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UPCOMING
Queer-prov l Pride Edition is back at Stardust in July.
We have some of the funniest Queer improvisers in the city AND a local musician performing live. Everything they create will be based on YOUR suggestions.
So join us for an evening of music, Queer joy, and a lot of laughter.
Are you interested in trying improv? We are offering a FREE workshop for those interested in learning and trying improv. Those who participate will have the chance to perform on stage.
OutFest is the largest Queer performance festival in Mi’kma’ki/Atlanitic Canda, with local, regional, and national artists performing at venues across the city.
OutFest 2027 will take place from April 12 - 18th, with submissions opening at the end of June. We will be seeking completed projects, as well as new works. We are interested in theatrical, dance/movement, and non-traditional performance pieces.
Our Open Stage category specifically looks to showcase non-traditional performance pieces, such as sound-scape, experimental, small-scale audience, experiential and more.
Our inQubator progam is a 2-Year Development program and is open to all artists based in Nova Scotia. The selected artist will present a workshop presentations during Year 1 and a full productions in Year 2. Page1 Theatre will provide dramaturgical, and financial support during both years.
More information about submitting and the festival coming soon.
The creation of a Queer Arts Fund (QaF) will help raise funds through an annual event in November. The QaF will create Micro-Grants which will be distributed to artists across Nova Scotia.
While this initiative has been in the works for a while, the recent cut to Arts and Culture funding in Nova Scotia further highlighted the need for this fund.
A 2-Year Development Program designed to support the development of new Queer work. The selected artist(s) will present a staged reading or workshop presentation in year 1 (2027). The participating artist(s) will be guaranteed a spot in either the Emerging or Open Stage in year 2 (2028), to present a staged performance.
IN DEVELOPMENT
This show aims to push back and tackle misinformation and misconceptions about refugees and asylum seekers, while highlighting the fact that everyone deserves a safe place to live, access to health care, food, and water.
This story will also draw on the increasing threat of climate change, specifically here in Mi’kma’ki / Atlantic Canada, and will challenge audiences to ask themselves - what does it mean to be a refugee?
What does it mean to seek asylum?
Combining first-hand testimony from survivors in Holland, and Toronto, as well as over five years of research, this show uses the 2016 gay purge of people in Chechnya as a starting place to reflect the current global rise of anti-Queer and anti-Trans rhetoric. Through text, movement, and music, we follow four characters who face the impacts of forced displacement, generational colonization, and ong0ing war.
