Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
It’s no secret that the guidelines imposed by the COVID crisis have hit Montreal’s culture community particularly hard. But where there’s creativity, there’s always a way. With the 30th annual Fringe Fest put off until 2021, MainLine Theatre has worked hard to fill the gap with an innovative and socially distant online lineup of art, […]
Mainline Theatre’s Associate Director Kenny Streule is known around Montreal as an essential part of the theatre and performing arts community. Also known among artists for his involvement as Associate Director of the Montreal Fringe Festival, Kenny has premiered his own one-man fringe-style show “Malunderstood”, a work created as part of the Playwrights Workshop Montreal. […]
This year’s 2019 Just For Laughs galas ended with comedian/actor Anthony Anderson who is currently riding high on the success of the hit show Black-ish. He serenaded the crowd with a sexy love song dedicated to Canada. He oozed out Barry White style sayings like “I want to roll up your rim, whatever that means, […]
The world’s biggest and best comedy festival has some of the most diverse galas they have ever had. Howie Mandel kicked things off with an All-Star gala opening of hilarity. The rest of the galas featured hosts Wanda Sykes, Hasan Minhaj, Anthony Jeselnik, Michael Che, Jonathan Van Ness, and Anthony Anderson. This year’s Just For […]
For five consecutive years, Howie Mandel has hosted his own gala as part of the Just for Laughs festival programming in Salle Wilfrid Pelletier. Filmed for American network “The CW”, this year’s gala was once again a stellar all-star lineup featuring globally renowned comics Anjelah Johnson, Ronny Chieng, Fortune Feimster, Alonzo Bodden, Cameron Esposito, Mark […]
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 […]