Chronological List of Events

THE MONTH AT A (LONG) GLANCE

Doors open half hour before event

Most events $10 suggested donation, cash at the door

Reservations STRONGLY recommended; pre-registration for workshops required

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Tuesday, October 1, 6:00 pm - 10:00 pm
Special Event: 5th Annual Live-In 2013 Open House/Opening Night Party
We're throwing open the doors of the Living Room for a drop-in early evening. Mix and mingle, eat some snacks, play some games, enjoy some drinks, and win some prizes. Around 8 pm, we'll kick-off the month with performances by Live-In participants and special guests. Includes introduction of contributing artists and some sneak peeks at what's coming up!

Wednesday, October 2, 7:30 pm
Play Reading: Honey & Jupiter by Meghan Hubley (Halifax, NS)
“Honey&Jupiter” is a musing on how personal problems/addictions are egged on and agitated by the stigma that surround them. In this case, how the innate fear of inadequacy instilled in a young woman manifests as a passionate kinship with her own (personified) anorexia. The show’s goal is to act as a new and grounded voice for people whose voices are skewed or silenced by their suffering -- a feast of language, movement, and the bare-bones exposure of what it feels like to BE the illness, and to live with the sickness. The foundation is rooted in the unglamorous, the emotional, the private. 

Friday, October 4 through Sunday, October 6
Special Event: Celebrate the Common 250
Friends of the Halifax Common invite the public to enjoy three days of events commemorating the gift of the Halifax Common "to and for the use of the inhabitants of the Town of Halifax as Commons forever," by King George III in 1763.  Enjoy yoga, lectures, walking tours, art, theatre, performances, music, circus, dance and more just down the street from the Live-In! FREE. Full schedule here

Friday October 4, 7:00 pm -10:00 pm AND  Saturday, October 5 10:00 am -1:00 pm 
Workshop: Speaking in Silence 
Facilitator: Alexis Milligan
A body standing alone in space says something. The choice to move is ours to make. But, how? When? Why? As actors we are often making choices about our characters and our intentions in what we say with our voice, but we can also access many more layers to support these choices in how, when and why we move. This workshop will explore the sub textual world of communication through simple physical intention and gesture, and the power of speaking in silence. This iteration of the workshop is in two parts over sequential days; participants are meant to attend both Friday and Saturday. Pre-registration required. Max. 12 participants

Saturday, October 5 AND Sunday October 6, 2:00 pm AND 4:00 pm both days
Performance: The Poor House
DaPoPo Theatre will present a new short theatrical piece created for Celebrate the Common 250, based on the history of the Poor's Asylum which once stood on the corner of Robie and South Streets. Four performances only. Free. Reservations not necessary. Location TBA

Saturday, October 5, 8:00 pm
Special Event: PARC Playwrights' Cabaret
Playwrights' Atlantic Resource Centre has invited some of Atlantic Canada's most exciting and well-known playwrights and friends to read selected scenes from their award-winning works. Come hear the works, read by those who wrote them, in an intimate literary encounter. This year's Cabaret features an exciting line-up of artists, including: Beverly Brett, Jacob Martin, Norm Foster, David S. Craig, Don Hannah, Florence MacDonald, Ryan Griffith and Meg Coles. Hosted by Charlie Rhindress. 
Admission and refreshments by donation. Proceeds in support of the Live-In
Reservations STRONGLY recommended.

Sunday, October 6, 9:30 am - 12:30 pm
Workshop: Kids' Creation Lab
Facilitators: Zach Faye and Keelin Jack
Theatre! Fun! Create! Move! Make! YES!!!! Ages 6 - 11.
Pre-registration required; space limited.  Max. 12 participants

Monday, October 7, 7:30 pm
Short Play Triple Bill Reading:
Hothouse by Annie Valentina (Halifax, NS)
Vanishing Woman by Trevor Poole (Halifax, NS)
This Little Ditty - written and performed by Brock Hessler and Paul Bellini
Reservations strongly recommended.

