Other Activities

Wednesday, May 21, 2025 @ 8:00 pm

Conference Welcome Bar

At Neptune Theatre Lobby - 1593 Argyle St, Halifax, NS B3J 2B2

Join PACTcon delegates to connect, and meet after the first full conference day. Bar services for purchase will be available.

Thursday, May 22, 2025 @ 7:30 pm

PACT, PARC & PGC presents

Between the Lines: PARC and PGC’s Atlantic Playwrights Reading Night

At Neptune Theatre @ Scotiabank Studio - 1593 Argyle St, Halifax, NS B3J 2B2

Join Playwrights Atlantic Canada and the Playwrights Guild of Canada for Between the Lines, a night of playwright readings and socializing at Neptune Theatre’s Studio on Thursday, May 22nd at 7:30 pm.
 
Featuring a playwright from each Atlantic province, this event will treat you to four excerpted play readings by the authors, followed by a Q & A with the audience, and then time to connect and network with the participants. Snacks and drinks, including bar services, will be on hand. 
 
The evening’s line-up includes playwrights Anthony Bryan from NB, Santiago Guzman from NL, Lindsay Kyte from NS, and Melissa Mullen from PEI., with actor and playwright, Jamie Bradle, hosting the event. 
 
Register for this free event by clicking here.

Friday, May 23, 2025 @ 5:00 pm

Cinq-a-Sept Mingler

At Alderney Landing Lobby (2 Ochterloney St, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 3Z3)

Sponsored by Front Row Insurance and Blueprint Insurance

Join us in the lobby, right after the PACTcon Pitch-It-Party, for a Cinq-a-Sept, to meet with your collegues, connect, and converse. Compimentary bar services available. 

Friday, May 23, 2025 @ 7:30 pm

Eastern Front Theatre presents

The Fruit Machine by Solo Chicken Productions

At Alderney Landing Theatre (2 Ochterloney St, Dartmouth, NS B2Y 3Z3)

The 1960s saw the Royal Canadian Mounted Police double down on their already aggressive campaign to eliminate homosexuals from the civil service. Driven by cold war induced paranoia of security risks the RCMP pointed their attention at the queer communities for their perceived “character weaknesses.” Taking historical text, real-life accounts, poetry, and movement Fruit Machine tells the story of hundreds through the bodies of four: Harold, a man who believes he’s found the perfect balance between his personal and professional life, Herbert a man pushed into a corner by the very institution he swore allegiance with, Sue a talented woman with a bright future, and Yvette a young woman still looking for her community. All struggling to avoid the watchful eyes and clicking shutters of the RCMP’s invasive lens. 

Intimacy turned into evidence. How can you feel safe when the watchdogs of democracy have made you public enemy number one? 

Fruit Machine, the debut creation from director Alex Rioux in collaboration with Solo Chicken Productions, is both a haunting look at the harm paranoia-driven policy can do to vulnerable communities, and a memorial to the brave and powerful queer individuals who resisted an insidious, dehumanizing security campaign.

Tickets are Pay What You Decide ranging between $20.00-$40.00.

You can purchase them by clicking here.