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Largest queer theatre festival in Atlantic Canada kicks off in Halifax

There's something for everyone this week, including improv, drag events and the festival's first ever young-adult play.

Week-long festival runs until Sunday

Three people involved in Outfest pose for photos. On the left, Isaac Mule is wearing a blue hoodie and smiling widely. In the middle, Margo MacDonald smiles and wears a baseball-shirt with the words
Issac Mule, left, Margo MacDonald, centre, and Nathaniel Hanula-James are all participating in OutFest this week. (Alex Guye/CBC)

LGBTQartists from all over the country are in town to participate in OutFestat the Bus Stop Theatre, the largest festival of its kind in Atlantic Canada.

There's something for everyone this week, including lots of theatre,an improv comedy show involving dragand the festival's first-ever young adult play.

Mainstreet's Alex Guye dropped into festival headquartersearlier this week to talk with some of the participants, including Nathaniel Hanula-James, the creator and star ofUntitled Flamingo Play, Margo MacDonald, the playwright and star ofThe Elephant Girlsand Isaac Mule, the artistic director atPage One Theatre.

For a full list of events, which run through Sunday, visit thefestival's website.

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