Playable Moments
2017-04-03 19:30 - 23:00 (America/Halifax) | The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia, B3K3B5, Canada
Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre is holding a fundraising event called Playable Moments on Monday, April 3 at 7:30 pm at The Bus Stop Theatre in Halifax. The admission price is $20. A cash bar will be open during the evening.
Playwrights Juanita Peters, Ryan Griffiths and Charlie Rhindress are each preparing one to two pages of the beginning of a script. An ensemble of four actors will use the scripts provided as a starting point, improvising its continuation.
Audience members will have the chance to influence the twists and turns each script takes.
For an additional price of five dollars audience members can suggest lines or ideas which will go into the hat and drawn at random. With each new suggestion the actors will improvise a new part of the play, steering them in unforeseen directions. With the help of a dramaturge to orchestrate among the script, the actors, and the audience, we’ll see what playable moments emerge.
Tickets are for sale through the PARC web site www.playwrightsatlantic.ca for those who can use PayPal. To buy tickets by phone using Visa please call 902-423-5358 or toll free to 1-877-845-1341. Tickets will also be for sale at the door on the evening of the event.

The Storybook
2017-03-31 - 2017-04-02
Child’s Play Theatre Presents our latest production for kids and families, a mishmash of reimagined fairytales, “The Storybook” by Rebecca Babcock

March 31st (6:30pm)

April 1st (1pm, 3pm, 6pm)

April 2nd (1pm, 3pm, 6pm).
10$ for adults
5$ for children (under 12)
Tickets can be reserved by emailing: childsplaytheatregroup@gmail.com
*cash only at the door*

Crippled: Table Read and Community Discussion
2017-03-28 19:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax)
Join us for a table read of Paul David Power’s play in development, Crippled. Dramaturgy by Robert Chafe.
Crippled explores themes of seen and unseen disabilities, sexuality and loss. It is based on real life experiences from playwright Paul David Power who lives with a disability.
The reading will be followed by a community discussion about the representation of person’s with a disability in the Atlantic Region’s theatre scene. For more information on the project visit http://www.paulpower.ca/crippled
The panelists are:
Paul Power (playwright/actor)
Sébastien Labelle (Executive Director – Bus Stop Theatre/Festival Director – Mayworks Halifax Festival)
April Hubbard (Board Vice Chair – Atlantic Fringe Festival)
LeeAnne Poole (Festival Director – Atlantic Fringe Festival)
Josh Dunn (performer/comedian)

Moderator: Ryan Delehanty, Assignment Editor – Accessible Media Inc.

This evening is focused on linking members of both our arts and disabled community to share views about the piece as well as how we can all work together to promote and demand diversity and inclusion on and of stages in the Atlantic Region.
The development of Crippled is possible thanks to support from the Canada Council for the Arts. This event is made possible thanks to support from the Bus Stop Theatre Co-op.
This event is free. Donations welcomed.

StART Festival 2017
2017-03-25 - 2017-03-26
– StART Festival –
Saturday, March 25th & Sunday, March 26th –

The StART Festival is back for its fourth year! We are thrilled to bring exciting work and performances to you from Halifax’s emerging artists. Featuring a diverse array of artists in a wide range of performance and visual art forms, the StART Festival’s 2017 line-up offers audiences cutting edge artistic experiences by local creators.
The StART Festival runs from Saturday March 25th to Sunday March 26th with a special soft launch on Friday, March 24th in collaboration with SYNC taking place at The Bus Stop Theatre. Please take a peek at our full list of participating artists below!

AceMan X Indigenous
Solmaz Asheri
Candi Ritchie
Liliona Quarmyne
Selina Latour
Martha Mutale
Janelle MacKay
Sam Wilson
Rajab Ally
Yohan Black
Andre Fenton
Curtis Botham
Braden Lamoureux
Josh Owen
Alex Thuku
Brenton Thomas

– SYNC x StART Festival: Century Egg Crossed Wires Mikaylaa States – Friday, March 24th –

The StArt Festival and the SYNC: Music Video Program are teaming up to bring you a FREE All Ages night of music and screenings.This event will be the world premiere of three music videos that were made through the Atlantic Filmmaker Cooperative’s SYNC program. And will include live performances by the three groups that took part in the program.
Doors open @ 8:30PM – StArt Festival soft launch reception with special surprise
Screening & Performances from 9PM-11PM
* Please note this is a FREE event. Venue is wheelchair accessible and offers gender neutral washrooms.

– StART Festival – Opening Night – Saturday, March 25th –

Come out for a fun filled evening of African and Caribbean vibes. Our opening night will showcase and celebrate music, poetry, dancing and visual arts from local emerging BIPOC artists!

Doors open @ 7:30PM
Artist Talks @ 8PM
Show starts @ 8:30PM

* Please note this is a PWYC event. Venue is wheelchair accessible and offers gender neutral washrooms.

