Theatre
Forest Town: an anthology play and massive collaboration
Unnatural Disaster Theatre company’s latest show is a collaboration between 11 playwrights. The play looks at gender discrimination throughout history.
Read MoreCreativity, personality and community
Shauntay Grant is a Canadian author, poet, playwright and professor at Dalhousie University. Her work is “mainly rooted in local stories and local histories,” Grant says in an email to the Dalhousie Gazette. All of her current and published projects are “inspired by local stories.” This includes Africville, The City Speaks In Drums and Up Home, which are all set in communities around…
Read MoreThe show must go on
The COVID-19 pandemic has halted in-person plays nationwide since last spring, but a local performance company called Heist recently collaborated with other Canadian theatre companies to showcase Frequencies: a play presented entirely in virtual reality. “There is no footprint and the possibilities are endless,” says Sylvia Bell, the virtual reality operator and production manager for Frequencies. “There’s no ending in what we can do to make entertainment, to make art and…
Read MoreA new normal in theatre at Dalhousie
COVID-19 has had a massive impact on the theatre community, and the Dalhousie Theatre Society (DTS) is no exception.
Read MoreTheatre du Poulet pushes the boundaries of performance
The local theatre company recently finished their run of Settle Elsewhere, an experimental production that explored the daily lives of immigrants.
Read MoreHannah Moscovitch on What a Young Wife Ought to Know
The Halifax- and Toronto-based playwright speaks about her most popular and acclaimed plays, and her long walk to success.
Read MoreLocal theatre companies present horror-comedy Hamlet spin-off
Local theatre companies The Villain’s Theatre and Terra Novella Theatre are putting on a Halloween show called Zomblet: a Hamlet spin-off with zombies!
Read MoreTalking about women’s issues
King’s College student Katie Clarke recently had a play at the Halifax Fringe Festival. The play explores different perspectives of modern women.
Read MoreCrystal in Halifax: a photo essay
Cirque du Soleil opened their first on-ice show Crystal in Halifax, on Wednesday Aug 28. The show features acrobats and figure skaters.
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