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A longstanding talk show about Montréal’s theatre scene and performance arts. Reports, interviews and other features from Montréal's leading performance artists, directors and event organizers not represented in mainstream artistic outlets.

Archives from 2025

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    April 3, 2025: Two women look back in Entre nous sommes entre nous at Théâtre aux Écuries. Circus show Paperplane makes its Montreal debut. And: Montreal Clown Festival expands its clown shoe footprint! | Playlist (Playlist still being updated) | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    March 27, 2025: Happy World Theatre Day! Jimmy Blais on bringing Jordan, the story of a Cree boy who changed Canada, to the stage. Teesri Duniya's Keffiyeh/Made in China. And Montreal Natyanjali marks 10 years of Indian classical dance. | Playlist (Playlist still being updated) | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    March 20, 2025: Imago's Scorpio Moon rekindles a friendship in a warehouse. Justine A Chambers' The Brutal Joy is a devotion to Black living. Nien Tzu Weng's The Lightest Dark is Darker Than the Darkest Light at the MAI. | Playlist (Playlist still being updated) | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    March 13, 2025: Separating the art from the artist in Pain to Power: A Kanye West Musical Protest. Dancer Louise Bédard marks a big anniversary with a marathon solo show. Art Souterrain Festival includes live theatre from Frédéric Barbusci of Productions de L'Instable. | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    March 6, 2025: Dane Stewart brings podcast Resurrection to the stage. Real-life families perform in Paysages en filiation: we will speak with one of the parent actors. Lakeshore Light Opera puts on The Pirates of Penzance! | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    February 27, 2025: We look at two WinterWorks shows: Bud <3 looks at young people and the pandemic and For Everyone One Stuck Chasing the Clock examines the constraints of chronic illness. Plus, a new way to find under-produced French-language plays in Canada. | Playlist (Playlist still being updated) | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    February 13, 2025: MainLine Theatre is looking for a new home. Executive director Amy Blackmore tells us what's ahead for the Main fixture. Storyteller Fano Maddix shares a centuries-old Acadian folk tale. And Johnny Legdick is back for Valentine's Day weekend! | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    February 6, 2025: The stages of life come together in Cycle, a wordless spin on a graphic novel at Espace Libre. BTW's Vierge explores adolescence through the eyes of Bien-Aimé, played by Symantha Stewart. Robert LePage and Guillaume Côté put a balletic spin on Hamlet. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    January 23, 2025: Alice in 24 is a 'wild' queer revisting of the Lewis Carroll tale. McGill Arts Undergrad puts on Company. Simik Komaksiutiksak on her new dance piece, Anxiety, at the MAI. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    January 16, 2025: Centaur's Strawberries in January musically translates a classic Québéc play. Adina Katz sparks a musical improv scene in Montreal. And Infinitheatre premieres Sinkole, a play about community and the fear of vanishing. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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