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For Love Nor Money: Unexpected story of feminism and the pursuit of dreams set in 19th century N.S.

Festival Antigonish Summer Theatre opened its 38th season with the world premiere of For Love Nor Money, an historical drama by Antigonish writer Laura Teasdale. Its eight-day run in a FAST/Mulgrave Road Theatre co-production wrapped up Saturday, with both a matinee and evening performance. Mulgrave Road Theatre commissioned Teasdale, who co-wrote FAST’s outdoor Robin Hood with FAST’s artistic director Andrea Boyd, and developed the script with a view to staging […]

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What a Stage The Mountain and the Valley has landed on!

Governor General’s award-winning playwright Catherine Banks’ fine adaptation of The Mountain and the Valley is set right on the land that inspired the novel. The two-hour and 20 minute play, co-produced by Halifax’s HomeFirst Theatre and Two Planks and a Passion Theatre, is a wonderful opportunity to experience Ernest Bucker’s 1952 classic with a stellar cast and within a gorgeous landscape. Buckler’s tale of a tormented, visionary, young writer and […]

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‘Accelerated Erosion:’ Clay about Clay (and the Environment)

Accelerated Erosion – exposing ancient clay is a beautiful, innovative exhibit about clay and erosion at the Craig Gallery, Alderney Landing, Dartmouth, to May 26. The medium is the message as Seaforth artists Iris Naessens-Patterson and Marlene York experiment with locally-found red clay for a variety of artworks from carved landscape plaques to York’s series of paintings using clay as paint. (Pottery enthusiasts take note; Naessens-Patterson’s functional dishes and vessels […]

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