– StART Festival – Showcase – Sunday, March 26th –
Join us for a full night of works and performances by local emerging artists!
Doors open @ 7:00PM
Artist Talks @ 7:30PM
Show starts @ 8:00PM
* Please note this is a PWYC event. Venue is wheelchair accessible and offers gender neutral washrooms.

– Workshop Series – Stay Tuned! –

The festival also includes networking and professional development opportunities for emerging artists, including workshop series taking place this spring. Anyone interested in learning more about the workshop should contact startfesthalifax@gmail.com.

The StART Festival is made possible by a contribution from the Department of Communities, Culture, and Heritage and our wonderful partners at The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op – Thank You!

SYNC x StArt Festival: Century Egg Crossed Wires Mikaylaa States
2017-03-24 20:30 - 23:59 (America/Halifax)
FREE FREE FREE Screening and Show with performances by Mikaylaa, Crossed Wires and Century Egg.
The StArt Festival and the SYNC: Music Video Program are teaming up to bring you a FREE All Ages night of music and screenings.
This event will be the world premiere of three music videos that were made through the Atlantic Filmmaker Cooperative’s SYNC program. And will include live performances by the three groups that took part in the program.
Each video screening will take place right before each performance.
8:30 PM Doors open for StArt Festival opening reception with special surprise
9:00 PM Screening of Mikaylaa’s “Right Move” video by Nicole T. Holland and produced by Jessica Smallwood
9:10 PM Performance by Mikaylaa
9:45 PM Screening of Crossed Wires’ “New Year” video made by Riley Lamarche and Tyler Leblanc
9:55 PM Performance by Crossed Wires
10:30 PM Screening of Century Egg’s “Hit Song” video made by Chris and Susie Shapones
10:40 Performance by Century Egg
This is a night not to be missed!

Open Stage
2017-03-20
A monthly cabaret series at The Bus Stop Theatre featuring the best performing arts talent from Halifax and “visiting from away” where artists to share what brings them joy, as pertains to that month’s theme. All proceeds go to a different charity each month.
THIS MONTH: Our theme is “What’s on your mind?”
See what happens when our talent tell you what’s on their mind with music, spoken word, comedy, and more!
PERFORMERS THIS MONTH include Frank Russo, The Halitown Stompers, Bill Travis, Jon Cornwall, Adam Myatt, Laura Caswell, Lindsay Kyte, A.J.H. Gillis, Tyler Craig, Jessica Barry, Christine Walkowicz, Becca Guilderstein, Ian Sherwood, Leona Burkey, and more!
PROCEEDS will be donated to the Brain Injury Association of Nova Scotia
DOORS OPEN at 6.30 pm
SHOW at 7:30 pm
TICKETS are $10 at the door

Generation Idiot Album Release Show
2017-03-11 18:45 - 20:05 (America/Halifax)
Come on out to check out GENERATION IDIOT’S RELEASE SHOW for their FIRST ALBUM JUST ANOTHER OUTCASTS! Acts in clude DESIGNGOSAUR, GENERATION IDIOT, NOTHING PERSONAL and ETCTERA. 1st 5 people at the door get a free copy of the album!! Admission is $8 for anyone under 18 and $10 for 18 and up.

We’re a Punk Rock band from Windsor, Nova Scotia. Influenced by Green Day, The Misfits, The Ramones, The Replacements and The Who. We’ve been together for two years; just recently this summer we played in the Battle Of The Bands at the 2015 Maritime Metal Festival in Windsor Nova Scotia (Which was this years location. Early this year in 2015 we released our first EP Burn Down which was recorded in our garage and soon to release another EP soon that was recorded by Jake Smith of The Fed Pennies at Moe’s Music the local music store in Windsor.

