Here is a quick look at each of the 10 troupes and the productions they’ll be bringing to the 2022 Liverpool International Theatre Festival Oct. 13-16. All shows are at the Astor Theatre on Main Street in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
Tickets for individual shows are on sale now at the Astor Theatre box office (902-354-5250) or online via Ticketpro here. You can also save by choosing any five plays for $75.
Smile Group Canada, Miracle Show, Thursday, Oct. 13, 7:15 p.m.
This young, energetic group from Newmarket, Ont., will be kicking off our festival on Thursday night (Oct. 13) with a free show for all ages. It promises to be a fun, frenetic visual feast, filled with lights, dance and music.

Lucky Leo, The Raise, Friday, 7 p.m.
This Belgian troupe presents a play on a universal theme – the anxiety and anticipation of asking your boss for a raise.
It revisits this looming encounter repeatedly and compellingly, each time from a different point of view.

Bejaia, Algeria, one of the troupes appearing at the 2022 Liverpool International Theatre Festival Oct. 13-16 in Liverpool, Nova Scotia.
The events of the play revolve around four people who have lost their memory. They are at a treatment
centre, which may be prolonging instead of treating their amnesia. The four patients eventually get their revenge, with some help from a nurse.
This company hails from Béjaïa, in northeastern Algeria on the Mediterranean coast. It has won several awards in its home country.
East Voice for Arts, The Zoo Story, Saturday, 7 p.m.
East Voice for Arts from Alexandria, Egypt, are back after a successful showing at LITF 2018, with the Edward Albee play, The Zoo Story.

Featuring two characters who meet on a park bench in New York City’s Central Park, one a wealthy publishing executive, the other an isolated and disheartened man, yearning for a connection with another person.

Speaking of awkward love, this one is set in a remote church hall in the early 1980s.
Mr. Pauley and Miss Eames discover a shared interest in the church’s lute player, James Wilson, and we feel their growing interest in each other.
This Welsh troupe have been entertaining audiences for more than 70 years, regularly performing to full houses.
Avanzi di Scena Cultural Association, The Italian Movie Factory, Sunday, 7 p.m.
This audio-visual feast takes us through the history of great Italian cinema and Italian film directors, telling the story of Cinecitta Studios from Federico Fellini up to modern-day Oscar winners like Roberto Benigni.
This troupe from Civitavecchia, Italy, has performed widely throughout Italy and Norway.