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SUMMARY:On the Line
DESCRIPTION:By Audrey Eastwood\nOn display May 1 to June 1\nReception on May 10\, 4:00pm-6:15pm\nArtist Q&A on May 10\, 6:15pm-7:00pm \n    \nChildcare is available for free and on site during the May 10th reception and Q&A. Please register in advance. \nASL interpretation will be available during the May 10 Reception and Q&A \n\nOn the Line is a time-lapse video and photo compilation of six months’ worth of one of domestic labor’s most repetitive and relentless tasks: laundry. By documenting every load washed\, every dryer load\, and every line of drying clothes\, the project seeks to show the cumulative weight of an everyday chore\, particularly within the context of parenting and motherhood. \n\n \nAUDREY EASTWOOD is a multi-disciplinary artist\, General Manager of the Bus Stop Theatre Co-op\, and Co-Founder and Artistic Producer of Terra Novella Theatre. She has worked as an actor\,  designer\, musician\, technician\, and fight choreographer for a number of Kjipuktuk based companies including Villain’s Theatre\, Kick at the Dark Theatre Co-op\, Halifax Summer Opera\, Halifax Fringe\, Votive Dance and Whale Song Theatre. She is the mother of two young children\, and lives on a small farm with them and her partner Nick. Her artistic practice has shifted in the last few years to try and find space in the small gaps of time between work and childcare: cutting floral designs into sourdough bread\, filling indoor and outdoor spaces with plants\, teaching her kids the names of different birds and trees and how to successfully cut paper without cutting your small fingers\, and by making this art piece out of her never ending laundry pile.
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LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Field Trip: Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum
DESCRIPTION:Heritage home of early 20th century socialist and artist Charles Macdonald!\nJoin us for a field trip to the Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum. Labour folklorist Emma Lang (guide of our popular Working Class Heritage Tours) will share some of the labour history of the places we’ll be driving through on the way! \nCharles Macdonald (1874-1967)\nCharles Macdonald was born in Nova Scotia and as a young man travelled the world working as a ship’s carpenter. He lived in Vancouver from 1908-1910 where he joined the fledgling Socialist Party of Canada. Returning to the Annapolis Valley in 1912\, he created the now celebrated Concrete House in Centreville. The building was first used as a small cooperative factory for the North Mountain Railroad\, and then as a home\, where he lived with his wife Mabel for forty years. Macdonald operated his concrete company as a socialist experiment and also helped create the Centreville Socialists with Roscoe A. Fillmore\, Frank Parry and Jim Sim. His artwork\, sculptures\, paintings\, and rugs hooked by Mabel are all still on display in their Concrete House. Today MacDonald is remembered as a folk artist and builder who transformed everyday materials into sculptural spaces and vibrant murals. \nConcrete House Museum\nKnown as a whimsical landmark in Centreville where art\, community\, and imagination come together\, this one-of-a-kind building was hand-crafted by Nova Scotia folk artist and builder Charles Macdonald. The factory-turned-home showcases his creativity and experimentation with concrete as an affordable and versatile material\, explorations which were rooted in his socialist beliefs. Visitors explore a living gallery filled with history\, creativity\, and surprising details around every corner. From its playful architecture to its connection with local makers\, the Concrete House invites visitors of all ages to slow down\, look closely\, and be inspired. \nBus Tour\nAs we make our way from Halifax to Centerville\, folklorist Emma Lang will set the scene of our visit by sharing information on how labour has shaped the landscape we pass through\, from canals to railroads to highways and from small farms to industrial agriculture.  \nItinerary\n9:00 AM – Departure from Halifax Public Gardens (Spring Garden Rd) via Coach Atlantic Bus\n11:00 AM – Arrival at the Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum in Centreville\, NS\n12:30 PM – Departure from Centreville\, NS\n1:00 PM – Stop for lunch at Pizza Lupa in Wolfville (meal not included in ticket price)\n3:30 PM – Arrival in Halifax (time is approximate) \nTickets\nTickets are available on a sliding scale from $15 to $25. Please consider offering within your means to support the work we do. The ticket includes the guided bus trip and tour of the museum\, but does not include the cost of a meal on the return stop. If cost is a barrier\, email info@mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca to ask for a PWYC ticket. Seating is limited\, reserve early! \n \nAccessibility\nThe museum and gallery are wheelchair accessible. Parking is available from Saxon St. The second floor is not open to the public. Service animals are welcome. The museum has a single bathroom only\, which is not wheelchair accessible. A stop to a nearby gas station will be made prior to arrival for bathroom usage. \nMeal\nAfter leaving the museum\, we will be making a stop in downtown Wolfville at 1:00 PM for a group meal at Pizza Lupa where a variety of appetizers and pizzas will be served for the group.\n\n**This meal is not included in the tour ticket fee and costs an additional $20+HST to be paid individually at the restaurant. This price does not include drinks\, which may be ordered individually on site.** \n \nYou are not obligated to participate in this group meal for lunch\, but will otherwise need to bring your own brown bag lunch for the return trip home. In order to best cater to the needs of the group\, please fill out the Food Order Form at your earliest convenience by following the link below.\n\n\nFOOD ORDER FORM\nBingo for Better\nThis is a great way to check off a few things on your bingo card! Find out more at bingoforbetter.ca \n \n 
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LOCATION:Charles Macdonald Concrete House Museum\, 19 Saxon St\, Centreville\, Nova Scotia\, B0P 1J0\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Call for Submissions: Mayworks 2027
DESCRIPTION:Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax celebrates workers\, justice and solidarity through art.\nOur festival presents works of art of any discipline that explore the connection between the labour movement and art\, art-making as labour\, as well as struggles against racial injustice\, environmental injustice\, and other forms of injustice. \nWe encourage applications from underrepresented or marginalized artists\, including Indigenous\, Black\, Disabled\, Two-Spirit and trans artists\, as well as artists from communities of colour and language minority communities. \nSubmissions need not be directly focused on work\, labour or unions. In making our curatorial decisions\, we look for works that are at the forefront of creative exploration\, while also highlighting the political nature of artistic work. We look to include stories from Queer\, Disabled\, Black and Indigenous communities\, in addition to content that speaks to working class and feminist struggles. \n🌟 Mayworks programming is chosen by a committee including our staff members and guest curators. \n🌟 Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax uses the Bus Stop Theatre as its main venue w/additional venues as needed. \n🌟 Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax provides presentation fees only\, not fees for development and creation (but feel free to ask for a letter of support). \nSubmit via Google Form here\nDeadline: October 2nd\, 2026 \nApplicants will be notified of their result by the end of November.
