The Last Wife Oct 3-4, 7:30pm; Oct 5-6, 2pm & 7:30pm Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street tickets from $30 There’s a scene in Neptune’s season-opening play, The Last Wife, where Stephanie MacDonald stands, tall and square, trying to not burst out laughing. The play, written by notable playwright Kate Hennig, imagines the interior life of […]
Merritt Awards
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Here are your 2019 Merritt Award winners
The Merritt Awards, Theatre Nova Scotia‘s annual celebration of the year in local theatre, were handed out last night at the McInnes Room in a ceremony hosted by Kim Parkhill and Ian Sherwood. The queer Holocaust musical Kamp was a big winner, picking up five awards including Outstanding Production and Outstanding Original Score for Garry […]
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Fall Arts: Chasing Champions by Ship’s Company Theatre
Chasing Champions October 25-27, 8pm (Oct 27 2pm mat) Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney Street $30 ($10 students) ticketpro.ca The bar at the Lord Nelson is abuzz on a Friday afternoon caught between summer’s fading grasp and the Atlantic International Film Festival’s opening weekend frenzy. Jacob Sampson sits in a booth up top, away from the […]
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Three new musicals lead 2018 Merritt Award nominees
Theatre Nova Scotia has announced the nominees for the annual Merritt Awards, which celebrate excellence in local theatre. Heist‘s Princess Rules, 2b Theatre‘s Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story and Two Planks and a Passion‘s Nothing Less!, all original musicals, top the list. The Merritt Awards will be handed out on Monday, March 26 at […]
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A “tender poet” takes the prize for rising theatre stars at the 2017 Merritt Awards
“A tender poet, sharp playwright, present actor, vocal feminist and ally” who shows “great integrity, and bravery” in work that is “personal, political, studied, careful and poetic.” This is how nominators described Meghan Hubley and her work, as they put her name forward for the city’s prize for an emerging theatre artist, selected by Theatre […]
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Merritt’s privateers
Hosting the Merritt Awards is a familiar gig for local actor Marty Burt, but that doesn’t mean it’s a cakewalk. Burt, who returns to the podium for the fifth time for this celebration of the best in Nova Scotian theatre, says he walks a fine line. “When you’re roasting people who are your peers and […]
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Looking at the 2015 Merritt Awards
If art reflects life, then the 2015 Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Awards show was a perfect reflection of the mood right now in snow-bound Halifax. There was recognition that making a life in theatre can feel a lot like trying to forge a path through a world of six-foot snow banks. There was a sense […]
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Your 2015 Merritt Awards nominees
The Theatre Nova Scotia annual Merritt Awards have announced the talented nominees who will fight it out for top spot at the Robert Merritt Awards gala on Monday, March 23, 7pm at Casino Nova Scotia’s Schooner Room. Hosted by Joanne Miller and Karen Bassett and produced by Jeremy Webb, the gala will honour the province’s […]
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Awarded on Merritt
The 2014 Merritt Awards payed homage to the past and pointed the way to a bright future for theatre in Nova Scotia. The ceremony, a three-hour long marathon held in the Schooner Room of Casino Nova Scotia, was hosted by funny-man Bill Wood who joked that he’d been instructed to shape his hosting style as […]
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Love letter to theatre
Dear Merritt Award nominees, theatre makers and supporters, Congratulations on another year of amazing, mind-expanding, funny-bone-tickling, soul-soothing theatre. Monday night’s Merritt Awards reminded me of everything there is to love about Halifax’s vibrant theatre scene. It was a night to celebrate the diversity of great theatre produced in Halifax and throughout Nova Scotia. It was […]
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Merritt predictions
On Monday, March 26, the bright lights of Halifax’s theatre community will be schmoozing the night away at Casino Nova Scotia (7pm, $17/$20). Yes, the Merritts have crossed the harbour from their sometime-home at Alderney Landing, where in recent years this annual theatre awards ceremony has become so popular that many ticket holders have had […]
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Merritt Award nominees reflect great year of theatre
Daniel MacIvor and A Beautiful View, nominees for outstanding director and production Last year was a super year for Halifax theatre, and the Robert Merritt Awards (merrittawards.ca) nominations reflect the calibre of productions—-not just in acting and directing, but music, set and lighting design too. 2b theatre fills a carton with a dozen nominations, competing […]