Arts and Entertainment featured Montreal Music Theatre Varia

A Big (Fish) Kiss for Come from Away at Place des Arts

Come From Away is a miracle. A glorious, heartwarming, joyous musical based on a true story about the town of Gander in Newfoundland that rose up to help unexpected visitors during one of the most tragic events of the 21st century. The show features rousing and moving songs which gives an atmosphere of a Newfoundland […]

Sexual-Misconduct_Marcel-Jeannin-Ines-Defosse_Photo-by-Andree-Lanthier-scaled.jpg
Arts and Entertainment featured Montreal Theatre Varia

Lessons Learned at Centaur’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes

Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes is a thought-provoking drama about power and sex, with the #MeToo movement slowly creeping up on the characters. It touches on the needs of the young vs. the middle-aged, loneliness, and the consequences of choices. This play will stir important discussions on the boundaries between people and how these […]

Colin Simmons and Naomi Ngebulana_Dracula A Comedy of Terrors 2022_(Photo by Emelia Hellman).jpg
Arts and Entertainment featured Montreal Theatre Varia

Screams of Delight for Segal’s Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors

Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is a very unexpected version of the gothic horror classic, “Dracula” by Bram Stoker. More farce than frightening, this delicious show is hysterically funny, as quick-paced as lightening in Transylvania, and very sexy. This show is the perfect antidote to the spooky season’s shorter days and longer nights. Very-loosely adapted […]

Eva Foote and Company_April Fools 2022 (Photo by Leslie Schachter).
Arts and Entertainment featured Fine Arts Montreal Theatre Varia

Segal Centre’s April Fools Is Sexy and Techy

April Fools is a very sexy, crazy, uninhibited musical journey of a woman’s walk on the wild side. It takes the audience inside her head with all of her desires, turmoil, how her impulses contradict against her and clash with reality. It is a jam-packed rock show done cabaret-style. It is at times thrilling, funny, […]

PlayForTheLiving_Warona Setshwaelo_Photo_Andrée Lanthier
Arts and Entertainment featured Film/TV Montreal Theatre Varia

Wake-up Call at Centaur’s A Play For The Living In A Time Of Extinction

A Play For The Living In A Time Of Extinction is powerful, engaging, haunting, and ultimately, filled with gratitude for nature’s delicate power. It examines humanity’s connection and responsibility to the environment with humour, intelligence, and a passion that bares not only the soul of the protagonist, but also that of the audience. Naomi (Warona […]

Arts and Entertainment featured Montreal Theatre Varia

Segal Centre’s SuperDogs: The Musical is not just for dog lovers

SuperDogs the Musical is a fun, family-friendly musical with a simple story and a sweet message of love for our furry companions and their devotion to us humans. You don’t have to be a canine lover to enjoy this excellent show. I know this because I took my dog-fearing mother. For as long as I […]

Arts and Entertainment featured Montreal Theatre Varia

REVIEW: Centaur’s MOB Fights the Power

If we are in control of every aspect of our lives, are we truly protected? Do we have the right to feel secure? Do we have the right to privacy? MOB is a violent, disturbing, but thought-provoking story on the timely subject of identity and the false security of anonymity. It speaks to the idea […]

Arts and Entertainment featured Montreal Music Theatre Varia

REVIEW: Music, Memories, and Heritage at Segal’s The Times They Are A Changin’

The Times They Are A Changin’ is a wonderful way to shake off the winter blahs and awake to the possibilities of a new world. The show is a stirring, reflective, and uplifting look-back at a time when humanity and the world were making big strides forward. Interestingly, it is not so removed from today. […]

Arts and Entertainment featured Montreal Theatre Varia

Segal’s Small Mouth Sounds Speaks Loudly

We all need to get away, to recharge, and sometimes to reflect. But does it actually achieve anything? Are we actually growing or just engaging in personal indulgences? Small Mouth Sounds is a funny, harsh, and poignant examination on the personal quest for meaning in life. It is original and surprisingly intimate. A great cast […]

Arts and Entertainment featured Montreal Theatre Varia

REVIEW: Finding Love and Revenge at Centaur’s Paradise Lost

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 […]