$25 l Early Bird Tickets

$30 l General Admission

Wednesday, April 24th @ 9 : 00 pm

*/ Saturday, April 27th @ 7 : 30 pm

**Sunday, April 28th @ 2 : 00 pm

🕒 | 75 MINS

* Due to scheduling, performances will only hold for 5 minutes before starting *

PRUDE

WRITTEN + PERFORMED BY: LOU CAMPBELL

“PRUDE is a hilarious and high-energy blend of stand-up and drag. The piece begins as a motivational talk, given to the audience by the King of the Party, there to show everyone HOW TO HAVE A GOOD TIME.

Slowly, through lip-syncs and mortifying personal tales, we watch them unravel onstage, digging into the complex experience of being an asexual in an (allo)sexual world.”

ACCESSIBILITY

*ASL will be provided on Saturday, April 27th @ 7:30 pm

**Mandatory Masking will be required for Sunday, April 28th @ 2:00 pm

/ Streaming / Digital option

CONTENT

Alcohol and drug abuse mentioned, sexual content.

Sensory: loud music, loud speaking, yelling, loud sound effects, overlapping sounds

This show is come and go as you please. Latecomers welcome. 

CREATIVE TEAM:

creator/writer/performer l Lou Campbell (they/them)
director/dramaturg l Stevey Hunter (they/them)
costume designer l Everette Fournier (he/him, they/them)
sound designer l Peter Sarty (he/him)
stage manager (ON) technical director l Dylan Tate-Howarth(she/her)
stage manager (NS) l Rook Field-Green(he/him, they/them)
videographer l Chelsea Innes (they/them)

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

This show began development in 2018, and took a pandemic pause. It was redeveloped in 2022 and had its premiere at Stages Festival. Since then it has toured to the Toronto Fringe Festival, rEvolver festival in Vancouver, Intrepid Theatre in Victoria, and High-Performance Rodeo in Calgary, Alberta.

Funders to thank: The Canada Council

$25 l Early Bird tickets

$30 l general admission

Tuesday, April 23rd @ 9 : 00 pm

Friday, April 26th @ 7 : 30 pm

* /Saturday, April 27th @ 2:00 pm

🕒 | 75 MINS

* Due to scheduling, performances will only hold for 5 minutes before starting *

KISS THE STORMY SKY

SID RYAN EILERS l AERIS KÖRPER

“Kiss The Stormy Sky” is a compelling visual masterpiece & deeply emotional contemporary dance performance created & performed by Sid Ryan Eilers (they/them). Journeying into Eilers’ personal story & ancestry spanning from the 18th century to today: from the Russian Revolution, Nazi Germany to #MeToo.

Eilers plays their great-grandfather, grandmother, mom, & themself, questioning the gender binary, queer existence, and how they came to be who they are today. The show includes original music by Shn Shn; Queer Black singer-songwriter & composer. Shn Shn’s soundscapes use lush vocals, meditative beats, & swelling pads, to create cinematic-inspired music.

ACCESSIBILITY

*ASL will be provided and there will be Mandatory masks for Saturday, April 27th @ 2:00 pm

/ Streaming / Digital option

CONTENT

Visit https://www.aeriskorper.com/kissthestormysky

CREATIVE TEAM:

Playwright, Choreographer & Performer | Sid Ryan Eilers (they/them)
Co-Director | Kathleen Rea (she/her)
Composer | Shn Shn / Shanika Lewis-Waddell (she/they)
Projection Design | Clairandean Humphrey (they/them)
Care Coordinator | Robin Lacambra (she/they)
Dramaturg | Anna Chatterton (she/her)
Costume Design | Tanis MacArthur (she/her)
Project and Stage Manager | Vik Mudge (he/they)
Outside Eye | Megan English (she/her)
Lighting Design | Tristan Whiston (he/him)
Sound Design | Rudi Natterer (he/him)
Videographer | Henry Mak (he/him)
Photographer | Marlowe Porter (she/her)

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

‘Kiss The Stormy Sky’ was presented by the Hamilton Fringe Festival in July 2022, In The Soil Arts Festival (St. Catharines, Ontario) and Brave New Works (Hamilton, Ontario) in June 2023; and is thrilled to be at OutFest (Halifax, Nova Scotia) in April 2024.

