Gold Winner Shrek The Musical, Neptune Theatre Silver Winner The Sound of Music, Broadway Atlantic Bronze Winner Creepy and Little Manson, Eastern Front Theatre “I want to thank The Coast’s readers,” says Neptune’s artistic director George Pothitos, who directed your favourite show. “It’s incredibly inspiring for us to be recognized by such a large and […]
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Stones in His Pockets proves clunky
Stones in His Pockets by Marie Jones premiered in Belfast in 1996, had a successful West End run, and won a slew of awards. Audiences of Neptune Theatre’s production of the Irish hit may be baffled by its previous success. What has potential to be a playful and biting satire about Hollywood culture encroaching with […]
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Theatre review: Only the beast will do
Beauty and the Beast To October 9 Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $30-$84 The closing show for Neptune Theatre’s 2006-07 season was a blockbuster hit. Beauty and the Beast was so popular it was held over, closing after 16 weeks only because actors had previously booked engagements. Beauty is again gracing the Neptune stage as […]
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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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You just gotta Shrek yourself before you wreck yourself
The curtain rises on a young Shrek, bathed in the dazzling light of a crescent moon. According to the original song that his parents are singing, he is seven. And so are most of the people in the audience. Here, at the opening night of Shrek The Musical, I expected to see more jaded millennials—people […]
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Deerly beloved, Neptune’s Stag & Doe delivers on laughs
Weddings are meant to be a celebration of love, but all too often this sentiment gets hijacked by the pressures of delivering a “perfect day.” Neptune Theatre’s winter comedy Stag & Doe explores in a humorous and affectionate way the perils of losing focus on what really matters. The play opens in a community […]
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A Year with Frog and Toad review: Jokes without croaks
A Year with Frog and Toad is a delightful family musical that follows two amphibious BFFs through four seasons. Together, the irascible Toad (Shane Carty) and the sweetly sincere Frog (Justin Goodhand) enjoy gentle adventures and explore what it means to be a true friend. And although this Year may be light on plot, it’s […]
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Best Theatre Production
Gold Winner The Addams Family, Neptune Theatre Silver Winner Pop Up Love Party, Zuppa Theatre Co. Bronze Winner Midsummer Night’s Dream, Shakespeare by the Sea The Addams Family’s entertainment juggernaut began to grow as a cutesy (black and white!) television series in 1964, then a few movies in the ’90s and, five years back, a […]
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Photos: 2015 Hal-Con Sci-Fi Convention
Today is the second day of Hal-Con Sci-Fi, Fantasy & Comic Convention at the Scotiabank and World Trade and Convention Centres and this year, Hal-Con is bigger and better than ever: the trade-show is located in the Scotiabank, there are gaming, pinball and arcade stations, there are panels and contests and tournaments and, of course, celebrity […]
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Great Expectations is brilliant theatre
Condensing the long and involved plot of Great Expectations into a play that comes in at under two and a half hours (including intermission) is no easy feat, but Neptune’s artistic director George Pothitos has done a brilliant job of it. His distillation of this epic coming-of-age tale is rich with character development, yet doesn’t […]
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Broad City
When Jeremy Webb dreams a dream, big things happen. The actor/director/producer/writer set out to bring a small, cabaret-style show to Neptune’s main stage during its normally dark summer months. Instead, it became a full-scale musical. Broadway on Argyle Street stars Webb and Martha Irving as two aging actors who return to the soon-to-be-demolished theatre where […]
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Marthe Bernard wants to break the silence on mental health
[Image-1] Canadian actress Marthe Bernard, known for her role on Republic of Doyle, is speaking out about the stigma around mental illness. Her brother, Louis, died by suicide last year at age 28 after a long battle with mental illness. Bernard will be at a Queen’s University alumni event in Halifax tonight, as part of […]