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No city is lit up and festive quite like sparkling Montreal during the holiday season, not even New York City. Here are some Montreal holiday-themed highlights for arts and culture fans, families, indoors and outdoors, many of them free. Les Grands Ballets Canadiens de Montréal’s famed production of The Nutcracker returns to Salle Wilfred-Pelletier for the 53rd […]
Halloween is a special time of the year. It marks the end of the harvest, the days are shorter, and a chill comes on the air. It is the time for a final party as life and nature prepares for the sleep of winter. But where did the idea of Halloween come from? Why the […]
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Relationship dynamics are not always what they seem. A couple may or not be truly equal partners. They may or may not handle conflicts in healthy ways. What happens behind closed doors belies the public perception of the relationship. “Battered” is a sharp, intense, compelling play that poses more questions than offers answers. It addresses […]
Is love fated to happen? What kind of love will it be? Is there more than one way to experience this love? “Constellations” is a complex, intriguing, and, at times, frustrating journey into a couple’s love story seen through various parallel universes. The play explores the idea of how a relationship can change if different […]
Roger Peace has been an integral part of the Theatre scene in Montreal since 1957. As a playwright/director/song writer, he has written and directed Piaf: Love Conquers All, Red Hot Mama: Songs and Stories of Sophie Tucker, Lady Day at Emerson’s Bar and Grill, Judy: By Myself and Mahalia Jackson: the Musical, to name but […]
Danse Danse is the finest showcase for contemporary dance in Montreal and their much-anticipated 2016-2017 season features 11 productions, from renowned international companies to young and exciting choreographers. Danse Danse kicks off their 19th season at Place des Arts with the great María Pagés, international icon of flamenco. In her piece Yo, Carmen, Pagés is accompanied by eight […]
The new General Director of the Opéra de Montréal, Patrick Corrigan, fresh from a 20-year stint at the Pacific Opera Victoria where he was CEO, is thrilled to be back in his hometown of Montreal. “I’m the kind of guy who stands outside Place des Arts and dreams of being inside,” says the proudly bilingual […]