Tournée Izabelle - Halifax
2017-03-10 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax)
Izabelle
Spectacle pop rock / Pop rock show
15$ avec 1 boisson incluse / 15$ including 1 drink
*****************English follows***********************
Après avoir suivi une formation en théâtre, Izabelle se consacre à
la chanson et évolue comme interprète. L’auteure-compositrice interprète fait partie de la scène musicale du Nouveau-Brunswick
depuis plus de 10 ans et elle a joué au-delà de 1800 spectacles +
durant cette période en Europe, aux États-Unis et à travers le
Canada.
Izabelle a complété son premier mini-album anglais avec le groupe Angry Candy en 2013 à New York avec un géant de la
musique, Henry Hirsch (Micheal Jackson, Lenny Kravtiz, Madonna, etc.). Cet album s’est rendu numéro 7 dans la catégorie Pop sur iTunes.
Le groupe a aussi réussi un exploit en terminant en 2e place de
l’émission Canada’s got Talent en 2012. En mai 2014, Izabelle a
eu l’honneur d’animer les Éloizes ainsi que de participer au Cercle
des créateurs des Éloizes où elle a dû composer une chanson
française et eu la chance de performer cette chanson devant une
grande salle. C’est suite à cette performance que le désir de
réaliser un album en français lui est venu à l’idée.
Dans un contexte innovateur, Izabelle ose pouvoir créer de la
musique francophone qui fera parfois bouger et parfois pleurer.
Avec sa joie de vivre, elle aimerait inspirer les jeunes
d’aujourd’hui à foncer et rêver. Avec ses expériences de vie et de
carrière, son objectif reste toujours celui de partager sa passion
avec le plus de gens possible.
Izabelle completed her first English mini-album with the Angry Candy band in 2013 in New York with a music giant, Henry Hirsch (Micheal Jackson, Lenny Kravtiz, Madonna, etc.). This album went number 7 in the Pop category on iTunes.
The group also finished second place on Canada’s Got Talent in 2012. In May 2014, Izabelle had the honor of hosting the Éloizes as well as participating in the Cercle des créateurs des Éloizes
where she had to compose a French song and had the chance to perform this song in front of a large room. It was after this performance that the desire to make an album in French came to
him.
In an innovative context, Izabelle dares to create French music. With her joy, she would like to inspire the young people of today to go and dream. With her life and career experiences, her goal is always to share her passion with as many people as possible.
The singer-songwriter has been a member of the New Brunswick music scene for over 10 years and played over 1800+ shows during this period in Europe, the United States and across Canada.

Phoenix Community Choir in Concert! with Special Guests: Shining Lights Choir
2017-03-08 - 2017-03-09
The Phoenix Community Choir will perform with special guests Shining Lights Choir on March 8th and 9th at the Bus Stop Theatre! Seating will be limited, and will create an intimate musical experience. This concert will feature group songs, soloists, community musicians, and art from the Phoenix Special Initiatives Art Program! Come join us for a night of celebrating community, youth, and singing!
Where: Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street
When: March 8th & 9th. Doors at 6:30pm, Concert at 7:00pm
Cost: Pay-What-You-Can, in support of Phoenix Youth Programs (https://phoenixyouth.ca/)
More about the Phoenix Choir:
The Phoenix Community Choir is a program that powerfully highlights the impact made when youth, community members and Phoenix staff join their voices together in song. The choir provides members with new skills, opportunities to stretch beyond one’s comfort zone and lots of laughter! It is a community of people who love music and believe in social justice.
Since 2011 the Choir has sung over 200 songs with numerous celebrities, traveled across Atlantic Canada and Quebec, and touched the lives of thousands of people through membership and performance. The choir has collaborated with many local stars, including members of the Rankin family, Ben Caplan, Symphony Nova Scotia, The Once and VOX, and have become known for high energy performances of songs as diverse as their group.

suddenlyLISTEN: Cory Bowles Unleashed
2017-03-07 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax)
What the heck is going to happen?
8pm, Tuesday, March 7, 2017
The Bus Stop Theatre
2203 Gottingen Street, Halifax
$20 or PWYC, available at the door

Featuring a special guest whose talents are so numerous, they can barely be contained in one room!

Cory Bowles
is known well as an actor (Trailer Park Boys); an award winning film director and writer (Black Cop); a dancer/choreographer (Verve Mwendo); a musician (Hip Club Groove); and an activist and community leader. And he’s an improviser, so suddenlyLISTEN has invited Cory to explore any and all of these worlds with two local master improvisers, Norman Adams (cello/processing) and D’Arcy Gray (percussion). The concert will mash together music, comedy, spoken word, and movement all in one night. This is an evening of virtuosity not to be missed!

About suddenlyLISTEN
suddenlyLISTEN, based in Halifax and founded in 2000, is focused exclusively on exploratory, improvised chamber music and creative art events. Celebrating improvisation, it aims to open minds and ears through unique listening adventures and hands-on experiences. Throughconscious listening, and a wide variety of artists and aesthetics, suddenlyLISTEN concerts create a sound all their own, embodying openness, cooperation, vulnerability, intelligence and wit.

For more information please contact:
Norman Adams
norm@suddenlylisten.com

Here is Cory’s Soundcloud page, check here for his music.
Here is Cory’s short film trailer, to experience his work as a film maker.

Groupthink Presented By Nostos Collectives
2017-03-03 - 2017-03-05
Nostos Collectives Dance Association is back performing for their third season! Our new performance “groupthink” is an exploration combining improvisation, choreography, and theatre. We will explore arena style theatre to challenge both ourselves and the audience by creating a 360 degree performance venue.
With The Bus Stop Theatre as our home base and thanks to Arts Nova Scotia, we look forward to producing this exciting, immersive work. The work will premier March 3rd-5th, 2017 at The Bus Stop Theatre, 8 PM.
Reserve your tickets by e-mailing: nostoscollectives@gmail.com

The Art of Working While Black: An Art Exhibit of the Black Experience
2017-03-01 16:30 - 20:30 (America/Halifax)
Please join us in celebration of African Liberation Month for an art exhibit of six local Black Nova Scotian artists. We will journey through these experiences through narrative performances of the local theater group iMOVe, and be reminded of the resilience through instrumentalists, and vocal performers.
The event is free and everyone is welcome! Locally catered refreshments and free childcare will be provided on site. Cash bar will be open.
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This event is a collaboration between CUPE and Working While Black. Working While Black is a project of community groups Ujamaa, Solidarity Halifax and the Kwacha House Cafe.

