[IMAGE-1] Thu Sep 6, 9:10pm; Sat Sep 8, 8pm The Old Company Theatre, 2202 Gottingen Street, $10/$7 When Tyler (Tsholo Khalema) meets Bob (Mihaly Szabados), the attraction is instant. Bob has lost someone and Tyler’s art speaks to the pain. Meanwhile Tyler’s friend Jill (Karla Rae James), who has transitioned quite late in life, is […]
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Mayworks paints a picture of worker’s rights
Mayworks Festival of Working People & The Arts various locations April 28-May 10 free-$25 (festival pass $50) Over 130 years after workers protested for an eight-hour workday at Chicago’s Haymarket Riot, the Mayworks Festival of Working People & The Arts is using art instead of picket signs to push for fair working conditions. While Mayworks […]
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Mission: Improv
Weekly Wednesdays Comedy & Improv Jam The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street 5:30pm workshop, 8pm show $10 It’s Wednesday night at The Company House. The taps are open, along with water pitchers. A dozen people are standing in a circle. They’re swaying forward and backward, rocking on their heels. A man makes eye contact with […]
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The Big Sing is the choir of your dreams
New year’s resolution 2017: Do more things that scare you. Although, truthfully, with events this low pressure there’s no reason to be scared. So if you’ve resolved to do more totally fun and not at all scary things in 2017 you might want to check out The Big Sing. Launching this Monday, January 9 at […]
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Open Waters music festival swims against the mainstream
Open Waters Festival 2017 January 6-10 Sir James Dunn Theatre, The Company House $10-$25 at Dal Box Office Festival passes $55-$60 The Open Waters Festival is about to flood two local venues with events featuring “exploratory music.” Lukas Pearse is the artistic director of the Upstream Music Association, which presents these events every year. He […]
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Chris Locke’s dad brain
Chris Locke w/host Dan Hendricken, Cher Hann, Matt Wright, Heidi Brander Thursday, November 17, 8pm w/host Adam Christie, Cher Hann, Bob Kerr, Struan Sutherland Friday, November 18, 8pm The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street Chris Locke learned he was afraid of bears the hard way. The comedian was on a hike in Northern Ontario with […]
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Daniel Walker is telling stories
The first time Daniel Walker caught the performance bug was at the Open Mic House on Agricola in 2013. On a whim, he took a flight from Guelph, Ont. to Halifax over his university reading week. It was a dream-like seven days that led Walker to a naive conclusion. He decided that if he moved […]
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Gillian English, farts and all
A Bitter Shrew Thursday, September 8, 6:30pm Friday, September 9, 8pm Saturday, September 10, 10pm Sunday, September 11, 6pm The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street $10 Drag Queen Stole My Dress Friday, September 9, 9:30pm Sunday, September 11, 4:30pm The Company House, 2202 Gottingen Street $10 Some people, when asked their greatest achievement, freeze. They […]
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“It’s a good homecoming.”
T. Thomason just released an EP, quit his job and moved home to Halifax for the summer. A few other things have changed since we last heard from him, but quite frankly, Halifax hasn’t yet been formally introduced. Known as Molly Thomason in a soon-to-be-forgotten past life, the 21-year-old from Antigonish has given birth to […]
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It’s the summer of Reeny Smith
Reeny Smith has a secret and she doesn’t want to share. Chatting by phone one recent morning, she drops succulent clues and small details, but politely declines to say too much, no matter which way the question is rephrased. As the North Preston performer gracefully changes the topic to her recently hectic schedule, she seems […]
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Veda Hille is rocking again with a new album & perspective
For singer-songwriter Veda Hille, emotional forces parallel natural ones. On her new album Love Waves, feelings harden into pebbles, lyrics echo like a tide at the shore, and romance is felt with a physical strength that could topple buildings. A couple of special projects aside, it’s Hille’s first album of new songs in nearly eight […]
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Christy Ann Conlin makes a spirited return with The Memento
“It’s hard to believe this author is just beginning,” wrote Michelle Berry in her four-star review of Heave, the debut novel by Christy Ann Conlin, in the Globe and Mail. “I can’t wait to see what she accomplishes next.” Publish date: January 26, 2002. Fourteen years, a move from the north end to the Annapolis […]