Pop-Up Love Party Zuppa Theatre Co part of the Halifax vanguard of cutting-edge theatre in the time of COVID is back to push the envelope once again. This time, it s bringing its acclaimed Pop-Up Love Party online, a live event Zuppa describes as reimagining Plato’s
Symposium in its quest to define love with all its plagues and pleasures by employing aerobics, holding a kangaroo court, sharing embarrassing stories, and pumping out an infectious pop ballad that will mend broken hearts around the world. Tune in via Zoom and get tix on Side Door.
Adam Baldwin s Cross-Country Chin Up Dartmouth s denim-clad troubadour knew how to help lift the mood during the first lockdown, so his return to free, frequent livestreams feels like falling back on a favourite coping mechanism. Tune in via Youtube to sing along to tunes inspired by the likes of Dire Straits and Bruce Springsteen.
7 Sure Things going on in Halifax the April 15 weekend
From the return of Adam Baldwin’s livestreams to a new, drag-filled play from HEIST. With going out in Halifax becoming more and more of a thing thanks to Nova Scotia’s COVID miracle, we’ve got a bunch of online and IRL event picks for your weekend. For lots more events happening every day of the week, check out The Coast’s complete entertainment listings.
REMAINS Artist Marie-Soleil Provençal literally makes treasure out of trash–as in, she’s known for building installation and found-art pieces from stuff that, to any other eye, would just belong in a green bin. (You might remember her from last year’s Nocturne festival, where she installed markers along the Halifax waterfront to show how rising sea levels will affect the area for a piece called