Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
A JUNO nominee, ADISQ nominee and Prix Opus finalist, Marianne Trudel presented her newest work in collaboration with singer Karen Young to a standing-room, captivated audience at L’Astral as part of the Festival International de Jazz de Montreal. One of the most versatile and creative pianists in Montreal, Marianne Trudel is best known in the […]
Born in Cold Lake, Alberta, Bonnie McFarlane’s career started writing comedy before starting on open mics in Vancouver, developing her career throughout Canada before moving to NYC. Bonnie is no stranger to the Just For Laughs Festival. This year she will be featured in both The Nasty Show as well as her own production, “Would […]
2019 JUNO-award winner for Comedy Album of the Year (Good Friend, Bad Grammar), Dave Merheje is one of Canada’s finest when it comes to jokes. Having grown up in a first-generation Lebanese-Canadian family, Dave’s personal life has a huge influence on his humour. Dave got his breakthrough into Canada’s professional comedy community as one of […]
Returning to the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival this year, Aussie comedian Shane Adamczak is bringing back his well-known character Zack Adams, who has been a known character on the Canadian fringe festival circuit since 2006. Celebrating the 10th anniversary of “Zack Adams: Love Songs for a Future Girl”, Shane is reviving the very funny production […]
Today, with so many many different apps and dating sites like Tinder, Bumble, Coffee Meets Bagel, Plenty of Fish, Hinge, Happn, Match.com, and OKCupid, it’s become customary among younger generations to ask a complete stranger out online solely based on some photos and online interactions via messaging, rather than finding love through meeting people in-person. […]
Having well-established himself at the Montreal Fringe with “Help, I’m American” in 2017 and the Frankie-Nominated “Becoming Magic Mike” in 2018, multi-talented American actor, writer, comedian and singer/songwriter DK Reinemer returns for his third consecutive year to the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival with his new show, “The DK Effect”. For the same performer to be […]
Sometimes, life throws a reminder that as we age, each day with living parents is a gift. When time is limited, it’s important to live every remaining day to the fullest, and never forget that the time we have with our parents and loved ones, is limited. To the Hilt Productions’ Dear Jax is a […]
Having created a world of unique, comedic and colourful puppets as part of his production company (Philo14), Philippe Gobeille is one of Montreal’s leading independent puppeteers, entertaining audiences of all ages in both English and French. A professional artist who not only creates his own puppets from scratch, Philippe also writes many of his own […]
Now in its 29th year, the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival showcased its local programming at Club Soda on Monday evening. Throughout the three-hour showcase, 63 companies each had two minutes to promote their show on stage. The Fringe’s annual programming is selected entirely by lottery with no restrictions on what can be performed by festival […]
Can indifference ruin a relationship? How can a relationship grow, if neither person makes the time to nurture the bond with one another? Following the overwhelming success of Blackout: the Concordia Computer Riots, Tableau d’Hote Theatre continues on their season’s theme of “Longing to Remember, Refusing to Forget”. This season closes with a bilingual (world-premiere) […]