[image-1] The SuperNova Theatre Festival kicks off its 18th annual showcase of contemporary Canadian touring theatre. Beginning Wednesday, May 18 at the Neptune Studio Theatre with Emile’s Dream (Newfoundland fiddlers, choreographed dance) and My Titanic (chowder disaster, blockbuster movies), and continuing until May 29 with nggrfg (queer black kid in straight white Canada), Dedicated to the Revolutions (seven scientific revolutions, countless laughs), So… What About Love? (twenty-somethings and their love lives), …and stockings for the ladies (a Holocaust story about surviving freedom) and WeeTube (YouTube comments, viral videos, lulz). The festival also presents The SuperNova Improv Challenge, and the winners
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SuperNova: Grandma Noda’s Tigers
Grandma Noda’s Tigers is a unique gem of a play that touches on everything from the impermanence of worldly things to the enduring, endearing quality of love and forgiveness. Not bad for a 55-minute puppet show that speaks to everyone from the very young to the very old. From the first ethereal ping of the […]
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SuperNova: The Misfit
There’s a lot to like about Anita Majumdar’s exploration of so-called “honour killings”, not the least of which is the actress herself. Majumdar is talented mimic, bringing to like a whole cast of quirky, memorable characters. She is also a breathtakingly graceful dancer and a playwright adept at using humour to explore difficult topics. The […]
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SuperNova: The Bone House
Is exercise anything that makes your heart beat fast? If so, The Bone House could be considered a first-class workout. It’s a very different kind of theatre experience, one that had people giggling nervously from the moment that “mind hunter” Eugene Crowley (Chris Fassbender) stepped on to the stage and flashed his wide, slightly creepy […]
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SuperNova: Piaf: Love Conquers All
Edith Piaf—or should I say Naomi Emmerson as Edith Piaf—played to a packed house at the opening night of the SuperNova Theatre Festival. The French singer’s story, from her impoverished beginnings through her superstardom to her sad descent to death, is played out in the one-woman show Piaf: Love Conquers All. The play is a […]
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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 […]