Heathers: The Musical
2017-02-21 - 2017-02-26
Whale Song Theatre invites you to join them for their premiere show – Heathers: The Musical.
Based on the classic 1989 film, Westerberg High is ruled by a shoulder-padded, scrunchie-wearing trio: Heather, Heather and Heather – the hottest and cruelest girls in all of Ohio. But misfit Veronica Sawyer rejects their evil regime for a new boyfriend, the dark and sexy stranger J.D., who plans to put the Heathers in their place – six feet under. Sexy, sassy and laugh-out-loud funny, Heathers: The Musical will blow you away.
Please note: this show contains coarse language, sexuality, violence and mature themes. Viewer discretion IS advised!
We are thrilled to be supporting Phoenix Youth Programs with this production. We are comitted to donating a portion of every ticket to the incredible work they do with the at-risk youth of Halifax.
CLICK HERE FOR TICKETS
***THE DETAILS***
What: “Heathers: The Musical”
When: Preview Night – Tues Feb 21 @ 7:30 ($10 tickets for all!)
Wed Feb 22 – Sat Feb 25 @ 7:30pm
Sat Feb 25 – Sun Feb 26 @ 2:00pm
Where: The Bus Stop Theatre on Gottingen St
Cost: $20 for Students/Seniors/Artists/Underwaged & $25 for everyone else
***THE TEAM***
Producer: Laura Thornton
Director: Emily Jewer
Musical Director: Sarah Richardson
Choreographer: Ian Gilmore
Stage Manager: Olivia McGinn
Assistant Stage Manager: Levente Lakner
Wardrobe: Naomi Froese
Projection Design/Media: Sean Skerry
The Cast: Melissa MacGougan, Sean O’Brien, Tamara Fifield, Shanoa Phillips, Julia Topple, Tyler Craig, Nick Cox, Jessica Oliver, Maureen Batt, Garrett Barker, Brian Hart, Morgan Melnyk, Rachel Mundy, Madeleine Tench, Emily McInnis, Jordan Burke
***WE COULDN’T DO IT WITHOUT THESE FOLKS***
Halifax Circus, North Street Sobeys, Queen Street Sobeys, Aperature Studios, Collin’s Tattoo and Piercing, Neptune Theatre, Delta Barrington, Halifax Mooseheads, David’s Tea, Garrett Barker, Francesca Barnett-Cowan, Mary Anne & Paul Richardson, Fiona Ryan, Heather Topple, Erin Burbidge, Sheila Davis, Nicole & Brandon Nunn, Valerie Verge, Taylor Andrews, Allie DeBendetto, The GoFundMe Team, Luke Morrison

(Re-fringed) Speaking In Tongues - African Nova Scotian Storytellers
2017-02-17 - 2017-02-18
Friday Feb 17th – 6:30PM
Saturday Feb 18th – 2:00PM & 7:00PM
$15/$10
“Four noted storytellers will present a concert of African Nova Scotia tales taken from history (Birchtown Loyalists), family (Viola Desmond and family, Halifax; Fraser family, North Preston; Maxwell family, Marble Mountain, Cape Breton) and contemporary tales of Halifax (from Natal Day stories to even partying at the Derby Tavern in the 1980’s!). The emphasis is on humour but each tale will reveal important truths about Nova Scotia. In ‘The Iceman Cometh’ a story by Wanda Robson (the 89 year-old sister of Nova Scotia human rights icon Viola Desmond) set in the 1930’s, a delivery man in the habit of delivering ice to Black families on Gottingen only at the end of the day run when the ice was bad prompts Robson’s father to buy the first refrigerator in the community. In ‘Natal Day’ North Preston storyteller Vetty Thomas hilariously describes the hundred year old tradition of Blacks from Preston attending the annual Dartmouth birthday celebration en masse (every man, woman, senior and child!) and how the tradition came to an abrupt end when the popular route ending at Lake Banook was changed by City officials in the 1990’s. There are also stories from around the province like the story of the Marble Mountain Maxwell’s: twin brothers who worked on fishing schooners on the Grand Banks in the late 1800’s (one of whom appeared as the Gaelic speaking cook in the famed Rudyard Kipling novel Captain’s Courageous).
The stories are true stories of events, personalities and communities that are also declarations of pride and triumph in the often difficult racial climate of Nova Scotia…And they are as ‘Nova Scotian as the Bluenose’ declares David Woods- the show’s creator and one of its storytellers. Featured storytellers: Louise DeLisle (Shelburne), Wanda Robson (North Sydney), Nathan Simmons (East Preston), Vetty Thomas (North Preston), David Woods (Dartmouth). Musical accompaniment by Owen Lee. For the whole family…not to be missed.”

