Review

Halifax Fringe Day #1

Amanda Campbell September 1, 2023

I couldn’t have picked a better way to begin...

Three female musicians and one male musician crowd around a sign that says Argyle Street Kitchen Party in front of a theatre. Each musician holds a different musical instrument. They are all smiling happy smiles.

Argyle Street Kitchen Party is Gettin’ Allllllllllllllll Fired Up at Neptune

Amanda Campbell August 23, 2023

Last night at the end of Act I of...

A young girl with brown hair looks very sad away from the camera, she holds an airline blanket around her.

Downed Hearts: New Play by Governor General Award Winning Playwright Catherine Banks at Ship’s Company

Amanda Campbell August 22, 2023

Catherine Banks’ new play Downed Hearts opened at Ship’s...

The Cambridge Battery on a beautiful clear day. In the Centre of the Image, Zach who plays The Nurse and Jade who plays Juliet sit together in a loving embrace. The Nurse is sweetly hugging Juliet. Both people look beautiful and perfectly content.

Shakespeare By the Sea Gives us a Romeo & Juliet for Our Time

Amanda Campbell August 19, 2023

Drew Douris-O’Hara’s production of Romeo and Juliet, which plays...

A young Black woman stands strong in front of a large campfire. She is bathed in the firelight. She wears a blue dress. She looks resolute.

Antigone Blazes Her Own Trail Fireside at Ross Creek

Amanda Campbell August 18, 2023

Sophocles wrote his play Antigone for the Festival of...

A woman in a green outfit with huge old fashioned riding goggles on sits exuberantly inside a big cardboard car. She is playing Toad in Wind in the Willows.

Nestle into Wind in the Willows at Ross Creek

Amanda Campbell August 18, 2023

Sometimes I wonder if plays are chosen for Two...