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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Theatre review: Some Blow Flutes at the Bus Stop
Note: This review is based on a preview performance. Some Blow Flutes is the latest creation of HomeFirst Theatre’s artistic director, Mary Vingoe. It follows the struggle of teenage Leah Frangoulis (Ailsa Galbreath) caring for Elena (Mary-Colin Chisholm), her elderly grandmother whose dementia is progressing to an unmanageable state. Meanwhile, her denial-ridden grandfather Costas (Hugh […]
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Halifax loses jazz legend
Local jazz artist, Upstream Music Association co-founder and venerable arts scene supporter Paul Cram died on the morning of March 20. Cram, who played tenor saxophone and clarinet, stepped down as artistic director of Upstream in 2015 after 19 years. “We’re giving it to the next generation,” he said then. Upstream posted a tribute on […]
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Halifax theatre maven, Mary Vingoe, receives Order of Canada
Actor, playwright, director, bazillion threat Mary Vingoe deservedly received the Order of Canada on Friday. Governor General David Johnston presented Vingoe with Canada’s highest honour, in medal-form. Vingoe co-founded Parrsboro’s Ship’s Company Theatre and Dartmouth’s Eastern Front Theatre as well as Nightwood Theatre in Toronto.