Drag Night At The Bus Stop Theatre
2021-10-15 20:00 - 23:00 (America/Halifax) | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
This event will take place at The Bus Stop Theatre and will be presented by Anna Mona-Pia with special guests Haus of Rivers with dancers Akua Agyare, Alyssa Larade, Ebony Abe, Gabrielle Greener, Laura Flemming, Pranitha Vattoni, Sarah Macneil and Carolin Mateus. This night will be one of a kind and not one to miss!
Run Time: 3 hours

Francofest 2021: Atelier "Bloom"
2021-10-19 19:00 - 21:00
Participez cette année à un atelier de peinture animée par la talentueuse Estelle Thomson. Lors de l’atelier « Bloom » vous apprendrez à utiliser la peinture aquarelle et l’encre acrylique. Nous fournirons tout le matériel et une boisson lors de l’événement: une véritable soirée de détente où vous repartirez avec votre création!
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Take part this year in a painting workshop hosted by the talented Estelle Thomson. During the “Bloom” workshop you will learn how to use watercolour paint and acrylic ink. We will provide all the equipment and a drink during the event: a real relaxing evening where you will leave with your creation!
Run time: 2 hours

Back In Blackbox (Soft) Reopening Fundraiser
2021-10-23 19:00 - 21:45
On Oct 23rd, come to the NEW AND (MOSTLY) IMPROVED Bus Stop Theatre Co-Operative! There’s still work to be done but because the Bus Stop is so beloved, the doors have been (softly) re-opened to the community early.
EVENT DETAILS
Doors open at 6pm for pre-show. During that time, take a tour of the updated space, enjoy the best priced drinks in the city, eat delicious food, and check out the silent auction.
At 7 pm the show begins; rocking tunes, hilarious acts, and stellar performances are sure to amuse!
After the show, feel free to linger and mingle in the lobby. Eat free food! Gluten-free and vegan options will be available!
Dress up or down and maybe you’ll win a “Best Dressed” prize from our SECRET judges There’s three categories to be one, each with a special prize!
We’ll be wrapping up the silent auction and giving out prizes for contest winners! YAY PRIZES!
Tickets are PWYC/$15 suggested donation.Click here to reserve your seat and consider making a donation via the Cooperative’s website. The funds raised at the event will go towards supporting the Bus Stop Theatre and it’s programs like the Inclusion Fund.
Please reserve in advance as seating will be limited.
➡️ https://busstoptheatre.coop/support/donate-online/ ⬅️
This event is possible with support from
• StART Festival
• Family Over Fame
• ArtsNS
• Support4Culture
• And the province of Nova Scotia
Run time: 2 hours 45 minutes

Tuesdays & Sundays
2021-10-29 14:00 - 2021-10-30 20:30
Tragic love story | 16+ (touches on domestic violence)
Tuesdays & Sundays is a play inspired by the true story of William Millman and Mary Tuplin, and the tragedy that shook the quiet community of Margate, Prince Edward Island, in 1887. Written by Canadian playwrights Daniel Arnold and Medina Hahn, this critically-acclaimed play has toured extensively across Canada and internationally. Kitbag Theatre’s lauded, sold out production at the Watermark Theatre in 2020 was the piece’s PEI premiere.
We first find William and Mary as blank slates. The young lovers recall, one piece at a time, their lives, their home, each other. We watch them rediscover their youthful love for each other, relive their eager, reckless courtship. Their sweet country romance, however, quickly takes a wrong turn. With each memory recalled, the thread of their story begins to unravel, quickly, almost faster than they can keep up with. They can only watch and breathe as inevitability takes hold.
Starring Island favourites Melissa MacKenzie and Jacob Hemphill, and directed by Rebecca Parent, Tuesdays & Sundays is a gripping piece of Island history, expertly told for today’s audience.
“This production of Tuesdays & Sundays is SUPERB. With an incredible script and two outstanding actors the story comes to life with their powerful, deft characterizations and Rebecca Parent’s brilliant and creative direction. The piece flows and mesmerizes. You feel you are in the hands of master-storytellers from beginning to end. It is one of the best pieces of theatre I have seen in a long time.” – Jan Rudd, theatre professional
“Simply put, Kitbag’s Tuesdays & Sundays is a performance too incredible to miss. A must-see.” – Hon. Dennis King, Premier of PEI

