The Signs of the Maritimes

08/27/2022

Interesting News Article about the Deaf West Theatre from California about their upcoming plans and The Company's Stories and Views too! Interesting reading this!
https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2022-08-26/deaf-west-theatre-getty-oedipus-fall-arts-preview

02/20/2022

Wow! An Excellent Interview, from Sign1News Virtual Chat on "ASL Acting Coach Behind The Scene with Tips on Success in Hollywood" with Anselmo Esousa. Maybe you may have seen Anselmo host the DeafDarts News. MUST WATCH THIS DISCUSSION!!

https://www.facebook.com/sign1news/videos/1118113268756721

12/03/2021

Tonight is opening night! Don't forget to get your tickets for this Zuppa Theatre Co. production "At this Hour!".

A wonderful CBC article about the work invested into this production and the inclusive approaches used to create the performance.

The Halifax Explosion was the largest mass-blinding event in Canadian history, and a new play aims to tell part of the story in a way that's accessible to blind people and to the deaf community.

11/10/2021

We are proud to be involved with Zuppa Theatre Co. on this project!

NEWS FLASH!! Four Deaf actors (Jim McDermott, Alan Williams, Elizabeth Morris, Thurga Kanagasekarampillai) and four hearing actors are performing in a show called, "At This Hour". It is a docudrama investigation into the causes of the Halifax Explosion (that happened in 1917). It is with Zuppa Theatre (partnership with Signs of the Maritimes Deaf theatre, The Maritime Msueum of the Atlantic, and CNIB). It is on December 2nd - 12th, 2021. Come and see our show in Halifax, NS!

There will be ASL performances, audio descriptions and surtitles.

(Poster description: same text as above on white, overlaid on a background of green, black and blue swirls.)

12/31/2019

Our theatre performance at SOUND OFF: A Deaf Theatre Festival & the Halifax Fringe Festival is mentioned as a part of a conversation on Maritimes Sign Language! :)

People in the deaf community in Nova Scotia are documenting Maritime Sign Language on video, including it in plays and teaching it to interpreting students whenever possible.

10/19/2019

Many thanks to Nova Scotia Cultural Society of the Deaf for having us! It was great to perform with so many talented Deaf performers for this evening.

09/18/2019

We are proud and excited to have our last performance, hosted by Nova Scotia Cultural Society of the Deaf and NSCC Deaf Studies! Sept 28th 7:30 - 10 pm at the main theatre, NSCC Ivany (Waterfront) Campus in Dartmouth. Pay what you want, $10 or $15, or family price $20. Please buy tickets before Thursday Sept 26. Email or DM Jim McDermott at [email protected]. Proceeds will go to Canadian Deaf Women Conference 2021 and Nova Scotia Cultural Society of the Deaf. The show will be interpreted into English. There will be refreshments.

NEWS Flash! ASL & MSL Celebration Night! Will have a Deaf Play, "Tales from East Coast" on Saturday night, Sept 28th at NSCC Ivany (Waterfront) Campus in Dartmouth. See this flyer with details. Also any one of you want to share stories or jokes to be on stage, let me know! So come down and celebrate of our Deaf Pride as part of Deaf Awareness Week!

09/06/2019

Hi friends,

I am writing to let you know that Halifax Transit will be cancelling bus service tomorrow after 12:00pm due to weather concerns for Hurricane Dorian (very rude Dorian!) and as such we are cancelling ALL performances scheduled for Saturday, September 7th in ALL venues. [This includes our performance "Tales from the East Coast".]

We are about to announce this to the public, but I wanted to let you know first. Tickets purchased for tomorrow can be refunded, but we are encouraging patrons to exchange for performances today or on Sunday.

Please let me know if you have any questions and/or concerns!

cheers,
Patricia Vinluan (she/her)
Technical Director
Halifax Fringe Festival

09/01/2019

Our first performance at the Halifax Fringe Festival went well! Thanks to everyone who came out! Hands waving! 👐 Our next performance is on Saturday Sept 7 at 3:30 pm. 😎

08/21/2019

We are so excited to have Stoo Metz Photography taking photos of our second Halifax Fringe Festival performance in September! Check out his work here:

Stoo Metz is a full-time freelance photographer in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with 10+ years of experience

08/15/2019

So glad to see Chris Dodd getting recognition for his performance in Toronto! Hope we can see more of this type of work across Canada!

Blending ASL with the spoken word, Deafy is a hands down and hands up tragicomedy with captions.Part of the SummerWorks Lab programming