Neptune Theatre announces its 2020-2021 season
During a presentation at Neptune Theatre's Fountain Hall today, artistic director Jeremy Webb announced the company’s 2020-2021 season. "What I'm really proud of is the...
Halifax indie theatre gets a boost in Forest Town
In late 2019, Shakespeare By The Sea (SBTS) launched its Indie Theatre Residency Program. Designed to give independent theatrical work in Halifax a home,...
Theatre review: Controlled Damage is more than just a history lesson
Andrea Scott's new play Controlled Damage, currently receiving its world premiere at Halifax's Neptune Theatre, maybe about Canadian civil rights trailblazer Viola Desmond. But...
Steady Theatre steps out for Listen to the Wind
From a story about superheroes in a shopping mall storefront to a bus trip around the city and a mystery in a parking lot,...
A Canadian civil rights trailblazer: live with the company of Controlled Damage
On November 8, 1946, Viola Desmond was arrested in a New Glasgow, Nova Scotia movie theatre, for refusing to give up her seat in...
Theatre review: The Last Five Years from three perspectives
Rather than a single voice, in an experiment of theatre criticism, we present a trio of reviews of Jason Robert Brown's The Last Five...
Complicated relationships: live with the company of The Last Five Years
Halifax's Neptune Theatre kicks off 2020 with the Drama Desk Award-winning musical, The Last Five Years, the story of a five-year relationship between novelist Jamie...
Theatre review: Peter Pan overstays his welcome
In fits and starts, the Neptune Theatre production of Peter Pan is full of the theatrical magic that makes pantomime the perfect introduction for...
Peter Pan premieres and Dickens’ A Christmas Carol returns as Neptune Theatre celebrates the...
Halifax’s Neptune Theatre is quite literally getting into the holiday spirit(s) with the return of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol at the Scotiabank Stage. Meanwhile,...
Russian folktale gets a musical update in Terra Novella Theatre’s Firebird: The Musical
Based on the Russian folktale Ivan Tsarevich, the Firebird, and the Gray Wolf, Halifax playwright Carolyn Curry has given it a contemporary makeover and...