[image-1] Yesterday’s Titanic 100 launch was a perfect time to ask the question that was on everyone’s mind this week. Not that Fringe Fest stuff, what is this, yesterday? Is Ken Pinto indeed bringing an iceberg into Halifax Harbour? Um, no. Apparently some totally lame naysayers claim an iceberg can stir up “metals and poisons into the harbour,” said a disappointed Ken Pinto to an equally disappointed Stephanie Johns. There were some serious talks with iceberg towing companies, though. “They’re towing icebergs out there all the time,” Pinto says. The Titanic Centennial proposed events include “a major conference, a wake
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Ken Pinto drops by the Coast office to discuss the Fringe Festival
Former Atlantic Fringe Fest director Ken Pinto came by the office to discuss the fallout from yesterday’s announcement that announced Pinto was putting the festival on hold for two years while he focused on Titanic 100. Pinto reiterated the points he made on Mainstreet yesterday afternoon, saying that he had some people in mind for […]
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Breaking news: CBC’s Mainstreet discusses the Atlantic Fringe Fest issue with Ken Pinto and Stewart Legere
Stewart Legere (Zuppa Theatre, The Safety Position) and Ken Pinto made an appearance on CBC‘s Mainstreet to talk with host Stephanie Domet about today’s announcement that the Atlantic Fringe Festival will be put on hold for up to two years while Pinto works on the Titanic 100 project. Legere was able to express many concerns […]
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Breaking news: Atlantic Fringe Festival to be put on hold for two years
The pause button has been hit on the Atlantic Fringe Festival. Ken Pinto, the festival’s artistic director, has decided to put it on hold for two years while he focuses on Titanic 100. Needless to say, prospective Fringe-goers and participants are not happy. Michael McPhee, an actor, producer and participant in past Fringe shows, has […]
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Open letter of complaint against Fringe’s Ken Pinto
Mikaela Dyke While performer Mikaela Dyke, who’s been receiving positive reviews for her play Dying Hard, has enjoyed being in Halifax for her Atlantic Fringe run, which ends this weekend, she hasn’t been as happy with the treatment she’s apparently received from the Fringe’s director, Ken Pinto. In fact, Dyke has written an open letter of complaint to the Halifax arts community, and now: “A number of local and touring artists are petitioning the Canadian Association of Fringe Festivals (CAFF) to withdraw its affiliation with Halifax’s Atlantic Fringe Festival while under the leadership of the current festival director, Ken Pinto.”