Run Time 1 hour

Tuesdays & Sundays: Official Trailer

3rd Annual Braid Couture Arts Show
2021-11-14 20:00 - 22:00
Showcasing emerging local talent in the Hair, Make-up and Fashion industries.
Door prizes up to $2350 in value!
Show from 8-10pm, November 14th
Tickets $35
Visit https://www.braidcoutureshow.com/ for more details and to purchase tickets.

Spectacle de Mehdi Cayenne (Première Partie Denzel Subban)
2021-11-19 18:30 - 23:00
Venez découvrir l’artiste unique qu’est Mehdi Cayenne, avec l’artiste local Denzel Subban en première partie, au Bus Stop Theatre .

Mehdi Cayenne est un électron libre, un réel inclassable dans la francophonie internationale. Avec sa façon toute particulière d’aborder la langue, son album “Radio Batata” révèle des textes riches, et des grooves contagieux. Plus dansant, plus insolite, il synthétise des influences post-punk, pop et funk pour une oeuvre moderne, sans équivalence dans le paysage actuel.

HomeFirst Theatre presents The December Man by Colleen Murphy
2021-11-25 20:00 - 2021-12-05 14:00
The December Man won the Governor General’s Award for Drama in 2007 and is inspired by one of the most tragic and significant incidents in our country’s history, the École Polytechnique Massacre on Dec 6th, 1989. Murphy’s play deals with the fate of a bystander who witnessed the event and could/did not act. The December Man is the story of how he and his family were tragically affected. For those of us who remember it vividly, this play helps us to understand the terrible aftermath that still lives with us. For a generation that wasn’t born when it took place, The December Man is a revelatory experience. With mass shootings on the rise and gender-based domestic violence at an all-time high during Covid-19, this examination of ‘the bystander effect’ in The December Man is startlingly relevant to Nova Scotians and beyond.
Tickets: Regular $25.00, Underwage/Accessible Price $15.00
Tickets are being sold online until two hours before curtain, and can be purchased here. Tickets are CASH ONLY at the door. To contact the box office email homefirsttheatre@gmail.com.
Cast
Zachary Faye as Jean Émile Fournier
Martha Irving as Kathleen Fournier
Hugh Thompson as Benoît Fournier
Creative Team
Director: Mary Vingoe
Production Stage Manager: Jeana MacIsaac
Assistant Stage Manager: Sarah Wakely
Set Design: Sue LePage
Costume Design: Krista Levy Odlin
Lighting/Projection Design: Holly Meyer-Dymny
Sound Design: Steven Naylor
Technical Director: Matt Downey
Accessibility Coordinator: Sara Graham
Associate Producer: Rebecca Wolfe
Outreach: Kiana MacDonnell

HomeFirst is thrilled to be partnering with the YWCA and December 6th Fund for this production. We have an exciting panel discussion in the works that will engage community members around the topics of the play. All are welcome to attend this event with details coming soon! Follow us on social media or sign up for our newsletter here to be there first to know more about this event.
HomeFirst Theatre is honoured to support the work of the YWCA’s December 6th Fund in a joint-fundraiser raffle of ‘SHATTERED’, an original stained glass inspired by the memory of the fourteen women lost in the École Polytechnique Massacre on December 6th, 1989. To get your tickets visit, https://www.rafflebox.ca/raffle/homefirsttheatre.

