Dance shows not to miss at the sixth edition of Festival TransAmériques, the MMFA goes big with Beyond Pop Art the first major North American retrospective of artist Tom Wesselmann, Chromatic festival gives audiences a 360 degree view on art of all kinds and the OFFTA invites you to go off the beaten path at the multidisciplinary fest.
SideMart Theatrical Grocery have put spit and polish to the fourth outing of Haunted Hillbilly, which is on now at the Centaur, and the show shines like the toe cap on a cowboy boot.
SideMart bring country singers, a vampire couturier, a snake oil peddler and more to the stage with their remount of Haunted Hillbilly ; Poutine Masala is a cultural mash-up musical
It’s opening night outside the new Cirque du Soleil show Amaluna and company founder Guy Laliberté is just ahead of me, alongside his supermodel companion and a gang of other presumed celebrities.
Having collaborated with Persephone Productions for a while now, as both actor and co-director, Christopher Moore finds himself sitting solo in the director’s chair for their upcoming production, To Be. Artistic director Gabrielle Soskin, who just returned from a trip around the world, hangs back for this one, acting only as production consultant for the final rehearsals.
Temps d’Images brings the international avant-garde to Montreal, New York City-based Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater does Ailey’s classic Revelations and more, Blue Met celebrates its 14th edition and the MAC unveils its latest permanent exhibit A Matter of Abstraction
Ronnie Burkett’s latest end-of-the-world production, Penny Plain, is his 12th show and marks 25 years in business for his company, Theatre of Marionettes.
For an actor, a receptive audience does more to boost confidence than a double shot of Jameson. For Lynn Nottage’s Intimate Apparel, the pulse from the crowd at the Centaur on opening night began with applause as the house lights dimmed.