Tuesday, October 8, 7:30 - 9:30 pm
Workshop: Bare Bones Producing  waitlist
Facilitator: Mary-Colin Chisholm

Budgets, grants, fundraising and favours, contracts, venues, the buzz and the bizz... the brass tacks and knuckles of producing a play.   Mary-Colin Chisholm is either a sage and seasoned veteran of the indie show or the incarnation of Einstein's dictum "Insanity is doing the same thing expecting different results".  You be the judge.  She will walk you through the steps and missteps in mounting a  production.  If you can make thrift store duds look like red carpet glam, if you can cook a nourishing stone soup, well you can probably DIY your own play. Pre-registration required. Max. 12 participants

Wednesday, October 9, 7:30 pm
Play Reading: Fighting for Peace by David Rimmington (Halifax, NS)

A young Christian man joins the army to become a peacekeeper, then discovers that he must fight in a war.  His personal stand-off with the army involves questions about the moral implications of war.  The play moves like a bullet through a battleground of ideas.  This is a dark comedy with bizarre twists.

Thursday, October 10, 8:00 pm
Performance: A Little Cabaret
An intimate night of (mostly) original songs sung by the talented Kristi Anderson, Zach Faye and Garry Williams, plus special guests. Doors open at 7:30 pm.
Reservations strongly recommended. 

Friday, October 11, 7:30 pm
Play Reading: Hackerlove by Sky Gilbert (Toronto, ON) 
Sky Gilbert will be Livin'-In with us this year. Come hear him read from his newest work, Hackerlove, a play  about Bradley Manning and Adrian Lamo (to be produced at Buddies in spring 2014) and his latest novel Come Back as well as some recent unpublished poetry.
Reservations strongly recommended.

Saturday, October 12, 2:00 pm - 6:00 pm 
Workshop: Approaches to Playwriting  waitlist
Facilitator: Sky Gilbert
This workshop is for those who have never written a play before but would like to write a play (however, anyone is welcome). I would ask participants to bring a BRIEF idea for a play (a page long description is fine) or questions about writing plays, or difficulties they have encountered in beginning to write a play or working on a play. The workshop will open with a lecture on playwrighting and will continue on to a discussion of participant ideas and questions.  Pre-registration required. Max. 12 participants

Saturday, October 12, 8:00 pm
Special Event:  The Personal is The Political? 
A panel discussion with Sky Gilbert, Mary Lou Martin, Dustin Harvey, Annie Valentina, Kathryn MacLellan and Thom Fitzgerald. Moderated by Karen Bassett

Sunday, October 13, 11:00 am - 4:00 pm
Workshop: Theatre of the Oppressed waitlist
Co-presented by DaPoPo Theatre and the Bus Stop Theatre
Location: The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street
Facilitators: Garry Williams, Sebastien Labelle, Rachel Derrah and Clare Waque

Monday, October 14, 5:00 pm
Social Event: Thanksgiving Day Potluck
Bring food and fun to share with friends, new and old, around our big table of thankfulness.
Admission: Something yummy.
Reservations not required, but your expression of intention to attend is appreciated.

Tuesday, October 15, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm   waitlist
OR Friday, October 18, 7:00 pm - 10:00 pm  waitlist

Workshop: Theatre Creation Through Play

Facilitator: Ann-Marie Kerr
Location: The Spatz Theatre, Citadel High

As a teacher and director, Ann-Marie Kerr has a unique ability to take actors and theatre-makers beyond their own preconceived limits of their physicality and imaginations. She uses Lecoq methods to ignite the creation process and offers ways of getting the actor to play and imagine that makes them feel free.  The exploration is primarily physical in its approach and helps students identify their natural instincts for play. There is a focus on freedom through improvisation and on finding ways to access a natural pleasure to play and invent.  In the work, discoveries are made about play, its rules, how the rules arise out of the play itself and can push the game further than expected. This intensive workshop culminates with short pieces of theatre created by the participants -pieces that could be used as starting points for scenes or future full-length shows. Max. 12 participants

Wednesday, October 16, 7:30 pm
Play Reading: The Celestina by Adam Nashman (Toronto, ON)
Celestina is a contemporary piece set over three days in Inquisition ravaged Spain during the dawn of the Renaissance.  Celestina is an ancient woman, the sole survivor of an ancient ‘witchcraft’ religion.  Her brothel flourished when conquistador gold flowed, but now lives in an age of terror – until the lure of gold drags her back to her old ways. This new adaptation based on “The Tragic Comedy of Calisto and Melibea”, written by Fernando Rojas in 1502,  uses vaudeville language and action to power its story. The reading will be introduced by Roberta Barker.

