Ongoing Cirque du Soleil – Kurios: A Cabinet of Curiosities until May 18, 2014 in the Old Port http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/kurios/tickets/montreal.aspx?cid=ps:kur_ca-qc-01_2014:kurios_montreal_2014:google:ac055%7C43307460648:tks:adv&keyword=cirque%20du%20soleil&gclid=CLT3_qDXtb0CFbFaMgodEV0AOw Top Girls at the Segal Centre until May 18, 2014 http://www.segalcentre.org/whats-on/upcoming-events/theatre-3/segal-theatre/top-girls/
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Samantha’s peek at ongoing, weekend and upcoming events
Ongoing ** Peter Doig, No Foreign Lands at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until May 4, 2014 http://peterdoig.mbam.qc.ca/en/ Cirque du Soleil – Kurios: A Cabinet of Curiosities until May 18, 2014 in the Old Port http://www.cirquedusoleil.com/en/shows/kurios/tickets/montreal.aspx?cid=ps:kur_ca-qc-01_2014:kurios_montreal_2014:google:ac055%7C43307460648:tks:adv&keyword=cirque%20du%20soleil&gclid=CLT3_qDXtb0CFbFaMgodEV0AOw Top Girls at the Segal Centre until May 18, 2014 http://www.segalcentre.org/whats-on/upcoming-events/theatre-3/segal-theatre/top-girls/ Kent Monkman “Welcome to the Studio” at […]
4000 Miles – a theatre trip well worth taking.
By Sharman Yarnell I think we can all agree that there are a few essentials to a play that make it worthwhile. A solid dose of inspiration is needed – it should be thought provoking, balanced with drama and comedy, well written, well performed and entertaining. You’ll find all of the above in the […]
Samantha’s Peek at Ongoing and Weekend Events
Ongoing **The Memory of Water at Theatre LaChappelle April until 12, 2014 http://theatre317.com/bio/ **Blind Scapegoat Carnival at the MAI April until13, 2014 http://m-a-i.qc.ca/en/upcoming/scapegoat-carnivale-en **Sugar Shack at Gare Centrale until April 12, 2014 http://montreal.about.com/od/seasonalattractions/a/sugar-shack-train-montreal-escapade-maple-syrup.htm **The Iliad at the Centaur Theatre until April 13, 7pm http://geordie.ca The Clock at the Musée d’Art Contemporain until April 22, 2014 […]
Samantha Wexler’s Look at Weekend and Upcoming Events
Ongoing Blind Scapegoat Carnival at the MAI April 3-13, 2014 http://m-a-i.qc.ca/en/upcoming/scapegoat-carnivale-en Sugar Shack at Gare Centrale until April 12, 2014 http://montreal.about.com/od/seasonalattractions/a/sugar-shack-train-montreal-escapade-maple-syrup.htm Casablanca/Chandigarh at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) until April 20, 2014 http://www.cca.qc.ca/en/exhibitions Peter Doig, No Foreign Lands at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts until May 4, 2014 http://peterdoig.mbam.qc.ca/en/ Kent Monkman “Welcome to […]
Ongoing, Upcoming and Weekend Events with Samantha Wexler
Ongoing **Motherhouse at the Centaur until March 23, 2014 http://www.centaurtheatre.com/motherhouse.php Cole & Co., until March 29 at the Hudson Village Theatre http://www.villagetheatre.ca FIFA until March 30, 2014 http://www.artfifa.com/en/ Glengarry Glen Ross at the Segal Centre, until March 30, 2014 8:30pm http://www.segalcentre.org/whats-on/upcoming-events/theatre-3/segal-theatre/glengarry-glen-ross/ Sugar Shack Train at Gare Centrale until April 12, 2014 http://montreal.about.com/od/seasonalattractions/a/sugar-shack-train-montreal-escapade-maple-syrup.htm Casablanca/Chandigarh at the […]
From a single Seed, a prairie storm
by Sharman Yarnell “Do You Ever Ponder Life”? Seeds, now on at Centaur Theatre, has the audience pondering a-plenty: How could the Canadian Government allow Monsanto to create and take over farmers’ lands with ‘Genetically Modified Organisms’? How can a farmer be sued and found guilty when […]
If We Were Birds soars its way to success
Abby Elizabeth for Curtains Up It is no surprise that playwright Erin Shields won the 2011 Governor General’s Award for her play ‘If We Were Birds.’ The production which is an adaptation of Ovid’s ‘Tereus, Philomela and Procne,” received a teary eyed standing ovation on opening night. […]
Head a Tete – Forget your worries, dig deep and find the kid within you!
Sharman Yarnell for Curtains Up It has been a long time since I have ventured into a theatre packed with young children and their parents – a very long time. It is most appropriate, then, that when I chose to do so again, it was a Geordie production, Head a Tete. I had never […]
TRAD – Absurd, Surreal, Hysterical…and Irish
By Sharman Yarnell About one minute into the play, the laughter starts.Two Irishmen, traipsing across the ‘auld sod’ in search of a descendent, ending up in a graveyard with a doddering old woman and finally at the local Priest’s, is a bit of a giggler in itself. Imagine if one of the men is around […]