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August 2019 – May 2021 Aug 2019 – May 2021
Aug
15
Thu
Aug 15 @ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Program 2 showcases three memorable solos by emerging choreographer/dancer Naishi Wang; Halifax-based choreographer/dancer Lydia Zimmer; and contemporary dance icon Peggy Baker, in a poignant work of text and motion. Home to the only summer contemporary[...]
Aug
16
Fri
Aug 16 @ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Program 1 showcases the dynamic and athletic Throwdown Collective; a modern dance classic– Mr. Pinhead with an all-Nova Scotian cast; and an excerpt from the traditional/contemporary indigenous dance work, Sky Dancers: Bridges. Home to the[...]
Aug
17
Sat
Aug 17 @ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Program 2 showcases three memorable solos by emerging choreographer/dancer Naishi Wang; Halifax-based choreographer/dancer Lydia Zimmer; and contemporary dance icon Peggy Baker, in a poignant work of text and motion. Home to the only summer contemporary[...]
Aug
27
Tue
Aug 27 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
A story of enduring love between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse, Marianne Ihlen. Filmmaker Nick Broomfield chronicles their relationship, from the early days in Greece to how their love evolved when Leonard became a[...]
Aug
31
Sat
Aug 31 @ 7:00 pm
7:00 pm
KINKY BOOTS The Broadway Musical in HD Filmed at the Adelphi Theatre in London, Kinky Boots the Tony, Grammy & Olivier Award-winning musical from pop icon Cyndi Lauper and legendary playwright Harvey Fierstein, directed and[...]
Sep
10
Tue
Sep 10 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
RESCHEDULED DUE TO POWER OUTAGE! NEW DATE: ***Tuesday September 17 at 7:30pm*** Maiden is the story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook in charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew[...]
Sep
17
Tue
Sep 17 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Maiden is the story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook in charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World in 1989. Tracy’s inspirational dream[...]
Sep
21
Sat
Sep 21 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Rings Through Water is new creation that uses ethereal choral singing, contemporary and traditional Indigenous dance, along with powerful text and theatrical presentation, to tell three short stories about water.   It’s a collaboration between five[...]
Sep
24
Tue
Sep 24 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must[...]
Oct
4
Fri
Oct 4 @ 7:00 pm
7:00 pm
MOVIE NIGHT AT THE “O” Suit up for classic comedy! When kooky, spooky college profs Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) lose their university jobs, they decide to[...]
Oct
8
Tue
Oct 8 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city[...]
Oct
22
Tue
Oct 22 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Deeply personable and relatable, the acclaimed new drama from director Joanna Hogg (The Exhibition, Archipelago) is a semi-autobiographical account of a dysfunctional relationship between a young, ambitious film student and an older, smooth-talking man, set[...]
Oct
24
Thu
Oct 24 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
NEW DATE: THURSDAY OCTOBER 24 at 7:30pm DIRECT FROM IRELAND. Experience Ireland’s traditions of music, song & dance in the hands of some of the most talented young performers in the world. These performers have[...]
Nov
5
Tue
Nov 5 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
THE GREAT BUSTER celebrates the life and career of one of the most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians, Buster Keaton, whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as[...]
Nov
19
Tue
Nov 19 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Winner of the Palme d’Or From the director whose films rank amongst the highest grossingin South Korea comes a black family comedy (of sorts) about a wealthy Korean family in a modern-day Downton Abbey upstairs-downstairs situation.Bong Joon-ho’s[...]
Dec
3
Tue
Dec 3 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
An intimate portrait and exploration of the career, music and influence of legendary Canadian musical icon, Gordon Lightfoot. With unprecedented access to the artist, the film takes audiences from high school auditoriums in straight-laced, small town[...]
Dec
15
Sun
Dec 15 @ 2:00 pm
2:00 pm
On Christmas Eve, Marie’s Nutcracker doll magically transforms into a prince and together their wonderful adventure begins. The Nutcracker invites audiences of all ages on a magical journey, through a world of enchantment, complete with[...]
Feb
18
Tue
Feb 18 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Golden Globe winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Directed by Lulu Wang Principal Cast: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin Lulu Wang’s The Farewell is an inter[...]
Mar
3
Tue
Mar 3 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Directed by Nicolas Bedos Principal Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Doria Tillier, Fanny Ardant In this high-concept comedy, a luddite cartoonist suffering an existential crisis hires a VR company to recreate a happier time in[...]
