Penny Sat Sept 7, 4pm & 10:05pm Neptune Theatre Scotiabank Stage $10/$7 Rebecca Wolfe wrote, produced and stars in Penny, a quirky, kitschy, darkly comedic glimpse into the life of a 1950s housewife who lives a Betty Crocker dream, cooking her husband’s favourite meals before a studio audience. This is Wolfe’s first time appearing at […]
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11 things to do in Halifax when you’re high
Halifax is very conflicted about cannabis. Just days before weed was legalized in Canada last October 17, our city council passed a bylaw banning public smoking of any kind— cigarettes, blunts, vapes, everything—except in a few officially designated smoking areas. So on the one hand, local leaders are trying to kill the buzz. On the […]
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Theatre review: Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells)
To February 24 Neptune Theatre Scotiabank Stage 1593 Argyle Street $30-$46 Closing this weekend on Neptune’s second stage is Rose Napoli’s magnificent study on the issues of consent and the abuse of power from those we trust most. Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells) follows the story of Laura (Celia Koughan), a troubled 15-year-old who discovers newfound […]
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KAMP’s survival songs
KAMP To November 11 Neptune Theatre Scotiabank Stage, 1593 Argyle Street $30-$50 neptunetheatre.com “It blew my mind. I thought, ‘This is a musical begging to be written,’” says Garry Williams. Williams was visiting Sachsenhausen, a Nazi concentration camp north of Berlin. He learned the site had housed a sub-camp for homosexual men, “so they wouldn’t […]
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In The Wave‘s deep dive
In the Waves at HIFF Thursday, June 7, 7pm Neptune Scotiabank Stage 1593 Argyle Street $10/$12 (HIFF pass $35) tickethalifax.com Jacquelyn Mills had been gathering research about her grandmother Joan’s life, intending to make a narrative film based on her life in a Cape Breton fishing village, when Joan’s sister—Mills’ great-aunt—died. Everything changed. “It seemed […]
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SLUT: The Play puts a spotlight on consent
SLUT: The Play Monday, May 28, 2pm & 7:30pmNeptune Theatre Scotiabank Stage $20 (Stages passes $20-$43) neptunetheatre.com Shit goes down in SLUT: The Play: First at a house, then in a cab, then at a party, then all over school. Sixteen-year-old Joey Del Marco is sexually assaulted—or is she?—by three boys, her old friends, well-liked. […]
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ECMA30: KINLEY
East Coast Music Awards w/KINLEY, Classified, The Once, Port Cities, Joel Plaskett Emergency and more Thu May 3, 8pm Scotiabank Centre, 1800 Argyle Street Kinley Dowling isn’t one to perform solo, but she’s no stranger to taking the stage. The Charlottetown-born musician and vocalist has played with the likes of Jenn Grant and Rose Cousins. […]
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Jeremy Webb named Neptune Theatre’s new artistic director
After a nationwide search, Jeremy Webb (Off the Leash Creative, WillPower Theatre) has been named Neptune Theatre’s new artistic director, following George Pothitos’ eight-year run. Currently the artistic producer of Eastern Front Theatre, Webb has performed in over 20 Neptune productions, most recently as Cogsworth the Clock in the theatre’s production of Beauty & The Beast. […]
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Play review: Speaking in Tongues
Australian playwright Andrew Bovell’s Speaking in Tongues begins with much promise. The set, music and lighting design are eerie and evocative, and the opening scene is a beautifully choreographed introduction to the characters and their world. The first half of the play tracks two couples coincidentally cheating with one another, their infidelities trapped in a […]
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Life is in the Small Things
Small Things November 10-11, 7:30pm November 12, 4pm & 8:30pm November 13, 2pm & 7:30pm Neptune Studio Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $30-$52 Birdy (Heather Rankin) has been hired as Patricia’s housekeeper. Patricia (Jenny Munday) is a retired school teacher, measured and intellectual. Birdy is a ball of energy who will talk about anything just to […]
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It’s not about the serial killer
The scene is England, around 1910. A woman in her late 20s is relaxing in a bath. Suddenly, what should have been a calming evening turns gruesome: Her newlywed husband drowns her, framing it as an accident and inheriting the insurance money. It sounds like fiction, but it’s the true story behind Neptune Theatre’s latest […]
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How Little Charlie became Charles Manson
In the early 1960s, Charles Manson was just a young, petty criminal known as Little Charlie. By the summer of ’69, Manson had become an infamous cult leader responsible for inciting the brutal slayings of nine people. In between, he was incarcerated in the same Washington State prison as Alvin “Creepy” Karpis, a Canadian bank […]