(Re-Fringed) darkmatter & The Vanishing Woman - A DOUBLE BILL
2017-02-15 - 2017-02-18
Wednesday Feb 15th – 9:30PM
Thursday Feb 16th – 8:30PM
Saturday Feb 18th – 4:00PM
Tickets $10 – double bill with The Vanishing Woman
At the Re-Fringed festival 2017!
A tiny, funny, micro-exploration of grief, told through a collision of astrophysics and the supernatural. “Containing the universe, mapping it out. Trying to put numbers to the expanses, chart places we will never reach in our lifetimes. But first: breakfast.” Directed by Garry Williams, featuring performances by Dan Bray, Christine Daniels, and Colleen MacIsaac, and stage managed by Olivia McGinn (with love to original company members Dorian Lang and Ashley Marie Pike).
“A delightful, pensive little Fringe treat…see this if you’ve ever felt lonely when faced with the vastness of the universe” – Nicole Maunsell, The Coast
AUDIENCE RESPONSES:
“a tiny play that packs a punch”
“Must See ….moved me deeply in a tiny amount of time”
“This packed more feels into 15 minutes than some hour-long shows. I loved every second.”

The Vanishing Woman by Trevor Poole
A man’s beliefs in reality and true love get tangled with his notions of magic and wonder. This man has an imaginary dialogue with a woman in the form of short play, believing that his dreams and delusions are no less real than the outside world.

(Re-Fringed) The Fear Project
2017-02-15 - 2017-02-18
The Fear Project
Wednesday Feb 15th – 6:30PM
Thursday Feb 16th – 9:30PM
Saturday Feb 18th – 9:00PM
$10
Winner of the 2016 Fringiest Fringe Show Award, THE FEAR PROJECT is a new music theatre creation by DaPoPo Theatre. Kristi Anderson and Garry Williams explore personal and cultural fears from June bugs, clowns, and terrorism to gentrification, sex, and the utter meaninglessness of existence. FEAR features original songs by Anderson and Williams, and was workshop directed by Guillermo Verdecchia as part of DaPoPo Theatre’s 2015 Live In Festival. The creation of this piece has been supported by Arts Nova Scotia.
Feedback from 2016 Fringe includes:
“I was in a daze for two hours afterwards!”
“I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“I was so intrigued by this that I went to see it twice, I’m so pleased that others were equally impressed.”
“The FEAR Project made me laugh – and shudder a bit!”

(Re-Fringed) The Princess Show
2017-02-15 - 2017-02-18
Don’t miss this buzzed about Fringe Hit that was voted overall Best of the Fest in 2016 and what Local Xpress includes as one of the most memorable shows of 2016 in Nova Scotia.
Princess Edward, the bearded sequinned wonder, takes the audience into a world where anime heroes, bass guitarist rock stars and pop epics meld into one. Join Princess Edward and her family in this music-filled lip-synched thriller where Princess puts it all on the line to save her beloved.
Written by Aaron Collier
Starring Aaron Collier and Richie Wilcox
Directed by Richie Wilcox
Original Composition, Sound Design and Projection Design by Aaron Collier
Costume Design by Deonie Hudson
Wednesday, February 15th – 10:30pm
Thursday, February 16th – 6:30pm
Friday, February 17th – 10:00pm
Saturday, February 18th – 12:30pm
“Mesmerizing” – Local Xpress
“Powerhouse performance” – The Coast

(RE-Fringed) The Wrath of Ponzi
2017-02-15 - 2017-02-18
The wrath returns, and this time, it means business.
Terra Novella Theatre presents The Wrath of Ponzi
Written and Directed by Nicholas Cox
February 15-18 at The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street
Part of Re-Fringed
Comedy/Horror – 14A (Staged Violence, Language, Blood)
60 min – Tickets $10.00
OmniGlo. What do they sell? Business opportunities. As bold in their statements as they are vague in their product description, they are taking the continent by storm. Jim, an up and coming recruit of the mysterious enterprise, is ready to make his first major sale…by any means necessary. Will Jim fulfill his destiny to become the perfect salesman? Or will he be led down a path of madness resulting in the bloodiest massacre at an OmniGlo meeting since last year’s national conference in Utah? Only time will tell. Winning the 2016 Atlantic Fringe Award for Best New Play by an Atlantic Canadian Playwright, reviewers had this to say: “Savage Satire..” -Local Xpress, “Likely one of the more unforgettable shows you’ll see.” -The Coast, “Well, the world can always use more comedy, and the horror was….expertly done.” -The Director’s Mother. Starring: Danny MacFarlane, Audrey Eastwood, Tesia Brown, Jessica Oliver and Andrew Chandler