Mar
17
Tue
Mar 17 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
POSTPONED: CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS      
Mar
31
Tue
Mar 31 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
POSTPONED: CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS      
Apr
14
Tue
Apr 14 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
POSTPONED: CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS
Apr
28
Tue
Apr 28 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
POSTPONED: CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS
May
12
Tue
May 12 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
POSTPONED: CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS    
Aug
20
Thu
Aug 20 @ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
FODAR moves performances outside for the first time with Market Dances! Dancers will perform a collection of solos and duets – five works in all – choreographed especially for the Festival. Admission is free-of-charge, but[...]
Aug
21
Fri
Aug 21 @ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Strike Tone was commissioned by Votive Dance for FODAR 2020. Created by choreographer Vanessa Goodman in collaboration with seven dance artists, this work examines how body and sound can thrive and dissolve in space and[...]
Aug
22
Sat
Aug 22 @ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
The very first live streamed event from King’s Theatre! Watch it online for FREE!!! THE LIVE STREAM LINK WILL GO LIVE AT 8PM ATLANTIC ON THE FODAR WEB SITE> Click here. Strike Tone was commissioned[...]
Dec
13
Sun
Dec 13 @ 2:00 pm
2:00 pm
CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS     The National Ballet of Canada’s The Nutcracker is a magical holiday tradition. Set in the rustic world of rural 19th-century Russia, The Nutcracker blends an affectionately detailed natural[...]
Mar
28
Sun
Mar 28 @ 2:00 pm
2:00 pm
THE DOUBLE OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING SMASH HIT RETURNS Based on the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale A sell-out for its world premiere in 2016, Matthew Bourne’s triumphant adaptation[...]
May
8
Sat
May 8 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
  CANCELLED DUE TO NEW PROVINCIAL COVID RESTRICTIONS ————————     Don’t miss this show of dance performances on the King’s Theatre stage with award winning dancers Meredith Kalaman, Sara Coffin + Amelia McGrath   THE[...]
August 2019 – May 2021 Aug 2019 – May 2021
August 2019 – May 2021 Aug 2019 – May 2021
Aug
15
Thu
Aug 15 @ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Program 2 showcases three memorable solos by emerging choreographer/dancer Naishi Wang; Halifax-based choreographer/dancer Lydia Zimmer; and contemporary dance icon Peggy Baker, in a poignant work of text and motion. Home to the only summer contemporary[...]
Aug
16
Fri
Aug 16 @ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Program 1 showcases the dynamic and athletic Throwdown Collective; a modern dance classic– Mr. Pinhead with an all-Nova Scotian cast; and an excerpt from the traditional/contemporary indigenous dance work, Sky Dancers: Bridges. Home to the[...]
Aug
17
Sat
Aug 17 @ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Program 2 showcases three memorable solos by emerging choreographer/dancer Naishi Wang; Halifax-based choreographer/dancer Lydia Zimmer; and contemporary dance icon Peggy Baker, in a poignant work of text and motion. Home to the only summer contemporary[...]
Aug
27
Tue
Aug 27 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
A story of enduring love between Leonard Cohen and his Norwegian muse, Marianne Ihlen. Filmmaker Nick Broomfield chronicles their relationship, from the early days in Greece to how their love evolved when Leonard became a[...]
Aug
31
Sat
Aug 31 @ 7:00 pm
7:00 pm
KINKY BOOTS The Broadway Musical in HD Filmed at the Adelphi Theatre in London, Kinky Boots the Tony, Grammy & Olivier Award-winning musical from pop icon Cyndi Lauper and legendary playwright Harvey Fierstein, directed and[...]
Sep
10
Tue
Sep 10 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
RESCHEDULED DUE TO POWER OUTAGE! NEW DATE: ***Tuesday September 17 at 7:30pm*** Maiden is the story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook in charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew[...]
Sep
17
Tue
Sep 17 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Maiden is the story of how Tracy Edwards, a 24-year-old cook in charter boats, became the skipper of the first ever all-female crew to enter the Whitbread Round the World in 1989. Tracy’s inspirational dream[...]
Sep
21
Sat
Sep 21 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Rings Through Water is new creation that uses ethereal choral singing, contemporary and traditional Indigenous dance, along with powerful text and theatrical presentation, to tell three short stories about water.   It’s a collaboration between five[...]
Sep
24
Tue
Sep 24 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
The year is 1613, and Shakespeare is acknowledged as the greatest writer of the age. But disaster strikes when his renowned Globe Theatre burns to the ground. Devastated, Shakespeare returns to Stratford, where he must[...]
Oct
4
Fri
Oct 4 @ 7:00 pm
7:00 pm
MOVIE NIGHT AT THE “O” Suit up for classic comedy! When kooky, spooky college profs Peter Venkman (Bill Murray), Ray Stantz (Dan Aykroyd) and Egon Spengler (Harold Ramis) lose their university jobs, they decide to[...]
