Rock ‘N’ Roll Saved My Life Thu Sep 7-Sat Sep 9, 9pm Gus’ Pub, 2605 Agricola Street PWYC Sam Horak is mid-run of Rock ‘N’ Roll Saved My Life, a scrappy, fearless slice of Fringe that mashes up her two artistic loves, music and theatre. This afternoon, holding an iced tea in a north end […]
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Stop Kiss‘ love and tragedy
Stop Kiss Sat Sep 9, 1pm & 7:10pm The Waiting Room, 6040 Almon Street $7/$10 Stop Kiss is Whale Song Theatre’s second show, after a successful sold-out run of Heathers: The Musical last February. “I brought the script to Laura [Thornton], the artistic producer of Whale Song Theatre,” says Emily Jewer, who plays Sara in […]
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Nicky’s Solo Improvised Musical is off the cuff
Nicky’s Solo Improvised Musical Thu Sep 7, 10:50pm; Fri Sep 8 7pm; Sat Sep 9 3:50pm; Sun Sep 10 1:20pm, 9:50pm Old Pool Hall Theatre, 6050-6070 Almon Street $12/$15 Toronto musician and comedian Nicky Nasrallah has set himself the task of creating a new improvised musical for each performance of his Fringe show. “Having studied […]
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Honestly, you Canadian Heritage Minutes Live!
Heritage Minutes Live! Thu Sep 7, 10:15pm & 11:45pm; Fri Sep 8 7:10pm; Sat Sep 9, 6pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $10/$7 This may be a particularly patriotic year, but Conor Purdy’s been thinking about Heritage Minutes Live for years—and anyway, nostalgia is hot. People have been lining up at the Bus […]
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Flirt with First Date Last Date
First Date Last Date Thu Sep 7, 8pm; Fri Sep 8, 6pm; Sat Sep 9, 2pm; Sun Sep 10, 2pm Good Robot Brewing Company, 2736 Robie Street $10/$15 The Fringe Festival is an opportunity to showcase the unconventional, so who says you can’t have a play in a bar? “Theatre is a kind of ritual […]
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Touched by Too Many Angels will have you dying
Touched by Too Many Angels Fri Sep 8, 10:35pm; Sat Sep 9, 8:55pm; Sun Sep 10, 3:20pm & 5:45pm The Waiting Room, 6040 Almon Street $5/$8 Adam Myatt has died and come back as an angel, ready to impart some wisdom onto the people. Recently featured as part of the Queer Acts Theatre Festival, Myatt […]
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cartography’s tiny map making
cartography Thu Sep 7, 10pm; Fri Sep 8 7:10pm; Sat Sep 9 3:50pm; Sun Sep 10 9:30pm The Living Room, 2353 Agricola Street $8/$5 “I really love tiny things,” says Colleen MacIsaac. She means physically small things—she works in many art forms including illustration and with multiple theatre companies including 2b, The Villain’s Theatre and […]
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The Return’s family ties
The Return Thu Sep 7 5:15pm; Sat Sep 9 8:45pm; Sun Sep 10 1:40pm Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $12/$14 Written and directed by David Woods and presented by Voices Black Theatre Ensemble, The Return tells the story of a young woman returning home to her humble family in the fictional rural town of […]
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Halifax Fringe 2017 – Day 6
FACE Presented by Heist Any new Heist show is sure to be a feast for the eyes and ears, and FACE is no exception. It’s a twisted live art cabaret with four performers and a rotating special guest performing in drag with amazing outfits and stunningly grotesque wearable art. Some numbers are hilarious, others are […]
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Halifax Fringe 2017 – Day 5
Mind Games By Jeff Newman and Hannah Rudd If there’s ever a show that made me scream “What’s going on?” five million times (and quite childishly, mind you) it’s the instantly likeable and talented mentalist Jeff Newman’s aptly titled show, Mind Games. An immensely entertaining experience, I struggle to remember an event in recent memory […]
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Halifax Fringe 2017 – Day 4
Heritage Minutes Live By Conor Purdy You don’t need me to tell you to go see this show (and anyway, you probably can’t unless you already have your ticket—it’s selling out fast). It’s exactly what it says on the tin. Yes, you get to yell “Dr. Penfield, I smell burnt toast!” in unison with a […]
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Halifax Fringe 2017 – Day 3
Inamorata: The Pilot Episode By Rebecca Falvey Inamorata: The Pilot Episode, the brainchild of Rebecca Falvey, (recent winner of Eastern Front Theatre’s 2017 Pitch It event), has crafted a play that marries television with theatre. Advertised as a sad-comedy, Inamorata gravitates toward darker comedy territory, incorporating elements of sadder fare that will resonate with young […]
