James Roque: Legal Alien
2025-03-25 19:30 - 20:30 (America/Halifax) | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Since moving to Canada two years ago, James has been reflecting on what it means to be an immigrant in 2025. And how sometimes it all feels a bit like you’re treated like a…Legal Alien. Oh snap, that’s the title of the show!
Join him for an hour full of jokes and side-splitting stories about his life as a Filipino migrant, all told in his trademark sweet-and-salty comedy style.

Return to the Falls
2025-03-26 19:00 - 20:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Join us for this special screening of Return to the Falls, a one hour docudrama that tells the life story of Elder Betty Ross.
As a girl from Pimicikamak Cree Nation (also known as Cross Lake First Nation), she held the sacred teachings of her father like a torch to survive the Indian residential school system. In this film, you will experience Betty’s journey. Cinematic reenactments bring to life unimaginable hardships and euphoric moments of freedom, interwoven with present day footage of Betty as she returns to the falls of her childhood for the first time in more than 70 years.
Following the film, Elder Betty will engage in a Q&A with the audience.

Abstract: A Sci-Clown Show
2025-03-27 19:00 - 20:00 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
This is sci-comm like you’ve never seen it! Two clowns (Sphagnum & Professor Moss) have very different communication styles which lead to theatrical chaos as they present a lecture on Asian Elephants. In this hilarious all ages performance- science and theatre are fused together to explore artistic expressions of scientific data- all using an old school overhead projector. This is a work-in-progress showcase of this new piece of environmental theatre by Logan Robins with support from the Creature Conserve Mentorship Program and support from Arts Nova Scotia”.

Julie Kim - Doing Too Much - Canadian Comedy Tour
2025-03-29 19:00 - 20:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Julie Kim is one of Canada’s top stand-up comedians. Julie recently toured across North America doing 40 theatre shows with Ronny Chieng (Crazy Rich Asians, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah). She was a gala performer at the 2022 Just for Laughs Festival in Montreal and headlined four sold-out solo shows at Just for Laughs Toronto in 2023. Over the past decade, Julie has performed at all the major Canadian comedy festivals including Just for Laughs Vancouver, Winnipeg Comedy Festival, and Halifax Comedy Festival (with multiple televised performances). She tours internationally and made her debut at the 2023 Melbourne International Comedy Festival. Julie has also been regularly featured on CBC’s The Debaters.
In 2023 Julie also debuted at both the Toronto Fringe Festival and Victoria Fringe Festival with her solo storytelling show called No One Special.
Julie is also a Canadian Screen Award winning writer and producer. Julie has contributed to the writing rooms of Kim’s Convenience, Run the Burbs, and Still Standing. She has been part of the writing and creative consulting team at the Winnipeg Comedy Festival for the past three years. She was also a writer for Just for Laughs Montreal in 2022. Julie was a producer and writer for Simu Liu (Marvel’s Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) as he hosted the 2022 and 2023 Juno Awards. She ideated Liu’s now well-known ‘I am Canadian’ monologue, which has gone viral on the Internet and social media.
​Also in 2023, Julie was included on VIBE’s list of POWER 60: Inspiring Asian-Canadians of Influence. Other notable honorees included Lilly Singh, Andrew Phung, and Russell Peters.
​Julie’s mission is to spread happiness, lighten hearts, and unite through laughter. And no amount of mom-shaming will stop her in this quest.

What Kind of Parents: A Play Reading
2025-03-30 13:30 - 15:00 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Writers/Performers: Ali Joy Richardson & Neil Silcox
Director/Dramaturg: Ann-Marie Kerr
Do I want to be a parent?
Can we even be parents?
What kind of parents do you hope we’d be?
What kind of parents do I fear we’d be?
What’s going to happen to us?
Written as a series of searing confessions and vows to each other, What Kind of Parents is a play created and performed by two married artists/therapists as they teeter on the edge of the unknown together.

