Act one: A change in shape Our story begins against the backdrop of a global pandemic, set during a year so unprecedentedly strange, the vernacular to discuss it is still being ironed out. Our protagonist, the hero of this tale, isn’t exactly a protagonist at all—or at least isn’t a person. It’s the oldest art […]
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Step inside the Art Arena
Art Arena! Live Stream Fri Sep 25, 7-9pm The Bus Stop Theatre Facebook Live and Art Arena Facebook Live Performance is the building of a temporary world. The artist and audience are across from each other, in a silent agreement, that this whole thing is going somewhere. Will it be to space? To an ancient […]
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Eastern Front Theatre announces new Artistic Director
Kathryn McCormack—her friends call her Kat, and she really wants all of Halifax and local theatre to be her friend, so you should call her that too—has an energy that is palpable from the second she enters the Zoom call. “Ugh, I gotta stop saying ‘excited’,” she says with a laugh, correcting herself from answering […]
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Yes, the 2020 Halifax Fringe Festival is happening
Last year, a hurricane tried to stop Halifax Fringe. This year, a global pandemic attempted. But, the resilient theatre fest is rolling on regardless, celebrating its 30th anniversary with a full month of shows all September long. “I always say the amazing thing about the Fringe is that it’s like a cockroach. We’ve certainly had lots […]
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Say hello to the return of the live show
Get ready to go to Point Pleasant Park’s Cambridge Battery to see a show—but not the one you might be thinking of: Hello City improv group (with the support of Shakespeare by the Sea) is filling the space with a socially distant improv show, called Hello City by the Sea. When recently presented with the […]
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Take a look at Zuppa’s stunning Vista
Vista 20 Available until May 31 download the free app via mayworkshalifax.ca. “Here’s a little experiment,” asks Vista20, a new web-based app by Halifax’s Zuppa Theatre Company. “Can you look around and drop the personal associations you have with your surroundings?” Is that hard to do? Is it difficult to see just the “wirings”, as […]
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Will You Taste Our Blood won’t let you look away
Will You Taste Our Blood Mar 5-Mar 7 The Pit, University of King’s College, 6350 Coburg Road 8-10pm $5/$10 Katie Clarke was trying to create a way to exist in her body—to quell the undertow of her anxiety and the skin-picking that came with it—when Euripides found her. “I kept having this feeing of wanting […]
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Seeing Forest Town for the trees
Forest Town Feb 27-Feb 29, 7:30pm; Mar 1, 1:30pm; 7:30pm The Park Place Theatre, 5480 Point Pleasant Drive $15/$20 If every man had to hold a branch each time he mistreated a woman, would men change, or would the world look like a forest? This is the counter-factual reality explored in Forest Town, an anthology […]
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The Steady Theatre Co. steers on
Listen to the Wind Feb 6-8, 7pm; Feb 9, 6pm Jonathan McCully Mansion, 2507 Brunswick Street and Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts, 6199 Chebucto Road Sold out Any space can become a theatre if you look at it the right way. That’s what Steady Theatre Co. is doing with its latest play, Listen to the […]
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Viola Desmond and the Controlled Damage done
Controlled Damage Feb 4-23; Tue-Fri, 7:30 pm; Sat-Sun 2pm & 7:30pm Neptune Theatre, 1593 Argyle Street $30-$51 Andrea Scott’s new play Controlled Damage—about the life of Viola Desmond—is having its world premiere on Friday at Neptune Theatre. The Coast spoke with the playwright about the continued importance of Desmond’s story. Do you remember when you […]
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Halifax Regional Council approves $250,000 towards saving the Bus Stop Theatre
H alifax Regional Council voted this week to give The Bus Stop Theatre Co-operative $250,000 over two years to go towards the cost of buying its home on Gottingen Street. The motion, which first came to council last spring as a last-chance request to save the arts venue means that if the theatre co-op can get […]
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Jim Gaffigan goes beyond The Pale Tourist
Jim Gaffigan Thu Jan 16, 8pm Scotiabank Centre, 1800 Argyle Street $55.50-$95.50 Jim Gaffigan, king of the Hot Pocket, has been busy while his star’s been rising, releasing a stand-up special a year and appearing in nearly a dozen films. As in his comedy, the film roles tend to stay within his established archetype as […]