Highland Arts Theatre Presents

PUNCH UP

Written by Kat Sandler
Directed by Birdie Gregor
A HAT CLASSIC ENCORE

For the first time in 6 years, catch the HAT Classic from our Original 2015 Season that's won awards across the province: Punch Up!

The Funniest Man Alive tries to make the Most Pathetic Man That Ever Existed make the Saddest Girl in the World laugh. Toronto’s hottest playwright (credits include: SUCKER, WILD WOMAN, & Dora-Winner MUSTARD) returns to Cape Breton with this darkly comic love letter to comedy.

Starring: Wesley J. Colford, Nick Porteous, and Hilary Scott

PRAISE FOR PUNCH UP:

OUTSTANDING: Production, Ensemble, Direction, AND winner of “Patron’s Pick” —NOW Best of T.O.

WINNER OF Best in Festival at the 2014 Toronto Fringe & 2015 Atlantic Fringe

“Gives the best TV comedies a run for their money.” — NOW Magazine

“Sandler’s script doesn’t even give you a chance to catch your breath from one joke before you’re onto laughing at the next one.” —Mooney on Theatre

“BUCKLE UP. A hilarious and surprising antidote to sadness.” — Doktor Luke’s Blog 2017

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 16 to 21, 2024
Tuesday to Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
There is no intermission for this program.

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for ages 16 and up with warnings of Mature Language and... "F Bombs"

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST
Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 16

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.

All sales final.

Highland Arts Theatre Presents

PUNCH UP

Written by Kat Sandler
Directed by Birdie Gregor
A HAT CLASSIC ENCORE

For the first time in 6 years, catch the HAT Classic from our Original 2015 Season that's won awards across the province: Punch Up!

The Funniest Man Alive tries to make the Most Pathetic Man That Ever Existed make the Saddest Girl in the World laugh. Toronto’s hottest playwright (credits include: SUCKER, WILD WOMAN, & Dora-Winner MUSTARD) returns to Cape Breton with this darkly comic love letter to comedy.

Starring: Wesley J. Colford, Nick Porteous, and Hilary Scott

PRAISE FOR PUNCH UP:

OUTSTANDING: Production, Ensemble, Direction, AND winner of “Patron’s Pick” —NOW Best of T.O.

WINNER OF Best in Festival at the 2014 Toronto Fringe & 2015 Atlantic Fringe

“Gives the best TV comedies a run for their money.” — NOW Magazine

“Sandler’s script doesn’t even give you a chance to catch your breath from one joke before you’re onto laughing at the next one.” —Mooney on Theatre

“BUCKLE UP. A hilarious and surprising antidote to sadness.” — Doktor Luke’s Blog 2017

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 16 to 21, 2024
Tuesday to Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
There is no intermission for this program.

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for ages 16 and up with warnings of Mature Language and... "F Bombs"

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST
Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 16

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.

All sales final.

Highland Arts Theatre Presents

PUNCH UP

Written by Kat Sandler
Directed by Birdie Gregor
A HAT CLASSIC ENCORE

For the first time in 6 years, catch the HAT Classic from our Original 2015 Season that's won awards across the province: Punch Up!

The Funniest Man Alive tries to make the Most Pathetic Man That Ever Existed make the Saddest Girl in the World laugh. Toronto’s hottest playwright (credits include: SUCKER, WILD WOMAN, & Dora-Winner MUSTARD) returns to Cape Breton with this darkly comic love letter to comedy.

Starring: Wesley J. Colford, Nick Porteous, and Hilary Scott

PRAISE FOR PUNCH UP:

OUTSTANDING: Production, Ensemble, Direction, AND winner of “Patron’s Pick” —NOW Best of T.O.

WINNER OF Best in Festival at the 2014 Toronto Fringe & 2015 Atlantic Fringe

“Gives the best TV comedies a run for their money.” — NOW Magazine

“Sandler’s script doesn’t even give you a chance to catch your breath from one joke before you’re onto laughing at the next one.” —Mooney on Theatre

“BUCKLE UP. A hilarious and surprising antidote to sadness.” — Doktor Luke’s Blog 2017

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 16 to 21, 2024
Tuesday to Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
There is no intermission for this program.