Sunday March 30th, 1:30PM

The Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax)

Please RSVP Here (PWYC in Cash at the Door)

50% of admissions will be donated to Family SOS

Foolin Around
2025-04-01 19:00 - 21:00 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Spend April Fools’ Day with your three favourite Halifax fools! The Understudies are back for another completely unique live sketch comedy show. Following their sold out February show, be prepared to laugh with award winning Halifax Comedians Erik Garf, Vince Casey, and Sara Graham. April 1 2025. Doors at 6:30 Show start time at 7:00. Grab a drink and come celebrate your favourite non-holiday! This is a show you don’t want to miss

Wave Theory in Support of Autism NS
2025-04-02 19:00 - 20:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Mayworks presents
Wave Theory in Support of Autism NS
Join us in celebration of World Autism Acceptance Day
Local filmmaker Brandon Boyd explores autism through the lens of Cape Breton musician Leona Burkey. In his latest documentary, Boyd sheds light on Burkey’s musical career, family life and how her son inspired a song titled Wave Theory.
Film run time: 28 minutes.
The screening will be followed by a panel discussion featuring Brandon Boyd, Leona Burkey and other invited guests.
Tickets
Tickets are PWYC by donation. All proceeds will be donated to Autism Nova Scotia.

The City Kid Songwriters Song Circle Showcase!
2025-04-03 19:00 - 21:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
The City Kid Songwriters are hosting their first Song Circle Showcase! Join us at The Bus Stop Theatre on April 3 for an amazing line up of up-and-coming songwriters.The evening will feature original music by: Meir Straus, Rob Hutten, Matthew Joel, Kal Hendel, Andrea Cormier, Lucas Tennen, and Darrel Cameron. The City Kid Songwriters are a new collective in Halifax seeking to support songwriters and celebrate the craft. For more information about future song circles and events, subscribe to our newsletter.
Performers: Meir Straus, Rob Hutten, Matthew Joel, Kal Hendel, Andrea Cormier, Lucas Tennen, and Darrel Cameron

Crescent Moon Cabaret
2025-04-04 20:00 - 22:00 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
A contemporary vaudeville revue style variety show. Featuring a wide range of local talent!
Crescent Moon Cabaret’s latest show is a contemporary vaudeville-esque variety show featuring a wide variety of local talent all in one place. From the comedic to the sultry, from the musical to the magical; there is surely something for everyone!
April 4, 2025 at the Bus Stop Theatre. Doors at 7:30, show at 8:00
tickets available at https://www.showpass.com/crescent-moon-cabaret/
under-waged, artists, students: $15 advanced, $20 at the door
Regular: $20 advance $25 at the door
Live stream: $15 suggested
2 Cabaret tables, seating for up to 4 people each, will be available for $150 each. These tables will be right in the action, so if you want to be up close, this is the place for you! Tables will come with a special party favour TBA
If price is a barrier, please reach out through DM or email at crescentmooncabaret@gmail.com

Metta Grove by Simon Haiduk
2025-04-05 19:30 - 21:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
About this event

The Metta Grove Experience is a cinematic visionary art concert merging the essence of guided meditation, sound journeys, cinematic films, and psychedelic experiences.
It is a multimedia symphony that elicits nourishing relaxation, wonder, and euphoria.
Metta – derived from the Pali language, an ancient tongue composed of Buddhist scriptures. The following can be attributed; loving-kindness, friendliness, goodwill, benevolence, fellowship, non-violence, and an active interest in others.
Grove – a small wood, orchard, or group of trees.
THIS EVENT HAS 2 NIGHT OPTIONS IN HALIFAX: APR. 5+6
See all ticket listings here
Simon Haiduk is a multimedia artist working with visual art and sonic mediums in themes that emphasize nature and spiritual energy. Many years of thematic creativity have led to a synthesis of expressions as a cinematic audiovisual concert.
This concert features stunning visuals of Simon’s digital paintings transformed into animations and then woven with layers of light and sound in a harmonious fusion. The soundtrack is a dynamic range of musical experiences from various artists, carefully curated to engage your soul, with heartwarming melodies, ambient spaces and pulsing rhythms.
The show includes an introductory presentation where Simon will share insights about his creative inspiration, tools, process and integration of plant medicines. His partner, Jane Calm, a somatic therapeutic counsellor, will speak about everyone’s inherited access to psychic abilities.
Metta Grove is a meditation on our intrinsic connection to nature and the foundations of this reality as light and sound. Please join us for this rejuvenating immersive experience in an unforgettable night of inspired spiritual connection, musical majesty and visionary art that will leave you in awe.
See video trailers, read testimonials, soundtrack and more info at: mg.artbysimon.com
Open to ages 7+, recommended for 19+.
Soundtrack featuring:
Yaima : Desert Dwellers : Liquid Bloom Kisnou : Equanimous : We Saw Lions : Evan Fraser : Vir McCoy : Anilah : Sophia Ocean : Natalie Lain : Simon Haiduk
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Reviews:
“Inspired emotions of connection & pure raw love. A radiant joy” – Camara Cassin – Visionary Fund
“Inspiring, uplifting and guiding.” – Delvin Solkisin, Chapel of Sacred Mirrors Journal
“A powerful and mesmerizing event that skillfully combined the sharing of visionary ideas with the immersive experience of music-accompanied animations.” – “Stephen Gray, editor/contributor, How Psychedelics Can Help Save the World: Visionary and Indigenous Voices Speak Out.
“I worked in Science Centre in Edmonton for 10 years, I’ve seen and been part of the production of my fair share of multimedia presentations. I’ve never seen such intricate visualizations as I saw at Metta Grove. Bravo, indeed!”– Brian Chu
Don’t miss out on this unique and transformative experience – get your tickets today!
We’re looking for people to help with this event, if you want a free ticket in exchange for checking tickets at the door during entry from 6:30 – 7:30 pm, please send a message to art@simonhaiduk.com

