Thu, Feb 12
|Alderney Landing
EARLY STAGES 2026
A dead-of-winter festival highlighting the creative process behind new works. Join local artists as they chat about what they’re working on and share behind-the-scenes previews of new scripts and designs.
Time & Location
Feb 12, 2026, 10:00 a.m. AST – Feb 15, 2026, 5:00 p.m. AST
Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney St, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 4W1, Canada
Tickets
FEB 12 | 2pm | Audition Prep
Sale ends
Feb 12, 12:00 p.m. AST
Guided by Jade and Drew Douris-O'Hara (Shakespeare by the Sea), this introductory workshop will provide actors with all the basics of attending an audition: including the practical details of the submission process, what to expect when walking into "the room" and how to be your most confident self in any audition! This workshop contains a Q&A component to allow participants to ask their burning questions about the process of auditioning.
From $10.00 to $30.00
$30.00
+$4.20 HST
$20.00
+$2.80 HST
$10.00
+$1.40 HST
FEB 14 | 11am | Vocal Check
Sale ends
Feb 14, 10:00 a.m. AST
Join Garry Williams for a private one-on-one hour long vocal range check, in which you can discover more about your singing voice. Learn about your voice type, range, timbre, and ways to strengthen your instrument in a friendly, affirming, and positive environment and find repertoire for your audition binder.
$45.00
+$6.30 HST
FEB 15 | 10am | Vocal Check
Sale ends
Feb 15, 9:00 a.m. AST
Join Garry Williams for a private one-on-one hour long vocal range check, in which you can discover more about your singing voice. Learn about your voice type, range, timbre, and ways to strengthen your instrument in a friendly, affirming, and positive environment and find repertoire for your audition binder.
$45.00
+$6.30 HST
FEB 15 | 11am | Vocal Check
Sale ends
Feb 15, 10:00 a.m. AST
Join Garry Williams for a private one-on-one hour long vocal range check, in which you can discover more about your singing voice. Learn about your voice type, range, timbre, and ways to strengthen your instrument in a friendly, affirming, and positive environment and find repertoire for your audition binder.
$45.00
+$6.30 HST
FEB 15 | 1pm | HOLY ONES
HOLY ONES by Probably Theatre Collective - A Work-in-Progress Showing Short-form performance experiments about the after-lives of trans saints. 60 minutes (five 10-15 minute short plays read in different locations)
$+14% HST
FEB 15 | 2pm | SHAPEVILLE VR
SHAPEVILLE VR LOUNGE by SiNS (Sometimes in Nova Scotia) & suddenlyLISTEN - A Theatre/Dance Work-in-Progress Showing SHAPEVILLE VR Lounge is a playful, immersive work-in-progress that invites audiences into a world where colourful soft-sculpture landscapes and a weightless VR environment meet, centring embodied exploration through tactile lounging, expansive gestures, and movement-based interaction. Durational with individual VR time of approx 5-10 mins. All ages.
$+14% HST
FEB 14 | 4-7pm | HOW TO KNIT
HOW TO KNIT by Lee-Anne Poole - A Work-in-Progress Showing HOW TO KNIT is a semi-autobiographical account of the family you have, the family you make, and knitting. 3 hrs - but you can come and go as you please Mature Content
$+14% HST
+Ticket service fee
FEB 12 | 7:30pm | IRRELEVANT
IRRELEVANT by Alison Crosby - A Play Reading IRRELEVANT is a darkly comedic mystery that follows an aspiring and somewhat inept reporter as she tries to solve the disappearance of a local writer. 75 min Mature Content
$+14% HST
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