Accessibility
Our team is working very hard to make this production as accessible as possible to all our audience members! Please notify us if you are attending an accessible performance in order to access the service being offered, so we may reserve you optimal seating or the performance. The Bus Stop Theatre is fully accessible via wheelchair. If you plan on attending with a support person, a ticket can be arranged for them free of charge. If you have any seating needs, please email ahead of time so we can make the appropriate arrangements. There will be an active listener at each performance ready to listen and provide you with resources if you need further assistance. Please note that our active listeners aren’t trained counsellors or therapists, but community members willing to hold space for those who need to talk.
Please reach out to our box office at homefirsttheatre@gmail.com to ensure you have what you need to enjoy the performance or with any questions. We are happy to assist you.
Please see the following show schedule that includes all our accessible features:
Thursday, Nov 25th @ 8:00 pm (Preview)
Friday, Nov 26th @ 8:00 pm (Opening)
Saturday, Nov 27th @ 8:00 pm
Sunday, Nov 28th @ 2:00 pm
Sunday, Nov 28th @ 8:00 pm (Heightened Narration)
Tuesday, Nov 30th @ 8:00 pm
Wednesday, Dec 1st @ 8:00 pm (ASL Interpreted)
Thursday, Dec 2nd @ 8:00 pm (Heightened Narration)
Friday, Dec 3rd @ 8:00 pm (ASL Interpreted)
Saturday, Dec 4th @ 2:00 pm
Saturday, Dec 4th @ 8:00 pm
Sunday, Dec 5th @ 2:00 pm

Content Warning
This play is a work of imagination using the École Polytechnique massacre on Dec. 6th, 1989 and the events around it as a point of departure. There is depiction and discussion of violence and harm to oneself and others. If you would like a more detailed content warning please reach out to Rebecca Wolfe, homefirsttheatre@gmail.com.

Covid-19 Protocols
To gain admission to HomeFirst’s Presentation of The December Man, all patrons eligible for vaccination must be fully vaccinated for Covid-19 two weeks prior to the date of the presentations you would like to attend, in adherence with public health guidelines. Official vaccination records along with a piece of ID will be checked by front-of-house staff on the night of the performance. Patrons who are unable to be vaccinated due to a pre-existing medical condition are exempt, with proof. Masks are to be worn inside the Bus Stop Theatre at all times unless eating or drinking.
Please note, if patrons are unable to provide proof of vaccination this access will be denied and no refunds will be issued.

Making Space Market
2021-12-06 14:00 - 20:00
Making Space Market invites and encourages community to shop locally and equitably this Holiday Season! This market features a bunch of brilliant, talented local creatives, some of which you may already know and love as well as some folx sharing their goods for the very first time. This market is taking place on December 6th from 2-8pm. Expect good tunes, beautiful wares and supportive community energy! To learn more about this event and snag a sneak peek at some of the vendors follow @makingspacemarket on Instagram.

Hello City: Back 2 Bus Stop
2021-12-08 19:30 - 22:30, 2021-12-09 19:30 - 22:30
We. Are. Back.
Halifax, it’s been over a year since we’ve done a show at our little home away from home on Gottingen Street- so we figured let’s make up for lost time!
Two Nights. Two Shows.
WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 8TH – 7:30PM – Click here for tickets!
We will be doing our classic story telling form featuring the wonderful local artist, Mollie Cronin aka @ArtBratComics!
THURSDAY DECEMBER 9TH – 7:30PM – Click here for tickets!
We’ll be inviting some of our best friends up on stage to play some of our favourite games with us!
We can’t wait to laugh with you, Halifax<3

suddenlyLISTEN: The Seeds Project Live
2021-12-10 19:30 - 22:30
Seeds Live will feature performances by: Lindsay Dobbin, Mohammad Sahraei, Andrew MacKelvie, India Yeshe Gailey, Ellen Gibling, Andrew Jackson, Lucas Goudie, Shauna DeGruchy, Kelvin Mansaray, Brandon Auger, Danielle Jakubiak, and Sam Wilson.
Recorded music from The Seeds project can be found on our website here.
You’ll be able to listen to the rich dialogues that resulted from these remote connections!
December 10th @ 7:30pm
Tickets: $25 or Pay What You Can at the Door

Centre for Art Tapes Fundraiser
2021-12-11 13:00 - 19:00
Centre for Art Tapes will be holding a art/print sale fundraiser on December 11th from 1-7pm. Come out and pick up some great local art, and support CFAT as they work towards purchasing their new home!

