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CTV News
3 hours ago
- Entertainment
- CTV News
Improv show about relationship keeps performers on their toes as they tour the Maritimes
Alex Rioux is keeping a secret from Jean-Michel Cliche and neither of them know what it is. They have been dancing around the subject for a while onstage, discussing the challenges of their domestic lives. Finally, Rioux tells Cliche the truth: They steal cheese from Loblaws. The secret doesn't come from Rioux; it comes from the audience. 'Before the show, our stage manager asks the crowd what the secret is in the form of an 'I am' question,' Cliche said. 'There's a projection that comes up with the secret. Everything after is completely improvised.' Cliche and Rioux are the stars of TILT, a show that explores a relationship between two characters with the novel twist being that every performance features a new secret pulled from the audience. 'The show begins as a scripted piece,' Cliche said. 'The first half of the show is a journey through their relationship. Clearly something is not being communicated between the two of them. It's very grounded. At a certain point Alex's character musters up the courage to share the secret.' Cliche is the associate artistic director of Solo Chicken Productions, a New Brunswick-based theatre company that is taking TILT on tour through the Maritimes this summer. 'The name TILT appeared before the story did,' he said. 'I was reading about Coen Brothers' movies and how they have this concept called the tilt. For me that was the crux of the show. We wanted a moment where everything got turned on its head. 'We thought it captured the energy of the show. We want audiences to feel that tilt with us.' TILT show TILT is going on tour in the Maritimes this summer. (Source: Andrew Finlay) Cliche discovered improvisation in high school when, in his words, his teacher dragged him to a class one day. 'I hadn't found my thing yet and it really connected with me,' he said. 'It's a really collaborative environment. You have to be so in tune with each other.' Cliche studied theatre in university and coached an improv team at his old high school, continuing to develop his craft. 'There's a lot more training and skill that goes into it than people can imagine,' he said. 'I describe it as more like a sport. You have to run your drills. When you get to a game, you don't know how those skills will come into play, but you always fall back on them. You're thinking about your ability to connect to your fellow performers.' Through his work, Cliche met and started to work with Rioux through Hot Garbage Players, building a natural rapport through countless performances. Cliche said TILT came about in the wake of Rioux's show 'Fruit Machine,' which explored the history of the LGBTQ+ purge from Canadian military, RCMP and civil service in the 1960s. 'Alex created this beautiful, really complex piece about the LGBT purge,' Cliche said. 'We were touring that play and once we were finished that tour, we were kind of thinking what's next? Let's jam something out. 'It was an artistic challenge to go, 'We want to make something smaller scale but just as effective and polished as previous works.' I always had an idea of a show that started scripted and became improv. It was an artistic challenge for ourselves that sounded exciting.' Jean-Michel Cliche Jean-Michel Cliche is pictured. (Source: Andrew Finlay) Cliche said audiences have cooked up some truly odd secrets for the second half of the show. 'You get thrown this ridiculous curve balls,' he said. 'Really strange, wild twists like, 'I'm doing secret deals behind the Payless Shoes depot.' 'It's been cool to play the same characters in these different iterations but finding heart is at the core of all of it. We both gravitate towards the heart of these characters. They feel like real people to us.' TILT will kick off its summer tour at Memorial Hall in Fredericton on July 24 and 25. Other shows include: DANSpace at Halifax Fringe Festival from Aug. 27 to Sept. 7 Marshlight Theatre in Sackville, N.B., on Sept. 19 and 20 BMO Theatre in Saint John on Sept. 24 For more New Brunswick news, visit our dedicated provincial page.
Yahoo
11 hours ago
- Sport
- Yahoo
Kyle Stowers' RBI double
The 44th Acadian Games in Dieppe blend culture and competition More than 1,100 athletes are representing 11 delegations from across the Maritimes in cultural events and in sports like soccer, volleyball and mini handball. 3:19 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
CBC
17 hours ago
- Sport
- CBC
The 44th Acadian Games in Dieppe blend culture and competition
More than 1,100 athletes are representing 11 delegations from across the Maritimes in cultural events and in sports like soccer, volleyball and mini handball.
