Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
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It’s that time of year again, when Montreal’s own Geordie Theatre hosts a selection of original and unforgettable staged readings and plays for theatre-goers of all ages. From February 5 to 9, catch one of Geordie Theatre Fest’s special presentations—or go all out and attend them all! Staged Readings Discover the magic of a play […]
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. […]
It’s a great Canadian story: Calgary’s Annerin Theatricals recruited a superb all-Canadian cast to star in the current North American tour of the blockbuster We Will Rock You musical based on iconic rock band Queen’s greatest hits. Though it initially got mixed reviews when it debuted in 2002, the original West End production ran for […]
Paradise Lost is a raging, fiery tale on the cycle of revenge, disobedience, and consequences. It is a wild and witty mix of innocence and cynicism, love and rebellion, anger and sacrifice. It is also a glaring battle of the sexes between the divine and the mortal. It is quite the package and it all […]
Riverdance has come a long, long way since it debuted as a 7-minute interval act at the 1994 Eurovision. Twenty-five years and hundreds and hundreds of cities and venues, in fact. The runaway hit is back on the road again, this time as the Riverdance 25th Anniversary Show, featuring a re-recorded soundtrack plus all new […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for January 2020: MUSIC Following the holiday season, the Montreal concert scene is starting to heat up again. Highlights include the only Canadian stop of famed American musician and conductor Damien Sneed’s North American tour of We Shall Overcome: A Celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. which […]
Warning: This review contains spoilers! My life changed forever that summer evening in 1977 when my parents took my brother and me to the Côte-des-Neiges cinema to see the original Star Wars before it was re-christened A New Hope. George Lucas’ cinematic classic became a childhood obsession that has lasted well into adulthood. The space […]
“The real history of music is not respectable. Far from it. Neither is it boring. Breakthroughs almost always come from provocateurs and insurgents, and they don’t just change the songs we sing, but often shake up the foundations of society. When something genuinely new and different arrives on the music scene, those in positions of […]
Here are my choice Montreal arts and culture highlights for the second half of December 2019: MUSIC Montreal-born, L.A.-based music legend Andy Kim found fame when he wrote How’d We Ever Get This Way?, the first of nine Billboard Top 40 hits, including the No. 1 songs Rock Me Gently and Sugar, Sugar. Kim headlines his sixth annual […]
With just $40 in his pockets, Montrealer Andy Kim headed to New York City at age 16 and found fame when he wrote How’d We Ever Get This Way?, the first of nine Billboard Top 40 hits, including the No. 1 songs Rock Me Gently and Sugar, Sugar, one of Billboard’s “Greatest Songs of All […]