Halifax artists Garry Williams and Jamie Bradley have undertaken a very ambitious project with KAMP. It is an original full-length musical about gay men in a Nazi concentration camp who, despite imminent danger, or in some ways perhaps because of it, create a musical revue in their barrack. It is rich terrain for a story […]
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Old Stock’s dark relevance
Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story May 4-14 The Waiting Room, 6040 Almon Street $20-$35 Traveller’s Curse Teaser from 2b theatre company on Vimeo In 2015, Stephen Harper was much derided for using the term “old stock” during a federal leaders’ debate to describe a group of Canadians. “It was a moment that jolted me,” […]
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Ten rad weekend picks
10 International Dance Day Celebration Saturday A full day of all-levels workshops and professional performances celebrate the art of movement. 9 International Street Food Cooking ClassFriday Learn how to make some of the best street eats around the world: Carne asado tacos, bahn mi, falafels and, just for good measure, doughnuts loaded with toppings. 8 […]
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Review: The Hours Turn to Nothing
Xara Choral Theatre is known for combining choral music, choreography, and storytelling for an eclectic style of performance. With The Hours Turn To Nothing, the massively talented group of young women have joined forces with novelist Ami McKay to tell the story of midwives who came to Halifax to care for many women who went […]
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Ten ways to make your Earth Day weekend bloom
10 Starfish Student Art Awards Thursday This glitzy evening celebrating the brightest stars in the NSCAD student scene is one of the hottest art tickets of the year. Peruse the works from the 10 finalists before the award announcement that sees one of them win a $5,000 prize. 9 JonBob Illegal Art album release party […]
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Twelve actors, four Seasons
Seasons Friday, April 21 & Saturday, April 22, 8pm The Bus Stop Theatre 2203 Gottingen Street $10 tickethalifax.com When you think of classical music, the tune that comes to mind might be Vivaldi’s Four Seasons. It was re-composed as a minimalist piece by Max Richter in 2012, and once again is the subject of re-imagined post-modernity. […]
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Review: Once
Once is the simple story of a man and woman who meet in Dublin, connect over a song, and tip toe around their quickly deepening love because they both know it just won’t work. The story is sweet and almost without serious conflict because the characters behave like rational adults who don’t keep secrets to […]
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Heist stakes
Heist launch party w/Stewart Legere, Manny Dingo, Princess Edward and DJ Almond Breeze Saturday, April 8 at 9pm Mother’s Halifax, 5710 Young Street Free A new live art company is taking over Mother’s Pizza on Saturday night. “Let art take over” is the motto of Heist, the rebranded group formerly known as Angels & Heroes. […]
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Review: The Boat
The writing of beloved Nova Scotian author Alistair MacLeod is steeped in the poetry of Cape Breton fisherman and the sensual world of its hardworking men and their families. Playwright Ryan Griffith manages the feat of translating MacLeod’s specific world to the stage, and does so, miraculously, while avoiding the pitfalls of many literary stage […]
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A “tender poet” takes the prize for rising theatre stars at the 2017 Merritt Awards
“A tender poet, sharp playwright, present actor, vocal feminist and ally” who shows “great integrity, and bravery” in work that is “personal, political, studied, careful and poetic.” This is how nominators described Meghan Hubley and her work, as they put her name forward for the city’s prize for an emerging theatre artist, selected by Theatre […]
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Pride & Prejudice’s costume studies
Pride & Prejudice Thursdays to Saturdays, March 16-April 8, 8pm Sunday March 26 and Sunday April 2 at 2pm Pond Playhouse, 6 Parkhill Road $18 Costume designer Susan Hall has watched Mr. Darcy and Elizabeth walk in the garden so many times that, by now, she must have the engagement scene memorized. As the head […]
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The nasty women of LunaSea Theatre
The Donahue Sisters March 16-25 The Waiting Room, 6040 Almon Street $20 tickethalifax.com The four actors who founded LunaSea Theatre more than a decade ago did so to serve a function that should’ve been unnecessary for actors of their stature and experience: Work. Mauralea Austin, Mary-Colin Chisholm, Martha Irving and Sherry Smith were all in […]
