Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Ron Roxtar for Curtains Up Rush R40 tour Geddy Lee – vocals, bass, keyboards, synthesizer Alex Liefson – guitars Neil Peart – drums. If R40 is truly the last Rush tour as stated by all members, then at least they went out as the Rush Canadians know and love and have air drummed to […]
Abby E. Schachter for Curtains Up One Night only Theatre production of CHESS Saturday April 25th at La Vitrola If you are looking for something to do this Saturday April 25th, look no further. In The Wings Promotions is presenting their very own version of the hit musical CHESS. And it is […]
By Jessica Dionne for Curtains Up (@maccajess) On cold nights the streets of Montreal often feel deserted and lonely. Boarded up shops with graffiti on the windows and sex cinemas line the streets, their fluorescent signs illuminating the sidewalks with mystery and sleaziness. After seeing an incredible performance of Hosanna at Mainline theatre, I saw […]
By Jessica Dionne for Curtains Up (@maccajess) If the brutal cold has taught us anything this winter it’s that we’re more than ready to welcome spring, and with it, the renewed energy that it brings to so many theatre artists in Montreal. Though the wait may seem excruciatingly long and the days bitterly cold, the […]
Ms. Cavendish is presently performing at the Centaur Theatre in The Goodnight Bird – You have this wonderful presence on stage, energy, clarity and projection of character – and mostly, it is clear that you enjoy what you are doing. “Theatre is very real for me – It was great playing pretend when I was […]
By Andreas Kessaris for Curtains Up! (@AKessaris) “The songs were composed with sundry goals in mind, producing great art barley being one of them. But the songs – the best of them, anyway – took on lives of their own: it turned out they lent themselves to being interpreted in different styles and with different […]
By Jessica Dionne for Curtains Up (@maccajess) On February 9th, 1964 The Beatles landed in America and changed the face of music forever. Aspiring singers and musicians everywhere were given renewed hope that they too could achieve fame. Forever Plaid tells the story of four guys, whose shared love of music and dream of making […]
By Jessica Dionne for Curtains Up (@maccajess) Beautiful City Theatre has a lot to be proud of; a company more than ten years in the making, they are now in their third year and quickly becoming one of Montreal’s most prominent independent theatre companies. Their latest production, Circle Mirror Transformation opened last night to a […]
By Jessica Dionne for Curtains Up (@maccajess) It’s fun. It’s sexy. It’s awkward, and it pushes the envelope. The 18th annual Wildside festival at Centaur Theatre is not something to be missed if you’re looking to be wildly entertained by theatrical performances of all genres. From a show about a boy who loses his brother […]
By Jessica Dionne for Curtains Up (@maccajess) Oh, what a night! Whether it was the first time you were seeing Jersey Boys or the tenth time, it was next to impossible not to fall in love with the story of how four young boys from Jersey used their voices to create an unbelievable sound, rose to fame […]