Theatre

Chris Little and Theo Pitsiavas are two men who elevate child’s play to a fun and funny art form. The creators of the Merritt Award-winning Grandma Noda’s Tigers are back with another found-object play called Epic in a Box. This second play is interactive, inviting the audience into a pub in the imaginary Broach Islands […]

“Where there is love, there is hope in Don Hannah’s brilliant play,” says Margot Dionne, the director of DalTheatre’s opening production for the season. While We’re Young, a Canadian written play yet to be performed in Halifax, covers six generations of youth transitioning into adulthood. With war as a backdrop (starting in 1870, the play […]

In Noel Coward’s Present Laughter, Garry Essendine (Terry Coolen) is a self-centred actor whose every move is a performance. He is surrounded by adoring women, and employees who cater to his whims. Coward is, of course, a master of elegant language and dry wit, and much of the humour comes from the way Essendine overstates […]

It seems the Casino just couldn’t get enough Rouge, and can you blame them? Perhaps in efforts to make summer last longer the Casino’s Paradise Buffet decided after what was supposed to be Ms. Fatale’s last show for the season, to extend the weekly event for seven more weeks. Let’s be honest, this is kind […]

You get the feeling that playwright and actor Michael McPhee might be being modest when he describes the scares in his new horror play Whiteout as “pretty good.” “Oh, there are moments in this play when I feel scared,” says Annie Valentina, one of the five actors in the play. “Not my character,” she adds […]

Quick, use the word “diegetic” in a sentence. Can’t do it? Well, local playwright Rebecca Schneidereit can in a heartbeat. “There are two kinds of music in film,” she explains. “Diegetic and non-diegetic. Non-diegetic sound is sound the audience hears, but the characters don’t, because it takes place outside of the narrative—for instance, sappy, romantic […]

When the brilliant Danish comedian and musician Victor Borge encountered people who were expecting to hear him play a program of classical music, he’d say something along the lines of: If you want to go to a concert, go to a concert, don’t come and see me. “Borge was all about the comedy of surprise, […]

The genesis of Lee-Anne Poole’s fringe offering was actually its catchy title. “Short skirt butch,” says Poole, rolling the words off her tongue. “It seemed like a good beginning, and the story just flowed from there.” Short Skirt Butch is structured as a direct address from Jean (played by Stephanie MacDonald, who also starred in […]

Love, lust and loneliness are just a few of the topics covered in the missives that pass through the hands of Marie-Louise, the fiery, feisty postmistress of fictional Lovely, Ontario, in 1968. Mary-Louise sings and dances her way through the stories of a dozen of the town’s inhabitants, revealing much about her life along the […]

We’re relieved. 
 But not about the fact that the show is over! In fact, it’s been oodles of fun, and anyone who’s been on stage knows it’s addictive. 
We’re relieved because the shows have actually been getting some hearty laughs. 
 Let us explain: when it comes to rehearsing an improv/sketch show, picking out […]

The big night is tonight!

 At 7:30 pm tonight, we’re opening our doors for the premiere of our very funny (if we do say so ourselves, and we do) one-woman show and night of sketch comedy. We’ve got about a kabillion things to do before showtime, and so what are we going to do instead? […]

We’re bound by fate to Sandra Shamas. She’s a very funny actress/comedienne from Ontario, and she wrote the first part of our upcoming double-bill production My Boyfriend’s Back and There’s Gonna Be Laundry, which is on from Aug. 3 to 5 at the Bus Stop Theatre. We’ve been putting the process of writing original work […]