Thursday, Oct 17, 6:00 pm - 10 pm
Workshop: Speaking in Silence 3 spots left before wait list
Facilitator: Alexis Milligan
A body standing alone in space says something. The choice to move is ours to make. But, how? When? Why? As actors we are often making choices about our characters and our intentions in what we say with our voice, but we can also access many more layers to support these choices in how, when and why we move. This workshop will explore the sub textual world of communication through simple physical intention and gesture, and the power of speaking in silence. Pre-registration required. Max. 12 participants

Friday, October 18, 7:30 pm
Performance: The Drinking Game
Co-presented by DaPoPo Theatre and the Bus Stop Theatre
Location: The Bus Stop Theatre, 2203 Gottingen Street

Saturday, October 19, 6:00 pm - midnight
Performance: Outside In

A performance installation created by DaPoPo  for Nocturne: Art at Night. Come inside for a nighttime walk in the woods and immerse yourself in a misty, moonlit, forest glen. Smell the earth and grass. Hear the gurgling of a nearby stream, the sounds of the forest at night and, perhaps, some things that don’t quite belong. Watch woodland spirits freely at play - or captured in time - and surround yourself with their poetry. A sensory exploration of a space that should not be, but is. 

Admission: Free. Continuous display, no reservations required.

Sunday, October 20, 12:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Workshop: Vocal Workshop for Singing Performers 4 spots left before waitlist
Facilitated by: Cailin Green
In this one day workshop, participants will learn techniques for vocal control, mic technique and performance. Each participant is expected to have one song (original or cover) ready to work on and deliver at the end of the workshop. Pre-registration required. Max. 12 participants

Monday, October 21, 7:30 pm - 10:00 pm
Double Bill Play Reading
Understudy by Gillian Clark (Halifax, NS)

Understudy focuses on Dylan, a nine-year-old boy who is struggling with bullying, questions of identity and his clear miscastin as Sheep #11/Wiseman #1 Understuday in his school's Christmas pageant. Taking cues from his actor mother, Dylan uses performance as a safe wy to explore his most difficult feelings (while also putting on a hilarious spectacle). The show features Shakespeare, sequins and Shakira. This is a reading of a revised script since the Fringe performance, with talk-back facilitated by Hugo Dann. Precedes two performances of the new play on the weekend. A great way to experience theatre in the making and changing!

You Play Beautifully by Thomas Morgan Jones (Toronto, ON)

Tuesday, October 22, 6:00 pm
Workshop: Playing for Truth: Directing Shakespeare 3 spots left before waitlist
Facilitators: Hugo Dann, Garry Williams & Keelin Jack
Pre-registration required. Max. 12 participants

Wednesday, October 23, 7:30 pm
Workshop Performance: Two Men Play
Garry Williams and Hugo Dann play a collaborative game with Shakespeare's history of Richard II and the tangled loves of The Sonnets. Hugo "directs" Garry in a one-man adaptation of Richard, Garry "guides" Hugo through the complex narrative of Sonnets. These mysterious works in progress engage 2 men in play with the deeply personal and the overtly political.

Thursday, October 24, 7:30 pm
Performance: Cafe DaPoPo 
We present our signature theatre event, Live-In style. Order performances from an a la carte menu, including showcase items by workshop participants throughout the month!
Admission: $5 cover; menu items priced individually
Reservations required: dapopolivein@gmail.com (drop-ins also welcome).

