The event, which will showcase the works of 154 artists, is titled Recognizing Artists: Enfin Visible! (RAEV). The launch is free, open to the public and includes refreshments and munchies.
Read More at: MontrealGazette.com
Opera music was pumped through the overhead speakers as a male shopper in his 20s sprang into the aisle, his arm held gallantly upward, singing the Toreador Song from Bizet’s Carmen.
Immediately an audience formed, pulling out camera phones and observing the strange spectacle at the centre of the store. But just when they thought the seemingly impromptu performance had ended, out came a name tag-wearing brunette from behind a jewellery counter singing the Habanera aria L’amour est un oiseau rebelle, also from the French opera.
There’s a genuine student theatre freebie happening at Centaur Theatre on Tuesday night. That’s when the National Theatre School’s Revealing Talent Tour, which is playing five cities across Canada, will be making its Montreal pit stop. This 25-minute collage of audition pieces is performed by the current graduating class, under the direction of Jonathan Goad, Brendan Healy and/or Sherrie Bie. No charge, and no reservations necessary.
Anyone who took in the National Theatre School’s amazing Greek tragedy kAdmOs – Damned Be the Hands That Did This Thing, directed by Yael Farber, will be eagerly anticipating their next English production: Arctic Ocean, by student playwright Jill Connell, directed by Denise Clarke.
There will an ALL-STAR set of Fringe past and present performers, getting you ready for this year’s Fringe Festival, taking place from May 30 until June 19th, 2011. You’ll get a taste of the old and more of the new with performances by:
The night will be hosted by Montreal’s own Uncalled For! So expect many surprises. Plus, you know, there’s an auction happening too! Some of the items you can expect:
A year’s worth of beer from McAuslan
All of this will be happening tonight at Mainline Theatre (3997 St. Laurent, just below Duluth) at 8pm. $20 gets you entrance to the show, as well as a $5 coupon on your first bid!
Quebe Community Groups Network president Linda Leith appeared on CBC this morning to discuss a report about Quebec’s Anglophone community, released yesterday by the Senate Standing Committee on Official Languages.
Listen to the CBC Interview here (5 min).
More about the Senate Committee’s 16 recommendations below.
Or, download the full 129-page report, click here (PDF)
The third edition of the QDF launch, which took place last night (Monday March 7, 2011) at theRialto Theatre on Park Ave., was attended by about twice as many people as the previous edition, held at the Segal Centre. And this time they weren’t all friends and relatives of the performers. (Although they MAY have been Facebook friends or Twitter Followers.)
But I”m betting that the turnout could be even bigger the next time around (on June 6), judging from the loud applause and happy faces in the room. Yes, the refreshments, which included wine, beer and munchies, were really free of charge.
Read more at: MontrealGazette.com
Shatner – currently the star of the CBS sitcom – $#*! My Dad Says, the first television show ever based on a Twitter feed – is one of six 2010 recipients of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Award, it was announced Thursday.
Read More At: TheGlobeAndMail.com
According to organizers of the annual Montreal puppetry festival, les Trois Jours de Casteliers, in the ’70s there was a kind of puppetry renaissance in Quebec. The momentum has continued until today and there are now over 30 professional puppet theatre companies in the province, performing for adult and all-ages audiences. Encouraged by the quality and dynamism of such companies here and abroad, the Casteliers event was founded in 2005 to further encourage excellence in the art of puppetry, locally and around the world.
Read more at MontrealMirror.com
Basically, we walked right into this thoroughly absorbing exhibit of artifacts from a mysterious ancient civilization. The soldiers themselves, and their mounts, are crafted with amazing attention to minute details. A short film gives historical background on the Qin Dynastyand explains how the soldiers were accidentally discovered in 1974. It became the dig of the century, revealing an entire otherworldly city meant for the dead.
Read More At: Communities.Canada.com
While notable literary, visual and media artists thrive within Quebec’s “carré anglo hoods”, so to speak, importing and disseminating performing arts or solidifying drama programs in schools remain some of Quebec’s biggest obstacles to us, regardless of region or language. The expense and accommodation requirements for English-language theatre outside of Montreal is monstrous in touring English-language theatre within Quebec, and venues range from the ill-equipped to non-existent. To date, youth theatre Geordie Productions has managed to make itself most known within other regions of Quebec, due to its history, important lobbying efforts, quality programming and school touring system. It has been no easy feat for Geordie, who undoubtedly has seen countless cuts to both drama programs and school production budgets along the way.
Read more at: Charpo.blogspot.com
