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SUMMARY:Raising Big Questions
DESCRIPTION:YOU FRGOT SOMETHING\, Collaboration with Luke Hathaway. Photo by John Haney. \nBy Andrew Maize in collaboration with El Jones\, Seán Kennedy and Sue Goyette\n***NEW DATE AND LOCATION: SUNDAY May 9th 1-4pm – Sue Goyette @ Halifax Common \n**Please note that exact time and location are subject to change according to weather and wind conditions. Rain-Wind Dates will be scheduled according to forecast/availability. Please refer to our website and social media accounts @mayworkskjipuktukhfx for the latest information. \nWe live in punishing and brutal times. Language plays a crucial role in how we make sense of the world. In language\, we can bear witness\, negotiate meaning\, and call-out the people and systems of power to hold them accountable. Language has long been a creative and powerful tool in labour and social justice movements\, with the ability to encapsulate and embody a movement or a moment. \nThe arrival of May is the arrival of kite season. For Mayworks\, Maize has invited 3 word-workers; El Jones\, Seán Kennedy and Sue Goyette\, to compose aerial text banners to be flown across the city. The Mayworks audience is invited to help fly these kite banners. By working collectively to lift language up into the sky – we embody a public discourse of sorts\, fielding critical challenges and raising big questions. \nRAISING BIG QUESTIONS is an ongoing project by Andrew Maize\, that uses a home-made\, modular kite-letter to compose aerial text banners in the sky. Kite-flying is a joyful\, analogue and collective activity – one that must be responsive to both the weather and site. Location of the events will be dependent on environmental factors\, including wind direction. \nStay tuned closer to the date on the Mayworks Website and social media @mayworkskjipuktukhfx for announcements. \nNOTE: Andrew is offering a kite-flying workshop on April 25th. Find details at GO FLY A KITE.\n\n \nANDREW MAIZE is an artist. His playful\, collaborative and improvisational approach to making art is contingent on the relationships of environmental\,  social\, and material situations. Recent collaborative explorations include mobile instruments for improvised performances\, wind-powered kinetic sculptures\, and experimental drawing practices (using local sourced inks and candle smoke). He seeks collaborations across disciplines to expand improvisational practices as tools for embodying more responsive and adaptable ways of being\, by welcoming the fundamental agency of uncertainty. As an arts educator and organizer\, he has been involved in collaborative projects that engage communities with art\, in both traditional and non-traditional spaces. Maize graduated with a BFA from NSCAD University in Halifax NS in 2012\, and a MFA from the University of Guelph in 2021. He is the recipient of multiple grants and awards\, including SSHRCC\, Canada Council for the Arts\, Arts Nova Scotia. \n \nDR. EL JONES. Author\, poet\, journalist\, educator\, and advocate. Dr. El Jones is all these things and more\, an outspoken activist\, thinker and writer whose strengths converge in her spoken word performances. A respected poet\, Dr. Jones was two-time National Slam champion in 2007 and 2008\, Poet Laureate of Halifax in 2013-2015\, resident of the International Writing Program at University of Iowa in 2015\, and poet in residence at University of Toronto Scarborough in 2021. What defines her achievements is a commitment to activism and community advocacy to highlight inequities and redress injustices. The recognition of her performances\, teaching and political commitment testifies to the exceptional influence she has exercised during the Black Lives Matter movement and the expansion of Black scholarship in Canadian academia. \n \nSUE GOYETTE lives in Kjipuktuk (Halifax) and has published ten books of poems and a novel. Her latest collection is Future Howl\, (Gaspereau Press\, 2025). She is the editor of Resistance: Righteous Rage in the Age of #MeToo (University of Regina Press\, 2021)\, The 2017 Griffin Poetry Prize Anthology (Anansi\, 2017) and The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2013 (Tightrope Books\, 2013). Her work has been translated into French\, Spanish and German and has been featured in films\, subways\, buses\, spray painted on a sidewalk and tattooed. Her work has been nominated for the 2014 Griffin Poetry Prize and the Governor General’s Award and has won several awards including the Dalhousie University Teaching Award\, 2021; the Governor General’s Literary Award for Translation (Océan translated by Georgette Leblanc)\, 2020; J.M. Abraham Poetry Award 2016\, 2012; ReLit Award 2016; 2014 Atlantic Independent Booksellers Choice Award; 2013 National Magazine Award\, Silver; 2012 Pat Lowther Award for Poetry; Bliss Carman Poetry Award\, 2011; The Established Artist Recognition Award\, NS\, 2011; 2010 Earle Birney Award; 2008 CBC Literary Award for Poetry; as well as the 2015 Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia Masterworks Arts Award for her collection\, Ocean. Sue teaches in the Creative Writing Program at Dalhousie University. \n \nSEÁN KENNEDY is Professor of English and Coordinator of Irish Studies. Their research interests include Samuel Beckett\, Queer Ireland\, Ireland in Psychoanalysis\, Zionism\, and the “Erotics of Irish Austerity” (the ways in which austerity economics is troped in terms of the kinky language of discipline\, control and humiliation). Publications include Beckett and Ireland (Cambridge UP\, 2010)\, Send In the Clowns! (OR Books\, 2025) and Beckett beyond the normal (in progress). Kennedy is the coordinator for Unsettling Irish Studies. \n\nEvent photo by John Haney
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LOCATION:Halifax Common\, 5816 Cogswell Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3K 4B2\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Music of Liberation
DESCRIPTION:With John Kameel Farah\nPresented in partnership with Upstream Music Association \n \nAll proceeds will be donated to the Sameer Project in Palestine \n$10 in advance and $15 at the door \n\nIf cost is a barrier\, please reach out to info@mayworkskjipuktukhalifax.ca and we will accommodate you. \n\nIn this extraordinary concert\, Palestinian-Canadian pianist and composer John Kameel Farah embraces elements of Baroque and Near-Eastern music\, improvisation and electronic music to create what he calls “Arabic-Baroque-Cyberpunk.” Surrounding the piano with synthesizers\, he combines a vivid and playful imagination with virtuosic musicianship. Accompanied by projections of his intricate ink drawings\, the performance sounds through the lens of Palestinian struggle\, identity and heritage\, drawing connections across histories and liberation movements. \n \n“In performance\, Farah ranges all over his instruments while setting up textures and countertextures\, moving deftly from acoustic to electronic episodes\, and testing and deploying his materials with a mixture of scientific care and wild abandon. Improvisation is a key working method\, both at his various keyboards and in the execution of electronic beats and processes that are equally at the core of his approach. \n“Frenetic and contemplative in turn\, Farah’s music is underpinned by a deep emotional and spiritual reservoir which\, when framed through his exceptional musicality and virtuosic instrumental command\, packs his highly original music with considerable and undeniable clout.” \n-Scott Thompson\, Guelph Jazz Festival \n\n \nJOHN KAMEEL FARAH is one of Canada’s most creative and imaginative composers. He is a Palestinian-Canadian pianist whose music embraces Baroque and Arabic Music\, experimental improvisation and electronics. He studied at the University of Toronto\, where he received the Glenn Gould Composition Award twice and afterwards had private lessons with Terry Riley in California\, and later at the Arabic Music Retreat in Hartford. He has been a member of the Canadian Electronic Ensemble since 2010\, and was a guest-performer with Tangerine Dream in Toronto in 2023. \nTHE SAMEER PROJECT is a Palestinian-led mutual aid group supporting people in Gaza during the genocide. It is a donations based initiative\, led by Palestinians in the diaspora\, who are working to supply aid to displaced families in Gaza. Fiscal host: Social Change Nest.
