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Musical ‘Lies’ Scores

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Lies My Father Told Me, Segal Centre

by Alex Woolcott
12.05.2011

The publicity will tell you that Theodore Bikel is the star of Lies My Father Told Me, the new musical playing at the Segal Centre. Don’t be fooled. Composer / lyricist Elan Kunin is the real star of the show. Kunin, who showed great promise with his score for Houdini a few years back, continues [...]

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MUSIC

A Beethoven Marathon

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Complete Beethoven String Quartets, Montreal Chamber Music Festival

by Crystal Chan
10.05.2011

Canada’s young Afiara string quartet kicked off a six-concert Beethoven marathon last night with plenty of enthusiasm. It’ll be the first time in over a decade that Ludwig’s string quartets will be performed as a complete cycle in Montreal.

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DANCE

Unlocking Lock

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La La La Human Steps, Salle Wilfrid Pelletier

by Tao Fei
07.05.2011

After a four-year wait since Édouard Lock’s last creation, hyped-up Montreal dancegoers streamed into Salle Wilfrid Pelletier on Thursday night for the North American premiere of Lock’s New Work, featuring international ballet star Diana Vishneva.

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EVENTS

Underdog Charm And Crazy Animal Rites

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David Sedaris, Théâtre Maisonneuve

by Megan Stewart
06.05.2011

David Sedaris strides confidently onstage, stands at the podium, and begins to tell a story about a cat and a baboon. His small, lilting voice matches his stature and his unassuming air. The cat goes to a hair salon and experiences the utter monotony and discomfort of having to interact with the baboon hairstylist, with [...]

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THEATRE

Laugh Out Loud Funny

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The Book Club, Freestanding Room

by Anna Fuerstenberg
05.05.2011

His play might have been called the Real Housewives of Literature. Ned Cox has finally found his theatrical voice and it is farcical. The Book Club sashays to a ragtime rhythm of set ups and deliveries brilliantly shot out by a dream cast of this city’s most sparkling actors.

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THEATRE

Eternal War Bride

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Mary’s Wedding, Persephone Theatre

by Anna Fuerstenberg
03.05.2011

Canada is currently at war in Afghanistan and preparing for war in Libya; it might be a good idea to review some war history. Canada is a nation whose identity was defined by the First World War. Although Canadian soldiers were treated like cannon fodder they fought well and comported themselves brilliantly.

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FESTIVAL CITY

Summing up the Subcontinent

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BLOGGING THE BLUE MET

by Martyn Bryant
02.05.2011

The wave of empires, religions, languages and cuisine that makes India such a rich, exotic and fascinating country also results in divides and migrations, such as the 1947 Pakistan-India partition and the disputed Kashmir border. Kasmiri poet and playwright Aziz Hajini, and poet Koyamparambath Satchidanandan from Kerala, described the long time over which they needed to absorb and reflect on 2002 state-sponsored genocide by Hindu Extremists on Muslims in Gujarat before they could write about it. They produced some extremely distressing poem

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DANCE

Cannonball Muse

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Louise Lecavalier / Fou Glorieux, Usine C

by Tao Fei
30.04.2011

Louise Lecavalier’s ropy musculature, punk androgyny and ballistic barrel rolls defined Édouard Lock’s choreographic signature for nearly two decades. Now, 12 years after retiring as the platinum-maned icon of his company La La La Human Steps, Lecavalier still astonishes as a dancer of rare and singular presence; a force of nature, simply.

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THEATRE

Rock ‘n’ Roll Clowning

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Cowboy Mouth, Espace 4001

by Dan Ruppel
29.04.2011

It may be difficult for some people to imagine their rock and roll gods in pancake make-up and bright red noses, but Girl Got Lost Productions’ new and profoundly inventive staging of Sam Shepard

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THEATRE

My Funny Valentine

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Shirley Valentine, Théâtre Jean-Duceppe

by Mélanie Grondin
27.04.2011

Il suffit de voir le succès de tous les livres d’épanouissement personnel, de spiritualité et de pensée magique comme Le secret, Le Manuel inédit de la vie ou même L’Art du bonheur pour comprendre que plusieurs personnes ne sont pas heureuses et souhaitent changer leur vie.

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CIRCUS

Maniac On a Mission

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Patrick Léonard, La Chapelle

by Marianne Ackerman
26.04.2011

What if suddenly a whole pack of potential actors and dancers ran away with the circus? As a matter of fact, this is what’s happened in Quebec.

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EVENTS

Tiny Bubbles

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Miniscule Bière – Broue Pub Brouhaha

by Dan Ruppel
17.04.2011

Even in Montreal, it is rare to see a concept so utterly novel – and so deeply explored – as the musical degustations of the Minuscule project.

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ART

Beastly Humans and Civilised Critters

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Julie Côté, Galerie Pangée

by Meaghan Thurston
16.04.2011

A visit to Julie Côté’s exhibition of illustrations and short films is like falling down Alice’s Wonderland rabbit hole. In the illustrations, animals are portrayed as dignified and majestic, while her short films expose humans as irretrievably awkward but strangely beautiful.

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ART

McCord 2.0: The Past Is Present

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90 Treasures, 90 Stories, 90 Years, at the McCord Museum

by Shawn Katz
14.04.2011

The McCord Museum has always known where we’ve come from as Montrealers, and now, as it enters its 90th year, it can vaunt as well that it knows where we’re going. In celebrating the occasion of the museum’s founding in 1921, the lauded public institution is putting a fresh face forward, reaching deep into Montreal’s [...]

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EVENTS

Engulfed in Flames, Next Stop Montreal

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David Sedaris at Place des Arts, May 4

by Marianne Ackerman
14.04.2011

Does New York know something about Montreal we don’t? Or is AEG Live in for a shock after booking a writer into the 1441-seat Théâtre Maisonneuve? Okay, it’s David Sedaris, but … The best-selling essayist, humourist and popular radio personality has a big following on This American Life, available via CBC. But an English-speaking literary [...]

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