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SUMMARY:Fracas
DESCRIPTION:A new play in one act by Margaret Sweatman\nCo-presented with Eastern Front Theatre as part of StageWorks\n\n \nDirected by Arne MacPherson\nPerformed by Marie-Josée Chartier & Sébastien Labelle\nSound design by Ashley Au\nAdditional songs by Daniel Roy & Geordie Haley\nOriginal lighting design by Andy Rudolph\nStage management by Miah Lewis \nProduced by Chartier Danse \nNovember 19-20 | 7:30pm\nNovember 21 | 8:00pm \n55 minutes long. No intermission. Not suitable for all ages. No late entry. \nTwo-Show Pass!\nTickets starting at $15. For only $35\, get access to both this show and A Timed Speed-Read of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript (with additional notes) January 21-23 as part of StageWorks. \n \n\n\nSeeking love and meaning amidst the noise of a shattered world life.\nIn the moments after death\, the psyche of one person splits into two entities: Bardom and Ziggy. These alter-egos are in limbo\, the waiting room after death\, where the monsters of contemporary life swirl through an overly receptive imagination; it’s a play about all of us: tragic-comic failings\, vivid with love and resistance. \n \nVideo editing / trailers by Ed Hanley \n  \n \n \n \nPhotos by Rebecca Driedger \n\n\nCreative Team\n \nMargaret Sweatman\nWriter \nMargaret Sweatman is a playwright\, novelist\, lyricist and librettist. Her plays include: Flux\, a musical (music by Glenn Buhr)\, Manitoba Theatre Projects\, the Guelph Spring Festival\, and SummerWorks Toronto; Thirst\, (Theatre Projects Manitoba); Hectic\, Popular Theatre Alliance; and Fox\, PTE. Margaret’s libretti include god of war\, Vancouver New Music Festival; Red Sea\, Toronto Summer Music Festival; Dear Abelard\,Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. She has published seven novels. Awards include the Rogers Writers Trust Award for Fiction\, the Margaret Laurence Award\, the Carol Shields Winnipeg Award\, the Sunburst Award for Literature of the Fantastic\, and the McNally Robinson Award. https://dreamplay.ca/margaret-sweatman \n\n \nArne MacPherson\nDirector \nArne MacPherson is a Winnipeg-based theatre maker who has dedicated his 35-plus years as an artist to creating live performance\, starting out as an actor\, then moving into theatre direction\, and then into movement-based experimental work. He has worked on all of Winnipeg’s professional stages\, and across Canada\, including at the National Arts Centre. His practice has focused extensively on new work (he has helmed more than two dozen premieres)\, Shakespeare (he was a founder of Shakespeare in the Ruins)\, and independent theatre (he has directed and co-produced dozens of indie productions). \nDevised/experimental theatre and contemporary dance performances include: Glory! (We Quit Theatre)\, Moving In\, Moving Out (Weather Parade Dance Theatre)\, petites danses (Chartier Danse/Gearshifting)\, Much Too Much to Say (Company Link/Zorya Arrow). Through his association with sick + twisted theatre\, Arne has worked extensively with the Deaf and disability performance community. In 2022\, he co-produced and directed Antigone\, a new musical adapted from Anne Carson’s translation of Sophocles\, which featured a cast of deaf\, blind\, disabled\, and able-bodied performers. \n\n \nMarie-Josée Chartier\nPerformer \nA versatile artist\, whose talents transcend the boundaries of dance\, music\, opera and multi-media\, Marie-Josée Chartier moves easily between her many roles as choreographer\, performer\, director\, vocalist\, educator and mentor. Her dynamic choreography is influenced by contemporary music\, literature and the visual arts as she explores and deconstructs the vulnerabilities of human beings. Her acclaimed pieces have been presented at major festivals and by dance companies across Canada\, Europe and Latin America. Her work was the subject of several documentary films. Since 2003\, in addition to her activities as a performer and choreographer\, Marie-Josée directs/stages contemporary opera and multi-media productions for Gryphon Trio\, Architek Percussion\, Tapestry Opera\, Canadian Opera Company\, Glenn Gould School\, Théâtre Français de Toronto\, Theaturtle and l’Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal (ECM+). \nChartier received the following awards: Jacqueline Lemieux Prize (2015); K.M. Hunter Artist Award (2001)\, 9 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations; recipient of a Dora for fifty- one pieces of silver (2002) and shared two Doras with the collective URGE for And by the way Miss (2005). Marie-Josée formed Chartier Danse in 2003 to support her projects and create a cornerstone for large scale productions and partnerships in Canada and abroad. \nPhoto by Jeremy Mimnagh \n\n \nSébastien Labelle\nPerformer \nSébastien Labelle is the Artistic Producer for Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax\, a presenting organization that celebrates visions of a better world through its annual Festival of Working People & the Arts. He is a long-time creative collaborator with River Clyde Arts in PEI and former Executive Director of the Bus Stop Theatre Co-op which he successfully steered through a campaign to save its building from redevelopment. He is also an actor and dancer\, as well as a community activist and former union organizer. His involvement in both the arts and social movements has informed each other to reinforce his strong belief in the capacity of art to propel social change. He is an accomplished performer who has worked with numerous Nova Scotian theatre and dance companies\, including Matchstick Theatre\, Halifax Theatre for Young People\, Eastern Front Theatre\, Mocean Dance\, SiNS Dance\, Zuppa\, Workshirt Opera\, Shakespeare By the Sea\, Villain’s Theatre\, 2b Theatre and Two Planks and a Passion Theatre. His work on stage has earned him four Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Award nominations. His journey into dance started relatively late in his career when he joined the cast of petites danses\, choreographed by Marie-Josée Chartier and produced by Mocean Dance. Screen credits include Sullivan’s Crossing\, The Good House\, Chapelwaite\, Diggstown and Black Cop. \nPhoto by James MacLean \n\n \nAshley Au\nSound Design \nAshley Au is a Winnipeg-based bassist\, composer\, sound artist\, arranger\, music educator\, and queer creative. A multifaceted musician\, Ashley specializes in the upright and electric basses—performing\, touring and recording extensively. As a composer and sound artist\, Ashley’s work can be found behind various theatre\, opera and dance productions as well as Winnipeg’s ephemeral pop-up stages. After completing a degree in Jazz Bass Performance (B. Mus) at Brandon University\, Ashley has become an active member of Winnipeg’s arts and cultural community as a performer\, administrator and organizer. Ashley is the artistic director of Cluster New Music + Integrated Arts Festival and the stage producer for the Pride Winnipeg Festival. She also co-ordinates a BIPOC poetry writing workshop series through Contemporary Verse 2\, Canada’s oldest poetry journal. \nCurrent and past projects include work with Weakerthans frontman\, John K. Samson\, folk roots songstress\, Carly Dow; internationally-acclaimed Americana tastemaker\, Scott Nolan; Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers and Polaris Prize-nominated Canadian live hip-hop outfit\, Super Duty Tough Work. \nPhoto by Buio Assis \n\n \n\nThank you to our sponsors!