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LOCATION:Joseph Strug Concert Hall\, 1385 Seymour Street\, Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, B3H 3M6\, Canada
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SUMMARY:Found in Translation / Trouvé dans la traduction
DESCRIPTION:By Sometimes in Nova Scotia (SiNS)\n \nMay 10\, 4:00pm-6:15pm (durational – drop in anytime) \n  \n \nCette présentation est présentée en anglais et en français grâce au soutient du gouvernement de la Nouvelle-Écosse.\nLa description ci-bas alterne entre l’anglais et le français. \n \nASL interpretation will be available \nChildcare available on site for free. Please register in advance. / Gardiennage gratuit disponible sur place. SVP instrivez-vous à l’avance (formulaire en anglais). \n\n \nFound in Translation is an interactive performance in which small objects are translated into movement\, drawing\, and poetry through a series of playful transformations. Audience members are invited to join with performers to uncover illuminating potentials in the things that surround us. \nFound in Translation originated as part of Eastern Front Theatre’s Macro Digitals: CONNECTIONS under the guidance of Kat McCormack\, with collaborators Katie Clarke\, Breton Lalama\, Logan Robins\, Gillian Seaward-Boone and Rebecca Wolfe. \n\n \nTrouvé dans la traduction est une performance interactive où de petits objets se transforment en mouvements\, dessins et poèmes grâce à une série de métamorphoses ludiques. Le public est invité à se joindre aux artistes pour découvrir le potentiel insoupçonné des objets qui nous entourent. \nCette pièce a été créée en 2022 avec les membres de la distribution originale Jacinte Armstrong\, Katie Clarke\, Breton Lalama\, Logan Robbins\, Gillian Seaward-Boone et Rebecca Wolfe\, avec la dramaturge Kat MacCormack\, et produite par Eastern Front Theatre\, Dartmouth\, NS. \n\n \nFound in Translation is an interactive performance that transforms small objects into movement\, drawing\, and poetry through a kind of artistic “assembly line.” Six performers take part at a time\, rotating through all of the roles: hosting\, describing\, drawing\, dancing\, typing poems\, and reading them aloud. Crucially\, the “machine” is always activated by audience participation. An audience member begins each round by arranging objects\, and at the end of the cycle\, they receive the poem that was generated and read out specifically for them – an artistic “gift” created through the collective process. \n\n \nTrouvé dans la traduction est une performance interactive qui transforme de petits objets en mouvement\, dessin et poésie grâce à une sorte de « chaîne de montage » artistique. Six performeurs participent simultanément\, endossant tour à tour tous les rôles : présenter\, décrire\, dessiner\, danser\, taper des poèmes et les lire à voix haute. Point essentiel\, la « machine » est toujours activée par la participation du public. Un spectateur initie chaque cycle en disposant des objets\, et à la fin\, il reçoit le poème créé et lu spécialement pour lui – un « cadeau » artistique né de ce processus collectif. \nEnsemble:\nNadine Sures\nMila Sahmarani\nGeneviève Steele\nWinnie Sherwood\nDaphné Sherwood\nSusan Leblanc\nFrançoise Labelle\nLiliona Quarmyne\nZya Langdon-Quarmyne\nMicaela Comeau\nIsabelle Peart\nJacinte Armstrong \n\n \nJACINTE ARMSTRONG (she/her) is an Acadian artist based in Kjipuktuk/Halifax\, NS. Her work explores embodied practice through performance\, choreography\, collaboration\, and curation\, communicating the experience of the body in relation to objects\, materials\, and people. Her choreography ranges from intimate and imagistic to large-scale collaborations with dancers\, architects\, visual artists\, radio producers\, filmmakers\, actors and musicians. A leader in the Atlantic region\, she is Artistic Director and co-founder of SiNS (Sometimes in Nova Scotia) Dance\, Artistic Director of suddenlyLISTEN\, and collaborates regularly with Mocean Dance. From 2014-18\, she was Artistic Director of Kinetic Studio. \nIn 2016\, Jacinte was awarded an Established Artist Recognition Award by the Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership Council\, and a Masterworks Award for her work in Mocean Dance’s “Canvas 5×5” choreographed by Tedd Robinson. She holds an MFA in Performance from NSCAD University and is a certified in Laban Movement Analysis. \nJACINTE ARMSTRONG (elle) est une artiste acadienne basée à Kjipuktuk/Halifax\, en Nouvelle-Écosse. Son travail explore la pratique incarnée à travers la performance\, la chorégraphie\, la collaboration et le commissariat. Elle communique l’expérience du corps en relation avec les objets\, les matériaux\, l’environnement\, la technologie et les personnes. Ses chorégraphies vont de l’intime et de  l’imaginaire à des collaborations à grande échelle avec des danseur-euses\, des architectes\, des artistes visuel-les\, des producteur-rices de radio\, des cinéastes\, des créateur-rices de théâtre\, des programmeur-euses informatiques et des musicien-nes. Jacinte est titulaire d’une maîtrise en beaux-arts en performance de l’Université NSCAD et est certifiée analyste du mouvement Laban (CMA). \n\nEvent photos by Laura Demers and Daniel Wittnebel\nHeadshot of Jacinte Armstrong by Kevin MacCormack
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LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
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SUMMARY:On the Line - Artist Reception
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:Am I Ovary-Acting?