The Villains' Idea Laboratory
2025-04-10 - 2025-04-13 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
THURSDAY APRIL 10, 7:30-9pm
PIZZA & PITCHES: SIGN UP HERE
FRIDAY APRIL 11, 2-4pm
INDIE THEATRE 101: SIGN UP HERE
FRIDAY APRIL 11, 7:30pm
DOUBLE BILL: TICKETS HERE
On the Eventual Consumption of St Katherine
by Thunder Defayette
AND
Dr. Frankenstein, M.D.
by Dan Bray
SATURDAY APRIL 12, 7:30pm
DOUBLE BILL: TICKETS HERE
Chicken Feet by Sarah Poko
and
A Terrible Event at Organic Life Grocery
by Colleen Arcturus MacIsaac
SUNDAY APRIL 13, 2-4pm
OPEN CLOWN LAB: SIGN UP HERE
SUNDAY APRIL 13 7:30pm
DOUBLE BILL: TICKETS HERE
Dead Man Walking
by Emma Lamont
and
Still Far Still Wide
by Dan Bray

S K E E T film screening
2025-04-14 19:30 - 21:00 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Fresh out of prison, Billy Skinner returns to his transformed low-income neighbourhood, now populated by Syrian refugees. Struggling to overcome his dark past, Billy forges an unexpected bond with Mo, a compassionate Syrian immigrant determined to build a better life for his family.

TEASER TRAILER:
https://app.frame.io/reviews/fea913d6-ad29-47ea-a321-b222e50f929c/9b4dcea9-2bb6-45f7-be54-f32c85d7a225

Festivals (thus far)
TIFF INDUSTRY SELECTS 2024 https://tiff.net/events/skeet
ATLANTIC INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
BUFFALO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
YELLOWSTONE INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2024
VICTORIA INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL 2025

AWARDS
Best Actor (Atlantic International Film Festival)
Best Cinematography (Atlantic International Film Festival)
Audience Award – (Buffalo International Film Festival)
Best Actor (Yellowstone International Film Festival)

SOCIALS
Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61559173717290
Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/skeet_themovie/

News/Press:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7k6nw0aA-YQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tavp1WkgWIA
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/video/9.6513334
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/skeet-arabic-subtitles-1.7328200
https://www.cbc.ca/newsinteractives/features/a-skeet-by-any-other-name
https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/more/newfoundland-movie-7-years-in-the-making-debuts-in-halifax-1.7045255
https://www.ctv.ca/shows/etalk/skeet-sweeps-the-atlantic-international-film-festival-s23e10
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xFt_V4mgO2Y
https://vocm.com/2024/09/22/skeet-wins-big-at-atlantic-international-film-festival/

Farmers' Markets: Global Lessons, Local Impact
2025-04-15 18:30 - 21:00 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Our food system is in crisis—but there’s hope! Join us as we explore how farmers’ markets can be leveraged as powerful tools for change.

About this event

Event lasts 2 hours 30 minutes

Come join us at the Bus Stop Theatre for an immersive talk by Justin Cantafio, a 2023 Nuffield Scholar, local food systems advocate, and farmers’ market champion.
Canada’s food system is in crisis—but there’s hope. Drawing from firsthand experiences managing a provincial farmers’ market cooperative and from his experiential learnings from visiting markets across Canada, Mexico, France, Spain, Portugal, Malta, Italy, and Turkey, Justin will highlight the role farmers’ markets play in building a resilient, sustainable, and just food system.
Farmers’ markets are already revitalizing local economies, empowering small-scale farmers, and making fresh, healthy food more accessible. But their full potential remains untapped. With the right support and policies, these vibrant community spaces can build food sovereignty, regional prosperity, and environmental sustainability.
Join us as we explore how farmers’ markets can be leveraged as powerful tools for change, followed by a discussion period and a social.
Please note

This is a free event, but donations will be accepted for the Farmers’ Markets of Nova Scotia Nourishing Communities Food Coupon Program.
Seats are limited to ~100 people, so please arrive on time to secure your spot.
This event is sponsored by Dalhousie University’s Faculty of Agriculture.

