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DANCE

Uncommon Creation

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The Bouge d’ici dance festival’s Common Space performance series brims with innovation

by Kati Belanger
18.01.2012

The promise of variety and the fresh energy of emerging choreographers sold out last year’s edition of Common Space at the Bouge d’ici dance festival. In its fourth year, the Common Space showcase seeks to shine the spotlight on a large group of up-and-coming choreographers here in Montreal, while providing them with resources to develop [...]

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DANCE

Dance in Their Pants

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The Bouge d’ici dance festival celebrates its third year with an expanded lineup of workshops and performance for both diehard dance fans and the simply inquisitive

by Kati Belanger
12.01.2012

Montreal’s most approachable dance festival is back for its third edition. Bouge d’ici is the brainchild of choreographer and St-Ambroise Fringe Festival director Amy Blackmore. The festival aims to showcase emerging dance talent and reach out to new audiences by offering a wide range of performances and workshops.

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FESTIVAL CITY

Everyone’s a Winner

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Even those who don’t get picked are at least guaranteed a good time at the newly expanded, now open to the public, and free-to-attend Montreal Fringe Festival Lottery

by Jamie O'Meara
13.11.2011

You can’t win if you don’t play, and so it is with the St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival, which early this week holds its annual Fringe Lottery. The playing is on the part of the 150-or-so theatre, dance, comedy, music and other assorted performance arts companies who have thrown their names into the hat, hoping to [...]

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FESTIVAL CITY

It’s Got Groove, it’s Got Meaning

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Independent filmmakers and multi-disciplinary artists join forces at the irreverent Mascara & Popcorn Festival

by Laura Freitag
08.07.2011

While most Montréal summer festivals have people emerging from their dwellings in delight of the sweltering heat, this new celebration of all-things-underground will have you venturing back indoors for a healthy dose of edgy refuge. The Mascara & Popcorn  Festival toes the line between guilty pleasures and bold fetishes, boasting a lineup which includes everything [...]

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FESTIVAL CITY

Get Your Fringe On

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A select preview of the 2011 St-Ambroise Fringe Festival

by James Gartler
01.06.2011

It’s that time of year again.  A time when strip spelling bees, drag races, improv comedy and 11-second dance parties become daily occurrences in the Plateau-Mile End.  It’s Fringe season, and if you don’t know what that means, relax: Rover’s here to tell you.

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THEATRE

One: Trends And High Points

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2000-2010: Anglo-Montreal Theatre Roundup

by Alex Woolcott
23.12.2010

When the sun rose on the first day of the 21st century, Y2K was a bust and the Internet still in its cradle. There was no Facebook, YouTube or Twitter. Your friendly neighbourhood Rover didn’t exist and few theatre companies had their own websites. There were precious few places Montrealers could visit for theatre news.

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THEATRE

Second Serving of Jello

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Jesus Jello: The Miraculous Confection, Mainline Theatre

by James Gartler
04.12.2010

December is upon us, and you know what that means; somewhere, an upbeat team of colorful characters is caught up in the hustle and bustle of Christmas, moving large boxes to and fro, organizing themselves for a momentous occasion.  Elves you say?  No silly – we’re talking about the cast of Jesus Jello: The Miraculous [...]

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THEATRE

Dysfunction To The Fore

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Dark Owl, MainLine Theatre

by Anna Fuerstenberg
18.11.2010

There are moments of incredible poetry in this play and others of comedic delight. The direction is very professional, and the acting is really extraordinary. There is a special kind of music in the switching back and forth from the Acadian French and the Celtic sounding English used to tell the story about a dysfunctional [...]

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THEATRE

Cowardly Lion Has A Hoot

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Dark Owl, MainLine Theatre

by Anna Fuerstenberg
16.11.2010

When I asked Jessica Abdallah what first attracted her to the theatre, she laughed mischievously and said: “I auditioned in grade six because all of my friends were doing it and landed the cowardly lion in the Wizard of Oz. I loved it and it was all over from there on.”

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THEATRE

Love Across All Universes

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Possible Worlds, Uncalled For, MainLine Theatre

by Anna Fuerstenberg
14.10.2010

On occasion, we present differing viewpoints on a particular arts event. Yesterday’s post featured Alex Woolcott’s interpretation of the Possible Worlds preview night production. Today, a review of opening night is featured. Read on …

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THEATRE

In Need Of Salvation

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Mission Drive, MainLine Theatre

by Alex Woolcott
12.05.2010

Mission Drive, the latest offering from Rabbit in a Hat Productions, is a pretty self-indulgent piece of theatre. But maybe that was the point. The premise, after all, is a modern rendering of the medieval practice of buying indulgences, a popular pastime in which sinners were allowed to buy forgiveness from the church. Martin Luther [...]

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THEATRE

A Truly Bittersweet Suite Ending

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Criminal Genius, Risk Everything, Mainline Theatre.

by Anna Fuerstenberg
26.11.2009

The final two one-acts of George F. Walker’s Suburban Motel Suite, Criminal Genius and Risk Everything, have been launched. Genuinely satisfying as theatre, the two served to provide a workout for laugh muscles I haven’t used in years.

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