Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
When we interact or become intimate with people from another culture, do we seek to connect with the person or the culture? Do we project our perceptions onto that culture? Do we fail to make a true relationship because of our fears, ignorance, or arrogance? alterNatives is a show with big ideas and yet remains […]
On a small island overrun by land developers, two radically different strangers’ lives collide after an unexpected ecological disaster. Seeking safety in a bunker, they clash and connect over their shared dislike of the developers and their conflicting dreams of a utopia where they can do more than just survive. – via Geordie Theatre’s press […]
Montreal photographer Terry Hughes has travelled to some of the most remote places on earth to capture people’s resilience, grace, and humanity through his unique lens. His very first solo photography exhibition will be taking place in Montreal from August 22-27 at Mile End’s Galerie du Viaduc. Hughes’s exhibition is called Sonder—meaning the profound feeling […]
In her titular poem bodies like gardens, which opens the chapbook, Montreal poet Salena Wiener shows us how gardens are fertile ground for capturing the unique experience of being a woman. I feel weeds push my back, grasp my hips pull me under I gasp for breath but cough up mud The beautiful, evocative, sometimes […]
Take one family story, one world war, a book published by your grandmother about her ordeal, and what do you have? For Fringe artist Ingrid Garner, you have a one-hour, one-woman show called “Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany.” In 1999, Garner’s grandmother Eleanor published a memoir of her time spent growing up […]
Josephine: A Musical Cabaret is a highly entertaining show based on the extraordinary life of the African-American singer / dancer Josephine Baker. The burlesque style show is filled with songs from the 1920’s through the 1960’s, cheeky humour, and a powerful story about fighting oppression. Fantastic! In a one-woman performance, the vivacious Tymisha Harris portrays […]
Little Willy is a hysterical, raunchy, and endearing adaptation of William Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, with a wonderful twist. The cast are the marionettes by Ronnie Burkett of The Daisy Theatre. The show is filled with risqué performances, laugh-out loud improvisations, and a nice dose of love. This show (for adults only) is a fun […]
King Dave is a brilliant one-man performance on the self-destructive impulses that can come from the struggles with racism. It is a journey of how injustice, betrayal, and unaccountability can twist one’s choices, leading to ruin. Dave, a young Haitian-Montrealer, narrates his story of youthful troubles as they spiral out of control. His need for […]
Aladdin is a sensational stage production of the Disney animated classic. It is wildly entertaining, vibrant, and very funny. The characters and scenes that had filled us with joy and wonder are still here. It is the perfect show for the whole family! We are familiar with the story. The street urchin Aladdin who is […]
English is a powerful, inspiring, and thought-provoking show about languages and cultural identity. It explores themes of assimilation, pride, and the search for a place to belong. The result is an emotional journey for personal power in a place where rights are being restricted. English is set in an Iranian classroom in 2009. Marjan (Ghazal […]