DESCRIPTION:By Lunasea Theatre\n$10 in advance and $15 at the door\n\nIf cost is a barrier\, please reach out to info@mayworkskjipuktukhalifax.ca and we will accommodate you.\n \n  \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. \n\n \nAm I Ovary-Acting? is a work by LunaSea Theatre about reproductive justice that examines commonly held beliefs about health and medical care for those with ovaries/uteruses/vaginas. Through comedy\, storytelling\, rage and disbelief we explore reproductive health and justice through relevant objects. At Mayworks\, our focus will be the history\, uses and misuses of the speculum. This 50 minute show is part ted-talk\, part conversation\, part storytelling. When it comes to health and reproductive justice the political and social landscape right now is rife with misinformation\, disinformation and half-truths.  We are here to press against that tide with nuanced conversation and evidence-based information in a fun\, curious\, theatrical way. \nCredits:\nCreated and performed by Kathleen Dorian and Ailsa Galbreath \nResearch by Claire Horn \n\n \nKATHLEEN DORIAN (she/her) is a creator/actor based in Dartmouth\, NS (Punamu’kwati’jk). She is co-Artistic Director of LunaSea Theatre\, Nova Scotia’s foremost feminist theatre company (most recently producing SoloFest\, a festival of new one-act works)\, and one quarter of the clown-troupe-turned-accidental-theatre-company Tea Time Creation Co. (First Date/Last Date\, Gina Is Dead\, Romeo & Juliet: A Drink Along\, Midsummer Night’s Wet Dream). She has had the great pleasure of working with extremely talented Halifax peers as an actor (How Quickly Things Change – xo secret theatre; This is Nowhere\, How Small How Far Away – Zuppa Theatre; The Very Hungry Caterpillar\, My Favourite Story Book/Guess How Much I Love You\, The Rainbow Fish – Mermaid Theatre) as well as an assistant director and director (Some Blow Flutes – HomeFirst Theatre\, Booby Trap – Rooks Field Green). Kathleen is interested in puppetry\, story through movement and magic\, and meeting her audience in the space between performance and reality. \nAILSA GALBREATH (she/her) is a theatre artist based in Punamu’kwati’jk (Dartmouth). Ailsa is an actor\, creator\, and producer. She is passionate about new work. Recently\, Ailsa performed as a puppeteer in Gale Force’s ambitious outdoor creation Icarus: Falling of Birds. Ailsa played Flute in Neptune Theatre’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream last season. She performed in Two Planks and a Passion’s season of The Mountain and the Valley and Chased by the Bear.  She has worked with Ship’s Company Theatre\, Gale Force Theatre\, PARC\, secret theatre\, EFT\, HomeFirst\, Zuppa Theatre\, LunaSea Theatre Co\, Halifax Theatre for Young People and Villain’s Theatre. Ailsa is 1/4th of Tea Time Creation Co\, a clown troupe who seek to subvert the status quo with wacky fun\, through the creation of new work and reinvention of classics. Ailsa is a certified teacher of the Interactive Teaching Method of the Alexander Technique. She is the Co-Artistic Director of LunaSea Theatre Company\, a feminist theatre company whose work centres the voices of women\, non-binary\, and underrepresented genders. \n \nCLAIRE HORN is a writer and researcher with a PhD in law (University of London) and an MA in gender and legal studies (NYU). From 2021-2024\, she was a Killam Postdoctoral Fellow at Dalhousie University’s Health Justice Institute\, and she has held research fellowships with the Modern Law Review and the Wellcome Trust. She has researched and taught in law and policy governing sexual and reproductive health\, rights\, and technologies for six years and has published with a variety of nonfiction venues as well as academic journals including Body & Society\, Catalyst: Feminism\, Theory\, Technoscience\, The Journal of Medical Ethics\, the Medical Law Review and Feminist Legal Studies. Her first book\, Eve: The Disobedient Future of Birth\, was published in 2023 and was longlisted for the Science Writers and Communicators of Canada Book Award.
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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/
LOCATION:The Bus Stop Theatre Coop\, 2203 Gottingen St\, Halifax\, NS\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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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
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20270121T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20270121T193000
DTSTAMP:20261028T011816
CREATED:20261007T140508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T185333Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20270122T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20270122T203000
DTSTAMP:20261028T011816
CREATED:20261007T140508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T185333Z
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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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ORGANIZER;CN="Zuppa":MAILTO:info@zuppa.works
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Halifax:20270123T193000
DTEND;TZID=America/Halifax:20270123T203000
DTSTAMP:20261028T011816
CREATED:20261007T140508Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20261008T185333Z
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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
CATEGORIES:Theatre
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