2024 -2025 SEASON by Neptune Theatre

EXPERIENCE THE EXTRAORDINARY

2024 / 2025 SEASON

FEBRUARY 13 - 16. 2025

TYMISHA HARRIS STARS AS THE ICONIC JOSEPHINE BAKER

WELCOME TO OUR 2024 / 2025 SEASON

It is with great pride that we share with you our 2024-25 season line-up! Coming on the heels of a banner season full of sold-out shows, beautiful moments onstage and off, where we also spread the Neptune Theatre brand across the country, our line-up for this next season promises to delight everyone. We think it’s extraordinary and we hope you agree!

Beloved musicals, Shakespearean comedy, touching drama, brand new works, and laugh out loud comedies will bring our community together to experience the magic only live theatre can deliver. Our shows are built from the ground up, right here in Nova Scotia, and we love sharing what we do with our neighbors.

Subscribe to this incredible season now to guarantee your best price for the best seats. The benefits of being a Neptune Theatre Subscriber are many - front of the line access to tickets, free exchanges, discounts on Theatre School classes, discounts with our many partners in Downtown Halifax, and more!

We are excited to laugh and cry with you, to have you tapping your toes, and have you asking deeper questions about the world around you.

Lots of amazing highs to tell you about! We are thrilled to be the first regional theatre in Canada bringing you Disney’s Frozen. We are honoured to be producing Andrea Scott’s award winning play, Controlled Damage, in an exciting partnership with the National Arts Centre, in Ottawa. Our production of Murder For Two plays in Gananoque, ON this Summer.

We look forward to entertaining you this season, and we cannot wait to see you at the theatre.

KIMBERLEE STADELMANN, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

SEPTEMBER 10 - OCTOBER 5, 2024

SHAKESPEARE LIKE YOU’VE NEVER EXPERIENCED BEFOR E

Love, magic, and mistaken identities are set anew against Prohibition’s shadowed veil, in this reimagined comedic tale. Mischief and mayhem ensue when four young lovers flee to the forest, only for Puck the fairy to make both boys fall in love with the same girl. Misunderstandings and mistaken identities create amusing twists and chaos.

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ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY JEREMY WEBB

THE OLDEST STORY EVER RECORDED, A MODERN FRIENDSHIP FOR THE AGES

King Gilgamesh & the Man of the Wild is a hybrid theatre-music production. Interweaving the ancient Mesopotamian Epic of Gilgamesh with Ahmed’s real-life journey from exiled Iraqi actor to acclaimed musician in Canada.

Featuring themes of art, ambition, sex, and mortality, this two-man epic spans centuries, cultures, and continents in a moving, funny, tragic, and ultimately celebratory performance.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2024 - JANUARY 5, 2025

NEPTUNE THEATRE’S PRODUCTION OF

DO YOU WANT TO BUILD A SNOWMAN?

When newly crowned Queen Elsa accidentally sets off an eternal winter in the town of Arendelle, her younger sister Anna (along with her friends Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven) goes off on a thrilling adventure to find her sister and save the kingdom.

Disney’s global phenomenon finally comes to the Neptune stage with all of the magic you would expect.

DIRECTED BY JEREMY WEBB

MUSICAL DIRECTION BY PAUL DE GURSE

CHOREOGRAPHY BY GENNY SERMONIA SPOTLIGHT

RADIANT SERIES

NOVEMBER 12 - 24, 2024

CELEBRATING ANCESTRAL SURVIVAL THROUGH WINTER

This dance theatre piece follows the teachings of L’nu (Mi’kmaw) women carrying a fire ember through the winter season - three moons of winter. Legends, star stories, and contemporary dance expresses the harsh realities of living off the land in a long ago Mi’kma’ki winter.

If the women were able to keep the ember going until the Spring Equinox, there is a celebration to honour the women and the return of spring.

JANUARY 14 - FEBRUARY 2, 2025

THE STORY OF CIVIL RIGHTS ICON, VIOLA DESMOND

Controlled Damage explores the life of Canadian Civil Rights icon Viola Desmond and how her act of bravery in a Nova Scotia movie theatre in 1946 started a ripple effect that is still felt today.

An ordinary woman forced to be extraordinary by an unyielding and racist world, Desmond never gave up — despite the personal cost to her and those who loved her. Andrea Scott’s highly theatrical examination of Desmond and her legacy traces the impact she has had on our culture, but also casts light on the slow progress of the fight for social justice and civil rights in Canada.

DIRECTED BY CHERISSA RICHARDS

FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 23, 2025

A STORY THAT WILL SWEEP ITS WAY INTO YOUR HEART

The local refugee resettlement program in small town organizes a Learn-to-Curl class to welcome newcomers. When its organizer slips on the ice and breaks her hip, the rink’s ice maker and former champion curler Stuart MacPhail is forced to step in as head coach. Trouble is, Stuart has some strong opinions about immigrants...

What follows is an inspiring and hilarious story of a group of unlikely athletes who face off against local prejudice and claim their identity as “new Canadians”. Don’t miss the hit comedy about burning rocks, bonspiel beers, and becoming a team.

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APRIL 22 - MAY 18, 2025

A HANDSHAKE THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

In 1991, at the height of the AIDS crisis, the residents of Casey House - Toronto’s only AIDS Hospice - received word that the Princess of Wales is coming to visit.

This potent and moving drama vividly captures a moment in time when a rebel Princess, alongside fearless caregivers and advocates, reshaped the course of a global epidemic—and how those living with the virus found hard-won dignity, community and love in the face of astonishing hardship.

DIRECTED BY RICHIE WILCOX

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LAUGH SCREAM SING

GIVE UP GARDENING FOR GOOD

Down-on-his-luck nerd, Seymour is broke, living in a terrible part of town, and working a dead end job for a florist. He falls in love with Audrey, a girl from the wrong side of the tracks, who also works at the flower shop. A meteor shower brings a talking plant into Seymour’s life, who he names Audrey Two... and leads him down a path of murder, mayhem, and true love.

The smash-hit Broadway musical is a classic love story wrapped up in a flesh eating, alien, venus fly trap.

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Beyond the curtains, there are many artists, technicians, craftspeople and actors who have a hand in creating what you see on stage. It is their work that creates the worlds in which the performers live. These talented artists are your friends, neighbours, family.

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Your support enables us to continue crafting these magnificent worlds, nurture local talent and remain a hub for creativity in our province. Together we can ensure Neptune remains a cultural leader providing a welcoming space for all Nova Scotians, where artists, technicians, administrators, and performers will inspire and entertain for generations to come.

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We believe that theatre is for everyone and are pleased to offer a variety of accessibility options. ASL Interpretation, Relaxed Performances and Audio Description services are offered for select shows.

MASKED PERFORMANCES

SELECT PERFORMANCES ARE MASK MANDATORY FOR ALL PATRONS