Re-Fringed
2017-02-15 - 2017-02-18
Re-Fringed brings you 5 great shows from the 2015 Atlantic Fringe over the course of 4 days, only at the Bus Stop Theatre! Catch that show you missed, revisit that show you loved, and get inspiration for your 2017 Fringe application!
Reserve your tickets soon – seating is limited! Ticket go on sale Monday Feb 6!
In Re-Fringed you can check out: darkmatter & The Vanishing Woman – A DOUBLE BILL, The Wrath of Ponzi, The Fear Project, The Princess Show, & Speaking In Tongues – African Nova Scotian Storytellers!
darkmatter & The Vanishing Woman – A DOUBLE BILL
Wednesday Feb 15th – 9:30PM
Thursday Feb 16th – 8:30PM
Saturday Feb 18th – 4:00PM
$10
The Vanishing Woman by Trevor Poole
A man’s beliefs in reality and true love get tangled with his notions of magic and wonder. This man has an imaginary dialogue with a woman in the form of short play, believing that his dreams and delusions are no less real than the outside world.
darkmatter
A tiny, funny, micro-exploration of grief, told through a collision of astrophysics and the supernatural. “Containing the universe, mapping it out. Trying to put numbers to the expanses, chart places we will never reach in our lifetimes. But first: breakfast.” Directed by Garry Williams, featuring performances by Dan Bray, Christine Daniels, and Colleen MacIsaac, and stage managed by Olivia McGinn (with love to original company members Dorian Lang and Ashley Marie Pike).
“A delightful, pensive little Fringe treat…see this if you’ve ever felt lonely when faced with the vastness of the universe” – Nicole Maunsell, The Coast
The Wrath of Ponzi
Wednesday Feb 15th – 8:00PM
Friday Feb 17th – 8:30PM
Saturday Feb 18th – 10:30PM
$10.00
OmniGlo. What do they sell? Business opportunities. As bold in their statements as they are vague in their product description, they are taking the continent by storm. Jim, an up and coming recruit of the mysterious enterprise, is ready to make his first major sale…by any means necessary. Will Jim fulfill his destiny to become the perfect salesman? Or will he be led down a path of madness resulting in the bloodiest massacre at an OmniGlo meeting since last year’s national conference in Utah? Only time will tell. Winning the 2016 Atlantic Fringe Award for Best New Play by an Atlantic Canadian Playwright, reviewers had this to say: “Savage Satire..” -Local Xpress, “Likely one of the more unforgettable shows you’ll see.” -The Coast, “Well, the world can always use more comedy, and the horror was….expertly done.” -The Director’s Mother. Starring: Danny MacFarlane, Audrey Eastwood, Tesia Brown, Jessica Oliver and Andrew Chandler
The Fear Project
Wednesday Feb 15th – 6:30PM
Thursday Feb 16th – 9:30PM
Saturday Feb 18th – 9:00PM
$10
Winner of the 2016 Fringiest Fringe Show Award, THE FEAR PROJECT is a new music theatre creation by DaPoPo Theatre. Kristi Anderson and Garry Williams explore personal and cultural fears from June bugs, clowns, and terrorism to gentrification, sex, and the utter meaninglessness of existence. FEAR features original songs by Anderson and Williams, and was workshop directed by Guillermo Verdecchia as part of DaPoPo Theatre’s 2015 Live In Festival. The creation of this piece has been supported by Arts Nova Scotia.
Feedback from 2016 Fringe includes:
“I was in a daze for two hours afterwards!”
“I’ve never seen anything like it.”
“I was so intrigued by this that I went to see it twice, I’m so pleased that others were equally impressed.”
“The FEAR Project made me laugh – and shudder a bit!”
The Princess Show
Wednesday Feb 15th – 10:30PM
Thursday Feb 16th – 6:30PM
Friday Feb 17th – 10:00PM
$10
Don’t miss this buzzed about Fringe Hit that was voted overall Best of the Fest in 2016 and what Local Xpress includes as one of the most memorable shows of 2016 in Nova Scotia. Princess Edward, the bearded sequinned wonder, takes the audience into a world where anime heroes, bass guitarist rock stars and pop epics meld into one. Join Princess Edward and her family in this music-filled lip-synched thriller where Princess puts it all on the line to save her beloved. “Mesmerizing” – Local Xpress “Powerhouse performance” – The Coast
Speaking In Tongues – African Nova Scotian Storytellers
Friday Feb 17th – 6:30PM
Saturday Feb 18th – 2:00PM & 7:00PM
$15/$10
“Four noted storytellers will present a concert of African Nova Scotia tales taken from history (Birchtown Loyalists), family (Viola Desmond and family, Halifax; Fraser family, North Preston; Maxwell family, Marble Mountain, Cape Breton) and contemporary tales of Halifax (from Natal Day stories to even partying at the Derby Tavern in the 1980’s!). The emphasis is on humour but each tale will reveal important truths about Nova Scotia. In ‘The Iceman Cometh’ a story by Wanda Robson (the 89 year-old sister of Nova Scotia human rights icon Viola Desmond) set in the 1930’s, a delivery man in the habit of delivering ice to Black families on Gottingen only at the end of the day run when the ice was bad prompts Robson’s father to buy the first refrigerator in the community. In ‘Natal Day’ North Preston storyteller Vetty Thomas hilariously describes the hundred year old tradition of Blacks from Preston attending the annual Dartmouth birthday celebration en masse (every man, woman, senior and child!) and how the tradition came to an abrupt end when the popular route ending at Lake Banook was changed by City officials in the 1990’s. There are also stories from around the province like the story of the Marble Mountain Maxwell’s: twin brothers who worked on fishing schooners on the Grand Banks in the late 1800’s (one of whom appeared as the Gaelic speaking cook in the famed Rudyard Kipling novel Captain’s Courageous).
The stories are true stories of events, personalities and communities that are also declarations of pride and triumph in the often difficult racial climate of Nova Scotia…And they are as ‘Nova Scotian as the Bluenose’ declares David Woods- the show’s creator and one of its storytellers. Featured storytellers: Louise DeLisle (Shelburne), Wanda Robson (North Sydney), Nathan Simmons (East Preston), Vetty Thomas (North Preston), David Woods (Dartmouth). Musical accompaniment by Owen Lee. For the whole family…not to be missed.”