The show was created through residency with Eilers’ choreographic mentor Shahar Binyamini at COLOURS International Dance Festival (Stuttgart, Germany) June 2022, residency at Suitcase In Point (St. Catharines, Ontario) in April 2023, and Banff Dance Residency (Banff, Alberta) in December 2023. Created with support from Aeris Körper Contemporary Dance, City of Hamilton, Ontario Arts Council and Canada Council for the Arts.

Zoom Talk Backs: In addition to Say Hello, Sid will be hosting TalkBacks on Zoom following each show. A link can be found on their website.

Dates: Wednesday April 24th at 12:00pm Atlantic (1:00pm Eastern)

Saturday April 27th 12:00pm Atlantic (1:00pm Eastern)

Sunday April 28th 12:00pm Atlantic (1:00pm Eastern)

$12 l Early Bird tickets

$15 l general admission

Tuesday, April 23rd @ 6 : 00 pm

Thursday, April 25h @ 7 : 30 pm

Friday, April 26th @ 9 : 00 pm

* / Saturday, April 27th @ 3 : 30 pm

🕒 | 60 MINS

* Due to scheduling, performances will only hold for 5 minutes before starting *

A Pineberry’s Past

JORDAN M. BURNS l THIRD WHEEL THEATRE CO.

What would you do if half of you was drowning? Living in a perpetual fog, Mixed, Indigenous and white, attempts to share the story of their life over a home-cooked meal in their childhood kitchen.

A place of joy, family, decay, and silence; Mixed is left gasping for a community of their own. Trying to navigate the present while negotiating the vicious memories of times gone by, Mixed finds themselves putting on a show one last time.

Special thanks to Canada Council for the Arts for making this production possible.

ACCESSIBILITY

*Mandatory Masking will be required for Saturday, April 27th @ 3:30 pm

/ Streaming / Digital option

CONTENT:

Coarse language, themes of colonialism, intergenerational trauma, abandonment, racism

CREATIVE TEAM:

Co-Director / Writer l Jordan M. Burns (they/them)
Stage Manager / Co-Director l Shayna Burns (she/her)
Lighting Designer l Sooji Kim (she/her)
Actor - MIXED l * Brianne Tucker
Actor - MOM & Various l Rebecca Wolfe (she/her)

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

A Pineberry’s Past wouldn’t have evolved into what it is today without the support of fantastic previous artist collaborators and dramaturgs Makram Ayache, Danelle Charette, Brianne Tucker, John Roldan, Herbie Barnes, Christopher Stanton, Madeleine Szlafarski, Brefny Caribou, Cheyenne Scott, Jameela McNeil, Rose Goldeen, Shayna Burns, and Cole Alvis.

Through workshops, funding, and donations, these organizations gave me the tools and resources for the further development of A Pineberry’s Past:

Ontario Arts Council (OAC RGTCs), Tarragon Theatre (Young Playwright’s Unit), Paprika Festival (Indigenous Arts Program 2021-23), Third Wheel Theatre Co. (in-kind donations of time and space), 4th Line Theatre (OAC RGTC), Native Earth Performing Arts (OAC RGTC), Tangled Art + Disability (OAC RGTC), Thousand Islands Playhouse (OAC RGTC), Magnus Theatre (OAC RGTC), and the Annex Dance Academy (in-kind donations of space).

All artists are involved under the CAEA Artist Collective Policy. *Equity members.

$12 l Early Bird tickets

$15 l general admission

Wednesday, April 24 @ 6 : 00 pm

Thursday, April 25h @ 9 : 00 pm

Saturday, April 27th @ 6 : 00 pm

* / Sunday, April 28th @ 12 : 30 pm

🕒 | 60 MINS

* Due to scheduling, performances will only hold for 5 minutes before starting *

CONTEMPORARY DANCE SOLO

ROBERT AZEVEDO

Contemporary Dance Solo is a solo dance show with a hint of bouffon. The performer (Robert Azevedo) recreates 18 dance solos from various youth dance competitions back-to-back! The audience gets to see Azevedo’s rendition alongside projected videos of the original performers.

The young dancers in the videos are virtuosic and talented – the kinds of bodies you think of when you imagine a dancer: young, flexible, feminine, wiry. Meanwhile, Azevedo’s body is very unlike theirs. Completing these solos –which itself is a feat of endurance, artistry, and skill – they are asking themselves and the audience: Am I a good dancer too?

