Matchstick Theatre revitalizes classic Canadian plays and produces challenging contemporary theatre. We strive to ignite, affect, and ultimately transform our audience with every performance.
Matchstick is a professional Kjipuktuk/Halifax-based theatre company with three core members: Managing Director Chelsea Dickie, Financial Director Alex Mills, and Artistic Director Jake Planinc. Since coming together in 2017, Matchstick Theatre has produced 12 plays by Canadian playwrights, offering a platform that supports emerging and established Nova Scotia theatre artists. We have collaborated with 10 playwrights, over 20 backstage theatre artists and designers, and more than 50 actors.
Matchstick Theatre Creates,
Develops and Produces theatre in Mi’kma’ki,
the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq
Matchstick Theatre Creates, Develops and Produces theatre in Mi’kma’ki,
the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq