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/fracas/2026-11-19/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Fracas
DESCRIPTION:A new play in one act by Margaret Sweatman\nCo-presented with Eastern Front Theatre as part of StageWorks\n\n \nDirected by Arne MacPherson\nPerformed by Marie-Josée Chartier & Sébastien Labelle\nSound design by Ashley Au\nAdditional songs by Daniel Roy & Geordie Haley\nOriginal lighting design by Andy Rudolph\nStage management by Miah Lewis \nProduced by Chartier Danse \nNovember 19-20 | 7:30pm\nNovember 21 | 8:00pm \n55 minutes long. No intermission. Not suitable for all ages. No late entry. \nTwo-Show Pass!\nTickets starting at $15. For only $35\, get access to both this show and A Timed Speed-Read of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript (with additional notes) January 21-23 as part of StageWorks. \n \n\n\nSeeking love and meaning amidst the noise of a shattered world life.\nIn the moments after death\, the psyche of one person splits into two entities: Bardom and Ziggy. These alter-egos are in limbo\, the waiting room after death\, where the monsters of contemporary life swirl through an overly receptive imagination; it’s a play about all of us: tragic-comic failings\, vivid with love and resistance. \n \nVideo editing / trailers by Ed Hanley \n  \n \n \n \nPhotos by Rebecca Driedger \n\n\nCreative Team\n \nMargaret Sweatman\nWriter \nMargaret Sweatman is a playwright\, novelist\, lyricist and librettist. Her plays include: Flux\, a musical (music by Glenn Buhr)\, Manitoba Theatre Projects\, the Guelph Spring Festival\, and SummerWorks Toronto; Thirst\, (Theatre Projects Manitoba); Hectic\, Popular Theatre Alliance; and Fox\, PTE. Margaret’s libretti include god of war\, Vancouver New Music Festival; Red Sea\, Toronto Summer Music Festival; Dear Abelard\,Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. She has published seven novels. Awards include the Rogers Writers Trust Award for Fiction\, the Margaret Laurence Award\, the Carol Shields Winnipeg Award\, the Sunburst Award for Literature of the Fantastic\, and the McNally Robinson Award. https://dreamplay.ca/margaret-sweatman \n\n \nArne MacPherson\nDirector \nArne MacPherson is a Winnipeg-based theatre maker who has dedicated his 35-plus years as an artist to creating live performance\, starting out as an actor\, then moving into theatre direction\, and then into movement-based experimental work. He has worked on all of Winnipeg’s professional stages\, and across Canada\, including at the National Arts Centre. His practice has focused extensively on new work (he has helmed more than two dozen premieres)\, Shakespeare (he was a founder of Shakespeare in the Ruins)\, and independent theatre (he has directed and co-produced dozens of indie productions). \nDevised/experimental theatre and contemporary dance performances include: Glory! (We Quit Theatre)\, Moving In\, Moving Out (Weather Parade Dance Theatre)\, petites danses (Chartier Danse/Gearshifting)\, Much Too Much to Say (Company Link/Zorya Arrow). Through his association with sick + twisted theatre\, Arne has worked extensively with the Deaf and disability performance community. In 2022\, he co-produced and directed Antigone\, a new musical adapted from Anne Carson’s translation of Sophocles\, which featured a cast of deaf\, blind\, disabled\, and able-bodied performers. \n\n \nMarie-Josée Chartier\nPerformer \nA versatile artist\, whose talents transcend the boundaries of dance\, music\, opera and multi-media\, Marie-Josée Chartier moves easily between her many roles as choreographer\, performer\, director\, vocalist\, educator and mentor. Her dynamic choreography is influenced by contemporary music\, literature and the visual arts as she explores and deconstructs the vulnerabilities of human beings. Her acclaimed pieces have been presented at major festivals and by dance companies across Canada\, Europe and Latin America. Her work was the subject of several documentary films. Since 2003\, in addition to her activities as a performer and choreographer\, Marie-Josée directs/stages contemporary opera and multi-media productions for Gryphon Trio\, Architek Percussion\, Tapestry Opera\, Canadian Opera Company\, Glenn Gould School\, Théâtre Français de Toronto\, Theaturtle and l’Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal (ECM+). \nChartier received the following awards: Jacqueline Lemieux Prize (2015); K.M. Hunter Artist Award (2001)\, 9 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations; recipient of a Dora for fifty- one pieces of silver (2002) and shared two Doras with the collective URGE for And by the way Miss (2005). Marie-Josée formed Chartier Danse in 2003 to support her projects and create a cornerstone for large scale productions and partnerships in Canada and abroad. \nPhoto by Jeremy Mimnagh \n\n \nSébastien Labelle\nPerformer \nSébastien Labelle is the Artistic Producer for Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax\, a presenting organization that celebrates visions of a better world through its annual Festival of Working People & the Arts. He is a long-time creative collaborator with River Clyde Arts in PEI and former Executive Director of the Bus Stop Theatre Co-op which he successfully steered through a campaign to save its building from redevelopment. He is also an actor and dancer\, as well as a community activist and former union organizer. His involvement in both the arts and social movements has informed each other to reinforce his strong belief in the capacity of art to propel social change. He is an accomplished performer who has worked with numerous Nova Scotian theatre and dance companies\, including Matchstick Theatre\, Halifax Theatre for Young People\, Eastern Front Theatre\, Mocean Dance\, SiNS Dance\, Zuppa\, Workshirt Opera\, Shakespeare By the Sea\, Villain’s Theatre\, 2b Theatre and Two Planks and a Passion Theatre. His work on stage has earned him four Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Award nominations. His journey into dance started relatively late in his career when he joined the cast of petites danses\, choreographed by Marie-Josée Chartier and produced by Mocean Dance. Screen credits include Sullivan’s Crossing\, The Good House\, Chapelwaite\, Diggstown and Black Cop. \nPhoto by James MacLean \n\n \nAshley Au\nSound Design \nAshley Au is a Winnipeg-based bassist\, composer\, sound artist\, arranger\, music educator\, and queer creative. A multifaceted musician\, Ashley specializes in the upright and electric basses—performing\, touring and recording extensively. As a composer and sound artist\, Ashley’s work can be found behind various theatre\, opera and dance productions as well as Winnipeg’s ephemeral pop-up stages. After completing a degree in Jazz Bass Performance (B. Mus) at Brandon University\, Ashley has become an active member of Winnipeg’s arts and cultural community as a performer\, administrator and organizer. Ashley is the artistic director of Cluster New Music + Integrated Arts Festival and the stage producer for the Pride Winnipeg Festival. She also co-ordinates a BIPOC poetry writing workshop series through Contemporary Verse 2\, Canada’s oldest poetry journal. \nCurrent and past projects include work with Weakerthans frontman\, John K. Samson\, folk roots songstress\, Carly Dow; internationally-acclaimed Americana tastemaker\, Scott Nolan; Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers and Polaris Prize-nominated Canadian live hip-hop outfit\, Super Duty Tough Work. \nPhoto by Buio Assis \n\n \n\nThank you to our sponsors!
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/fracas/2026-11-20/
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SUMMARY:Fracas
DESCRIPTION:A new play in one act by Margaret Sweatman\nCo-presented with Eastern Front Theatre as part of StageWorks\n\n \nDirected by Arne MacPherson\nPerformed by Marie-Josée Chartier & Sébastien Labelle\nSound design by Ashley Au\nAdditional songs by Daniel Roy & Geordie Haley\nOriginal lighting design by Andy Rudolph\nStage management by Miah Lewis \nProduced by Chartier Danse \nNovember 19-20 | 7:30pm\nNovember 21 | 8:00pm \n55 minutes long. No intermission. Not suitable for all ages. No late entry. \nTwo-Show Pass!\nTickets starting at $15. For only $35\, get access to both this show and A Timed Speed-Read of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript (with additional notes) January 21-23 as part of StageWorks. \n \n\n\nSeeking love and meaning amidst the noise of a shattered world life.\nIn the moments after death\, the psyche of one person splits into two entities: Bardom and Ziggy. These alter-egos are in limbo\, the waiting room after death\, where the monsters of contemporary life swirl through an overly receptive imagination; it’s a play about all of us: tragic-comic failings\, vivid with love and resistance. \n \nVideo editing / trailers by Ed Hanley \n  \n \n \n \nPhotos by Rebecca Driedger \n\n\nCreative Team\n \nMargaret Sweatman\nWriter \nMargaret Sweatman is a playwright\, novelist\, lyricist and librettist. Her plays include: Flux\, a musical (music by Glenn Buhr)\, Manitoba Theatre Projects\, the Guelph Spring Festival\, and SummerWorks Toronto; Thirst\, (Theatre Projects Manitoba); Hectic\, Popular Theatre Alliance; and Fox\, PTE. Margaret’s libretti include god of war\, Vancouver New Music Festival; Red Sea\, Toronto Summer Music Festival; Dear Abelard\,Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra. She has published seven novels. Awards include the Rogers Writers Trust Award for Fiction\, the Margaret Laurence Award\, the Carol Shields Winnipeg Award\, the Sunburst Award for Literature of the Fantastic\, and the McNally Robinson Award. https://dreamplay.ca/margaret-sweatman \n\n \nArne MacPherson\nDirector \nArne MacPherson is a Winnipeg-based theatre maker who has dedicated his 35-plus years as an artist to creating live performance\, starting out as an actor\, then moving into theatre direction\, and then into movement-based experimental work. He has worked on all of Winnipeg’s professional stages\, and across Canada\, including at the National Arts Centre. His practice has focused extensively on new work (he has helmed more than two dozen premieres)\, Shakespeare (he was a founder of Shakespeare in the Ruins)\, and independent theatre (he has directed and co-produced dozens of indie productions). \nDevised/experimental theatre and contemporary dance performances include: Glory! (We Quit Theatre)\, Moving In\, Moving Out (Weather Parade Dance Theatre)\, petites danses (Chartier Danse/Gearshifting)\, Much Too Much to Say (Company Link/Zorya Arrow). Through his association with sick + twisted theatre\, Arne has worked extensively with the Deaf and disability performance community. In 2022\, he co-produced and directed Antigone\, a new musical adapted from Anne Carson’s translation of Sophocles\, which featured a cast of deaf\, blind\, disabled\, and able-bodied performers. \n\n \nMarie-Josée Chartier\nPerformer \nA versatile artist\, whose talents transcend the boundaries of dance\, music\, opera and multi-media\, Marie-Josée Chartier moves easily between her many roles as choreographer\, performer\, director\, vocalist\, educator and mentor. Her dynamic choreography is influenced by contemporary music\, literature and the visual arts as she explores and deconstructs the vulnerabilities of human beings. Her acclaimed pieces have been presented at major festivals and by dance companies across Canada\, Europe and Latin America. Her work was the subject of several documentary films. Since 2003\, in addition to her activities as a performer and choreographer\, Marie-Josée directs/stages contemporary opera and multi-media productions for Gryphon Trio\, Architek Percussion\, Tapestry Opera\, Canadian Opera Company\, Glenn Gould School\, Théâtre Français de Toronto\, Theaturtle and l’Ensemble Contemporain de Montréal (ECM+). \nChartier received the following awards: Jacqueline Lemieux Prize (2015); K.M. Hunter Artist Award (2001)\, 9 Dora Mavor Moore Award nominations; recipient of a Dora for fifty- one pieces of silver (2002) and shared two Doras with the collective URGE for And by the way Miss (2005). Marie-Josée formed Chartier Danse in 2003 to support her projects and create a cornerstone for large scale productions and partnerships in Canada and abroad. \nPhoto by Jeremy Mimnagh \n\n \nSébastien Labelle\nPerformer \nSébastien Labelle is the Artistic Producer for Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax\, a presenting organization that celebrates visions of a better world through its annual Festival of Working People & the Arts. He is a long-time creative collaborator with River Clyde Arts in PEI and former Executive Director of the Bus Stop Theatre Co-op which he successfully steered through a campaign to save its building from redevelopment. He is also an actor and dancer\, as well as a community activist and former union organizer. His involvement in both the arts and social movements has informed each other to reinforce his strong belief in the capacity of art to propel social change. He is an accomplished performer who has worked with numerous Nova Scotian theatre and dance companies\, including Matchstick Theatre\, Halifax Theatre for Young People\, Eastern Front Theatre\, Mocean Dance\, SiNS Dance\, Zuppa\, Workshirt Opera\, Shakespeare By the Sea\, Villain’s Theatre\, 2b Theatre and Two Planks and a Passion Theatre. His work on stage has earned him four Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Award nominations. His journey into dance started relatively late in his career when he joined the cast of petites danses\, choreographed by Marie-Josée Chartier and produced by Mocean Dance. Screen credits include Sullivan’s Crossing\, The Good House\, Chapelwaite\, Diggstown and Black Cop. \nPhoto by James MacLean \n\n \nAshley Au\nSound Design \nAshley Au is a Winnipeg-based bassist\, composer\, sound artist\, arranger\, music educator\, and queer creative. A multifaceted musician\, Ashley specializes in the upright and electric basses—performing\, touring and recording extensively. As a composer and sound artist\, Ashley’s work can be found behind various theatre\, opera and dance productions as well as Winnipeg’s ephemeral pop-up stages. After completing a degree in Jazz Bass Performance (B. Mus) at Brandon University\, Ashley has become an active member of Winnipeg’s arts and cultural community as a performer\, administrator and organizer. Ashley is the artistic director of Cluster New Music + Integrated Arts Festival and the stage producer for the Pride Winnipeg Festival. She also co-ordinates a BIPOC poetry writing workshop series through Contemporary Verse 2\, Canada’s oldest poetry journal. \nCurrent and past projects include work with Weakerthans frontman\, John K. Samson\, folk roots songstress\, Carly Dow; internationally-acclaimed Americana tastemaker\, Scott Nolan; Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers and Polaris Prize-nominated Canadian live hip-hop outfit\, Super Duty Tough Work. \nPhoto by Buio Assis \n\n \n\nThank you to our sponsors!
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/fracas/2026-11-21/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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SUMMARY:CLIFF Day 1 @ Bus Stop Theatre
DESCRIPTION:Canadian Labour International Film Festival\nCelebrate the world of work and those who do it at the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLIFF). Over two evenings\, a selection of shorts from across the globe will be screened exploring themes of labour and workers’ rights. Presented by Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax and Carbon Arc Cinema. \nNovember 28\, 7:00pm @ The Bus Stop Theatre\nNovember 29\, 7:00pm @ Carbon Arc Cinema \nPWYC Admission \nSave the dates! More details coming soon!
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/cliff-day-1-bus-stop-theatre/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:CLIFF Day 2 @ Carbon Arc Cinema
DESCRIPTION:Canadian Labour International Film Festival\nCelebrate the world of work and those who do it at the Canadian Labour International Film Festival (CLIFF). Over two evenings\, a selection of shorts from across the globe will be screened exploring themes of labour and workers’ rights. Presented by Mayworks Kjipuktuk/Halifax and Carbon Arc Cinema. \nNovember 28\, 7:00pm @ The Bus Stop Theatre\nNovember 29\, 7:00pm @ Carbon Arc Cinema \nPWYC Admission \nSave the dates! More details coming soon!
