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Theatre group on a roll: Local students debut wheelright theatre company

Photo by Gaeby Abrahams

By Tessa Elliott-Israelson, Arts Contributor
• February 2, 2012

It seems some local theatre students are thinking outside of the box, and it’s going to be explosive. This weekend the recently founded wheelwright …

Arts Briefs

This week in the Gazette's Arts Briefs we have the most recent earth-shattering celebrity divorces, the year’s top musicals and one Grammy nominee who wishes he wasn’t being recognized for an award. Arts Logo

By Matt Ritchie, Opinions Editor
• January 13, 2012

This week in the Gazette‘s Arts Briefs we have the most recent earth-shattering celebrity divorces, the year’s top musicals and one Grammy nominee who …

Latest KTS production slow to start, finishes strong

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By Michaela Cavanagh, Arts Contributor
• November 30, 2011

Singing. Dancing. Dream sequences. Topless people… and vampires. Hunter Bell and Jeff Bowen, the brains behind the one-act musical, [title of show], sure know …

SuddenlyLISTEN improvisational collective gets a little Wilde

Oscar Wilde. Photo by Napoleon Sarony

By Nick Laugher, Staff Contributor
• November 25, 2011

The Picture of Dorian Gray: Revised
Dorian is an engaging, enigmatic combination of improvisational acting and music, and an avante-garde revision of Oscar Wilde’s classic The …

Undressed frights

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By Hilary Stamper, Arts Contributor
• November 4, 2011

Pink Velvet Burlesque offers a special Halloween performance
On the weekend before Halloween, Pink Velvet Burlesque and their brother troupe, Velvet Rope Boylesque performed their …

Dracula has bite

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By Karin Murray-Bergquist, Contributor
• October 28, 2011

Shakespeare by the Sea brings Bram Stoker’s classic novel to life
 
Shakespeare By The Sea’s autumn show, Dracula, is an appropriately creepy and very faithful …

Rent: the rock-opera with a message

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By Kristie Smith, Staff Contributor
• October 14, 2011

Spatz Theatre hosts Broadway hit Rent
How do you measure a year – 525,600 minutes — when you’re dealing with AIDS? The hit Broadway musical …

Neptune season opener disappoints

Frankenstein. Photo courtesy Neptune Theatre.

By Delia MacPherson, Arts Contributor
• September 23, 2011

Frankenstein an inaccurate adaptation of a classic
 
Another year of Halifax’s only professional theatre is off to a crawl with Frankenstein, the opening show of their …

Dal theatre tackles themes of love, youth in 2011/2012 season

Professor Roberta Barker. Photo by Karin Murrray-Bergquist

By Karin Murray-Bergquist, Contributor
• September 19, 2011

The new season for Dal’s theatre department will be a busy and eclectic one. According to department chair Roberta Barker, the plays being staged …

A story for the ages

Latest KTS show is wise beyond its years

By Dalhousie Gazette Staff
• December 6, 2010

Heather Ross, Arts Contributor
The King’s Theatre Society’s production of Girl in the Goldfish Bowl is a play of mastering ages.
For the actors, this means portraying …