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SUMMARY:KAMP – Workshop Production
DESCRIPTION:KAMP – Workshop Production\nBradley & Williams in association with DaPoPo Theatre   \n& \n \n  \nDate: \nSPECIAL ADDITION (in partnership with the MAYWORKS Festival) \nApril 29-30 – 7.30pm Halifax Music Co-op\, 2164 Barrington St\nHalifax\, Nova Scotia Canada \nSession 1 (STAGES Fest): May 16\, 2017 – 2pm    VENUE: The Living Room \nSession 2 (STAGES Fest): May 27\, 2017 – 11am  VENUE: The Bus Stop Theatre \n(Note: one ticket gives access to ALL THREE sessions\, but you do not HAVE to attend all sessions to enjoy the experience.) \n  \nBox Office\nwww.tickethalifax.com \nTicket Prices: $25 (Three sessions included) \nCLICK HERE FOR SONGSPIEL TICKETS\n\nPLUS: An orchestral preview of a new Musical by Jamie Bradley and Garry Williams\nThe Nazis hated them because they were gay… but that’s what saved them\nKAMP Songspiel: An Orchestral Preview will highlight some of the original songs of this new musical and introduce the audience to the characters and their lives in the “Pink Barrack” as they plan and rehearse their own cabaret. \nThe Songspiel will feature a number of queer performers from the Halifax theatre community. The KAMP Cabaret Band will include musicians from the Halifax Music Co-Op\, under the Musical Direction of John Bogardus. \nA ticket to KAMP Songspiel gives you admission to two separate stage readings of the play presented during the STAGES Theatre Festival on May 16th and 27th! \nSo that’s THREE performances for one ticket. \n\nDescription:\nThe Nazis hated them because they were gay… but that’s what saved them. \nKAMP is a two-act musical that tells the story of a group of homosexual men\, interred in a Nazi concentration camp\, who use their artistic talents to secretly produce their own musical revue; a project that would give them hope to survive\, hold on to their identities\, and maintain their humanity. KAMP is based on historical truth. \nThis reading is presented in a unique way. \n  \nHow the ‘multiple readings’ thing works:\nAfter you have enjoyed\, experienced and lived the music at the songspiel… \nThe play receives a first reading in week one of the STAGES Theatre Festival\, then a second reading in week two after work has been done. \n‘KAMP’ (by Jamie Bradley & Garry Williams ) will be the second play script to receive this treatment. We initiated this process in 2016 and it proved successful and very useful to the writer. \nSession 1 will feature a staged-reading of this new work in-development followed by a moderated feedback session with the audience.  Over the course of ten days\, the playwrights will rework the piece (heeding OR ignoring the audience’s comments!) for a reading to take place the following week.\n \n \n\n 
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LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Playwright Unit - Off The Page
DESCRIPTION:Date: \nMay 26\, 2017 –  9pm \nBox Office:\nwww.tickethalifax.com \nTicket Prices: $5 \nDescription:\nEastern Front Theatre’s Playwrights Unit is a group of Halifax based writers who meet to share their progress on current works and receive feedback from their peers. STAGES will feature staged readings from works in progress by these talented individuals. \nThe writers will be present for a day of rehearsal with a team of actors and a director\, to see a ten-minute section of their play lift off the page. \nThis year’s nine Playwright Unit participants are: \nSam Horak\, Katerina Bakolias\, Kim Parkhill\, Laura Burke\, Andrew Chandler\, Sarah Jane Blenkhorn\, Amy Groening\, Dan Bray\, Liz Richardson \nEastern Front Theatre’s Writer in Residence 2017\nShelley Thompson trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (UK)\, the screenwriting lab at the Canadian Film Centre (2015) and recently (2016) was one of eight female writer/directors selected for the Women In the Directors Chair (WIDC) Program. \nWork as an actor included: The National Theatre (UK)\, Adelphi and Whitehall Theatres\, (West End)\, numerous UK regionals\, Shaw Festival\, The Neptune\, The Globe and more in Canada.  