Dis-Drag Show Live! Hallow-Holiday Special!
2021-12-12 19:30
AND WE ARE A GO!!!
Oh, look! Another Dis-Drag show! Makes me sick!

Welcome to Dis-Drag! Hallow-Holiday Special! A disney inspired mix of Halloween and Nightmare Before XXX-Mas, drag and burlesque!
Siblings, come run amok with Tishina La Tush, Rouge Fatale and Cookie Cunningham and their cast of creepy, fabulous, witchy performers in celebrating the most Spooktacular times of the year, by making Disney their muse!
Cast includes; the one and only, Kadence; the creepy sweetheart Maddie Hadder; heart throb Jase Miawei, and the stunning Lady Lillith!

With a very special guest all the way from Toronto…Manny Dingo!

There will be villains and witches, presents and trimmings and costumes to DIE for…

So come on out to The Bus Stop Theater on December 12, 2021, doors open at 7:30 PM and the show starts at 8:00 PM.

Enter if you dare, order a potion from the barkeep and revel in the holiday madness of Dis-Drag!

Email tishinalatush@gmail.com for advanced tickets
$25 for one
or
$45 for two
($30 at the door if any are available)

**19+ event – There will be no smelling of children here**
**Only 70 seats available – Dost thou comprehend?!**
**Proof of vaccine required**

The 5th Annual Bus Stop Theatre Basket Auction
2021-12-13
It’s that time of year again!
~The 5th Annual Bus Stop Theatre Basket Auction~
Online bidding is now open. Click here to view this year’s auction and bid!
Baskets include art, event tickets, tasty treats, locally made items and merch, gift cards, and everything you need to get cozy this holiday season. Plus, with all the renovations this year, who knows what could be in the fabled Bus Stop Mystery Basket!? All funds raised will go towards supporting the new and improved Bus Stop Theatre!
Online bidding open Dec. 3rd-Dec. 13th
Live Online Event Winners Announcement at 7pm on Dec. 13th

Microworlds: A Solo Exhibition by Steph Kincade
2021-12-14 18:00 - 2021-12-18 22:00
Microworlds will open Tuesday Dec 14 with a small reception from 6PM to 8PM. COVID regulations will be followed (masks are mandatory, social distancing, and vaccination status will be checked at the door- attendees are required to be double vaxxed) and there will be no food or drink. The artist will be in attendance and all are welcome. The show will run alongside A workshop of THERE is A PARTY AT THE END OF THIS PLAY or TBD by Rooks Field-Green in conjunction with the Bus Stop Theatre’s Writers’ Circle. The exhibit will be on display in the Lobby of The Bus Stop Theatre.
Steph is a Nova Scotian artist who calls Halifax home. They have a varied background which they bring to their work. Currently focused on embroidery and interested particularly in using embroidery and fibre art as a sculptural medium. They are proud to present their first solo exhibition.
Microworlds will remain on view until Saturday Dec 18. The exhibition is a selection of pieces belonging to an ongoing body of work exploring the diversity and wonder found in the microscopic and tiny worlds underfoot, under water, and under the lens. The artist delights in exploring the known and yet to be discovered and new ways of creating and representing these tiny worlds. The works range from realistic and identifiable subject matter to the more abstract.

In support of the workshop of THERE is A PARTY AT THE END OF THIS PLAY or TBD by Rooks Field-Green, there will be one piece put up for silent auction. Bidding can take place in person at the exhibit or online at https://www.facebook.com/SKartistpage and
https://www.instagram.com/stephaniekincade/ Bids will be accepted until the exhibit closes at 6:00pm Saturday December 18.

