Category Archives: nigel bennett

Alabanza

When I was in grade eleven my best friend at the time, who was a year older than me, had the opportunity to play a background role in Neptune Theatre’s holiday production of Scrooge. Based on the Dickens novel A … Continue reading

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That Face: That’s Incredible.

sonja smits and kristopher turner Sometimes you are lucky enough to see a production that stirs something fierce inside you and that is how I felt after seeing Nightwood Theatre’s production of Polly Stenham’s play That Face, a co-production with … Continue reading

Posted in athena karkanis, bethany jillard, kelly thornton, kristopher turner, nigel bennett, nightwood theatre, polly stenham, sonja smits | Leave a comment

Silliness and Shakespeare: Caffeinated Soliloquies by Jeremy Webb

In Halifax the name Jeremy Webb is likely to be synonymous with two things: constant hilarity, and the posting of a slew of old photographs of absolutely everyone in the Nova Scotian theatre community on Facebook within the last week … Continue reading

Posted in busstop theatre, jeremy webb, johnny depp, julie martell, linda moore, martha irving, nathan lane, nigel bennett, raquel duffy, shakespeare, simon henderson, theatre off the leash, tory doctor | Leave a comment

Heartfelt Playing in Chester

If you had told me a year ago that in August 2009 I would be reviewing the iconic Canadian theatre superstar Lally Cadeau, I would have accidentally spit my drink in your eye. Lally Cadeau!? The Lally Cadeau?! There aren’t … Continue reading

Posted in chester playhouse, felix medina, lally cadeau, mary lou martin, nigel bennett | Leave a comment