Baring it all for charity: live with the company of Calendar Girls
Nude calendars may be commonplace now with everyone from firefighters to rugby players and even Canadian authors baring it all over the years to...
Two Halifax musicals dominate nominations for this year’s professional theatre awards
Halifax theatre companies are well represented as Theatre Nova Scotia announced the nominees for the 2020 Robert Merritt Awards, the province's annual celebration of...
Billy Elliot gala reaches well beyond the footlights
Fresh off its 2020-2021 season announcement, Halifax's Neptune Theatre turns its attention to more practical matters, paying for it all. "Ticket sales only cover about...
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...