Arts, Culture and Entertainment in Montreal
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 […]
Known for her rather unique Freestanding Room production of Antonin Artaud’s “A Spurt of Blood” at the 2019 Montreal Fringe Festival, Marissa Blair is one of Montreal’s most unique, daring and edgy performers and producers. Her newest work, “The Celebrity Obsession” explores the mind of an obsessed celebrity fan, a psychopath who obsesses over one […]
By Rik Roe, for curtainsup.tv 2013 was a Raucous and Rollus Heavy MTL success that had It’s festival goers absorbing waves of sound, talent, and festivities. 2014 is continuing the tradition. Heavy Montreal has just rolled out its 2014 edition lineup for its 6th annual installment of the “loudest” festival of the summer, taking place at Montreal’s Parc Jean-Drapeau […]
“If you’re betwixt and between, trust the one with red hair.”– O.R. Melling, The Hunter’s Moon This would be the fairest of introductions before (and after) hearing the honestly pining voice of local Jess Abran: singer, actress and spokesperson. An alternative, folk, trip/hop artist from who has been playing music since childhood, Jess knew […]
For Curtains Up by Tracey Hill Capping off my first Fringe Fest experience, I have to say that the warmth and hospitality of English Media Director Cam McKinnon and Fringe Director Amy Blackmore was nothing short of incredible. They made sure that I felt comfortable, welcomed, and introduced me to a plethora of talented, dedicated […]
Kibitzing with members of Montreal media at the crudité table was a great way to get a heads-up on my first Fringe-for-All. Fringe organizers welcomed the media at Petit Campus for a pre-show cocktail, and as a Fringe ‘virgin’, I appreciated sage advice from seasoned veterans as to what was about to be an all-out […]
I must admit, I’m behind the eight ball on Montreal’s Fringe Festival. Before Monday’s media call at Les Katacombes bar, I had heard of the Festival, but I didn’t really know what it was all about, having spent most of the past 20 summers or so in the Laurentians. Knowing what I know now, I […]