Theatre
Elevate: a DalDance recital
With only four hours until the show they had been working on for the past semester and only one chance to get it right, dancers, choreographers and organizers buzzed around the Dalhousie Arts Centre on Sunday. Nervous laughs came from the bright red lips of three girls with hair sprayed stiff in uniform ballerina buns.…
Read MoreDalhousie Arts Centre gives students and community creative space
The Dalhousie Arts Centre has created a space, which allows for creativity and collaboration, and provides a safe place to escape from the atrocities of the human-experience. “The arts centre gave me a good impression that creativity thrived there,” said Devon McCarron. “That was very important to me, I wanted to go somewhere where the…
Read MoreNeptune Theatre: Art by white people, for white people
I find it laughably hypocritical that Neptune Theatre produced Miracle on 34th Street, a show that rails against the commercialization of Christmas with tickets costing upwards of $80 and brochures for an upcoming Nutcracker production stuffed into the programs. Here’s the thing: I know people in this cast and crew, people I consider friends. Going…
Read MoreA new era for the Fountain School of Performing Arts
DISCLAIMER: Lara Lewis is a recent graduate of the Fountain School of Performing Arts and keeps personal relationships with much of the cast and creative team. Philip Akin’s direction of Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream is, simply, a triumph of modern theatre. In short, it is everything magical and beautiful that FSPA has the potential…
Read MoreTheatre review: Stones in His Pockets
The trio made of director Dayna Tekatch and actors Christian Murray and Rhys Bevan-John return to Neptune with Stones in His Pockets. The three teamed up last year for the acclaimed The 39 Steps. Unfortunately, despite an entertaining show, lightning did not strike twice with this production. Stones in His Pockets, which opened on Friday,…
Read MoreTheater Review: Constellations
The latest venture from Keep Good Theatre Company is a highly intellectual emotional rollercoaster. Constellations, written by Nick Payne, is directed by Laura Vingoe-Cramandstars, Jeff Schwager and Leslie Smith in an intimate two-person play. With a minimalist set and a running time of only 60 minutes, Constellations successfully rides the fine line of digestible and…
Read MoreFringe for days
The Mom Show (or, the Most Boring Show Ever) A delightful one-woman exposition of pranayama deep-breathing, couples’ posturing on Instagram, and the pains and labours of motherhood. Amy Grace takes us on a joyful tour of her life as a childbearing woman without comparing herself to Meredith Grey, M.D. Ovaries not required, but a bonus…
Read MoreTheatre Review: “The FEAR Project”
When a show promises to be a “new musical creation” based upon cultural fears such as June bugs, terrorists, and anal sex, it has a lot to live up to. Writers and performers Kristi Anderson and Garry Williams seem unfathomably cognizant of the weight they hold on their shoulders and keep the promise that the…
Read MoreNeptune’s “2 Pianos, 4 Hands” confusingly entertaining
Two gleaming grand pianos facing one another are surrounded by nearly all black. A large empty photo frame hangs above each piano. It’s simplicity to the point of excess. As the house lights dim, two men dressed in tuxedos with shiny, patent leather shoes walk confidently across the stage. It takes them a moment to…
Read MoreNeptune’s 2 Pianos, 4 Hands confusingly entertaining
Two gleaming grand pianos facing one another are surrounded by nearly all black. A large empty photo frame hangs above each piano. It’s simplicity to the point of excess. As the house lights dim, two men dressed in tuxedos with shiny, patent leather shoes walk confidently across the stage. It takes them a moment to…
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