Marianne and Roland meet cute at a party. She is a physicist, he is a beekeeper. They talk about love, death, string theory, and bees, almost exclusively. The romantic story is a simple one, often told, but the structure of Constellations feels fresh. Scenes are repeated to hilarious or heartbreaking effect as different choices are […]
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DaPoPo Theatre’s month of fun days
Live-In Festival Saturday, October 1-Tuesday, October 31 Various venues, suggested donation dapopolivein2016.blogspot.ca DaPoPo Theatre company’s Live-In Festival is a unique breed. Spanning the city through October, the fest invites arts professionals and newbies alike to go behind the scenes of theatrical performance. From workshops to readings of unpublished plays, Live-In is a series that will […]
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Take a well-earned bow, Atlantic Fringe Festival
[Image-1] What would possess a person to want to spend a beautiful summer’s day inside a dark theatre, watching show after show after show? Well, when it’s the Atlantic Fringe Festival and there are performers from all over the world in town, you shouldn’t let an opportunity to see fantastic theatre pass you by. Even […]
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Father and son play father and son in Zuppa’s Slowly I Turn
An ailing father and his actor son sit around a living room discussing life and death while attempting to perform vaudeville routines. This is the premise of Zuppa Theatre Co’s Slowly I Turn: A Parlour Vaudeville in One Act, performed by real-life father and son John and Ben Stone and joined by Jess Lewis, third […]
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Atlantic Fringe 2016—Day 10
Last night. Get out and see something. Attention Seeker written and performed by Gerard Harris A year after Gerard Harris’ 2015 Fringe show, A Tension To Detail, we find that time has not changed Harris much, nor slowed him down. He still paces around and bounces in his seat on his own imaginary coals. He’s […]
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Atlantic Fringe 2016—Day 9
If you don’t go out on school nights you’d better get it in gear for today. Attention Seeker written and performed by Gerard Harris A year after Gerard Harris’ 2015 Fringe show, A Tension To Detail, we find that time has not changed Harris much, nor slowed him down. He still paces around and bounces […]
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Atlantic Fringe 2016—Day 8
Here’s what’s on today at the Atlantic Fringe Festival. Attention Seeker written and performed byGerard Harris A year after Gerard Harris’ 2015 Fringe show, A Tension To Detail, we find that time has not changed Harris much, nor slowed him down. He still paces around and bounces in his seat on his own imaginary coals. […]
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What’s new at this year’s Fringe Fest
This year’s Atlantic Fringe Festival, spanning the city from September 1-11, brings some additions worth applauding. On its 26th birthday, Halifax’s longstanding accessible and community oriented theatre fiesta is branching out. For starters, Fringe has a new director. After festival leader Thom Fitzgerald stepped down last year (he now sits on the board of directors), […]
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Gender-fucking royalty
The Princess Show Thursday, September 8, 8:30pm Saturday, September 10, 1:30pm Sunday, September 11, 4:10pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $11 Princess Edward has learned some truths about the world, and she’s here to share her wisdom. In an epic journey of drag, music, anime, lip-synching, claymation and more, Princess courageously confronts apocalyptic […]
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Atlantic Fringe 2016—Day 7
Here’s what’s on today at The Atlantic Fringe Festival. Don’t say there’s nothing to do, because there is. ***NEW REVIEW*** Attention Seeker written and performed by Gerard Harris A year after Gerard Harris’ 2015 Fringe show, A Tension To Detail, we find that time has not changed Harris much, nor slowed him down. He still […]
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Fringe Fest for first-timers
Dark Matter Thursday, September 8, 10:30pm Friday, September 9, 6:45pm Saturday, September 10, 12:45pm & 9:45pm Sunday, September 11, 2:35pm Plan B Merchants Co-op, 2180 Gottingen Street $7 If you have enough time to make it through half an episode of Stranger Things, then you have enough time to check out some of this year’s […]
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Laughing at death with fringe ambassador Nancy Kenny
Everybody Dies in December Thursday, September 8, 10pm Friday, September 9, 5:15pm Saturday, September 10, 4:40pm Sunday, September 11, 8:50pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street $10 Theatre-goers will find the award-winning playwright Nancy Kenny lying atop a mortuary slab as they enter the performer’s newest one-person show, Everybody Dies in December, during the […]