CTV News
a day ago
- Business
- CTV News
Gas prices lower in NS and PEI, higher in NB
Gas pumps are pictured in Halifax on May 16, 2025. (CTV Atlantic) Maritimers will be paying less at the pumps in N.S. and P.E.I., but more in N.B. Nova Scotia The price of regular self-serve gasoline in the Halifax-area fell by 2 cents. The new minimum price is 143.7 cents per litre. The price of diesel fell by 4.8 cents. The minimum price is now 151.6 cents per litre. In Cape Breton, the price of regular self-serve gasoline is 145.6 cents per litre and the price of diesel is 153.6 cents per litre. Prince Edward Island The price of regular self-serve gasoline on P.E.I. fell by 7.5 cents. The new minimum price is 147.3 cents per litre. The price of diesel dropped by 7.5 cents on the island. The minimum price is now 159.6 cents per litre. New Brunswick In New Brunswick, the price of regular self-serve gasoline increased by 0.8 cents. The new maximum price is 147.6 cents per litre. After dropping earlier in the week, the price of diesel increased by 9.7 cents. The new maximum price in the province is 156.4 cents per litre.
CBC
2 days ago
- Politics
- CBC
N.S. gov't signals possible shift on keeping environmental racism report private
Amid ongoing public pressure, the Progressive Conservative government is signalling that details about a report on environmental racism in Nova Scotia could be shared. The panel that produced the report delivered it to the government a year ago, but its contents have remained unknown. Public calls from Mi'kmaw chiefs and opposition MLAs for its release had gone unheeded, until Thursday afternoon. A statement from Becky Druhan, the minister responsible for the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism, said a public report was not part of the panel's mandate, but it is understandable that people would be interested and the government wants to be transparent. "Out of respect for the panel, we want to meet with members before sharing any further details publicly. As minister, I have directed staff to reach out and arrange this meeting. I look forward to that discussion." Druhan's statement followed several of her cabinet colleagues earlier in the day saying they've not read the report and others standing behind the decision not to make it public. Public Works Minister Fred Tilley said he's not seen the report or asked to see it. Health Minister Michelle Thompson told reporters that she has access to the report but has not had a chance to read it. Environment Minister Tim Halman said he's been briefed on the report "at a high level," and that he anticipated being involved in a meeting with panel members when it's scheduled. African Nova Scotian Affairs Minister Twila Grosse told reporters she has reviewed the report, but said she would not share her views on its contents because the report sits with the Office of Equity and Anti-Racism and not her department. "We want to ensure that we collaborate and we move forward together with this," she said. Earlier this week, Membertou First Nation Chief Terry Paul said he and the rest of the Mi'kmaw chiefs in the province agree that the report needs to be shared publicly as a matter of accountability. Paul said none of the chiefs have seen the report. Speaking to reporters prior to Druhan's statement, Liberal MLA Iain Rankin questioned how much of a priority the document and its recommendations are for the government. The Office of Equity and Anti-Racism was created by Rankin during his brief tenure as premier and he said he did that to put the issue "at the centre of government." Rankin said elected officials must push ahead on such issues because there can be resistance within the bureaucracy. When he was environment minister, Rankin said he went against advice from public servants when he used the term "environmental racism" to describe certain situations. "We need to tackle institutional racism and, honestly, this is a reflection of institutional racism within government itself," he said. Report informing government policy NDP MLA Susan LeBlanc renewed her party's call for the report to be made public. It was an amendment to Progressive Conservative environmental legislation in 2022 by LeBlanc's caucus colleague, Suzy Hansen, that led to the creation of the panel. On Wednesday, Premier Tim Houston said he hasn't seen the report, but he's been briefed on it. The premier told reporters that government officials are working on some of the recommendations while others are still being reviewed. The document is being used to develop government policy, he said. "I think it served the purpose. We had a bunch of good people, they did some work and they made some recommendations and government is taking it seriously."