DRUNK ROMEO AND JULIET: A DRINK ALONG
2017-02-13
February 13, 2017 at 7 30 PM
Bus Stop Theatre
Pay What You Want
Valentine’s Day:
“…According to legend, during his imprisonment, Saint Valentine healed the daughter of his jailer, Asterius, and before his execution, he wrote her a letter signed “Your Valentine” as a farewell.”
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Valentine’s_Day)
Let’s be honest, Valentine’s Day has always been a bit macabre.

This year try celebrating it honestly with a little booze, a frenzy of passion, and the deaths of some famous literary lovers. bring your bae.
what it is:
Romeo and Juliet, as written by Shakespeare, condensed into a one-hour show where four actors take on the roles of Romeo, Juliet, and everyone else, drinks in hand.
There will be various drinking games played out during each scene for the actors and audience alike – so you can sip along, and play along!
performed by:
Ailsa Galbreath
Gina Thornhill
James Maclean
Katie Dorian
helping hands:
Kat Mccormack
Zach Faye
how it works:
Reserve a ticket to the show here:
drunkshakespearehfx@gmail.com
or purchase at the door. (all tix pay what you want!)

there will be two intermissions

the show will be about 90 minutes with both intermissions.
** this is a fundraiser: proceeds from the show will go to support The Bus Stop Theatre

Sex From All Sides: Perspectives, Confessions, and Cabaret!
2017-02-10 - 2017-02-11
Join VOX and Don’t BE Afraid for Sex From All Sides: Perspectives, Confessions, and Cabaret!
February 10 & 11 @ 8pm
The Bus Stop Theatre
Admission: $15, Ages 19+
Sex From All Sides features VOX members and community groups from the Halifax area, including:
House of Bastet
The Magic Project
Stepping Stone
Venus Envy
We will also be joined by special guest Pam Brown.
The evening will feature cabaret, spoken word, burlesque and more in hopes that we can work to let go of shame to celebrate our individual sexual expression.
Come ready to laugh, cry, blush, and leave the show relieved, excited, and a little more free!
Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/sex-from-all-sides-tickets-31143475975

(EVENT CANCELLED) Le Gala des Rendez-Vous de la Francophonie
2017-02-09 20:00 - 22:00 (America/Halifax)
EVENT CANCELED DUE TO WEATHER

Juste pour rire, Fondation canadienne pour le dialogue des cultures et le Conseil communautaire du Grand-Havre présentent Le Gala des Rendez-Vous de la Francophonie.
Une soirée d’humour animée par Maxim Martin, présentant la reléve de l’humour francophone avec Eddy King, Mike Paterson et Neev !Réservez vos billets en ligne dès maintenant sur notre site internet www.ccgh.ca

Canadian Roots Youth Exchange Fundraiser
2017-02-07 18:00 - 20:00 (America/Halifax)
The Canadian Roots Halifax-Saskatoon Exchange team invites you to our silent auction/performance fundraiser!
We are raising funds to help cover the costs of the activities we are planning for Saskatoon youth visiting Halifax in February. Come join us for an evening of muscial and dance performances and an auction of items donated by local organizations. We hope to see many people coming to support this amazing initiative – please invite your friends!
Canadian Roots Exchange – Échanges Racines Canadiennes Indigenous based leadership, learning and reconciliation experiences to all youth participants. Through exchanges, we bring together youth in cities, towns, and traditional territories across Canada in an effort to break down stereotypes, open a dialogue, and build honest relationships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people living on this land.
For more information about Canadian Roots Exchange: http://www.cre-erc.ca/
We look forward to seeing you soon!
Wela’lin,
The Canadian Roots Halifax Exchange Team