ACCESSIBILITY

*Mandatory Masking will be required for Sunday, April 28th @ 12:30 pm

/ Streaming / Digital option

CREATIVE TEAM:

creator/performer l Robert Azevedo
ASL Performer l Talia Wall-DiGiuseppe
Voiceover Actor l Lauryn Collins


DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

Contemporary Dance Solo premiered at rEvolver festival in Vancouver BC, 2019. The original production was made possible through a residency with The Happening Dance Company. This remount was supported in-kind by Open Door Theatre and Dance Studio West in Corner Brook, NL.

$12 l Early Bird tickets

$15 l general admission

Tuesday, April 23rd @ 7 : 30 pm

Friday, April 26th @ 6 : 00 pm

* / Saturday, April 27th @ 12 : 30 pm

Sunday, April 28th @ 5 : 00 pm

🕒 | 60 MINS

* Due to scheduling, performances will only hold for 5 minutes before starting *

DEEPER

ROBYN VIVIAN

“Deeper” is a queer love story about a group of women living in ‘80s and ‘90s Newfoundland. Set in an underwater world that reflects the island above it, “Deeper” takes us on a rocky journey across decades, through college classes, marriage and divorce, cross-country moves, familial tension, unlikely friendships, and heartbreak.

Told through a series of flashbacks and old letters, “Deeper” is a personal story of longing, love, and loss, wrapped in a cultural time capsule. A reminder of the fleeting nature of life and love, “Deeper” urges us to hold each other close and to love out loud - while we’re still here, while we still can, and for those who never could.

ACCESSIBILITY

*Mandatory Masking will be required for Saturday, April 27th @ 12:30 pm

/ Streaming / Digital option

CONTENT

"Reference to substance use/addiction, sexual content, and death. Some strong language and homophobia. For questions about specific content please reach out.”

CREATIVE TEAM:

Playwright/Producer/Stage Manager | Robyn Vivian

Director/Producer/DAVE | Logan Robins

Composer/Musician/DAWN | Riley Reign

LISA | Sarah Smith

EMILY | Ellie Weise
Photographer: Stoo Metz

Produced by The Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

Development History: Workshopped with TODOS Productions, Staged Readings with Page 1 Theatre at OutFest; TODOS Productions’ & Resource Centre for the Arts’ Live Magazine Series Production with Unnatural Disaster Theatre Company at Halifax Fringe Festival.

Funding provided by: Canada Council for the Arts ArtsNL City of St. John’s.

Special thanks to: Santiago Guzmán, Meghan Greeley, Elizabeth Hicks, Shealyn Varnes, Logan Robins, Ryan Gallant, Kris Vivian, Lucas Arab, Mocean, Hear Here Productions.".

$12 l Early Bird tickets

$15 l general admission

Wednesday, April 24th @ 7 : 30 pm

Thursday, April 25th @ 6 : 00 pm

/ Saturday, April 27th @ 9 : 00 pm

Sunday, April 28th @ 3 : 30 pm

* ALL shows are mandatory masking *

🕒 | 60 MINS

* Due to scheduling, performances will only hold for 5 minutes before starting *

Lifespan of a Mattress

SARA GRAHAM

Lifespan of a Mattress follows a chronically ill person navigating queer relationships, the medical system and trying to keep their room clean all from the discomfort of their own bed. Gently exploring the connections between love, friendship, disability and unhealthy obsession with Pride and Prejudice.

ACCESSIBILITY

/ Streaming / Digital option

CREATIVE TEAM:

Playwright/Producer l Sara Graham
Director l Rooks Field-Green
Stage Manager l Emma Lamont
Set Designer l Boo Stinson
Sound Designer l Japhy Sullivan
Blanket Costume Designer l Carol Hickey
Costume Design Mentor l Noella Murphy
Intimacy Coordinator l Koumbie 
Projection Designer l Christain Ludwig
Mentor l Dan Bray
Mentor l Lee-Anne Poole
Mentor l Colleen Arcturus-MacIssac
Childcare l Hope MacPherson

Devising Support:  Coral Maloney

Thank yous: 2B Theatre

CAST

Aubrey l Sara Graham
Cam l Kiana Josette
Jude l Sophie Schade

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

Support from Canada Council for the Arts Professional Development Grant, Colleen MacIssac and VIllain’s Theatre

FREE

Donation options available

Saturday, April 27th @ 11 : 00 am

🕒 | 60 MINS

* Due to scheduling, performances will only hold for 5 minutes before starting *

Everyone’s Story

CAITY SMYCK & KAY ADDISON

Hi Adventurers! Welcome to the Kit Kat Fort! [Insert KAZOO trumpet here] A magical place where you can go on the most AMAZING adventures!