Oct
8
Tue
Oct 8 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Jimmie Fails dreams of reclaiming the Victorian home his grandfather built in the heart of San Francisco. Joined on his quest by his best friend Mont, Jimmie searches for belonging in a rapidly changing city[...]
Oct
22
Tue
Oct 22 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Deeply personable and relatable, the acclaimed new drama from director Joanna Hogg (The Exhibition, Archipelago) is a semi-autobiographical account of a dysfunctional relationship between a young, ambitious film student and an older, smooth-talking man, set[...]
Oct
24
Thu
Oct 24 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
NEW DATE: THURSDAY OCTOBER 24 at 7:30pm DIRECT FROM IRELAND. Experience Ireland’s traditions of music, song & dance in the hands of some of the most talented young performers in the world. These performers have[...]
Nov
5
Tue
Nov 5 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
THE GREAT BUSTER celebrates the life and career of one of the most influential and celebrated filmmakers and comedians, Buster Keaton, whose singular style and fertile output during the silent era created his legacy as[...]
Nov
19
Tue
Nov 19 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Winner of the Palme d’Or From the director whose films rank amongst the highest grossingin South Korea comes a black family comedy (of sorts) about a wealthy Korean family in a modern-day Downton Abbey upstairs-downstairs situation.Bong Joon-ho’s[...]
Dec
3
Tue
Dec 3 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
An intimate portrait and exploration of the career, music and influence of legendary Canadian musical icon, Gordon Lightfoot. With unprecedented access to the artist, the film takes audiences from high school auditoriums in straight-laced, small town[...]
Dec
15
Sun
Dec 15 @ 2:00 pm
2:00 pm
On Christmas Eve, Marie’s Nutcracker doll magically transforms into a prince and together their wonderful adventure begins. The Nutcracker invites audiences of all ages on a magical journey, through a world of enchantment, complete with[...]
Feb
18
Tue
Feb 18 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Golden Globe winner for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Directed by Lulu Wang Principal Cast: Awkwafina, Tzi Ma, Diana Lin Lulu Wang’s The Farewell is an inter[...]
Mar
3
Tue
Mar 3 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
Directed by Nicolas Bedos Principal Cast: Daniel Auteuil, Guillaume Canet, Doria Tillier, Fanny Ardant In this high-concept comedy, a luddite cartoonist suffering an existential crisis hires a VR company to recreate a happier time in[...]
Mar
17
Tue
Mar 17 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
POSTPONED: CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS      
Mar
31
Tue
Mar 31 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
POSTPONED: CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS      
Apr
14
Tue
Apr 14 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
POSTPONED: CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS
Apr
28
Tue
Apr 28 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
POSTPONED: CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS
May
12
Tue
May 12 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
POSTPONED: CHECK BACK FOR DETAILS    
Aug
20
Thu
Aug 20 @ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
FODAR moves performances outside for the first time with Market Dances! Dancers will perform a collection of solos and duets – five works in all – choreographed especially for the Festival. Admission is free-of-charge, but[...]
Aug
21
Fri
Aug 21 @ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
Strike Tone was commissioned by Votive Dance for FODAR 2020. Created by choreographer Vanessa Goodman in collaboration with seven dance artists, this work examines how body and sound can thrive and dissolve in space and[...]
Aug
22
Sat
Aug 22 @ 8:00 pm
8:00 pm
The very first live streamed event from King’s Theatre! Watch it online for FREE!!! THE LIVE STREAM LINK WILL GO LIVE AT 8PM ATLANTIC ON THE FODAR WEB SITE> Click here. Strike Tone was commissioned[...]
Dec
13
Sun
Dec 13 @ 2:00 pm
2:00 pm
CLICK HERE TO BUY TICKETS     The National Ballet of Canada’s The Nutcracker is a magical holiday tradition. Set in the rustic world of rural 19th-century Russia, The Nutcracker blends an affectionately detailed natural[...]
Mar
28
Sun
Mar 28 @ 2:00 pm
2:00 pm
THE DOUBLE OLIVIER AWARD-WINNING SMASH HIT RETURNS Based on the film by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger and the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale A sell-out for its world premiere in 2016, Matthew Bourne’s triumphant adaptation[...]
May
8
Sat
May 8 @ 7:30 pm
7:30 pm
  CANCELLED DUE TO NEW PROVINCIAL COVID RESTRICTIONS ————————     Don’t miss this show of dance performances on the King’s Theatre stage with award winning dancers Meredith Kalaman, Sara Coffin + Amelia McGrath   THE[...]
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