Television/film includes eleven season of Trailer Park Boys (Barb Lahey) and six seasons of ITV- UK’s Mike and Angelo (Rita) and the cult film Labyrinth with David Bowie. \nPlaywriting includes: A Kind of Faith (2004 – an Acadian odyssey)\, Leaving Wonderland (2015). For children: Belinda the Bicycle Witch\, Bluenose Billy and Lost and Found.  Presently (2017) playwright-in-residence for Eastern Front Theatre\, Halifax Nova Scotia\, developing an all female production about the Dieppe invasion of 1942 –  A Bloody Jubilee – in association with Northern Broadsides Theatre (UK). \nScreenwriting/direction includes the short DAWG (2015) which played family film festivals across North America. Her new short\, Bats\, premiered at the Atlantic Film Festival (Halifax\,Sept 2016) and has played festivals throughout the Maritimes to date.  Her feature project The Benefit  was one of four chosen by the Atlantic Film Festival for their Script Development Program 2016 to develop/pitch at the festival\,  and her feature Dawn\, Her Dad\, and the Tractor has been supported by the Canada Council for development. \nBased in Halifax/Dartmouth\, Thompson is parent to singer/songwriter T. Thomason\, and a champion of LGBTQ issues. \nTwitter: @ThompsonShelley \nPLAYWRIGHT UNIT BIOS\nKaterina Bakolias is a Halifax born and raised actor who recently delved into the world of playwriting. Her first written piece\, Re-taled\, was staged this summer in the Atlantic Fringe Festival. Re-taled explored the comedy and misadventures that often ensue when working in retail. Katerina completed her BA in Acting and History at Dalhousie University and played many roles at Dal including\, Masha (The Seagull)\, Duckling Smith (Our Country’s Good)\, and Meton (The Birds). She has most recently performed as Kate (Seminar) with Kick at the Dark Theatre and is very excited to be part of EFT’s Playwright Unit. \nLiz Richardson trained at the York University Theatre Program and the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (UK). Work in the UK includes: Whitehall Theatre\, Donmar Warehouse and Lyric Hammersmith (West End)\, two seasons with the Bristol Old Vic and in numerous regional theatres. Work in Canada includes: the Shaw Festival\, Canadian Stage in Toronto and seven seasons at Neptune Theatre. Film and television includes: Masterpiece Theatre\, Ladykillers\, Tales of the Unexpected\, Max Headroom (UK)\, Warbrides (CBC)\, Margaret’s Museum\, Haven\, Black Harbour (NS). \nWriting includes: Lyric collaboration for Fascinating Aida singing trio which she co-founded and dramaturgy for Jack Klaff- leading solo performer (UK). She co-wrote W(O)OF with Mary-Colin Chisolm and in 2012 her one-woman show Going On\, was selected as one of four plays for Eastern Front’s SuperNova Festival. The show has been performed in Halifax\, Mexico\, upstate NY\, Vancouver\, Stratford\, Seattle and Toronto. She has co-written another play S.P.I.N\, which is still in development and is delighted to be joining such talented folk in the playwriting unit for support in working on her first full length play\, Daniel. \nLiz has studied and taught many meditation programs in the Shambhala Buddhist tradition in Canada\, New Zealand and Chile and completed a three year retreat in 2010. \nKim Parkhill is a Halifax-based artist who principally performs and creates for the theatre\, among many other things. She has toured with productions through the Maritimes and to Germany. She is a member of ACTRA\, CAEA and PARC and is a former associate director of DaPoPo Theatre\, with whom she co-created/contributed writing for ten of the company’s original productions. As playwright\, credits include: A Good Death (Neptune Studio Theatre\, Halifax)\, Warp & Weft (co- created with Lizon Richard\, Atlantic Fringe\, Halifax)\, Phaedra’s Bed (Atlantic Fringe\, Halifax)\, The Again Walkers (Ibsen Bites\, LunaSea Theatre\, Halifax)\, Tom-Tom\, die TraumWerwerter (Winter’s Journey\, Halifax)\, And Then Nothing Happened (in development). \nAmy Groening began her career as an actress in her hometown of Winnipeg\, Manitoba working on such projects as Century Fox’s GOON and Space Channels TODD AND THE BOOK OF PURE EVIL. \nAmy now splits her