Don Brownrigg is a busy man. Over the last five years, the Halifax-based musician travelled around Asia as a puppeteer with Mermaid Theatre, worked as a festival presenter and pursued a degree in osteopathy. Not to mention he’s also an accomplished musician on tour for his much-anticipated newly released album. While the last five years […]
Lee-Anne Poole
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AIFF 2018: Thom Fitzgerald’s very busy week doesn’t end when Splinters opens the festival
Splinters Thursday, September 13, 7pm Rebecca Cohn Auditorium, 6101 University Avenue $50 finfestival.ca Thom Fitzgerald is having a busy week. Earlier he was in Toronto for the premiere of his new feature, Splinters, at TIFF. On Thursday night the film opens FIN: The Atlantic International Film Festival. And Friday is the first day of shooting […]
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Re-Fringed takes two
Re-Fringed February 15-18 The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street tickethalifax.com If you want to move the clock back and pretend it’s the end of summer, Re-Fringed has your ticket. “Re-Fringed is a mini festival highlighting a small selection of shows from the Atlantic Fringe Festival,” says festival director Lee-Anne Poole. “The Fringe festival in […]
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Crazy Sexxxy Cool
It’d be easy to think phone sex, like encyclopedias and proper spelling, faded rapidly from existence with the advent of the internet. After all, why pay for something you can easily get for free? “I thought the same thing,” says Halifax playwright Lee-Anne Poole, “but it’s surprisingly popular.” Poole would know. Her play Talk Sexxxy: the not so sexy […]
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Lee-Anne Poole Splinters off
Don’t let the plot fool you: Splinters is not based on a true story. It’s just a story that happens to be true. “The actual events of the play are not autobiographical,” insists playwright Lee-Anne Poole. “Besides the fact that, you know, I have experienced some of them.” She calls Splinters, opening at the Plutonium […]
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Best Effort to Keep it Real
Here’s a story about how even when things don’t quite work out, a lot of good can come of powerful intent. Lee-Anne Poole used to be the event coordinator for Halifax Pride and she worked for filmmaker Thom Fitzgerald as a festival producer and in administrative postions. In theatre she’s studied and taught at Neptune […]