Following the reception on Tuesday, the exhibit will be open to the public. Our hours will be:
Wednesday, December 15, 3:00-5:00
Thursday, December 16, 3:00-5:00
Friday, December 17, 3:00-5:00
Saturday, December 18, 2:00-6:00

The exhibit will also be available for viewing pre and post events taking place in the evening during the week:
Thursday, December 16 The Bus Stop Writers’ Circle Cabaret Retrospective Show
Friday, December 17 Open Mic Fundraiser for the workshop of THERE is A PARTY AT THE END OF THIS PLAY or TBD by Rooks Field-Green

Writers' Circle Cabaret
2021-12-16 19:00 - 22:00
Thursday December 16, 7pm at the Bus Stop Theatre
Join us for an engaging evening celebrating five years of the Bus Stop Writers’ Circle! Starting as a small crew of local playwrights in 2016, the Circle has grown into an open, accessible monthly meet-up for writers across many disciplines. The Writers’ Circle Cabaret features all-original poetry, music, stand-up, play excerpts and short films all fostered within our home at the Bus Stop Theatre.
With performances from Tara Taylor, Anna Quon, Stevey Hunter, Rooks Field-Green, Julia MacVicar, Colleen MacIsaac, Lo Robbins, Keith Morrison and short films by Kevin Hartford and Rebecca Falvey.
Click here for tickets!

Open Mic Night Fundraiser
2021-12-17 20:00 - 22:00
Come with your pals to a relaxed evening of performances at the Bus Stop Theatre in support of Rooks Field-Green’s upcoming play: TBD. There will also be a silent auction filled with work by INCREDIBLE local artists: the perfect chance to purchase those last minute gifts. This event will be a true open mic night: first come first serve so sign up quick! Have a poem you want to share? Ready to test out knock knock jokes with an audience?
All forms of performance are welcome! Interested performers should fill out the sign up sheet here or sign up on the day of. Sign up in advance and you’ll get in for free!
[Image description] Black background with a spotlight on an empty wooden stool and a mic on a stand. There is text surrounding the image that states: OPEN MIC NIGHT FUNDRAISER on December 17, 2021 from 8:00-10:00pm at The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op. In support of Rooks Field-Green’s upcoming play. Tickets are 10$ at the door. Silent Auction – local artisans.

24 Hour Theatre Thing
2021-12-29 20:00 - 23:00
24 Hour Theatre is back!!! Applications for participants are now open!
Writers can apply here (Deadline Dec. 9):
https://forms.gle/hoCcqpj3YJzdLNhZ6
Directors, Actors, Stage Managers and Designers can apply here (Deadline Dec. 15): https://forms.gle/vsgha8ZNuzC7jjUG8

10 designated spaces in the event from among all roles will be held for BIPOC, trans, non-binary, and folks from the disability community. Applicants are invited to self identify if they feel comfortable doing so.
Artists will be selected with the intention to create a balance between emerging and established artists, opportunities for new participants, and theatre related experience.

Please note: Due to the current Covid regulations, all participants in this year’s 24hr theatre will need to be double vaccinated (at least 14 days prior to the event). This does not apply to writers, who could write from home.

What is 24 Hour Theatre you ask? Writers have 12 hours to write a script. Then directors, actors, stage managers and designers have 12 hours to create the shows. 24 hours later the pieces are thrown on stage for your all around enjoyment.
Tickets will be available at the door for Pay What You Can (suggested $10) with all proceeds going to support the new and improved Bus Stop Theatre!

Ellen Gibling Album Release
2022-03-04 19:00
Join Ellen Gibling for a solo harp show for the album release of “The Bend in the Light”. Featuring a number of special guests.
This event is Sold Out!

Hello City: A Sweet and Silly Spring Show
2022-04-12 19:00 - 22:00
Hello City is back at the Bus Stop for our first show of the year! Join the award-winning improv troupe for a night of impromptu funnies based on the stories of our Halifamous special guest.
This month our special guest is the one and only Sara Graham!
Sara Graham (she/they) is a Kjipuktuk-based deaf comedian, accessibility consultant, mental health counsellor, activist and improviser. Sara uses their work to advocate for accessibility and theatre created by and for deaf people. Sara’s goal is to create art and spaces that acknowledge and address the need for inclusivity and accessibility for all artists. Check her out at @sgrahamaccessibility on Instagram!
Tickets available at Ticket Halifax! $10 $15 $20
Show starts at 7pm!

