The Children May 9-19 The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $5-$50, tickethalifax.com Martha Irving first laid eyes on Laura Vingoe-Cram when she was just a baby in a bassinet. Fast-forward some three decades: The two women are in conversation, listening carefully to each other, sitting in a top-floor rehearsal studio at Neptune Theatre. Vingoe-Cram […]
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Review: Half-Cracked: The Legend of Sugar Mary at Neptune
Half-Cracked: The Legend of Sugar Mary is the story of Sugar Mary (Geneviève Steele) a “half-cracked” woman living in rural Nova Scotia with her sister, Yewina (Sharleen Kalayil). Sugar Mary’s sexual awakening coincides with the arrival of Scott (Christian Murray), an American grad student looking for local folklore for his thesis. Steele and Kalayil command […]
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Salt-Water Moon‘s dance
Salt-Water Moon January 30-February 18 Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $29-$36 neptunetheatre.com Many would call Salt-Water Moon one of the best plays in the Canadian canon, and Martha Irving would agree. It was written in 1984 by Newfoundland ex-pat David French and has graced countless stages ever since. For Neptune’s production, previewing Tuesday and opening […]