Theatre

It is worth braving a cold February night just to watch him prance around wearing and not wearing the absent Tom’s clothing.

– Anna Fuerstenberg in Emotional Hook Misses Mark

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Chekhov for Beginners



by Natalie G.

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This Cat Speaks Hyena

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Montreal performance artist Catherine Kidd gives audiences a taste of the wild(ly imaginative) kingdom in her top-notch solo production Hyena Subpoena

by Anna Fuerstenberg
27.10.2011

You can’t help but admire Catherine Kidd. Her ability to create performance art and deliver it in a most astonishing way is magical. Hyenas are generally familiar to most, but it may be fair to say that the particulars of their (mythical) hermaphroditic outlaw status in the animal kingdom have never been explained or performed [...]

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THEATRE

Translation Challenged?

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There is much to recommend the Talisman Theatre adaptation of Pierre Michel Tremblay's Coma Unplugged, but some of the more critical vital signs are absent

by Anna Fuerstenberg
25.10.2011

Once again Talisman Theatre has mounted an English production of a French play, this time Coma Unplugged. This time it’s a black comedy and therein lays the problem: The central idea that we are entering the mind of a man who has suffered a cerebral trauma and is in a coma gives playwright Pierre Michel [...]

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THEATRE

A Little Whimsy, a lot of Magic

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The Little Prince delights audiences of all ages

by Anna Fuerstenberg
18.10.2011

When my companion saw that a grown actor would play the alien Prince in Geordie Productions’ staging of The Little Prince, he shrugged his elegant Argentine shoulders. I was less sceptical because I had seen the preview, and knew that Daniel Brochu was magic onstage. His physicality, gestures, and his voice were all perfection. He [...]

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THEATRE

A Series of Unfortunate Relationships

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REVIEW: True Nature, Centaur Theatre

by Anna Fuerstenberg
12.10.2011

Paleontology is easy, comedy is hard. Colleen Curran knows how to write comedy, and Montreal audiences have had many opportunities to laugh until their toes curl because she has written memorable and fantastically funny plays. There are scenes in True Nature that reveal her comic genius; one is a rehearsal of a skit to be [...]

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EVENTS

Stepping into the Spotlight

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ELAN's State of the Arts Summit celebrates the achievements and diversity of Montreal's Anglo arts community

by Anna Fuerstenberg
22.09.2011

This Thursday and Friday, the State of the Arts Summit, presented by the English Language Arts Network (ELAN), will bring together the creative talents and cultural professionals from Quebec’s English-speaking arts community to analyse the issues driving our community’s successes. They will discuss this community’s contributions to the province, and will celebrate the artistic diversity [...]

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THEATRE

More Praise for Equus

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Equus continues to astound audiences, thanks to Dan Jeanotte's haunting performance as Allan Strang

by Anna Fuerstenberg
19.09.2011

In 1976, on my way from Boulder Colorado to Montreal, I stopped in New York City to see Equus, and I remember with great clarity that at the intermission I could not breathe. The play had stolen all the oxygen in the theatre; it was that good. Douglas Campbell played the psychiatrist Dysart with enormous [...]

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FESTIVAL CITY

On With the Show

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Let’s get behind The Next Wave Festival of New Musicals.

by Anna Fuerstenberg
03.08.2011

You need to get behind this festival. I know we are really in burn out as Montreal celebrates festival after festival. This one however is really unique and worth the effort. The Next Wave is bilingual and features an exciting array of musicals, workshops, panels and GREAT shows. I used to be a snob about [...]

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