Dis-Drag: Silly Symphonies Spring Sing!
2022-04-16 20:00 - 23:00
Spring is here, and why not welcome it with a Disney inspired Drag and Burlesque show! Join our cast of fabulous local drag and burlesque performers as they serenade and entertain at the Bus Stop Theater.
April 16th, 2022. Doors open at 7:30pm, show at 8pm.
Advanced tickets available for $20 each or 2 for $30.
Tickets will be $25 each at the door.
Email tishinalatush@gmail.com for your tickets!
Please note: Limited seating available. Must be 19+ to attend.

CFAT: Unlike like a hippopotamus, a bird
2022-04-20 18:00 - 21:00
“Unlike like a hippopotamus, a bird” an exhibition of video works from The Centre For Art Tapes Media Art Scholars 2022

Artists Kit Holden-Ada, Violet Pask, Steph Rybczyn, Rebecca Wolfe, Rachel Bruch and Camille-Zoé Valcourt-Synnott have attended intensive workshops, mentorship and critiques that have led to the creation of six complex video works considering these connections and misalignments. Like the hippopotamus and a bird, they are entangled into an intricate set of relations. The artists respond to these coilings, carefully and contemplative, defined by the weavings of technological representation.

Please join us for the exhibition opening on April 20th, from 6PM-9PM. Additional viewing will be from April 21st, from 10AM-7PM at the Bus Stop Theatre. Admission is free.

Art Arena: Fashion Show
2022-04-24 18:00 - 20:30
We are excited to present an in person event with three Nova Scotian fashion/ clothing designers. Featuring DB Pearlz Designs, One Off Dsign and Chokersx Xchains. The vibes are ruthless expression & having faith in the future of fashion!
APRIL 24TH 2022, 6:00PM – 8:30PM
Tickets are on a sliding scale of $10-$20 + tax.
Tickets may be available at the door IF we don’t sell out by then!
Accessibility note: Wheelchair users can access the space, but may need some assistance getting into the lobby, as we may still have the temporary door installed by April 24th 2022. Staff will continue to mask, and masking/distancing will be strongly encouraged for audience/performers.

Outfest: Two Spirit Stage
2022-04-26 19:00 - 22:00
We are honoured to be kicking off OutFest 2022 with performances from several local Two-Spirit artists. This event has been organized with support from the leadership team at the Wabanaki Two-Spirit Alliance.
There will be an opening ceremony and music throughout by local Two-Spirit artist Eleanor Michael, as well as a visual performance that includes shadow puppetry. The evening will conclude with a Film Screening of the short film Stories From Land Back Camp.
Tues April 26th @ 7:00 pm
Regular Tickets l $15
Student / Senior l $12
Rainbow l PWYC
E-Ticket l $5
Online sales will end 4 HOURS prior to the start of the show

Outfest: A Beginner's Guide to the Night Sky
2022-04-27 18:00 - 18:45
Written & Directed by: Colleen MacIsaac
Composer/Music Director: Jenny Trites (she/her)
Dramaturg: Franzisca Glen (she/her) – French Language Consultant, and Dan Bray (he/him)
Cast: TBA
Join Albertine and Léo for A Beginner’s Guide to the Night Sky, a practical observational astronomy class that moves through music, memory, and magic to teach us about what we can see from our tiny place in the universe, while gently exploring the ways that love and grief are intertwined.
Support:
This project was aided in its early development by Two Planks and a Passion Theatre’s ‘You Are Here’ playwriting residency, and is supported in its development by the Canada Council for the Arts.