time between Atlantic Canada and Toronto\, ON and has been busy working on numerous feature films and television shows. Her most recent projects include the NBC Universal pilot HORIZON\, eOne feature TEEN LUST\, a recurring character on CW’s REIGN as well as a leading role on CW’s comedy BACKPACKERS. Amy is thrilled to be working on her first feature in Atlantic Canada\, HALLOWEEN PARTY with Northeast Films. Additionally she is beyond excited to beginning her work with the Eastern Front Theatre’s Playwriting Unit. \nSam Horak is an emerging director\, playwright and theatre creator. Horak runs a small indie theatre company called Rolling Bold Productions with the focus on creating Queer and Feminist theatre with a rock n roll twist. Horak recently directed and produced Rocky Horror at North St. Church\, SIT ON MY FACE at Queer Acts (2016) and at the Company House\, Atlantic Fringe Festival (2015) winning the “Fringiest fringe award” and “5th for best box office”.   Horak also directed Sissydude\, a dandy rock musical with Trrrash productions in 2013\, and in 2012 at Queer Acts theatre festival\, winning a bronze medal for best theatrical production in the Coast “Best of” awards.  Kitchen\, a dirty rock tale is Horak’s first full-length script and is what allowed her to find her passion for writing. After taking part in PARC’S Playwrights Colony\, Horak is ever so grateful to be accepted into the playwright’s Unit with Eastern Front theatre\, receiving another opportunity for feedback with the guidance of Shelley Thompson. \nSarah Jane Blenkhorn is a writer\, performer and teacher. She has studied theatre\, technical production\, Western history and teaching English as a second language. Sarah worked in the Halifax theatre and film industries for more than a decade before going to Japan to teach English for eight years\, immersing herself in modern daily life and traditional culture there. She has worked collaboratively and individually on plays\, as well as her own poetry and nonfiction. In 2016\, following her return to Halifax\, she wrote and performed Rabbit Moon\, a one-woman play\, for the Atlantic Fringe Festival\, where it was received warmly. \nDan Bray is a multidisciplinary artist based in Halifax and holds an MA in Drama from the University of Toronto. As a playwright\, his work has been produced by the Villain’s Theatre\, Taboo Theatre\, and Lions Den Theatre. His adaptation of the elizabethan tragedy\, Arden of Faversham\, garnered him a Merritt nomination for “Outstanding New Play by a Nova Scotian Playwright\,” and two of his original plays won “Best Playwright” and “Best All Ages Show” in the Atlantic Fringe. He’s tremendously grateful to be included in the playwrights unit and working with Eastern Front. \nAndrew Chandler is an actor\, director\, producer and playwright from Halifax\, NS.  He holds a BMus in Percussion and a diploma in Musical Theatre Performance from Sheridan Institute.  As an actor he has performed with Two Plans and a Passion Theatre Company\, Ship’s Company Theatre\, Shakespeare by the Sea\, Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre\, DaPoPo Theatre\, Lion’s Den Theatre\, and a number of independent productions.  He is the artistic producer of Kick at the Dark Theatre Company\, and starred in their 2015 Merritt-Award winning production The Story of a Sinking Man by Morris Panych.  As a playwright\, he has co-written several plays including Going Down (with Ann Doyle)\, Stay At Home Dead (with Dorian Lang\, Jonny Thompson\, and Claire St.-François) and the Musical So… What About Love? (with Garry Williams and Amy Reitsma).  He has written short plays for Up the Hill Theatre productions and Once Upon a Theatre collective. \nLaura Burke is a writer and actor with a background in performance poetry. She debuted her first play\, Voices\, in San Francisco in 2011.  Since then\, she has shown her work in every province between Newfoundland and Manitoba.  Produced by The Doppler Effect\, Heartwood premiered at the Mayworks Festival in 2013\, then played at Neptune Theatre’s Open Spaces in 2014.  