Gold Winner Once, Neptune Theatre Silver Winner Kim’s Convenience, Neptune Theatre Bronze Winner Heathers, Whale Song Theatre “I want to thank all the readers of The Coast who voted for Once and Kim’s Convenience,” says Neptune’s artistic director George Pothitos. “What a thrill it was to hear about it. Thank you so much! It was […]
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Review: Snake in the Grass
The set of Snake in the Grass is an intricately designed backyard terrace with a dilapidated shed and overgrown tennis court. A woman enters from the brush looking rather like a goblin, and plucks a spooky tune at the piano. She scurries away when she hears someone coming to the house. We learn that this […]
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Review: Seeds
Seeds is a documentary play that explores the four-year legal battle between Monsanto and Percy Schmeiser, a Saskatchewan farmer who the corporation took to court after a crop from their patented seed was found on his land. The play questions notions of the rights of corporations to patent a living thing, and the public’s acceptance […]
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Major date night ideas
Whether you’re swiping on Tinder or hitting up all the campus parties, the start of the school year is prime time to meet someone new (or maybe actually talk to the person you did nothing but stare at in meal hall last semester, you weirdo). Figuring out where to go on a date can be […]
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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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Review: Art
The story of Art is this: a wealthy, sophisticated white man buys a very expensive white painting, and his wealthy, sophisticated white friend is very upset about it. A third guy, more goofy than sophisticated but no less white, joins them and is the butt of all their jokes. This is Yasmina Reza’s award-winning 1994 […]
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Neptune Theatre lifts the curtain on its 55th season
As Once enters its last weeks onstage, Neptune Theatre shows no signs of slowing down. After the production ends on May 28, Neptune will start up renovations: The first major changes to the theatre since the “New Neptune Project” in the ’90s. On top of that, July will welcome a summer show to kick off […]
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Review: The Boat
The writing of beloved Nova Scotian author Alistair MacLeod is steeped in the poetry of Cape Breton fisherman and the sensual world of its hardworking men and their families. Playwright Ryan Griffith manages the feat of translating MacLeod’s specific world to the stage, and does so, miraculously, while avoiding the pitfalls of many literary stage […]
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Review: The Colony of Unrequited Dreams
The Colony of Unrequited Dreams To March 12 Tue-Fri 7:30pm; Sat-Sun, 2pm and 7:30pm Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $33-$65 From its opening scene of a familiar seaside winterscape, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams is a distinctly and proudly Atlantic Canadian play. Adapted by Robert Chafe from the beloved novel by Wayne Johnston, the production […]
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Review: Kim’s Convenience
Ins Choi’s play, Kim’s Convenience, now also a CBC television series, follows a Korean family in Canada running a convenience store. Walking into the theatre is like entering a very familiar place; the set is a realistic replica of a typical store with the same things on the shelves, the same colours on the wall, […]
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Fuck This, I’m Out
Theatre in Nova Scotia has a serious problem and if something isn’t done about it, it will go the way of the cod fisheries. Theatre, like many arts disciplines in Nova Scotia, is dominated by white, straight, cis men. Desperate to attract audiences, theatre companies will go to any lengths except for honestly representing the […]
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Tompkinsville celebrates Cape Breton history
Tompkinsville November 23-December 4 Scotiabank Studio, 1593 Argyle Street neptunetheatre.com After its debut tour last year, Tompkinsville is coming home. The play, written by Lindsay Kyte with music by Ian Sherwood, has been developed since 2007. In 2015 the show premiered in Oakville, ON, before touring across Ontario and Nova Scotia. While performing in a […]