35 – 45 mins
Wed April 27th @ 6:00 pm
Thurs April 28th @ 9 : 15 pm
Friday April 29th @ 6:00 pm
Saturday April 30th @ 2:00 pm & 7 : 15 pm
Sunday May 1st @ 1 : 15 pm

Regular Tickets l $15 Student / Senior l $12 Rainbow l PWYC l $ E-Ticket l $5

Outfest: Can You Remember How We Got Here?
2022-04-27 19:15 - 20:00
Good Egg Theatre Company
WRITTEN & PERFORMED BY: Katie Clarke
DIRECTOR: Adri Vanos
Can You Remember How We Got Here is a show about growing up—the kind of growing up that never stops. It’s about tennis courts, and Halloween, and a little red and yellow plastic car whose wheels rusted in the garden shed last winter.
It’s about bad sex and good love and bruises and wondering what words we would have for each other, if we weren’t here, in this place, at this time. It’s about imagining queer utopia and finding yourself halfway there.
Note: This performance features moments where the character is changing clothes in their bedroom and at one point will be shirtless with their back to the audience

35 – 45 mins
Wed April 27th @ 7 : 15 pm
Thurs April 28th @ 6:00 pm
Friday April 29th @ 9 : 15 pm
Saturday April 30th @ 3 : 15 pm & 6:00 pm
Sunday May 1st @ 12:00 pm

Regular Tickets l $15 Student / Senior l $12 Rainbow – PWYC l $ E-Ticket l $5

Outfest: Skylark Song
2022-04-27 20:30 - 22:00
PLAYWRIGHT: McKenna James Boeckner
DIRECTOR: Michael Lake
CAST: Ryan Gallant, Alicia Polonsky, GaRRy Williams, and Lucas Popowich
When Mikael receives a phone call from his estranged father back in the Ukrainian settlement of Shellmouth Valley, Manitoba, his diasporic history intrudes on his budding relationship with boyfriend Dan and his process of finding roots on the East Coast of Canada. Caught within a resultant depressive spiral, Mikael butts heads with the stodgily masculine Polish man in the adjacent condominium unit, Andrzej, who is stuck on the opposite end of a familial diaspora. Through recognition of mirrored trauma rooted within the ongoing Eastern European unrest in Canada and abroad, the two men grow to find queer comfort in each other’s well-worn arms, re-finding joy in their enmeshed unsettlements.
SUPPORT:
This particular activity / tour / event is also supported by the New Brunswick Arts Board. Cette activité / tournée / performance est soutenue par le Conseil des arts du Nouveau-Brunswick
70 – 90 mins
Wed April 27th @ 8 : 30 pm
Thurs April 28th @ 7 : 15 pm
Friday April 29th @ 7 : 15 pm
Saturday April 30th @ 12:00 pm + 8 : 30 pm
Sunday May 1st @ 2 : 30 pm
Regular Tickets l $20 Student / Senior l $15 Rainbow l PWYC $ E-Ticket l $8

Outfest: Deeper (Staged Reading)
2022-04-30 10:30 - 11:30
Written and Directed by: Robyn Vivan
Dramaturg: Meghan Greeley
Cast: Shealyn Varnes, Logan Robins, Ellie Weise, and Sarah Smith
Translation by: Santiago Guzmán
Video projection by: Azal Dosanjh.
Falling in love is confusing at the best of times — and when you’re trying to navigate it as a gay woman, it can feel downright impossible. But sometimes, you just have to take the plunge.
i miss her laugh
i miss making her
laugh
i miss the way her eyes lit up
and her face
split in two so wide i thought
it would shatter
Told through a series of flashbacks and old letters, ‘Deeper’ takes us to an underwater world full of life, love, and loss; guided by three queer women in mid-80s and 90s Newfoundland.
SUPPORT:
This particular activity received support from Santiago Guzmán, Meghan Greeley, Elizabeth Hicks, TODOS Productions, Resource Centre for the Arts Theatre, ArtsNL, City of St. John’s, and St. John’s Shorts.