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for ages 16 and up with warnings of Mature Language and... "F Bombs"

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST
Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 16

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.

All sales final.

Highland Arts Theatre Presents

PUNCH UP

Written by Kat Sandler
Directed by Birdie Gregor
A HAT CLASSIC ENCORE

For the first time in 6 years, catch the HAT Classic from our Original 2015 Season that's won awards across the province: Punch Up!

The Funniest Man Alive tries to make the Most Pathetic Man That Ever Existed make the Saddest Girl in the World laugh. Toronto’s hottest playwright (credits include: SUCKER, WILD WOMAN, & Dora-Winner MUSTARD) returns to Cape Breton with this darkly comic love letter to comedy.

Starring: Wesley J. Colford, Nick Porteous, and Hilary Scott

PRAISE FOR PUNCH UP:

OUTSTANDING: Production, Ensemble, Direction, AND winner of “Patron’s Pick” —NOW Best of T.O.

WINNER OF Best in Festival at the 2014 Toronto Fringe & 2015 Atlantic Fringe

“Gives the best TV comedies a run for their money.” — NOW Magazine

“Sandler’s script doesn’t even give you a chance to catch your breath from one joke before you’re onto laughing at the next one.” —Mooney on Theatre

“BUCKLE UP. A hilarious and surprising antidote to sadness.” — Doktor Luke’s Blog 2017

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 16 to 21, 2024
Tuesday to Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
There is no intermission for this program.

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for ages 16 and up with warnings of Mature Language and... "F Bombs"

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST
Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 16

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.

All sales final.

Highland Arts Theatre Presents

PUNCH UP

Written by Kat Sandler
Directed by Birdie Gregor
A HAT CLASSIC ENCORE

For the first time in 6 years, catch the HAT Classic from our Original 2015 Season that's won awards across the province: Punch Up!

The Funniest Man Alive tries to make the Most Pathetic Man That Ever Existed make the Saddest Girl in the World laugh. Toronto’s hottest playwright (credits include: SUCKER, WILD WOMAN, & Dora-Winner MUSTARD) returns to Cape Breton with this darkly comic love letter to comedy.

Starring: Wesley J. Colford, Nick Porteous, and Hilary Scott

PRAISE FOR PUNCH UP:

OUTSTANDING: Production, Ensemble, Direction, AND winner of “Patron’s Pick” —NOW Best of T.O.

WINNER OF Best in Festival at the 2014 Toronto Fringe & 2015 Atlantic Fringe

“Gives the best TV comedies a run for their money.” — NOW Magazine

“Sandler’s script doesn’t even give you a chance to catch your breath from one joke before you’re onto laughing at the next one.” —Mooney on Theatre

“BUCKLE UP. A hilarious and surprising antidote to sadness.” — Doktor Luke’s Blog 2017

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 16 to 21, 2024
Tuesday to Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
There is no intermission for this program.

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for ages 16 and up with warnings of Mature Language and... "F Bombs"

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST
Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 16

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.

All sales final.

Highland Arts Theatre Presents

PUNCH UP

Written by Kat Sandler
Directed by Birdie Gregor
A HAT CLASSIC ENCORE

For the first time in 6 years, catch the HAT Classic from our Original 2015 Season that's won awards across the province: Punch Up!

The Funniest Man Alive tries to make the Most Pathetic Man That Ever Existed make the Saddest Girl in the World laugh. Toronto’s hottest playwright (credits include: SUCKER, WILD WOMAN, & Dora-Winner MUSTARD) returns to Cape Breton with this darkly comic love letter to comedy.

Starring: Wesley J. Colford, Nick Porteous, and Hilary Scott

PRAISE FOR PUNCH UP:

OUTSTANDING: Production, Ensemble, Direction, AND winner of “Patron’s Pick” —NOW Best of T.O.