Heavy
2017-02-01 - 2017-02-05
Gain 100 pounds, then lose that 100 pounds in six months.
Body shaming, self loathing, eating disorders, and parenting as an obese dad are part of his fight on the journey to self love, body positivity and becoming a superhero dad.
Written and performed by Taylor Olson
Directed by Sansom Marchand
55 minutes
The Bus Stop Theatre
Feb 1, 2, 3, 4, 5th @8pm
Feb 4 and 5th @ 2pm

Tickets:
$15 regular admission
$10 students/ artists/ seniors
Tickets at the door will be cash only,
Or
Can pre order tickets here!
http://www.tickethalifax.com/events/41061817/heavy-by-taylor-olson

Trigger warning:
– Eating disorders
-Profanity
– Intense themes
-Reference to self harm
The production is generously sponsored by Arts NS.
Poster done by Tyler Messervey!

Canadian Labour International Film Festival
2017-01-30 07:30 - 21:00 (America/Halifax)
Mayworks Halifax in partnership with CLiFF and the Bus Stop Theatre Coop presents a series of 9 short films about work and those who do it.

2017 Mayworks Halifax Program Launch!
This event will also serve as an announcement platform for the 2017 Mayworks Halifax Festival lineup! Join us to hear first what will be on the program to celebrate this year’s May Day.
About the Canadian International Film Festival
CLiFF is a national film festival that aims to tell the stories of workers – unionised and non-unionised. It is the stage and the voice of those who seek justice on the job and dignity in their workplace.
Details and trailers of our film selection is available here.

Toxic Nova Cinema #1
2017-01-18 20:00 - 21:00 (America/Halifax)
Cinema that melts minds- courtesy of local filmmakers in Halifax Nova Scotia at The Bus Stop Theatre Co-op !
The bar will be open and your brain can absorb new and exciting ideas!
$10 admission
7:30 PM doors open
8 PM:TOXIC SHORTS 1
9:15 TOXIC SHORTS 2

*** FILMS CONTAIN HARSH LANGUAGE & SUBJECT MATERIAL
TOXIC SHORTS #1
Death Flame (2016)
Transmission (2016)
The Backyard (2013)
Ingrid and the Black Hole (2016)
Grave Concerns (2016)
NightCall (2016)
GnomeDizzle (2016)
Presence (2013)
Pickled Punk (2006)
INTERMISSION 30 MINS
TOXIC SHORTS #2
Toxic Cornhole (2016)
Gwilliam (2015)
Awesome New Dance Crazy (2011)
Monster Island (2014)
Nova Scotia Tourist Industry (1998)
Ken Fucks Up Trilogy
Short Films By: Yalitsa Riden, Leah Johnston, Nicole Steeves, Colin MacDonald, Jackie Torrens, Glen Matthews, Todd Fraser, James Macswain, Struan R. Sutherland, Sean Grady
Kristen Swinkels, Alisi AT, T Nicole Holland, and Brian Lonado.
Come out to the first show of Toxic Nova Cinema…
Local Films Galore. Help build community.
#NSFILMJOBS #SupportIndieFilm

Terra Novella Theatre presents: Conjurers' Court - A Magic Show
2017-01-17 19:30 - 21:30 (America/Halifax)
Come one, come all to a special magical showcase in cooperation with Terra Novella Theatre and the magicians of Halifax’s magic club, the Conjurers’ Court!
Get ready to be amazed, amused, and entertained by some of Halifax’s finest professional and hobby magicians. Tickets are pay what you can at the door or after the show.
There will be a bar available for refreshments as well. Children are allowed to attend although magic is not targeted at the young ones.
Time: Show starts at 7:30PM, with doors opening ~30 minutes before, show will run until about 9:30PM

Matchstick Theatre presents: In On It
2017-01-11 20:00 - 2017-01-15 22:00 UTC
Daniel MacIvor’s In On It is a reality-bending, overlooked Canadian gem. Both hilarious and truly tragic, the play questions how and why we tell stories, especially the ones we tell ourselves to help us through our most difficult moments.
Matchstick Theatre’s production stars Brandon Lorimer and Tom Lute and runs at The Bus Stop Theatre from January 11th-15th, 2017 with the support of Theatre Nova Scotia.
Matchstick Theatre produces contemporary Canadian plays and strives to ignite, affect, transport, and transform its audience with every performance.
Visit www.matchsticktheatre.net for more information.
