“ I never in my life thought I would win an award for a pantomime—and in fact, at one point, I never thought I’d be in one,” best actor winner Allister MacDonald says.
Last night, Theatre Nova Scotia’s Merritt Awards celebrated the best in local live performance with its first ceremony since COVID-19’s arrival. With plays from 2020 and 2021 both in the running, the nominee list felt like a reminder of just how much boundary-breaking, life-affirming theatre has been made during the pandemic in this province.…