WINNER OF Best in Festival at the 2014 Toronto Fringe & 2015 Atlantic Fringe

“Gives the best TV comedies a run for their money.” — NOW Magazine

“Sandler’s script doesn’t even give you a chance to catch your breath from one joke before you’re onto laughing at the next one.” —Mooney on Theatre

“BUCKLE UP. A hilarious and surprising antidote to sadness.” — Doktor Luke’s Blog 2017

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 16 to 21, 2024
Tuesday to Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
There is no intermission for this program.

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for ages 16 and up with warnings of Mature Language and... "F Bombs"

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST
Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 16

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.

All sales final.

Highland Arts Theatre Presents

PUNCH UP

Written by Kat Sandler
Directed by Birdie Gregor
A HAT CLASSIC ENCORE

For the first time in 6 years, catch the HAT Classic from our Original 2015 Season that's won awards across the province: Punch Up!

The Funniest Man Alive tries to make the Most Pathetic Man That Ever Existed make the Saddest Girl in the World laugh. Toronto’s hottest playwright (credits include: SUCKER, WILD WOMAN, & Dora-Winner MUSTARD) returns to Cape Breton with this darkly comic love letter to comedy.

Starring: Wesley J. Colford, Nick Porteous, and Hilary Scott

PRAISE FOR PUNCH UP:

OUTSTANDING: Production, Ensemble, Direction, AND winner of “Patron’s Pick” —NOW Best of T.O.

WINNER OF Best in Festival at the 2014 Toronto Fringe & 2015 Atlantic Fringe

“Gives the best TV comedies a run for their money.” — NOW Magazine

“Sandler’s script doesn’t even give you a chance to catch your breath from one joke before you’re onto laughing at the next one.” —Mooney on Theatre

“BUCKLE UP. A hilarious and surprising antidote to sadness.” — Doktor Luke’s Blog 2017

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 16 to 21, 2024
Tuesday to Saturday at 7:30pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm
There is no intermission for this program.

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for ages 16 and up with warnings of Mature Language and... "F Bombs"

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST
Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 16

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.

All sales final.

A new play by Lindsay Thompson
Directed by Rachael Murphy
A WORLD PREMIERE

Emmaline Vance is perfectly fine living her life as a single librarian, following her own rules and staying in her own lane. So why do the story time puppets keep talking to her?

When fifteen-year-old Addison Woods bursts into the library looking for someplace to hide, Em decides to break the rules and get involved. But does trying to help only make things worse? And who is she really helping anyway? Tie in a hidden wedding dress, an ugly cactus, a handsome exterminator and an anonymous mouse? Suddenly Em and Addy start to find something that is long overdue. A comedy about love, lonely people and our doomed best intentions.

From the writer of "Herstory", "See Jane Run", & "Sweet Enough" and the HAT Mainstage debut from the director of "Mary Poppins JR", "Shrek the Musical JR", and "Alice in Wonderland".

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 3rd to 7th, 2024
Wednesday to Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday at 2:00pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for 13 and up (but suitable for all ages)

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST

Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 3

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.

A new play by Lindsay Thompson
Directed by Rachael Murphy
A WORLD PREMIERE

Emmaline Vance is perfectly fine living her life as a single librarian, following her own rules and staying in her own lane. So why do the story time puppets keep talking to her?

When fifteen-year-old Addison Woods bursts into the library looking for someplace to hide, Em decides to break the rules and get involved. But does trying to help only make things worse? And who is she really helping anyway? Tie in a hidden wedding dress, an ugly cactus, a handsome exterminator and an anonymous mouse? Suddenly Em and Addy start to find something that is long overdue. A comedy about love, lonely people and our doomed best intentions.

From the writer of "Herstory", "See Jane Run", & "Sweet Enough" and the HAT Mainstage debut from the director of "Mary Poppins JR", "Shrek the Musical JR", and "Alice in Wonderland".

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 3rd to 7th, 2024
Wednesday to Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday at 2:00pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for 13 and up (but suitable for all ages)

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST

Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 3

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.

A new play by Lindsay Thompson
Directed by Rachael Murphy
A WORLD PREMIERE

Emmaline Vance is perfectly fine living her life as a single librarian, following her own rules and staying in her own lane. So why do the story time puppets keep talking to her?

