On May 30th, nine of Montreal’s professional English-language theatre companies announced their artistic programming for the 2019-2020 season in the atrium of the stunning Conseil des arts de Montréal building. And what a line up The Launch MTL has in store for us! Under the umbrella of community, creativity, shared stories, and daring new approaches, […]
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REVIEW: Montreal Fringe-for-All showcases bold and promising talent
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 […]
REVIEW: “Encore” explores seduction and relationships
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) […]
REVIEW: Snowglobe Theatre tackles Hamlet
A modern artistic approach to a well-known classic, this Shakespearean masterpiece is set in renaissance times. It all comes together around the question of “To be, or not to be”. One of the longest-known popular plays, Hamlet has been performed all over the world and is a staple of any classical theatre repertoire. In this […]
REVIEW: Indecent is powerful and profound
Indecent is a powerful and profoundly moving story on the struggle for art and truth. If a work speaks boldly, is it offensive? Or is the truth itself indecent? Is art meant to inspire or shock? Or both? Indecent is a play within a play. It is the story of how the controversial play, God […]
Rock of Ages: Sing, dance and relive the 80s
Actor-singer Andrew Tebo never thought he’d go into theatre, let alone end up having an impressive resume of Broadway shows. He attended a high school that encouraged sports, glee club, academics and theatre. Since he always loved talking and being in front of people, he studied public relations at university where one day he auditioned for a […]
REVIEW: Gen X takes centrestage in BOOM X
Boom X is a highly entertaining and touching trip through the lives of Generation X. Rick Miller presents his one-man follow-up to Boom with a journey that is part hilarious nostalgia and part poignant reflection on the growing pains of the generation following the Boomers. It is fun, rousing, and thoughtful. With interviews of four […]
REVIEW: Crown and crisis in The Last Wife
Is there any difference in how a ruler wields power in their kingdom and in their marriages? Should the wife behave as a partner or as a subject? How much control can she enjoy? The Last Wife is a modern feminist re-telling of King Henry VIII’s marriage to his sixth wife, Catherine Parr, who survived […]
REVIEW: Carole King musical is Beautiful
After this huge snowstorm, some classic upbeat music goes a long way; something to remind us all that changes can be incredible and hopeful. Beautiful: The Carole King Musical is a wonderful, emotional, and joyful jukebox musical. It is a poignant journey of personal changes and heartbreaks with songs that still hold up after 50 […]
Behind-the-scenes with actor Jacob Heimer in Carole King Broadway musical “Beautiful”
The smash Broadway hit Beautiful – The Carole King Musical chronicles the life and career of legendary singer-songwriter Carole King, from the late 1950s to the early 1970s. From being part of a chart-topping songwriting team with her husband Gerry Goffin – with whom she cranked out some of the most important records of […]









