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 MoreClassics in the Quad
Classics in the Quad is a tradition at King’s College, presented every fall by the King’s Theatrical Society. This year they bring you “The Bacchae.”
Read MoreNice Guy is unnerving and essential
Being a ‘nice guy’ has gone through an ugly metamorphosis in the last decade – Olivier Blais and Marianne “Disco” Labrie attack this persona with their Halifax Fringe Festival debut, the aptly titled Nice Guy.
Read MoreFrom dentist to playwright
Dalhousie dentistry alumna, Sangeeta Wylie, has spent a lot of time reflecting on the moments that led her to Nov. 3, the day her play, we the same, made its world premiere. From Dal dentistry to the…
Read MoreHow to stand the test of time
On Oct. 21, University of King’s College students had the opportunity, through the Foundation Year Program department, to watch a performance of the Ordo Virtutum, an 870-year-old morality play staged by Vocalypse Productions, and a lecture, at St. Patrick’s Church. Anima versus the…
Read MoreReviving an age-old story
Walking into a foggy theatre, audiences already knew this play was going to capture them with its design. While the story of The Woman in Black isn’t a new one, the play is…
Read MoreThe Dog in the Manger review
Audiences were, once again, on the edge of their seats when Dalhousie University’s Fountain School of Performing Arts (FSPA) staged their first in-person show since closing in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Read MoreQ & A with actor Breton Lalama
Breton Lalama is a Halifax-based comedian, actor and writer. They have participated in a variety of American and Canadian TV shows, musicals and theatrical plays throughout their career, and are involved with LGBTQ+ rights activism.
Read MoreCooped up no longer
With 27 years of experience in the comedy world, comedienne and writer Anne Fenn reflects on her experiences in the past and the present of comedy. Fenn is a University of King’s College alumna who graduated in 2018 from the master’s program in…
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…
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…
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