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Join the Lyric Theatre Singers for an evening of holiday songs by candlelight

Get in the holiday spirit with a performance by the Lyric Theatre Singers, who will be taking the stage at Concordia’s Loyola Chapel for four candlelit evenings of Christmas music from around the world. Led by musical director Bob Bachelor, the ensemble will be singing from a repertoire of everything from new arrangements of Christmas […]

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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 […]

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St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival turns 30!

A long-standing summer tradition in Montreal, the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival is making its return this summer following the COVID-19 pandemic leading to the major downsizing of last year’s festival to a few virtual events. Known for pushing boundaries, limits and being bold in artistic practice, the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival is also one of […]

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Skinny Bros on The Beginning & The End in the age of COVID

The Cargnello brothers are gifted multi-instrumentalists. Singer-songwriter Paul Cargnello was frontman of 90s punk reggae band The Vendettas before charting with his successful solo career, then with his brother Christopher Cargnello as the Skinny Bros crafting some of the best funk, pop and rhythm & blues to come out of Montreal. A who’s who of […]

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MainLine Theatre Launches the Online This is Not a Fringe Festival

It’s no secret that the guidelines imposed by the COVID crisis have hit Montreal’s culture community particularly hard. But where there’s creativity, there’s always a way. With the 30th annual Fringe Fest put off until 2021, MainLine Theatre has worked hard to fill the gap with an innovative and socially distant online lineup of art, […]

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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. […]

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REVIEW: Epic Entertainment at Segal Centre’s Mythic

Is it easy to be all-powerful and omnipotent? Gods, like parents, believe they can control everything. But at some point, the power will shift. Will the results be a catastrophe? Mythic is a wildly entertaining and funny musical on the Greek gods and their antics. Full of energy, delightful performances, and good songs, this is […]

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Musical virtuoso Robert Berry brings classic and new prog rock to Montreal

Musician Robert Berry has always strived for doing his best. It seems he’s been good on his word since the release of 3.2 The Rules Have Changed certainly is his best work to date. This album is a follow-up for the original To The Power of Three album released in 1987 by supergroup 3 for […]

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REVIEW: Segal’s The Pianist of Willesden Lane is a Journey of Many Roads

In times of hardship and pain, what are our values? How do we keep the flame of hope alive? How far will one go to protect what matters? The Pianist of Willesden Lane is a beautiful and deeply moving family story told through the power of classical music. In this one-woman show, concert pianist Mona […]

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Join Contact Theatre for a wild musical ride with Bonnie & Clyde

History meets legend meets young love, scored to the boogie-woogie beats of the 1930s with a little Gospel thrown in for good measure in the second run of Contact Theatre’s popular musical Bonnie & Clyde. In this wild ride of a production, the spark that drew the outlaw duo together takes centre stage, and the […]