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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 2023

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    May 25, 2023: | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    May 18, 2023: Norman Nawrocki's untold tale of an anarchist Ukrainian folk heroine. Persephone transforms a theatre into a cinema in The Flick. And FTA co-director Martine Dennewald previews the 17th edition . | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    May 11, 2023: Death poetry as an act of healing with Jassem Hindi at the MAI, Caroline Laurin-Beaucage puts dancers in glass tanks of water and sketch superstar Anders Yates comes home to Sketchfest. | Playlist (Playlist still being updated) | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    May 4, 2023: Lizzie Borden gets the musical treatment, come be a rock in the botanical world of Au Jardin des Potiniers, Lakeshore Players Dorval and Sketchfest is back its 15th edition! | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    April 27, 2023: Emmanuel Schwartz on Le Partage at La Chapelle, Be Hope Heintzmann's triptych on care, meditation and transformation, and esteemed puppeteer Ronnie Burkett returns to Centaur wiith his Daisy Theatre. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    April 20, 2023: Cédric Delorme-Bouchard's sci-fi HR adventure in Les Employés. Hudson Village Theatre presents Norm Foster's mystery-romance A Clean Brush. La Tresse dance collective launches psychedelic new show, KIN. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    April 13, 2023: Contact Theatre spoofs cannabis propaganda film Reefer Madness, Joshua Harmon's Prayer for the French Republic tackles anti-semitism at the Segal Centre and choreographer Victor Quijada on Rubberband Dance's 20th anniversary show for Danse Danse. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    March 30, 2023: Dancer James Gnam on his new show, entre chien et loup and rising artist Michael Martini on his new work, Landscape Grindr - and how a major setback galvanized his connection to the community. + Sarah revisits recent convos with artists on ongoing shows. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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    March 9, 2023: Sarah speaks with Aladeen Tawfeek in Teesri Duniya's Counteroffence, Scapegoat Carnivale's Alison Darcy and Joseph Shragge and circus pair, Camille Lacelle-Wilsey and Nien Tzu Weng of Fantasy Duo. | Playlist | Pop-up listenListen | Download
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