Making Space: Documentary Screening
2025-04-16 19:00 - 20:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
“Art spaces are really what define a city, a community and build that sense of belonging and ownership”
Sebastien Labelle, Former Executive Director of the Bus Stop Theatre
Halifax is a rapidly changing city where space is increasingly unaffordable and unavailable. This feature length documentary follows the stories of three art spaces – The Waiting Room, 1588 Barrington (The Khyber, The Turret), and the Bus Stop Theatre. Tracing their fragility against wider forces of change in the city, it highlights the perseverance required to create and protect these essential spaces.
The Director Gareth Wasylynko is a videographer and former city planner interested in how cities change.

The Smoke Show - Bucket & A Mop
2025-04-18 18:00 - 22:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
The Smoke Show – Bucket & A Mop
Friday 18-Apil 2025 // Tickets available on Showpass
Follow us on Instagram @thesmokeshow.hfx

Clean up on aisle 69!
Re-inventing The Bus Stop Theatre – SWorkers and Pole Performers bring it ALL to the stage in our 360 degree Stadium-Style Smoke Show! BUCKET & A MOP is an immersive experience showcasing Canada’s hottest in the industry.
Hosted by Halifax famous Kristyn Green, and produced by pole icons GALAXY and TYSN, we welcome your back to The Smoke Show with headliner Canadas Pole Champ – SARDONYX WELCH ( @sardonyxwelch )!!!
Make it rain! Bring your wallet AND your WAP. 🤑💸
Prepare yourself for another epic night of powerhouse entertainment and prizes. After our first sold-out edition – Sweat & Metal, The Smoke Show returns hotter and heavier with Bucket & a Mop.
Performers: (to be announced)
EARLY SHOW
Show starts at 6:00pm – 7:30pm (Doors open – 5:15)
LATE SHOW
Show starts at 9:00pm – 10:30pm (Doors open – 8:15)
IMPORTANT – If you purchase tickets for the 9:00pm late show: ticket time may show 6pm when added to you apple wallet. If this is the case please don’t worry, your ticket is still for the 9:00pm show.
SEATING:
VIP BALLERS Front Row Seats:
Want to have the most fun? This seat is for the ballers. VIP Front Row seats sit on stage level with the performers. This VIP ticket is for those who love to make it rain. The most elevated and engaged experience at The Smoke Show. (10 entries to win a prize)
VIP STANDING:
Our elevated VIP standing spots are on either side of the Pole Stadium. Bop to the beat and see everything up-close and personal. (5 entries to win a prize)
GENERAL SEATING: Tiered general seating. (2 entries to win a prize)
ACCESSIBLE SEATING: available upon request. Please EMAIL: smokeshowofficial@outlook.com

TIPPING:
TIPPING IS A MUST! The Smoke Show performers work HARD.
This discipline requires hours of training and preparation – The more love you give, the more love you get.
Single bills to Make it Rain will be available at check in.
(Pack of 10 = $10 / Pack of 20 = $20 etc.)
*Tips can be purchased Cash Only*
QUESTIONS:
Contact us! We are happy to help!
Instagram – @thesmokeshow.hfx
Email – smokeshowofficial@outlook.com

OutFest
2025-04-21 - 2025-04-27 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
OutFest, the largest Queer performance festival in Mi’kma’ki / Atlantic Canada celebrates ten years of incredible storytelling, new ideas, and resiliency. With local, regional, and national artists performing at venues across the city over six days, there is something for everyone.

The festival will once again include a Main, and Emerging Stage, an incredible lineup for the Comedy Stage, YA performances, the addition of an Open Stage, and a closing night Music Stage. The festival also includes a Makers Market, and an Opening Night Dinner.

