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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Lessons Learned at Centaur’s Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes
Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes is a thought-provoking drama about power and sex, with the #MeToo movement slowly creeping up on the characters. It touches on the needs of the young vs. the middle-aged, loneliness, and the consequences of choices. This play will stir important discussions on the boundaries between people and how these […]
Screams of Delight for Segal’s Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors
Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors is a very unexpected version of the gothic horror classic, “Dracula” by Bram Stoker. More farce than frightening, this delicious show is hysterically funny, as quick-paced as lightening in Transylvania, and very sexy. This show is the perfect antidote to the spooky season’s shorter days and longer nights. Very-loosely adapted […]
Segal Centre’s April Fools Is Sexy and Techy
April Fools is a very sexy, crazy, uninhibited musical journey of a woman’s walk on the wild side. It takes the audience inside her head with all of her desires, turmoil, how her impulses contradict against her and clash with reality. It is a jam-packed rock show done cabaret-style. It is at times thrilling, funny, […]
Wake-up Call at Centaur’s A Play For The Living In A Time Of Extinction
A Play For The Living In A Time Of Extinction is powerful, engaging, haunting, and ultimately, filled with gratitude for nature’s delicate power. It examines humanity’s connection and responsibility to the environment with humour, intelligence, and a passion that bares not only the soul of the protagonist, but also that of the audience. Naomi (Warona […]
CATS the Musical in Montreal
By Richard Burnett Ever since its world premiere in London’s West End in May 1981, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS has been enthralling audiences worldwide. Inspired by Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, a series of poems about cats published in 1939, the musical then debuted on Broadway in 1982, won seven 1983 […]
Segal Centre’s SuperDogs: The Musical is not just for dog lovers
SuperDogs the Musical is a fun, family-friendly musical with a simple story and a sweet message of love for our furry companions and their devotion to us humans. You don’t have to be a canine lover to enjoy this excellent show. I know this because I took my dog-fearing mother. For as long as I […]
REVIEW: The Celebrity Obsession is a raw, emotional look at superfan psychology
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 […]
REVIEW: Phantom Limb Theatre’s “The Space Between” confronts death and grieving
On the first night of in-person performances of the St. Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival, theatre goers were welcomed to a very different experience for those returning to a live theatre for the first time in 2021. Cued outside, audience members waited for the doors to open where they were given a brand-new surgical mask to […]
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 […]