Zuppa

the background is a gradient of blue and grey. a line-drawing of a statue of socrates centre image, with a beam of light coming out of his head, containing three heart-shaped clouds. in big black typeface across the the image, the words POP-UP LOVE PARTY, and then slightly smaller "march 19th +20th, 730 PM at Alderney Landing"

We are ~so~ excited to announce that a baker’s decade after exploding onto the scene, POP-UP LOVE PARTY is back!

We are teaming up with Eastern Front Theatre and an acclaimed local chef for a special 11th anniversary performance of our hit, multi-sensory, internationally-touring show, for TWO NIGHTS ONLY: March 19 & 20, 2026 at Alderney Landing!

Pop-Up Love Party combines the surprising ideas of a 2400-year-old drinking party with the sensory creations of a celebrated local chef, re-imagining Plato’s “Symposium” in its quest to define eros and all its plagues and pleasures.

The performers must outdo each other in a battle of ideas. They do this with the aid of nostalgia, aerobics, a kangaroo court, conspiracy theories, an infectious pop ballad, and quiet philosophical contemplation...while reclaiming the meaning of the word symposium: drinking party.

Amplifying the experience is a 7-course vegetarian snack menu designed specifically for this anniversary presentation, translating the show’s ideas for all the senses. The snacks were created by Halifax culinary superstar, Jamie MacAulay. Chef MacAulay ran the much loved Water and Bone ramen restaurant and helmed the kitchen at Drift before becoming faculty at the culinary program of NSCC, Akerley Campus. He will run our pop-up kitchen in consultation with Halifax food legend, Chef Dennis Johnston (Fid), who toured with Pop-Up Love Party as Head Chef from 2015 - 2018. Chef Johnston is now retired but will get off the couch to assist Chef MacAulay and NSCC students, as they serve up the menu for this special event.

The snacks will be prepared during the show by Chef MacAulay with assistance from students of the NSCC culinary program and Chef Johnston.

Pop-Up Love Party stars Susan Leblanc, Stewart Legere and Ben Stone, is produced by Sophie Schade and directed by Alex McLean.

The show was developed in part through The Collaborations at Canada’s National Arts Centre.

Join us as we celebrate 11 years of this philosophical feast, this sensory slip n’ slide, this unique theatrical experience created from deep within our pulsing Zuppa heart.

Brand new menu, same old questions.

What is love?

Find out with us March 19 + 20 at Alderney Landing Theatre!

Tickets here!

The background is the night sky/space, dotted with millions of points of light, in greens, blues, purples and white. On the left of the image, a wooden table with a green banker's lamp, computer, rock and laptop set atop it. A very blurry man in black jumps with his arms in the air. His shadow hits the screen behind him, creating the illusion of a double-self, jumping and floating in space. On a white rectangle, in black Helvetica typeface, the title: The Final Recordings of an Almost Extinct Bird"

A large white projection screen at the back of a stage. The words "Support Our Work! Join Team 100 Today!" are on it. In the foreground, two men fold a giant white tarp.