Chasing Champions October 25-27, 8pm (Oct 27 2pm mat) Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney Street $30 ($10 students) ticketpro.ca The bar at the Lord Nelson is abuzz on a Friday afternoon caught between summer’s fading grasp and the Atlantic International Film Festival’s opening weekend frenzy. Jacob Sampson sits in a booth up top, away from the […]
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Fall Arts: This is Nowhere by Zuppa Theatre
This is Nowhere September 26-30 reserve free tickets at thisisnowhere.ca “What would somebody in 1968 have hoped the city of 2018 might look like? What were the blind spots? What were the things that the people of 1968 weren’t thinking about when imagining cities of the future?” Those are the questions that Zuppa Theatre’s co-artistic […]
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Fall Arts: Jeremy Webb and Neptune Theatre
Jeremy Webb just crossed a year at the helm of Neptune Theatre: He received the nationally coveted job last August, helping to walk George Pothitos out—while also handing Eastern Front Theatre to Sam Rosenthal—and settling in on his own in January. “I’ve been in this community for 20 years—I moved here in ’98, I’ve worked […]
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Review: Shakespeare in Love at Neptune
There’s a good chance you’re going to enjoy Neptune Theatre’s take on Shakespeare in Love. Directed by Jeremy Webb, the play features a host of local Halifax actors, all of whom work to make this play a more comedic venture than I recall the movie being. 
 Allister MacDonald nails down the role of William Shakespeare, […]
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Neptune Theatre’s giving major props
It’s been seven—maybe 10—years since Neptune Theatre has had a Props and Costumes Sale but this weekend its ready to part ways with some treasures. “It’s a dusty old job but we have to make room. We have a new artistic director with different ideas and different tastes and we have to make him some […]
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Prismatic preview: The exorcism of Shahin Sayadi in Asheq: Ritual Music to Cure a Lover
Asheq: Ritual Music to Cure a Lover September 13-14 Dalhousie Arts Centre, 6101 University Avenue $22-$25 prismaticfestival.com Forbidden love, dysfunctional families, secrets and demonic Middle Eastern exorcisms—sounds like typical soap opera material, right? If that’s your steeze, you definitely need to hit up Asheq: Ritual Music to Cure a Lover during the Prismatic Arts Festival […]
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Halifax Fringe – Week 2 Roundup
The 2018 Halifax Fringe is over for another year and countless hardworking artists, volunteers and audience members can finally get a good night’s sleep. The 28th year of the festival saw over $45,000 in box office sales with 6,000+ tickets purchased. Get your final fix with a few last reviews and a complete list of […]
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Halifax Fringe 2018 – Day 6
The Extinction of Hong Kongers By Theatre du Poulet As we reach the end of a remarkable Fringe season, Theatre du Poulet comes at you late in the game with a mega-award contender. The Extinction of Hong Kongers is an interactive, historical tour-de-force about a place and people most Westerners don’t much about. I, your […]
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Fringe 2018: Liminal Flight
Fri Sep 7-Sun Sep 9, 7:30 & 8:30pm St. Matthew’s Church 1479 Barrington Street, $10/$7 After the show, the performers from Liminal Flight are buzzing with energy. Maybe from the energy of the crowd, from having done incredible things with their bodies, or from a sense of accomplishment that comes with mounting a new performance. “We […]
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Fringe 2018: Door Play
Thu Sep 6-Fri Sep 7, 8pm The Pit, University of King’s College 6350 Coburg Road, pwyc “I heard this podcast and they have an episode all about how doors are really forgettable—a good door should be entirely forgettable,” says Zach Greenham. “Anytime there’s a door and you have to figure out how it works—that’s a bad […]
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Fringe 2018: Brandon Voyeur
Thu Sep 6, 11:30pm; Sat Sep 8, 3:30 & 10:45pm; Sun Sep 9, 2:45pm The Old Company Theatre 2202 Gottingen Street, $8 On a sunny Saturday afternoon, Brandon Lorimer sits waiting in the Bus Stop Theatre lobby wearing an eye patch. Maybe he’s in character: Somewhere between Brandon Lorimer and Brandon Voyeur, his performative alter ego […]
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Fringe 2018: The Extinction of Hong Kongers
Thu Sep 6, 10pm; Fri Sep 7, 9:30pm; Sun Sep 9, 7:30pm The Old Pool Hall Theatre 6050-6070 Almon Street, pwyc Chun Shing Roland Au and Carmen Lee met in their performing arts school in Hong Kong and immediately felt a collaborative chemistry. Together they moved to Ireland, then to Montreal and then to Halifax, where […]
