🗞 The one-woman show you need to see

ARTS & ENTERTAINMENT

F*cking Trans Women is the one-woman Halifax show you need to see this Pride

There’s a moment during Zoë Comeau’s F*cking Trans Women, a story of “trying to navigate intimacy and hot fucking sex with bodies that don’t fit the norm,” when a cartoon-animated penis runs across the screen behind the stage. It’s the kind of impromptu moment of levity you might have expected from a Seth Rogen film or a Mindy Kaling script—and moreover, not the kind theatre audiences have seen, historically, for a one-act show centred on trans lives. Which is exactly the point, if you ask the show’s writer, producer, main performer and co-director: Queer stories can be told with humour, too.

“Within the queer community—and especially within the trans community—it’s rare that anything… lighthearted comes to fruition,” Zoë Comeau says, speaking by phone with The Coast in the lead-up to her show’s premiere at the Bus Stop Theatre. “I remember when I first transitioned, even in the doctor’s office, they tell you all the possible complications and all the issues that can arise, but they don’t talk about the beautiful moments that are going to come; they don’t talk about the good things to look forward to.

Enter FTW, Comeau’s labour of love and ode to a zine by the same name. A one-woman show in which Comeau—a Dalhousie theatre graduate and Théâtre DesAssimilés creator—plays two different transgender women finding their way through relationships, it premieres tonight at the Bus Stop Theatre (2203 Gottingen Street).

The Coast spoke with Comeau about the play, trans representation and why it matters.

Need to know

🗺 Here is a map of the roads blocked due to flooding in the HRM.

⚠️ UPDATED: Here’s what you need to know about the flooding in the HRM right now. 

🎭 The Bus Stop Theatre is asking the North End community to stop by the Halifax Forum from 6-8pm and vote (all ages can vote) in favour of a budget that could potentially win them $10,000 to put towards upgrades and repairs.

🎨 The 33rd annual Nova Scotia Folk Art Festival is happening Sunday, August 6th - doors open at exactly 12pm, auction begins at 2pm.*

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In other news

🚨 Police continue to search for a man who went missing while swimming in Lunenburg’s Gold River Monday evening.

⛈ Listen to CBC meteorologist Ryan Snoddon discuss the reason behind all the rain that hit Nova Scotia.

🍴 Check out The Globe and Mail’s new story highlighting multiple local businesses in Nova Scotia’s food scene: Five ways to learn about Nova Scotia through food.

⚾️ Bedford Minor Baseball Association is struggling to understand how it’ll be able to afford the $50,000 - $100,000 flooding damages at its Robert Lenihan Baseball Field. Global News has the story.

SUMMER GUIDE

Your guide to group bike rides in Nova Scotia this summer

Looking for a new way to explore and make new friends this summer? Halifax’s cycling community is bigger than ever, meaning there are plenty of options for you to ride your way into a new social circle and bond over a shared interest. Whether you’re looking to gain more confidence biking on the roads, want a new way to exercise or are just curious to explore your home in a new way, here is a guide to group rides happening around the Halifax Regional Municipality this summer.

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Sure things

Looking for something to do this week? Check out these Coast picks:

🗓 Compulsus: Catch a showing of Canadian director Tara Thorne’s Compulsus at the Carbon Arc Cinema followed by a Q&A with Thorne and the cast. Synopsis: “Wally patrols the streets at night, taking revenge on abusive men on behalf of the survivors who can’t. When she meets law-abiding Lou, love and revenge clash, threatening their relationship.” | July 28 | 7pm | $8 - $8.75.

🗓 Rollernite: Drop into the LeBrun Centre for a skate night this weekend. There will be a family-friendly, low-sensory skate earlier in the evening followed by an Adult skate. Rental skates are available. | July 29 | 4-6pm, 6:30-9:30pm | Free-$14.

🗓 Geekorium: Help raise money for cancer at Geekorium’s Summer Mini Fest at the Halifax Forum. Shop from vendors, enjoy cosplay, join in on board game competitions, and more | July 29-July 30 | 12-7pm | $5-$10.

Find more Halifax events in The Coast listings

Eat this

🍜 The Noodle Guy, will be serving up hot dishes at Heartwood’s Pop-up Patio Party (6250 Quinpool Road) on July 27 from 12-3pm.

Shop talk

👻 It’s never too early to start preparing for a holiday, right? Spirit Halloween is getting ready to open its seasonal location at Bayers Lake.

Shop this

🛍 Biscuit General Store (2050 Gottingen Street) is having a pop-up July 29 & 30 from 11am-3pm. Stop by and shop from local vendors & sidewalk sales while enjoying live music.

�� Slowly Slowly (5685 Cunard Street) is hosting textile and ceramic artist Gillian Maradyn-Jowsey for a pop-up on July 28 & 29. Stop by and browse some hand-made pieces.

Deals

👚 The Discovery Centre is having a clothing swap on July 29 from 9:30am-3:30pm. Bring in the clothing you’ve outgrown and trade them in for new treasures!