There’s romance and comedy aplenty in Michael Melski’s Hockey Mom, Hockey Dad, but this two-hander ends up being more than just a pleasing “romantic comedy”. There’s real depth to the story of a couple of single parents who connect at the local rink (very local for the Halifax crowd, as this production is set on […]
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Refuge
Six actors stand on the catwalk above the stage against a backdrop of boney, wintery trees. They’re suffused in a cold blue light. Eerie, prickly music ebbs and flows around them. One sighs. Another yelps. One breaks into a keening wail. So begins Mary Vingoe’s Refuge, the story of an Eritrean soldier named Ayinom who […]
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The Coast’s Fall Preview 2013: Dance & Theatre
DaPoPo Theatre’s Live-In October 1- 31 at The Living Room, 2353 Agricola Street dapopolivein2013.blogspot.ca Five years ago, the members of DaPoPo Theatre hatched a clever idea for financing rehearsal space. Why not book the TNS Living Room theatre on Agricola for an entire month, rehearse during the day and host paid performances and readings at […]
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A Little Night Magic
I’m not a Sondheim fan. (As I type this, I already feel virtual tomatoes being pitched my way.) His music alienates me. His shows exhaust me. And this is why I’m shocked by how much I love, love, loved the Halifax Summer Opera Festival production of A Little Night Music. I was enraptured from the […]
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Branching out
Hannah Rittner considers herself very fortunate. The 23-year-old recent King’s College graduate has found her passion, and it’s not what she expected. Rittner pursued a degree in contemporary studies and English, but her ideas about her future changed after taking one course a couple of years ago taught by Martha Irving (actor and co-founding member […]
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Gifts that give
The 12 days of Christmas can’t contain all the fun that’s about to come at you. Breaking the holiday mould—read: a book for Uncle Steve, a puzzle for Grandma and beer for your younger brother—is a new frontier in gift-giving. It’s groundbreaking stuff, people: gifts that actually keep on giving. Self-improvement is the name of […]
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The Passion of Adele Hugo opens Tuesday
Eastern Front Theatre’s anticipated new work, The Passion of Adele Hugo, directed by Scott Burke, opens this Tuesday, November 8 (to Nov 20), do not miss if you have a soft spot for musicals, obsessive love, Halifax history and talented folks. This marks the beginning of Eastern Front Theatre using Neptune’s Studio Theatre as its […]
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Mocean Dance: Live at 3
Rockstars, dream states and immortals are just the beginning of what Mocean Dance’s newest work, Live at 3, brings to Neptune Studio Theatre this week. The local contemporary dance company, with dancers Carolle Crooks, Sarah Rozee (pictured) and Tania Jean performing this show, are world premiering three new works. The first, choreographed by Cory Bowles, […]
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Charlie Ross is solo Star Wars play’s only hope
Charlie Ross was in the middle of an ordinary childhood, growing up in British Columbia, when Star Wars encased his life like Han Solo was encased in carbonite. “You remember when they first came out, there was no geeky stigma attached to the movies, everybody just loved them,” he says, on the phone from his […]
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Top 5 sure things playing at the Supernova! festival
A Rum for the Money Three Newfoundlanders are on a rum running mission in the middle of the night. They successfully dodge French bullets and evade RCMP cutters, but are hit and broken apart by a mystery ship, leading to an eerie night of survival. Neptune Studio Theatre, 1593 Argyle, Thu May 7, 7pm, Sat […]
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Zuppa cast: Stewart Legere hurts his foot
The show must go on with Stewart Legere (top right on piano). Last week Tara Thorne wrote our cover story about Zuppa Theatre’s new production Poor Boy and their unusually organic creative process. This week Zuppa received a new challenge, as actor Stewart Legere, who plays pop star Sherman Oakes, hurt his ankle during a […]
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Zuppa powers
On a frigid Saturday afternoon, the cast of Zuppa Theatre’s Poor Boy is gathered in the Neptune Studio, where in four weeks they’ll launch a show that’s changing every day. The set is beginning to come together—long strings through a series of paper sheets, dangling record sleeves, actual vinyl and a suitcase here and there, […]
