HELP TAKE QUEER CANADIAN THEATRE ON TOUR We are inviting 60 individuals, families, collectives, or businesses to donate $333 each to support the upcoming tour of the new play 333   by Jay Whitehead. Tour dates: June 18-July 4. The math is simple. The impact is real. 60 x $333 = $19,980 June 18 – 20, 2026 – Charlottetown, PE. – The Guild June 27, 2026 – Parrsboro, NS. – Ship’s Company Theatre July 1 – 4, 2026 – Halifax, NS. – The Bus Stop Theatre Directed by Garry Williams S

Instead of their traditional month-long programming, this year DaPoPo Theatre will be hosting eleven days of events, featuring almost two dozen artists. 

Back in 2009, Ali Joy Richardson was a member of The DaPoPo Academy Youth Ensemble. Ali co-created and performed a play, What the Tide Brought In , with three other young playwright-performers and travelled to Berlin in the company to perform as part of the Just Say IT! Festival at the FEZ-Berlin. Colleen Arcturus MacIsaac's poster for The Great After, 2025. Last December at the Bus Stop Theatre's 24-Hour Theatre Event, Garry Williams found himself paired with Richardson's s

On April 4, 2025, 7:30pm, DaPoPo Theatre will be celebrating American poet, performer, and visual artist Emmett Williams’ (1925-2007)...

HELP DAPOPO & THE NEST Did you know you can get special access to behind-the-scenes content : interviews, videos, and archival material by making a small monthly donation to support DaPoPo Theatre and The Nest? https://www.patreon.com/c/DaPoPoTheatre/home Our Patreon page features new posts every month plus bonus material. Sing for Your Supper! – performances for pizza, part of DaPoPo's Live-In Festival 2025. Standing: James Thornton and Trevor Poole. Who are these cuties? G

A new play in development by Garry Williams A view of Innsbruck from 1495 by Albrecht Dürer. Just before COVID, I was invited to musically direct the musical Witches  by Danny Ashkenasi and Peter Lund. When I was researching famous witch trials, I learned about Helena Scheuberin, who was able to stand up against her accuser and win her life and freedom. Her accuser was reprimanded for poor procedure and asked to leave Innsbruck. Her accuser was none other than Heinrich Kramer

DaPoPo Theatre's Shared Office Space and Arts Hub 6068 Quinpool Road, Kjipuktuk/Halifax Accessibility Note:   The Nest is on an upper...

Friday, September 9th, 8:45 pm, AGNS Lecture Theatre Saturday, September 10th, 9:40 pm*, Neptune's Imperial Studio *NEW TIME & LOCATION...

DATE: August 12, 2023 On Saturday, August 23rd, DaPoPo's Happy Birthday, Princess Plum! returns to Alderney Landing as part of the...

A Family Show at Alderney Landing's Christkindl Market Performances 2023: Friday, Dec. 2nd, 6:30pm-7:00pm Saturday, Dec. 3rd,...

(Photographs by Alexa Bella Katya and James MacLean.) In the summer of 2020, in the midst of a pandemic, Luke Hathaway and Garry Williams...

An ongoing project of documentation and collective remembering, by Kristi Anderson, Luke Hathaway, Quincy Russell, Garry Williams, and...

REVIEW • May 8, 2012 It is interesting to me that while onstage and creating our art we, in the theatre community, are so often searching...

Written and performed by Kristi Anderson and Garry Williams Winner of the 2016 Fringiest Fringe Show Award Feedback from 2016 Fringe...

TIME: ongoing For many, Café DaPoPo is synonymous with DaPoPo Theatre. In January 28, 2007, seven artists – Eric Benson, Stephen Bourque,...

DATE: October 1 - October 31, 2024 2024 LIF(e) design by Trevor Poole: "The Devil Within". LIF(e) 2024 EVENTS CALENDAR   • Performances...

DATE: March-April 2024 Cost: sliding scale (recommended min. $125.- for five sessions). In these drop-in sessions, part lecture, part...

DATE: December 2020 When I applied for Shakesqueer, I figured I’d be a shoo-in. I figured that between my flaming bisexuality, magical...

During this time of social distancing and dark venues, Halifax Presents continues to check-in with members of our arts community to find out