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Head writer and director Carly Heffernan is bringing some girl power to Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival with She the People. It’s a female cast sketch comedy show featuring Second City alumnus. As they say, it’s a girlfriend’s guide to sisters doing it for themselves. Check out my telephone conversation with Carly and why you will […]
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 […]
By Richard Burnett The last time rock legend Steven Van Zandt performed in Montreal solo, with his band Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul, was in October 1987 when he opened for U2 on their Joshua Tree Tour at Olympic Stadium for more than 66,000 screaming fans. Los Lobos was also on that bill. “Really? […]
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 […]
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 […]
The family-run Auberge des Gallant, located about an hour outside Montreal in Sainte-Marthe, has been in business since Gaspé native Gerard Gallant first opened the small inn and restaurant in 1972. Today, the site has expanded and grown, and is now a popular destination for weekend getaways, summer weddings, and extravagant Sunday brunches surrounded by […]
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 […]