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/cliff-day-2-carbon-arc-cinema/
LOCATION:Carbon Arc Cinema\, 1747 Summer Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3H 3A6\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Film
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SUMMARY:HOMES | INVESTMENTS
DESCRIPTION:Are homes for people or for markets?\nCo-presented with Eastern Front Theatre and The Craig Gallery as part of StageWorks\n \nVisiting Hours:\nLocated in the Alderney Landing Rotunda (just outside the theatre) as well as outside The Craig Gallery on the building’s main floor. \nThe exhibition will be accessible January 18-23. Exact visiting hours TBA. Stay tuned! \nWhile you’re here\, don’t forget to also check out A Timed Speed-Read of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript (with additional notes) playing at the Alderney Landing Theatre January 21-23. \n\nHOMES | INVESTMENTS includes a series of screen prints\, videos\, installations and sculptures that explore the dysfunctions of a housing system that conflates Housing as human right with Housing as financial asset. \n \nThe works consider the material language of the residential building industry and the agency of skilled trades workers in the crisis. A major component of the exhibition is the introduction of the term “the Speculator’s Gaze” which describes a way of seeing that divorces a Home(land) from all the things that make it a Home(land) and presents only a commodity for possession\, extraction and speculation. Among other things\, the exhibition includes a 15ft tall sculpture of one square foot of the corner of a house\, built to a 1:1 scale\, and according to Section 9 of the Canadian National Building Code. \n \nThe exhibition also includes a video showing documentation of a participatory workshop that Zachary facilitated for Mount Allison University Students in which we built an emergency housing shelter following the design by Halifax Mutual Aid. Zachary created this work during their time as Pierre Lassonde Artist in Residence at Mount Allison University School of Fine Art. \n\nZachary Gough is an artist that works collaboratively and responsively with other artists\, community groups and organizations to promote alternative economic systems and toward deconstructing the capitalist viral value paradigm and its manifestations. He often uses participatory and immaterial media\, such as radio and performance\, to address materialist concerns\, such as labour\, power\, debt\, education\, and liberation. Zach is a member of “Weird Allan Kaprow”\, a post-colonial conceptual karaoke art-band\, in which he goes by “Joseph Beuys II Men”. Zach is a graduate of the art and social practice MFA program at Portland State University in Oregon. He was recently named the Pierre Lassonde Artist in Residence at Mount Allison University. Zach has taught classes at Portland State University in Oregon and at NSCAD University in K’jipuktuk\, Mi’kmaqi (Halifax\, NS). \n \n\nThank you to our sponsors!
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/homes-investments/
LOCATION:Alderney Landing Theatre\, 2 Ochterloney St\, Dartmouth\, Nova Scotia\, B2Y 4W1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Visual Arts
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SUMMARY:A Timed Speed Read of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript (with additional notes)
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with Eastern Front Theatre as part of StageWorks\n \nConceived by Alex McLean\nwith (alphabetically) Chun Shing Au\, Zach Faye\, Carmen Lee\, Kat McCormack\, Briony Merritt\, Lily Ross-Millard and Richie Wilcox \nStarring: Kat McCormack\, Briony Merritt and Richie Wilcox \nSet/prop design: Chun Shing Au\, Kai On Kerwin Lam and Carmen Lee\nDirection and Script (from verbatim sources): Alex McLean\nPreliminary Research: Myrto Koumarianos \nProduced by Zuppa \nJanuary 21-22 | 7:30pm\nJanuary 23 | 1:00pm & 7:30pm \n75 minutes long. No intermission. \nTwo-Show Pass!\nTickets on sale starting November 22nd. For only $35\, get early bird pricing now through a Two-Show pass with Fracas November 19-21 as part of StageWorks. \nWhile you’re here\, don’t forget to also check out HOMES | INVESTMENTS by Zachary Gough in the Alderney Landing Rotunda January 18-23. \n \n\n\nA Disaster and the Traces Left Behind\nIn 1911\, 146 people were killed in a fire at the factory of the Triangle Waist Company in New York. The highly contentious trial that followed  spurred the public to demand workplace safety reforms and became a touchstone for radical and progressive political movements. At the time\, people swore that the victims and the fire would never be forgotten. \nThree actors – from another country and century – are tasked with reading from the massive trial transcript as quickly as possible. Despite the  speed\, they must communicate the key points and central conflicts\, while giving insight into the 1911 events and their resonance with the world of today. Can they beat their best time? Can they surprise us? Can they help us remember? \n \n  \n \n \n \n\n\nCreative Team\n \nAlex McLean\nwriter/director \nAlex McLean (he/him) is a theatre artist based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. He is a co-artistic director of Zuppa\, with whom he has directed and devised numerous shows since 1999. Recent works with Zuppa are tiny\, The Movements\, The Archive of Missing Things\, Pop-Up Love Party and This is Nowhere\, an ongoing program of large-scale live/digital performance in the built environment. \nWith Surplus Production Unit\, he directed and wrote (from verbatim sources) A Timed Speed-Read of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript with Additional Notes. With Ker Wells he was a founding member of Number Eleven Theatre (1998-2006)\, and he holds an M.A. from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama\, Theatre and Performance Studies. \nA specialist in devising\, Alex has taught extensively\, published scholarly articles\, and collaborated with practitioners across multiple disciplines. His work explores the past\, the present\, and things that are too big to grasp or too small to contain. \n\n \nKat McCormack\nperformer \nKat McCormack (she/they) is a theatre artist from Dartmouth/Punamu’kwati’jk with a passion for playful\, collaborative creations. As the Artistic Director of Eastern Front Theatre\, Kat aims to create a supportive and accessible environment for artists to push the boundaries of Atlantic Canadian storytelling\, as well as their own artistic practice. As an artist\, Kat has helped to create new works with companies such as ZUPPA\, Shakespeare by the Sea\, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia\, The Villains Theatre\, Eastern Front Theatre and others. Kat has been named Best Theatre Actor in The Coast’s Best of Halifax issue five times\, and is a four-time nominee for the Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor and Outstanding Direction\, and a two-time nominee for the Screen Nova Scotia Award for Outstanding Performance. In 2025\, Kat was awarded the King Charles III’s Coronation Medal for service to arts and accessibility\, and was recognized in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for exceptional contribution to theatre in Nova Scotia. \nPhoto by James Arthur MacLean \n\n \nBriony Merritt\nperformer \nBriony Merritt (she/her) is a British-Canadian performer and writer based between Toronto and Nova Scotia. Briony is especially passionate about intergenerational and community-driven stories\, as well as theatre that involves site-specific\, immersive\, or interactive elements. She recently completed a six-month writing residency at the Canadian Film Centre (Norman Jewison Film Program)\, and is excited to be developing her first feature with Picture Plant Films. \nPhoto by Calvin Thomas \n\n \nRichie Wilcox\nperformer \nRichie Wilcox (he/they) is a multi-talented director/actor/writer who has spent the last twenty years creating\, devising and writing original works. They are the founding co-artistic director of HEIST where they have helped create several acclaimed works including Frequencies\, The Princess Show and New Waterford Boy. Wilcox is a Merritt-award winner in acting\, playwriting and directing\, a past Mayor’s Award for Emerging Theatre Artist recipient and a Queen’s Jubilee Medal recipient. Most recently\, Wilcox directed the acclaimed production of Casey & Diana at Neptune Theatre (Merritt Award for Outstanding Production and Directing) as well as the premiere of his original script Coal Bowl Queen. \nPhoto by Stevey Hunter \n\n \nPhoto by Trevor Beckerson \n\nThank you to our sponsors!
