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Poor Boy – A pop music fantasia on Neptune’s Studio Stage
Neptune Theatre and Zuppa Theatre Co. join forces to present the world premiere of Poor Boy, a pop music fantasia about tragic love, on stage now until March 1st. 
Conceived and developed by the innovative Zuppa Theatre Co., Poor Boy is an adaptation of the [...]

Inside a butcher shop on the West Bank during the First Intifada, tensions rise to a boiling point as assassins lurk outside intent on murdering the sibling revealed to be an Israeli spy. Ilan Hatsor’s heartbreaking play brings a human, emotional angle to a subject which is typically framed by impartial facts and figures on [...]

CBC radio recently aired a very interesting interview with Peter Morgan, the author of Neptune’s current production Frost/Nixon along with the award winning screenplays The Queen and The Last King of Scotland. Click on the link to give it a listen.
Peter Morgan Interview

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These are the responsibilities which plague the three brothers at the centre of Masked, Neptune’s first Studio Series production of the 2008-2009 season. The raw horror of this seemingly endless conflict unfolds on the Studio stage from Oct. 28 - Nov. 16. 
Experience the Middle East conflict from each brothers’ vantage points. Set in the family [...]

Dalhousie University’s department of Theatre invites the public to a lecture by Dr. Alan Andrews: George Bernard Shaw’s Melodrama: The Devil’s Disciple, which is still playing at Neptune! The lecture will take place Thursday, October 9th at 5 pm in Room 2102 of the Marion McCain Arts and Social Science Building (6135 University Ave.).
If you’ve [...]

Norm Foster’s newest play, Skin Flick, makes its world debut at Neptune on January 20th, 2009. After years of marriage, an older couple loses their savings in the stock markets and end up broke. Frustrated, they brainstorm ways of replenishing their bank accounts – and stumble upon the idea of producing a porn flick! The [...]

Frost/Nixon, which opens on Neptune’s Fountain Hall stage on October 12th, is based on a world-famous series of interviews conducted in 1977 between the United States of America’s disgraced 37th president Richard Nixon and British playboy talk show host David Frost. This Tony-award winning play, which is also being made into a feature film to [...]

George Bernard Shaw’s The Devil’s Disciple, the tale of a rascally drinker who announces in a Puritan New Hampshire household that he’s at the service of Lucifer, is Neptune’s devilish season opener.
After a case of mistaken identity set against the backdrop of the American Revolution, American Richard Dudgeon seems destined for the gallows. This YouTube [...]

Tarragon Theatre has stormed onto the Neptune Studio stage with its production of Rosa Laborde’s Léo.
Set in Santiago, Chile, three young friends form a bittersweet love triangle during the political upheaval surrounding the assassination of President Salvador Allende. Told through Léo’s memories, the play travels through childhood, first friends, and first lovers. The brutal dictatorship [...]

Alice spends her days collecting lost love poems for her new anthology. Edward teaches history and is most happy hidden behind his daily crossword puzzle. With their thirty-three year anniversary just days away, Edward makes an announcement that rips through the family like an emotional tornado, spinning out of control and destroying everything in its [...]