Laura performed an excerpt from her play\, Iris at the 2015 Soloicious Festival\, and in 2016\, her script proposal for Mad Ones was awarded support and collaboration from Eastern Front Theatre at the Stages Festival Pitch It Event.  She looks forward to working with all of the fine folk at the 2017 EFT Playwright’s Unit\, where she will develop Mad Ones – a play about love\, madness and identity set in 1730. \nNow in its 24th season\, Eastern Front Theatre is a Halifax based theatre company that commissions\, develops\, produces\, and presents plays that explore and celebrate the human condition in relation to our place in the world. We champion Atlantic Canadian artists and stories about Atlantic Canada. Eastern Front Theatre strives to stimulate\, entertain\, and challenge our audience with theatre that is provocative\, innovative\, and of the highest standard. \nEastern Front Theatre is proud to work with Theatre Nova Scotia\, Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre\, and our Print Media Sponsor The Coast. Eastern Front Theatre is generously funded by the Canada Council for the Arts\, the Department of Canadian Heritage\, Arts Nova Scotia\, and the Halifax Regional Municipality. \nEFT has received funding for the creation of Shelley Thompson’s new play\, ‘Bloody Jubilee’ from the Department of Communities\, Culture & Heritage. We are incredibly grateful. \nPlaywright Unit 2018\nTo apply to be part of the 2018 Playwright Unit\, write to Artistic Producer Jeremy Webb (jeremy@easternfronttheatre.com)\, including: \n* a sample of your playwrighting (a previously-written full script\, if you have one) \n* a resume \n* a brief synopsis or description of the play you wish to work on as part of the Unit \nDeadline to Submit: November 1st\, 2017
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/playwright-unit-off-the-page/
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SUMMARY:Lullaby: Inside The Halifax Explosion
DESCRIPTION:Lullaby: Inside The Halifax Explosion \nby Karen Bassett \nSemi-Staged Reading: Theatre for Young Audiences version of a brand new play \nVenue: BusStop Theatre \n  \nDate: \nMay 26\, 2017 – 4pm \n  \nBox Office:\nwww.tickethalifax.com \nTicket Prices: $5 \n  \nDescription: \nAn opportunity to hear a reading of Karen Bassett’s new play as it is about to be locked down. It’s time for some final notes! \nThis script is the high school version of Bassett’s play and this reading will give teachers a chance to hear the material before booking it in the Fall of 2017. \nLullaby: Inside The Halifax Explosion is a dramatic\, educational and emotive experience that explores little-told stories of the events of Dec 6\, 1917. \nIt is a day that has become synonymous with tales of heroism\, survival and of how a community fought against the disaster and the elements. It is a tale of how Canadians emerged from under terrible conditions to help each other. \nThe play is touring to Nova Scotia schools for four weeks\, starting September 13th\, 2017. To book the play to visit your school contact Allison McLeod at Neptune Theatre: 902 429-7300\, or by email: amacleod@neptunetheatre.com \n  \n  \n \n\n 
URL:https://busstoptheatre.coop/event/lullaby-inside-the-halifax-explosion/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre\, 2203 Gottingen Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K3B5\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Children's Theatre,Festival,STAGES,Theatre
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SUMMARY:Les & Dawn
DESCRIPTION:Les & Dawn\nPresented by LunaSea Theatre \nBy Jake Willett \nVenue: BusStop Theatre \n  \nDates & Times:\nMay 25 – 7.30pm \nMay 26 – 7.30pm \nMay 27th – 2pm & 7.30pm \n  \nBOX OFFICE:\nwww.tickethalifax.com \nTicket Prices: $20 / $15 \n  \nDescription:\nLes and Dawn is a fast-paced story about three lost souls; a simple man\, who has always done what was expected of him\, getting him nowhere; A brilliant\, yet broken\, little girl trying to make sense of the painful and hypocritical world around her; and a struggling\, yet devoted\, single mother run ragged by her daughter’s idiosyncrasies. These three unlikely allies teach each other to keep looking forward.
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