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/a-timed-speed-read-of-the-triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-trial-transcript-with-additional-notes-2/2027-01-21/
LOCATION:Alderney Landing Theatre\, 2 Ochterloney St\, Dartmouth\, Nova Scotia\, B2Y 4W1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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SUMMARY:A Timed Speed Read of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript (with additional notes)
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with Eastern Front Theatre as part of StageWorks\n \nConceived by Alex McLean\nwith (alphabetically) Chun Shing Au\, Zach Faye\, Carmen Lee\, Kat McCormack\, Briony Merritt\, Lily Ross-Millard and Richie Wilcox \nStarring: Kat McCormack\, Briony Merritt and Richie Wilcox \nSet/prop design: Chun Shing Au\, Kai On Kerwin Lam and Carmen Lee\nDirection and Script (from verbatim sources): Alex McLean\nPreliminary Research: Myrto Koumarianos \nProduced by Zuppa \nJanuary 21-22 | 7:30pm\nJanuary 23 | 1:00pm & 7:30pm \n75 minutes long. No intermission. \nTwo-Show Pass!\nTickets on sale starting November 22nd. For only $35\, get early bird pricing now through a Two-Show pass with Fracas November 19-21 as part of StageWorks. \nWhile you’re here\, don’t forget to also check out HOMES | INVESTMENTS by Zachary Gough in the Alderney Landing Rotunda January 18-23. \n \n\n\nA Disaster and the Traces Left Behind\nIn 1911\, 146 people were killed in a fire at the factory of the Triangle Waist Company in New York. The highly contentious trial that followed  spurred the public to demand workplace safety reforms and became a touchstone for radical and progressive political movements. At the time\, people swore that the victims and the fire would never be forgotten. \nThree actors – from another country and century – are tasked with reading from the massive trial transcript as quickly as possible. Despite the  speed\, they must communicate the key points and central conflicts\, while giving insight into the 1911 events and their resonance with the world of today. Can they beat their best time? Can they surprise us? Can they help us remember? \n \n  \n \n \n \n\n\nCreative Team\n \nAlex McLean\nwriter/director \nAlex McLean (he/him) is a theatre artist based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. He is a co-artistic director of Zuppa\, with whom he has directed and devised numerous shows since 1999. Recent works with Zuppa are tiny\, The Movements\, The Archive of Missing Things\, Pop-Up Love Party and This is Nowhere\, an ongoing program of large-scale live/digital performance in the built environment. \nWith Surplus Production Unit\, he directed and wrote (from verbatim sources) A Timed Speed-Read of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript with Additional Notes. With Ker Wells he was a founding member of Number Eleven Theatre (1998-2006)\, and he holds an M.A. from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama\, Theatre and Performance Studies. \nA specialist in devising\, Alex has taught extensively\, published scholarly articles\, and collaborated with practitioners across multiple disciplines. His work explores the past\, the present\, and things that are too big to grasp or too small to contain. \n\n \nKat McCormack\nperformer \nKat McCormack (she/they) is a theatre artist from Dartmouth/Punamu’kwati’jk with a passion for playful\, collaborative creations. As the Artistic Director of Eastern Front Theatre\, Kat aims to create a supportive and accessible environment for artists to push the boundaries of Atlantic Canadian storytelling\, as well as their own artistic practice. As an artist\, Kat has helped to create new works with companies such as ZUPPA\, Shakespeare by the Sea\, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia\, The Villains Theatre\, Eastern Front Theatre and others. Kat has been named Best Theatre Actor in The Coast’s Best of Halifax issue five times\, and is a four-time nominee for the Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor and Outstanding Direction\, and a two-time nominee for the Screen Nova Scotia Award for Outstanding Performance. In 2025\, Kat was awarded the King Charles III’s Coronation Medal for service to arts and accessibility\, and was recognized in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for exceptional contribution to theatre in Nova Scotia. \nPhoto by James Arthur MacLean \n\n \nBriony Merritt\nperformer \nBriony Merritt (she/her) is a British-Canadian performer and writer based between Toronto and Nova Scotia. Briony is especially passionate about intergenerational and community-driven stories\, as well as theatre that involves site-specific\, immersive\, or interactive elements. She recently completed a six-month writing residency at the Canadian Film Centre (Norman Jewison Film Program)\, and is excited to be developing her first feature with Picture Plant Films. \nPhoto by Calvin Thomas \n\n \nRichie Wilcox\nperformer \nRichie Wilcox (he/they) is a multi-talented director/actor/writer who has spent the last twenty years creating\, devising and writing original works. They are the founding co-artistic director of HEIST where they have helped create several acclaimed works including Frequencies\, The Princess Show and New Waterford Boy. Wilcox is a Merritt-award winner in acting\, playwriting and directing\, a past Mayor’s Award for Emerging Theatre Artist recipient and a Queen’s Jubilee Medal recipient. Most recently\, Wilcox directed the acclaimed production of Casey & Diana at Neptune Theatre (Merritt Award for Outstanding Production and Directing) as well as the premiere of his original script Coal Bowl Queen. \nPhoto by Stevey Hunter \n\n \nPhoto by Trevor Beckerson \n\nThank you to our sponsors!
