Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
Three Women of Swatow is a compelling, engaging, darkly entertaining story of family duty and murder. The show explores generational trauma and the will to do whatever is necessary to survive. It is also an emotional story of the love between three generations of Chinese-Canadian women as they confront the violence in their lives, past […]
Teersi Duniya Theatre has never shied away from showcasing politically relevant plays—or fostering cross-cultural and sometimes difficult dialogue. So it’s no surprise that they postponed their scheduled season to present the semi-autobiographical Two Birds One Stone: a thought-provoking, often charged conversation created by Muslim Palestinian Rimah Jabr and Jewish Canadian Natasha Greenblatt. Originally written and […]
Take nine powerful young women, one high school soccer team, and a practice field where everything is possible, and you have all the makings of The Wolves, a co-production from Geordie Theatre and Imago Theatre. First presented Off-Broadway to critical acclaim and now hitting the stage at the Segal Centre in November, The Wolves is […]
Sakura- After Chekhov is funny, lively, and full of family dramas. It also questions the meaning of legacy, the transitions of time, and our responsibilities to each other. It explores the incursion of change and the topsy-turvy choices we make so we don’t have to deal with reality. Sakura is a 21st century take on […]
The Centaur Theatre’s 56th season kicks off with the world premiere of Sakura – After Chekov. Written by Montreal playwright Harry Standjofski, it’s the story of an upper-class family in Quebec forced to sell their estate to pay off debts incurred by years of mismanagement and decadence. Fashioned after Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, this witty […]
One of the Broadway’s biggest hits is hitting the stage at Place des Arts until August 4th, and it is nothing short of spectacular. The production by Cameron Mackintosh and presented by evenko has pulled out all the stops to deliver a musical masterpiece that will leave audiences enthralled long after the final note fades […]
There’s still time to catch the final shows of this year’s production of Shakespeare in the Park—a unique collection of Bard-inspired poetry, playfulness, and more called Infinite Variety… coming to a park near you! Repercussion Theatre has gathered 6 incredible performers, used an eco-conscious design, and set the bar even higher with a twist on […]
Actor Haley Dortch has been raising audiences to their feet as Fantine in the record-breaking North American tour of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s Tony Award-winning smash musical Les Misérables. After graduating from Guyer High School in Denton, Texas, Dortch went to study at the University of Michigan where at age 19 she auditioned for Les […]
It’s the 1930s in Brazil’s Minas Gerais state, and a bank is about to be simultaneously robbed by four unlikely would-be thieves: a soccer-fan eating werewolf, a bandit who wants his reputation back, a nun in search of an occult text, and Jesus Christ himself. Brazilian artist and playwright Fred Azeredo debuts MBC Productions Pindorama—an […]
White plastic lawn chairs, shimmering scarves dangling from the ceiling, colourful ropes pulling props down to the stage, a feather dress worthy of Cannes, and a chorus of trans hairdressers set the scene in Nadia Beugré’s highly energetic and provocatively compelling Prophétique (on est déjà né.es (we are already born). Native of Abidjan in Côte […]