Engaged and Political: A Winning Theatrical Recipe
A wind of political thought is blowing over Quebec and theatre is not left behind. Chapters of the Fall – The Saga of Lehman Brothers,…
Browsing: Theatre
Porte Parole : Documentary Theatre That Creates Change
Building on the runaway success of its last production, J’aime Hydro, the documentary theatre company Les Productions Porte Parole is premiering The Assembly at Crow’s…
The Limits of Tolerance: Interview with Claude Poissant for Bonjour, Là, Bonjour
Two like-minded men of the theatre, Claude Poissant and Michel Tremblay, meet at last for a new production of the latter’s Bonjour, là, bonjour. Surprisingly,…
Centaur Turns 50 : A Conversation with Eda Holmes
For its 50th season, the Centaur Theatre is poised to make a splash. This institution and its artistic director Eda Holmes will offer a veritable…
50th Anniversary of Théâtre D’aujourd’hui: Create New Affiliations
Artistic director Sylvain Bélanger has been thinking for a long time about the 50th anniversary of Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui, now known as the Centre du Théâtre…
Faith and Folly — Taking Up Serpents, a New American Opera, Bows in Boston
PREVIEW: of a public workshop performance with orchestra of the new opera Taking Up Serpents – libretto by Jerre Dye, score by Kamala Sankaram; presented…
Game On! Cerise Jacobs Boots Up PermaDeath, the First Video Game Opera
PREVIEW: of the new opera, PermaDeath, by Cerise Lim Jacobs and Dan Visconti, which will play Boston’s Cutler Majestic Theatre for three performances, September 27,…
Francophone Theatre
September In Chroniques d’un cœur vintage (les mots des autres), Émilie Bibeau reveals her talent as a playwright in a theatrical autofiction full of self-mockery.…
English Theatre
One pleasure every autumn is selecting the shows to see. Here is a list of the most interesting productions. Passion, jealousy, drama, comedy, politics: the…
The Spirit of Saint Kateri Returns to Mohawk Land
Kateri Tekakwitha has long been part of the school curriculum in Quebec. A 17th-century Mohawk girl who sought baptism in her teens and took a…
