Theatre

Making theatre is a lot like menstruation. Let us explain what we mean: Last week we spent a night at Freeman’s drinking and exchanging childhood stories, then stories about children we have known, and then just simply stories about children falling over. Yes, that is our regular Tuesday night; yes, our drinking is how every […]

For Daniel MacIvor, writing his new play BINGO! began as something of a lark, a respite from a darker work he had just finished. He describes himself as emerging from an intense writing experience working on a romantic tragedy called Arigato, Tokyo at the Banff Centre for the Arts. “I was sitting around with a […]

To all you people who associate Shakespeare with tiresome readings in Grade 10 English class, I say, “Get thee to The Comedy of Errors“. Shakespeare can be fun and funny, as the deliciously preposterous plot of this play demonstrates. Imagine that identical twin brothers (the surprisingly similar Tom Gordon Smith and Steven Heisler) who are […]

Congratulations are in order to the Valley Summer Theater. Bruce Klinger and Co. have a knack for choosing plays that have a broad appeal, casting them with wonderful actors and staging them with attention to detail. Driving Miss Daisy is a wonderful example of just how true this is. Alfred Uhry’s Pulitzer- Prize-winning play is subtler […]

As far as I can recall, the family shows at SBTS have never been anything less than fantastic. They are always clever, witty, fast-paced and entertaining for children and adults alike. That being said, this year’s Robin Hood is in a class of its own. Both the script and music are polished and sophisticated. The […]

Like most good (and bad) ideas in Halifax, we came up with ours after a long night at Tom’s Little Havana. We were partway through theatre degrees at King’s and Dalhousie and decided we could start a theatre company. The conversation went something like this: Liz: “We could do this. I’m serious.” Griffin: “I’m serious.” […]

It’s a sunny day in Halifax, and veteran dancer and choreographer Gwen Noah intends to make the most of it. Despite raising a blister on her foot, she’s walked the many blocks from her home to her office at Halifax Dance, and suggests that the interview be conducted on a bench outside. She lights up […]

Travel is both internal and external. Once Upon A Theatre Collective presents On the Verge (or The Geography of Yearning), a play of imagination, wit and time travel written by Eric Overmeyer, at the Bus Stop Theatre June 7 to 11. “The play begins in 1888 with three lady travellers who normally travel alone, but […]

Maiko Bae Yamamoto and James Long are two innovative switchblades from Vancouver. Both are graduates of Simon Fraser University, and can be seen in this month’s SuperNova Theatre Festival acting out a YouTube comment dialogue in the idiosyncratic 80-minute performance WeeTube. Swivel the knife, and these two are also directors, professors and the artistic directors […]