Friday, October 25, 7:30 pm
Special Event: "30 Cameras" Gala Opening
An evening celebrating the culmination of an artistic project by Zach Faye in which he gave 30 disposable cameras to 30 different people - some friends, some strangers - with the instructions to shoot what they wanted. This photo exhibit will collect from those photographs. Exhibit will be open after this evening during other public Live-in events.
Admission: $10 suggested donation

Saturday, October 26, 1:00 - 4:30 pm

Workshop: Dance, Movement, Mind  spots available

Facilitator: Brian Riley

This workshop will begin with a brief presentation/performance of my experiences at Bread and Puppet Theatre over the summers of 2012 and 2013. We will then collaboratively go into doing and not talking. This dance will fail to clarify anything for you. Those seeking meaning in exercises will be asked to internally address this human tendency. There will be room for brief discussion between each experiment for those seeking to accomodate a recipe. Aiming to contrast business-as-usual-thinking, we will be pushing to exaggerate life in scale (bigger OR smaller), whilst being in community together. 

Pre-registration required. Max. 12 participants

Saturday, October 26 - Sunday, October 27, 7:30 pm  TWO NIGHTS

Performance: Understudy written and performed by Gillian Clark

Fresh from the completion of her training with the Dalhousie Acting Programme, Clark explores a new method of storytelling with her first original play. Understudy focuses on Dylan, a nine-year-old boy who is struggling with bullying, questions of identity and his clear miscastin as Sheep #11/Wiseman #1 Understuday in his school's Christmas pageant. Taking cues from his actor mother, Dylan uses performance as a safe wy to explore his most difficult feelings (while also putting on a hilarious spectacle). The show features Shakespeare, sequins and Shakira. 

Hot from the Atlantic Fringe, DaPoPo is pleased to host a revision-meets-remount of this funny and sweet gem of a show, featuring the most precocious, heart-breaking, imaginative queer hero ever. Don't miss it again!

Reservations strongly recommended.

Sunday, October 27, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Special Event: Fun and Games Day

In this afternoon of competitive play, you will be challenged intellectually, physically and emotionally. From the Surprise Lip Synch Competition to the Cryptic Clue Scavenger Hunt, this is an absolute DaPoPo Live-In must! Join Zach and Garry for a day of ridicule, humiliation, and injury. But don't worry. It's all fun & games…right? 

Monday, October 28, 7:30 pm
Workshop Performance Reading: Jesus is a Faggot by Garry Williams (Halifax, NS)
Jesus Is A Faggot is a work-in-progress. Developed at the PARC Colony with dramaturgical assistance by Sara Tilley, the play wrestles with a personal desire for sex and salvation, and makes a political plea case for a gay Jesus. During the Live-In, the play will be workshopped and developed with the generous support of Arts Nova Scotia.

Tuesday, October 29, 7:30 p,
Play Reading: The Girl With the Golden Ear by Ryan Van Horne
Music is a tremendous ambassador and Rosalie Trombley recognized its universal appeal and had an ear for music that could touch the soul of someone regardless of class, gender, or race. She went from humble beginnings to become the music director for CKLW, a radio station in Windsor, Ont., and wielded incredible influence over the North American music scene in the 1960s and 70s. She earned the nickname “The Girl With the Golden Ear” because of her ability to pick hit songs. More noteworthy, she was instrumental in advancing the concept of the crossover hit and helped bring black and white together during a period of racial strife. Despite the success -- and admirable claim to fame -- CKLW succumbed to an unlikely and unbeatable foe.

Wednesday, October 30, 7:30 pm Double Bill Reading
Reaching Beyond Ourselves: Leading A Spiritual, Peaceful and Diverse World 
by Topaz Ruby

A journey through Topaz Ruby's three languages: Russian, Hebrew and English, this book is a collection of her poetry and art as well as the art of prominent Nova Scotian artists, such as: Tom Forrestall, David Silverberg and Natan Nevo.

MacBeth by William Shakespeare, adapted by Keelin Jack

A play about three witches, and the men that encounter them on a haunted heath. 

Thursday, October 31, 7:00 pm
Special Event: Hallowords
On All Hallows' Evening, gather with us to close out The Live-In 2013 with a celebration of words through poetry, song and text. We'll also give a nod to the ninth anniversary of the very first Hallowords gathering, conceived in October 2004 by DaPoPo as a fundraiser for the first production by the company. A time for reflecting on what has been, what is to come and to enjoy being together right here.