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 […]
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Fringe 2018: She Wolf
Live Comedy Album Recording Sat Sep 8, 9:30pm; Sun Sep 9, 1pm The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, $10/$7 She Wolf Thu Sep 6, 5:30pm; Fri Sep 7, 10:30pm; Sat Sep 8, 2:30pm; Sun Sep 9, 11:30am The Bus Stop Theatre, $15/$12 Gillian English has a lot to say and she talks fast. Having […]
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Halifax Fringe – Day 5
The Negroes are Congregating By Natasha Adiyana It’s rare to be thoroughly captivated and entertained while also confronted with uncomfortable questions, but The Negroes are Congregating excels at the task. Three dexterous performers weave a series of spoken word pieces into an insightful look at contemporary anti-black racism in “the great white North.” The poems […]
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Halifax Fringe 2018 – Day 4
IN SPAAAAAACE By Nick Cox & Steve Heisler In case the name didn’t tip you off already, Terra Novella takes to the final frontier aboard its finest starcraft— the U.S.S. Budget. A parody (duh) of the Star Trek franchise, The Budget cruises through the galaxy’s peaceful sector under the steady leadership of its confident Captain […]
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Halifax Fringe 2018 – Day 3
Bubble Trans Pride & Holding Hands with the Awkward By Hanlon McGregor and Syrus Marcus Ware “We find out who our community is by going through the hardest times together.” Queer communities are struggling to address our racism and transphobia, and trans people of colour are affected twice over. At the centre of this story […]
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Halifax Fringe 2018 – Day 2
Something Wrong By Andrew Gaunce For writer/performer Andrew Gaunce, horror and the supernatural are embedded in his bones. His obsession was born in his youth and fanatically cultivated into the horror-movie fanboy we see today. For fans of any scary movie/novel/podcast, Gaunce has a show for you. Established on an extensive array of personal WTF […]
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Halifax Fringe 2018 – Day 1
Wicked Fountain of Youth By Veronica Steele Charlotte Weeks plays a raucous 17-year-old whose fetal alcohol syndrome means she struggles with basic math, gets angry and frustrated easily, and needs almost constant supervision: “it’s like feeling drunk all the time.” Weeks crashes around every inch of the Waiting Room’s stage, screaming, laughing and interrupting herself […]
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Fringe city
The 28th Halifax Fringe Festival is kicking off with over 50 shows across 11 days in venues across the city. Don’t wait for the buzz to build—trust us on these. Ah Hell!: The Words of Dorothy Parker Aug 30, Sep 1-2, Sep 4 & Sep 6 The Old Company Theatre, 2202 Gottingen St $5 ”Dorothy […]
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Twelfth Night moves
Twelfth Night To August 31 Cambridge Battery, Point Pleasant Park $20 suggested donation tickethalifax.com Twenty-five years ago, nearly on a whim, Shakespeare By The Sea put up Twelfth NIght for a week in Point Pleasant Park. Last weekend the company opened the production for its fourth time, in honour of that anniversary. But there are […]