Click on the link below for tickets and more info.

https://pg1-theatre.com/outfest-2025

Mayworks
2025-05-01 - 2025-05-10 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
This year’s Mayworks Festival of Working People & the Arts is packed with events to fuel you up with energy, connection, and critical reflections that will help carve a path toward a better world!
The festival kicks off on May Day with the hosts of Sandy & Nora Talk Politics recording their top charting podcast before a live audience. They will be accompanied by live music performed by Palestinian-Canadian pianist John Kameel Farah.
Hot on the heels of the festival opener is an all-star hip hop concert featuring Wiki, an icon of New York’s City’s rap underground. He’ll be sharing the stage with Brooklyn’s Lord Unknown and local legends DJ Uncle Fester and Tachichi.
We’re partnering with the Atlantic International Film Festival for a one-night only screening of “Union” – the Sundance winner that documents the first successful union drive at a US-based Amazon facility.
XOSECRET presents a VR experience that takes participants through a cautionary fable that imagines Nova Scotia surrounded by rising seas resulting from climate change.
Noella Murphy‘s solo play “Flower Bed” uses humour and puppets to tell an autobiographical account of how it feels to be taken out of the “productive workforce” as a result of chronic illness. Meanwhile, Sara Coffin‘s movement choreography “Archive of Loneliness” is set to voice-messages left by a long-term care resident isolated during COVID-19.
Mayworks is no stranger to diversity with a film program composed entirely of shorts by Indigenous women in addition to a showcase of Black animators presented in partnership with AFX. In collaboration with Live Art Dance, Mayworks also zooms out for a wider look at human relations with “Altération” presented by Kira Arts.
Finally, Mayworks reprises its popular Working Class Heritage Tours of downtown Halifax, which this year will be made all the more visible by an accompanying quilted banner crafted by artists Sarah Mosher and Hannah Genosko.
The world may look bleak, but there’s no shortage of hope in the many ways we can come together and express ourselves creatively. May Day both celebrates and invokes the coming of a new dawn toward the world we desperately need.
Happy May Day!

Let's Get Weird with Tommy Green Jr
2025-05-02 20:30 - 21:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Tommy Green Jr is back at Bus Stop Theatre with a brand new comedy and music show! Special guests, stunts, secrets to be revealed… let’s get weird Friday May 2nd!

2024 All Access Comedy Show Viewing
2025-05-06 18:30 - 20:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Free viewing of the 2024 All Access Comedy Show. This recording includes screen in screen ASL interpretation by entertainment specialized interpreter Jennifer Lees. IDV (integrated Described Video) and captions included.There will be an opportunity before and after to hear about the 2025 All Access Comedy and secure your ticket to that live show at the Spatz Theatre on May 11th, 2025.

Host:
D.J. Demers
Comedians:
Dan Barra-Berger
Tina Friml
Michael McCreary
Joze Piranian

Halifax Magic Club Showcase
2025-05-16 19:30 - 21:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Come see Halifax’s finest professional and hobby magicians amaze, bewilder and surprise you. The magicians of the Halifax Magic Club will perform incredible magic, mentalism, and more.

Bring your friends and family and make sure to get here early to grab a seat. Children are allowed to attend although the magic is not targeted at the young ones.There will be a fantastic bar available for refreshments an hour before showtime and during intermission.
Members of the Halifax Magic Club run the gamut from beginner to seasoned professional. Some members do TV shows and corporate events, some do birthday parties and family gatherings, and some do ticketed public shows and busking.
Featuring:
Bill Wood
Brennan Coady
Paul Vienneau
Vincenzo Ravina: Actual Wizard
And more!

sL Variety Show
2025-05-17 19:30 - 21:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
To close out the 2024/25 season sL is celebrating with an eclectic collection of local artists performing scored and improvised music and movement. There will be a mix of people and players using visual scores, sounds, words, and a variety of styles. This will be a celebration of the 24/25 season, so expect play, spontaneity and joy!
Performers: John Janigan-Mills, Charity Cruz, Meghan Gilhespy, Nicola Miller, Jacinte Armstrong, Norm Adams, D’Arcy Gray, and more special guests.
Tickets available at the door.

Something Missing by Lawson Hannaford - Presented by Unnatural Disaster Theatre Co
2025-05-19 - 2025-05-20 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada

Leftovers Comedy - Dinner for Two!
2025-05-23 19:30 - 21:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Join Leftovers Comedy Friday May 23rd at 7:30pm for a night of laughter and companionship. This duo comedy show will showcase comedians from across the city as they show you the meaning of “two heads are better than one”. Abbott & Costello, Key & Peele, Tina Fey & Amy Poehler, what can’t a duo do?!