Best friends Kit and Kat love escaping into books and reading stories to one another, but never see themselves in any of the heroes because the strong, adventurous and courageous characters they read about in books are not like them.

They decide to take matters into their own hands by writing their own adventures where they finally get to save the day. Now Kit and Kat are ready to share these stories with new adventurers by inviting them into the Kit Kat blanket fort!

Everyone’s Story is an immersive TYA show that combines shadow-puppetry, music, and storytelling to present a gender non-conforming hero’s journey though vivid landscapes with larger than life characters (in person and in puppet form).

CREATIVE TEAM:

Creator and Performer l Caity Smyck
Creator and Performer l Kay Addison

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

Everyone’s Story premiered in May 2023 at the Ottawa Children’s Festival as part of the InTents programming, a new initiative that showcased new TYA work created in Ottawa after a year-long incubator program.

Thank you to Emily Pearlman and Drea for inviting Caity to participate in the program and for the dramaturgical support throughout the process. Thank you to the Ottawa Children’s Festival for supporting new work and providing a space to allow audiences to explore their imagination with us.

$15 l General Admission

Sunday, April 28th @ 11 : 00 am

🕒 | 60 MINS

* Due to scheduling, performances will only hold for 5 minutes before starting *

PUSHED

RILEY REIGN

PUSHED is a two-act play which explores themes of prison abolition, colonialism, state violence, sexual violence, and the importance of friendship and community for marginalized people.

On a night out with friends Clara, a young Mi’kmaw woman is charged and convicted with second-degree murder - a crime she does not believe she is guilty of. Now in prison, Clara is in danger and Nat, Bou, and Kal attempt to break Clara out before it’s too late.

CREATIVE TEAM:

Writer | Riley Reign 

Dramaturge | Anita Majumdar

Dramaturge / Cultural Consultant | Leahdawn Helena 

Stage Manager | Abbey Frias 

CAST

Clara | Lara Lewis

Nat | Rowan White

Bou | Reign Dorfschmidt

Kal | Misha Bakshi

Woman | Nancy Kenny

Man | Keith Morrison

CONTENT 

Colonial violence, physical violence, sexual violence, death, drug use, racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, harsh language, overlapping speech/voices. 

DEVELOPMENT HISTORY:

This play began its development in 2019 when a 10-minute scratch version was presented at the Other Room in Cardiff, Wales. It then took a pause for a few years until Riley Reign was offered the chance to continue developing the project by participating in the 2023 PARC Writers Retreat in Sackville NB. Now, PUSHED has received Arts Nova Scotia funding for this period of development which includes this staged reading.

$20 l Early Bird

$25 l General Admission

Sunday, April 28th @ 7 : 30 pm

at The Carleton

🕒 | 60 MINS

JADE BENNETT + Natasha sophia

Jade Bennett (she/they)

Infectious melodies, power vocals and confessional songwriting make up the musical stylings of Halifax-based artist Jade Bennett. She has been writing and performing music most of her life. Catchy hooks, sweet melodies and clever lyrics are her trademark. In her musings, you’ll find anything from haunting lullabies to vengeful pop. 

Natasha Sophia (they/them)

With their whimsical compositions and smart lyrics, HRM based indie folk/pop singer songwriter Natasha Sophia dissects their unsparing experiences navigating life and heartbreak through the lense of queerness, mental illness and disability. Their rich vocals paired with ethereal choral arrangements and eclectic production creates music that will make you want to cry as much as you want to dance.

$15 l Early Bird

$20 l General Admission

Saturday, April 27th @ 7 : 30 pm

at Roxy Live

🕒 | 90 MINS

* Due to scheduling, performances will only hold for 5 minutes before starting *

stand up comedy + improv

Hosted by the incredible Bunni Lapin, the Comedy Stage will feature some of Halifax’s best stand-up comics as well as improv comedy. There will be tons of laughter, music, and drag. You do not want to miss this show.

STAND UP COMICS

IMPROVISERS:

Becca Maclean

Alex Naua

Kieran Parmelee