When fifteen-year-old Addison Woods bursts into the library looking for someplace to hide, Em decides to break the rules and get involved. But does trying to help only make things worse? And who is she really helping anyway? Tie in a hidden wedding dress, an ugly cactus, a handsome exterminator and an anonymous mouse? Suddenly Em and Addy start to find something that is long overdue. A comedy about love, lonely people and our doomed best intentions.

From the writer of "Herstory", "See Jane Run", & "Sweet Enough" and the HAT Mainstage debut from the director of "Mary Poppins JR", "Shrek the Musical JR", and "Alice in Wonderland".

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 3rd to 7th, 2024
Wednesday to Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday at 2:00pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for 13 and up (but suitable for all ages)

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST

Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 3

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.

A new play by Lindsay Thompson
Directed by Rachael Murphy
A WORLD PREMIERE

Emmaline Vance is perfectly fine living her life as a single librarian, following her own rules and staying in her own lane. So why do the story time puppets keep talking to her?

When fifteen-year-old Addison Woods bursts into the library looking for someplace to hide, Em decides to break the rules and get involved. But does trying to help only make things worse? And who is she really helping anyway? Tie in a hidden wedding dress, an ugly cactus, a handsome exterminator and an anonymous mouse? Suddenly Em and Addy start to find something that is long overdue. A comedy about love, lonely people and our doomed best intentions.

From the writer of "Herstory", "See Jane Run", & "Sweet Enough" and the HAT Mainstage debut from the director of "Mary Poppins JR", "Shrek the Musical JR", and "Alice in Wonderland".

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 3rd to 7th, 2024
Wednesday to Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday at 2:00pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for 13 and up (but suitable for all ages)

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST

Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 3

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.

A new play by Lindsay Thompson
Directed by Rachael Murphy
A WORLD PREMIERE

Emmaline Vance is perfectly fine living her life as a single librarian, following her own rules and staying in her own lane. So why do the story time puppets keep talking to her?

When fifteen-year-old Addison Woods bursts into the library looking for someplace to hide, Em decides to break the rules and get involved. But does trying to help only make things worse? And who is she really helping anyway? Tie in a hidden wedding dress, an ugly cactus, a handsome exterminator and an anonymous mouse? Suddenly Em and Addy start to find something that is long overdue. A comedy about love, lonely people and our doomed best intentions.

From the writer of "Herstory", "See Jane Run", & "Sweet Enough" and the HAT Mainstage debut from the director of "Mary Poppins JR", "Shrek the Musical JR", and "Alice in Wonderland".

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 3rd to 7th, 2024
Wednesday to Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday at 2:00pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for 13 and up (but suitable for all ages)

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST

Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 3

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.

A new play by Lindsay Thompson
Directed by Rachael Murphy
A WORLD PREMIERE

Emmaline Vance is perfectly fine living her life as a single librarian, following her own rules and staying in her own lane. So why do the story time puppets keep talking to her?

When fifteen-year-old Addison Woods bursts into the library looking for someplace to hide, Em decides to break the rules and get involved. But does trying to help only make things worse? And who is she really helping anyway? Tie in a hidden wedding dress, an ugly cactus, a handsome exterminator and an anonymous mouse? Suddenly Em and Addy start to find something that is long overdue. A comedy about love, lonely people and our doomed best intentions.

From the writer of "Herstory", "See Jane Run", & "Sweet Enough" and the HAT Mainstage debut from the director of "Mary Poppins JR", "Shrek the Musical JR", and "Alice in Wonderland".

WHERE:
Highland Arts Theatre - Sydney, NS

WHEN:
April 3rd to 7th, 2024
Wednesday to Friday at 7:30pm
Saturday at 2:00pm
Sunday at 2:00pm and 7:30pm

AGE RECOMMENDATION:
Recommended for 13 and up (but suitable for all ages)

TICKETS:
Adult Admission: $27.00 +HST
Ages 23 & Under Admission: $17.00 +HST

Pay-What-You-Choose Preview Admission on April 3

Select Seats available for Free every performance while supplies last thanks to Radical Access.