HOT POT
2025-05-24 17:30 - 19:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Back for its third year, HOT POT is a joyful, genre-blending celebration of Asian talent in the heart of Kjipuktuk/Halifax. Curated by burlesque artist Elle Lixir and hosted by the fabulous Kaidan Ivy, this vibrant variety show brings together a simmering mix of music, movement, comedy, drag, dance, and more — all by Asian artists across the diaspora.
Come celebrate Asian Heritage Month with us! From heartfelt storytelling to high-energy spectacle, HOT POT serves up something for everyone, while making space for community, creativity, and cultural pride across Asia. Whether you’re coming for the laughs, the glamour, or the emotional punch — you’re in for a night to remember.
🌟 Featuring performances by:
Aiya Xiaoxin, Babia Majora, Baby Bachu, Bibingkita, G-Spott, Katanna Skin, Lovina Poison, Sangeeta Raju, and more surprise guests!
💸 Please bring cash for tips, but we also will accept EMT transactions to Elle.Lixir.Dancer[at]gmail[dot]com
[All tips will be split equally among the cast. Please write “Hot Pot Tips” in the note section]
TICKET DETAILS:
🍜✨ Tickets and more information at: www.elle-lixir.com/hotpot
Tickets (in-person) starting at $25+
Livestream option available $10

Hello City Love Letters & 8th Anniversary Show
2025-05-25 14:00 - 16:00 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Hello City brings a hilarious double-header to the Bus Stop Theatre on Sunday May 25th!
First, check out Love Letters at 2pm, a fan favourite show where our improvisers perform inspired by your very own love letters!
After that, go grab a bite to eat and a quick nap from all that laughing and come back at 7:30pm for Hello City’s 8th Anniversary show!
Tickets for both shows are $10/$15/$20 and can be purchased at the door or through Eventbrite.

Halifax Independent Filmmakers Festival
2025-05-28 - 2025-05-31 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada

Living Things - Mouthpieces
2025-06-05 19:30 - 22:30 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Living Things – Mouthpieces. Featuring Nicola Miller (Chester Basin) – alto sax/flute Frank Gratkowski (Berlin) – Bass Clarinet/sax Doug Tielli (Toronto) – Trombone Nicholas D’Amato (Wolfville) – Bass Nick Fraser (Toronto) – Drums. Tickets $20 or PWYC *NOTAFLOF (no one turned away for lack of funds)

2025 Disability Atlantic Arts Symposium
2025-06-06 - 2025-06-08 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
The 2025 Disability Atlantic Arts Symposium will bring together disability-identified artists and arts workers from across Atlantic Canada for a three-day event from June 6th to 8th, 2025. It’s a celebration of Disability Arts in Atlantic Canada and features panels, a keynote address, a performance Cabaret and an Opening Mixer with a DJ! Come and celebrate the amazing art being made in Atlantic Canada! The full schedule can be found at https://www.jrgsocietyforthearts.com/

IWant2BeOnTV
2025-06-11 18:30 - 20:30 | Nova Scotia
IWant2BeOnTV is a video project started in 2021 based on recreating public access television with Alex Apostolidis’s broader arts community. In 2023/2024, Alex Apostolidis and Ben RJ Goss produced “HOME TV I”, a video series about queering television that reimagines pre-streaming era television made with a DIY focus. “HOME TV I” explores different television tropes, challenging the way media representation influences and maintains cultural hegemony. Building on Apostolidis’s previous works, “HOME TV I” creates an earnest yet playful portrayal of queer lifestyles and aesthetics and while toying with the performative nature of gender and sexuality, production and labour, identity politics and comedy as a coping mechanism. The videos in the series include “The News”(2024), “Kid’s Show”(2024), “Music TV”(2024), “Hot-Dog Eating Competition”(2023) and “Episode 1: The Future of Television”(2021) as well as video interludes of previous works “RGB Studies” (2023) and “My 20th Birthday Still Not Happy, but Not Sad” (2019)

Alex Apostolidis will be on tour with Charvel Rappos throughout Atlantic Canada showing these video works from May 27th, 2025 until June 12th, 2025. During this tour, Apostolidis and Rappos will be screening these works at five locations which will then be followed-up with artist talks and Q&A sessions. In addition, the two artists will be collaborating on a live performance, “Food Fight” for the Lawnya Vawnya Music Festival, which will be additionally live streamed online and at multiple locations across Canada.”

1-800-Improv Show
2025-06-15 15:30 - 17:00 | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
