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Giving Us the (Gags, Bits and) Business

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Lots of clowning around planned for expanded second edition of the Montréal Complètement Cirque festival

by Megan Stewart
07.07.2011

Break out your red noses and leave those lingering traces of childhood coulrophobia at home – it never did you any favours anyway. Ready or not, Montreal is about to get a little clown-crazy in the next two weeks for the second edition of Montréal Complètement Cirque.

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Infringement Therapy for the Activist Festivalgoer

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Rover previews this year's offerings at the Montreal Infringement Festival

by Mike Lake
17.06.2011

Since its beginning eight years ago, the Infringement Fest has set itself apart from other arts festivals through its focus on social justice and activism. With a mandate modelled after the original 1947 Edinburgh Fringe, the Infringement Festival is “an artistic protest against corporate elitism and exclusion of local artists.”

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Neutralizing the Burden of Emotion

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Neutral Hero Festival TransAmériques

by Dan Ruppel
06.06.2011

I was moved by this solitary distress. Perhaps in this time of great cynicism, only such emotionally “neutral” delivery could be truly touching. I went her, needing to know more. She had stubbed her toe.

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Aging Gracefully, in Sequins and Heels

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Gardenia, Festival TransAmériques

by Megan Stewart
03.06.2011

The curtain rises on nine businessmen, standing still on a raked stage. Then, you notice the heels. Suddenly, you wonder: businessmen?

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Cutting-Edge Collaborations

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OFFTA Festival d'arts vivants

by Kallee Lins
26.05.2011

With all of the FTA festivities happening in the next few weeks, is it possible to pack more cutting-edge performances onto the island of Montréal this summer? You betcha.  Look no further than the 5th edition of the OFFTA festival. 

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For A Bleedin’ Good Time

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Mom’s the Word 2, John Leguizamo, Just For Laughs

by James Gartler
19.07.2010

You may have never figured your mother’s inner monologue to be especially entertaining, but the ladies of Mom’s the Word 2: Unhinged are proving otherwise. The five-woman show, which just ended a run at Centaur, celebrates the daily struggles faced by mothers of all kinds with decidedly fun-loving flair. Meanwhile, at Gesu, John Leguizamo’s Klass [...]

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Best of the Fest

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Festival St-Ambroise Fringe de Montreal

by Alex Woolcott
17.06.2010

The Fringe Festival is almost half over, with only three or four more chances to catch your next favorite show before it’s gone. If you believe the hype, your next favorite show is either Miss Sugarpuss Must Die!, Dance Animal or anything with Dan Jeanotte (13th Hour, You and Me and Me and You, Uncalled [...]

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