Night FYP began in 2016-17 as a way to give students in the Foundation Year Program (FYP) an opportunity to experience directly, through a combination of performance and lecture, the “worlds” of thought and culture they study during the day in FYP. It has since expanded and is now open to community members.
Through Night FYP, artists and teachers from King’s and Dalhousie and from the broader Halifax community offer their craft in a series of events connected throughout the academic year to the curriculum of FYP (attendance for FYP students is optional but encouraged).
Most events are free. They are a celebration and extension of classroom learning, designed to enlighten and engage.
“It is our hope that Night FYP can be a forum through which the intense academic work of the Foundation Year Program can meet with the vibrant work of culture and interpretation alive on our university campus and in the artistic community of Halifax, and produce ‘a sea change into something rich and strange’ (Shakespeare, Tempest),” says Dr. Neil Robertson, director of the Foundation Year Program.
The lectures are free and open to the public, except where noted for Feb. 7, Feb. 27 and Mar. 28. Please join us at any or all of the below.
Night FYP is made possible through the generous support of a donor.
Upcoming Lectures
An Evening with Mozart’s Don Giovanni, with Roberta Barker and Singers
Thursday, January 24 2019
7:30 pm in the President’s Lodge
Don Juan Comes Back from the War, presented by the FSPA
Thursday, February 7 2019
7:00 pm Talk by Dr. Jure Gantar in Room 406, Arts Centre
7:30 pm Performance in the Murray Studio, Dal Arts Centre
FYP students may sign up for tickets. Limited seating for non-students may be available.
Parsifal PJ Party: Screening of Wagner’s Parsifal
Wednesday, February 27 2019
6:30-11:00 pm – Alumni Hall
This event is restricted to King’s/Dalhousie students, faculty, and staff.
Poetry and Performance with Mi’kmaw Writer and Storyteller Shalan Joudry
Friday, March 8 2019
7:30 pm in The President’s Lodge, 6350 Coburg Rd.
Benjamin Panel, featuring Daniel Brandes, Sarah Clift, and Laura Penny
Thursday, March 21 2019
7:30 pm in the KTS Lecture Hall
James Baldwin documentary, introduced by Eddie Cuevas
Thursday, March 28 2019
7:30 pm – Alumni Hall
This event is restricted to King’s/Dalhousie students, faculty, and staff.
Eli Diamond – “Prince and the Revolution”
Thursday, April 4 2019
7:30 pm – Lecture in the KTS Lecture Hall
9:30 pm – Dance Party in the Wardroom
Past Lectures
Sue Goyette – Penelope’s Odyssey
Wednesday, Sept. 12, 2018
7:30 p.m. – KTS Lecture Hall
Zuppa Theatre – Pop-Up Love Party, Plato’s Symposium reimagined
Wednesday, Oct. 10, 2018
6 p.m. – Prince Hall
Paul and Nick Halley and Chapel Choir – Medieval Chant
Thursday, Oct. 25, 2018
7:30 p.m. – Chapel
Ian Stewart – Renaissance Music: Tuning the Soul
Tuesday, Nov. 6, 2018
7 p.m. – Chapel
Kyle Fraser and Dalhousie Theatre Society – Marlowe’s Doctor Faustus
Wednesday, Nov. 21, 2018
7 p.m. Talk by Kyle Fraser
7:30 p.m. – Arts Centre, Rm 406
Sign-up for 80 students. Limited seating for non-students may be available.
Elizabeth Edwards and Fountain School of Performing Arts – Purgatorio
Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018
7 p.m. Talk by Elizabeth Edwards
7:30 p.m. Performance in the Dunn Theatre
Sign-up for students. Limited seating for non-students may be available.
