The Candy Show Live in Halifax

Halifax indulges its craving for Candy March 30 at the Marquee. (How sweet it is!)

A variety and talk show that's as entertaining and clever as it is laugh-out-loud funny; The Candy Show was first presented in Chester last fall, to rave reviews. Produced by Pink Dog Productions, The Candy Show is being taped for broadcast on untv.ca, Canada's first internet television channel. (Just when fans thought they could never get enough Candy, they'll be able to get their fix whenever and wherever they want it. On internet TV!)

The Candy Show delivers top entertainers and personalities to the stage including MIR, a band that has toured world stages and is one of the most innovative and melodic groups to ever come out of Canada. Candy will showcase Venus Envy's Maggie Haywood and her 'adult toys'; contortionist and tissue artist Caitlan Anthony and Halifax's own Pink Velvet Burlesque. Candy will also interview Dr. Charlotte Loppie, professor of Health and Human Performance at Dalhousie University; Kyle Shaw, editor and founder of The Coast as well as Halifax mover and shaker, Victor Syperek.

As part of The Candy Show, Candy will interview her musical guests on a big pink bed, fashioned after the one in her teenage bedroom, where she misspent her youth dreaming about interviewing musicians on her own TV show. (Watch out MIR!)

The youngest of seven children born to a Mi'kmaq father and a white mother, Candy Palmater grew up among bikers and body-builders in Northern New Brunswick. A government bureaucrat and self-described 'recovering lawyer', she created The Candy Show by tapping into her rich resource of personal and work experiences, her ability to communicate her personal perspectives on Canadian life, not to mention her witty and gritty observations about North American society.

Tickets for The Candy Show are $15 in advance, $20 at the door and are on sale now at CD PLUS on Barrington Street.

For more information on Candy, visit The Candy Show.