler, held at the Neptune Scotiabank Stage and hosted by Cathy Jones and Bill Wood. Over the coming days, […]
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Hello City’s powerful play
Hello City presents: The Hello Baby Show Tuesday, April 23, 7:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $5/$10/$20 The improvisational troupe Hello City is named after a song about how Halifax sucks. “The same people, the same drinks and the same music, the same quicksand / I think this harbour town is waist-deep and […]
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Hello City’s local flavours
Hello City w/Stewart Legere Thursday, January 11, 7:30pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street pwyc Love it or hate it, Halifax isn’t going anywhere. So why not rejoice and commiserate together through the art of theatre and storytelling? If that sounds appealing, the new monthly improv show Hello City aims to highlight the Haligonian […]
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Mission: Improv
Weekly Wednesdays Comedy & Improv Jam The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street 5:30pm workshop, 8pm show $10 It’s Wednesday night at The Company House. The taps are open, along with water pitchers. A dozen people are standing in a circle. They’re swaying forward and backward, rocking on their heels. A man makes eye contact with […]
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Dive into Open Waters
“There the jazz archipelago and the classical archipelago. They can be traversed, it’s not impassable, there’s no barriers between them, except maybe distance,” says Lukas Pearse, the artistic director of this year’s Open Waters Festival. From Thursday to Sunday, Upstream Music will collaborate with Symphony Nova Scotia, SuddenlyListen and more for 14 extraordinary music events. […]
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Laugh out East
East Coast Improv Festival The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street August 15-16 $10/$15 Plenty of great comedy has come out of Halifax over the past few years—and much of it has come and gone, to Toronto and other funnier pastures. That’s one of the reasons local improv company Make ‘Em Ups started Halifax’s first […]