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/a-timed-speed-read-of-the-triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-trial-transcript-with-additional-notes-2/2027-01-22/
LOCATION:Alderney Landing Theatre\, 2 Ochterloney St\, Dartmouth\, Nova Scotia\, B2Y 4W1\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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SUMMARY:A Timed Speed Read of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript (with additional notes)
DESCRIPTION:Co-presented with Eastern Front Theatre as part of StageWorks\n \nConceived by Alex McLean\nwith (alphabetically) Chun Shing Au\, Zach Faye\, Carmen Lee\, Kat McCormack\, Briony Merritt\, Lily Ross-Millard and Richie Wilcox \nStarring: Kat McCormack\, Briony Merritt and Richie Wilcox \nSet/prop design: Chun Shing Au\, Kai On Kerwin Lam and Carmen Lee\nDirection and Script (from verbatim sources): Alex McLean\nPreliminary Research: Myrto Koumarianos \nProduced by Zuppa \nJanuary 21-22 | 7:30pm\nJanuary 23 | 1:00pm & 7:30pm \n75 minutes long. No intermission. \nTwo-Show Pass!\nTickets on sale starting November 22nd. For only $35\, get early bird pricing now through a Two-Show pass with Fracas November 19-21 as part of StageWorks. \nWhile you’re here\, don’t forget to also check out HOMES | INVESTMENTS by Zachary Gough in the Alderney Landing Rotunda January 18-23. \n \n\n\nA Disaster and the Traces Left Behind\nIn 1911\, 146 people were killed in a fire at the factory of the Triangle Waist Company in New York. The highly contentious trial that followed  spurred the public to demand workplace safety reforms and became a touchstone for radical and progressive political movements. At the time\, people swore that the victims and the fire would never be forgotten. \nThree actors – from another country and century – are tasked with reading from the massive trial transcript as quickly as possible. Despite the  speed\, they must communicate the key points and central conflicts\, while giving insight into the 1911 events and their resonance with the world of today. Can they beat their best time? Can they surprise us? Can they help us remember? \n \n  \n \n \n \n\n\nCreative Team\n \nAlex McLean\nwriter/director \nAlex McLean (he/him) is a theatre artist based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax. He is a co-artistic director of Zuppa\, with whom he has directed and devised numerous shows since 1999. Recent works with Zuppa are tiny\, The Movements\, The Archive of Missing Things\, Pop-Up Love Party and This is Nowhere\, an ongoing program of large-scale live/digital performance in the built environment. \nWith Surplus Production Unit\, he directed and wrote (from verbatim sources) A Timed Speed-Read of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Trial Transcript with Additional Notes. With Ker Wells he was a founding member of Number Eleven Theatre (1998-2006)\, and he holds an M.A. from the University of Toronto’s Centre for Drama\, Theatre and Performance Studies. \nA specialist in devising\, Alex has taught extensively\, published scholarly articles\, and collaborated with practitioners across multiple disciplines. His work explores the past\, the present\, and things that are too big to grasp or too small to contain. \n\n \nKat McCormack\nperformer \nKat McCormack (she/they) is a theatre artist from Dartmouth/Punamu’kwati’jk with a passion for playful\, collaborative creations. As the Artistic Director of Eastern Front Theatre\, Kat aims to create a supportive and accessible environment for artists to push the boundaries of Atlantic Canadian storytelling\, as well as their own artistic practice. As an artist\, Kat has helped to create new works with companies such as ZUPPA\, Shakespeare by the Sea\, Mermaid Theatre of Nova Scotia\, The Villains Theatre\, Eastern Front Theatre and others. Kat has been named Best Theatre Actor in The Coast’s Best of Halifax issue five times\, and is a four-time nominee for the Theatre Nova Scotia Merritt Awards for Outstanding Supporting Actor and Outstanding Direction\, and a two-time nominee for the Screen Nova Scotia Award for Outstanding Performance. In 2025\, Kat was awarded the King Charles III’s Coronation Medal for service to arts and accessibility\, and was recognized in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly for exceptional contribution to theatre in Nova Scotia. \nPhoto by James Arthur MacLean \n\n \nBriony Merritt\nperformer \nBriony Merritt (she/her) is a British-Canadian performer and writer based between Toronto and Nova Scotia. Briony is especially passionate about intergenerational and community-driven stories\, as well as theatre that involves site-specific\, immersive\, or interactive elements. She recently completed a six-month writing residency at the Canadian Film Centre (Norman Jewison Film Program)\, and is excited to be developing her first feature with Picture Plant Films. \nPhoto by Calvin Thomas \n\n \nRichie Wilcox\nperformer \nRichie Wilcox (he/they) is a multi-talented director/actor/writer who has spent the last twenty years creating\, devising and writing original works. They are the founding co-artistic director of HEIST where they have helped create several acclaimed works including Frequencies\, The Princess Show and New Waterford Boy. Wilcox is a Merritt-award winner in acting\, playwriting and directing\, a past Mayor’s Award for Emerging Theatre Artist recipient and a Queen’s Jubilee Medal recipient. Most recently\, Wilcox directed the acclaimed production of Casey & Diana at Neptune Theatre (Merritt Award for Outstanding Production and Directing) as well as the premiere of his original script Coal Bowl Queen. \nPhoto by Stevey Hunter \n\n \nPhoto by Trevor Beckerson \n\nThank you to our sponsors!
URL:https://mayworkskjipuktukhfx.ca/event/a-timed-speed-read-of-the-triangle-shirtwaist-factory-fire-trial-transcript-with-additional-notes-2/2027-01-23/
LOCATION:Alderney Landing Theatre\, 2 Ochterloney St\, Dartmouth\, Nova Scotia\, B2Y 4W1\, Canada
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