50 – 60 mins
Saturday, April 30th @ 10:30 am
Sunday, May 1st @ 10:30 am

Regular Tickets l $15 Student / Senior l $12 Rainbow l PWYC l $ E-Ticket l $5

The Work We Do: An Animation Retrospective
2022-05-05 19:00 - 20:00
Live screening at The Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen St)
ONLINE TICKETS are on sale as of April 28th. Buy tickets
Masking is required to attend this event in person
Presented in partnership with the Animation Festival of Halifax (AFX)
Craft. Labour. Practice. Drudgery. Vocation. We work every day, sometimes with joy and a sense of fulfillment, sometimes with loathing and a sense of alienation. We labour for pay, for free, or for barter; we exert ourselves for overlords, for ourselves, or for our communities. These animated films from across the country and across the decades reflect on the ups and downs of our experiences as beings who toil and strive. And what medium could be more fitting than the labour-intensive delight of animation?

Shortcuts
2022-05-06 15:00 - 19:00
DROP IN ANYTIME (ASL Interpretation)
The Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen St) + Facebook Live

Masking is required to attend this event in person
Shortcuts are little acts of defiance. Despite what route we are told we should follow, we use shortcuts to find our own way.
In this piece, audience members’ favourite shortcuts are collected, processed, illustrated, published, and distributed by a trio of workers who open up the inside of their factory to us so we can see every detail of this long process to take a short cut.
Shortcuts, loopholes and life hacks. We want ‘em!
Submit your own tips on how to get ahead on May 6th between 3:00 PM and 7:00PM, either in person or by calling 902-404-0616

THE TEAM
Dan Bray – The Courier
Colleen MacIsaac – The Technician / Creator
Mahya Tench – The Operator
Dan Bray – The Courier
Dan Bray (he/him) is an interdisciplinary theatre and visual artist, currently living as the winter caretaker of a spooky mansion just outside Antigonish. He is the artistic director and founder of The Villains Theatre, for which he has written, adapted, and directed many plays. Most recently, his new plays Observatory Mansions and Hänsel und Gretel in: der Garten von Edible Horrors: a Terrible Parable have both been nominated for 2022 Robert Merritt awards for “Outstanding Adaptation by a Nova Scotian”; several of his original plays have also won him similar awards at the Halifax Fringe. He has had the good fortune of working with many of this province’s finest companies, including Two Planks and a Passion, Mulgrave Road, Festival Antigonish, Shakespeare by the Sea, Eastern Front, Phyllis Rising, and Terra Novella. Dan has several new plays in development that are set to premiere shortly across Nova Scotia, but they’re all under wraps for now…! www.brayowulf.ca
Colleen MacIsaac – The Technician / Creator
Colleen (they/she) is a multidisciplinary artist and current Master of Fine Arts candidate at NSCAD University. A winner of the Halifax Mayor’s Award for Emerging Theatre Artist and the Bhayana Invisible Champion Award, they like making things. Colleen’s current play A Beginner’s Guide to the Night Sky was programmed this April at Page1 Theatre’s OutFest, and their past works include TO: THE UNKNOWN, the effects were cumulative and i almost didn’t notice, The Blazing World, Mercury, dark matter, and Cartography. They make comics and drawings and weird little performance things, and they are interested in exploring connections, communications, collaborations, family, queerness, countermapping, climate grief, and our place in the universe. They have worked with many local companies as a graphic designer, performer, producer, and playwright.
Mahya Tench – The Operator
Mahya (they/them) started their artistic journey in childhood, performing for friends and family. Now with a BA and under the Peace and Friendship treaties, they continue to perform, live and work as a multidisciplinary artist near Kjipuktuk (the Great Harbour, aka Halifax Harbour) in Mi’kma’ki: the traditional unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) peoples. A radically compassionate Queer Black, Indigenous, Genderfluid/Trans Woman of Colour, she is dedicated to equity, diversity, inclusion, decolonization and reindigenizing. Always an avid volunteer, they sit on the board of the Villains Theatre, the Bus Stop Theatre Cooperative and is a part of the Queer Theatre Ensemble Collective (QTEs).
Favourite roles include: CHILD/TBD in OY VEY! MY BABY’S A THEY (Eastern Front Theatre & the Bus Stop Theatres Writer’s Circle), Gravedigger in ZOMBLET (The Villains Theatre), This Is Nowhere (ZUPPA Theatre Co.) and Potato in Escape The Game (Ship’s Company Theatre).
