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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Ship’s Company Theatre announces 2018 season
Ship’s Company Theatre announced its upcoming slate on Saturday in Parrsboro. “This is going to be a season with plays by two women and a young African Nova Scotian,” says Ship’s artistic director Natasha MacLellan. Kicking off the season July 4 will be Hook, Line and Sinner, the final part of the Sister Salter trilogy […]
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Stepping Stone’s show
The Reversal of Peter Dawson February 2-4 Alderney Landing Theatre 2 Ochterloney Street, Dartmouth $15 ticketpro.ca “It’s a great opportunity for these women,” says Wanda Taylor, the executive director of Stepping Stone Nova Scotia, an organization supporting marginalized populations currently and formerly involved in the sex trade. Since the beginning of the new year, Taylor […]
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Review: The Mystery Play
The Mystery Play is the second installment in the Parrsboro trilogy, a series of mysteries commissioned by the enterprising Ship’s Company Theatre. The plays share the main character of Sister Vivian Salter, a nun with a penchant for sleuthing, played with pluck and aplomb by Mary-Colin Chisholm. This play has Salter doubting her faith and […]
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Review: Pugwash
Pugwash follows the story of the first Pugwash Conference in July of 1957. On its 60th anniversary, it’s a piece of Nova Scotian history that doesn’t get much attention, but is here in the capable hands of playwright Vern Thiessen. The play is a fictional narrative following two kids, 13-year-old Conni McPhee (Gina Thornhill) and […]
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Summer Theatre Preview
The summer months are perfect for road trips. There is seafood to eat, waterfalls to trek to, and an abundance of theatre to see across the province. With over 20 shows, not including the late-summer Halifax Fringe Festival, where does one even begin? From Shakespeare by the Sea in Point Pleasant Park to Tony Award-winning […]
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Habit of Murder kills it
Maritime murder mystery abounds at Ship’s Company Theatre with a month-long run of Habit of Murder.