Upstage Covers The Local Theatre Scene

CKUT's theatre show Upstage has been doing some great interviews with local players in the city's theatre and performance scenes.

Airing weekly on Thursdays at 6pm, Upstage is a longstanding talk show about Montréal’s theatre scene and performance arts. Tune in for reports, interviews and other features from Montréal’s leading performance artists, directors and event organizers not represented in mainstream artistic outlets.

Check out some recent episodes below:

Emmanuel Schwartz on Le Partage at La Chapelle
Be Hope Heintzmann‘s triptych on care, meditation and transformation
Esteemed puppeteer Ronnie Burkett returns to Centaur with his Daisy Theatre.

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.

Contact Theatre spoofs cannabis propaganda film Reefer Madness
Joshua Harmon‘s Prayer for the French Republic tackles anti-semitism at the Segal Centre
Choreographer Victor Quijada on Rubberband Dance’s 20th anniversary show for Danse Danse.

Dancer James Gnam on his new show
Entre chien et loup and rising artist Michael Martini on his new work, Landscape Grindr
Host Sarah Deshaies revisits recent convos with artists on ongoing shows

Click here to see a list of all Upstage episodes.

Featured Archives

February 6, 2024 2024 The Montreal Sessions

The Montreal Sessions – Heal Black Girl, Heal ep. 1

Ms. Benn brings her annual "Heal Black Girl, Heal" show to The Montreal Sessions with special guest Miss Trish.

February 5, 2024 2024 All Things McGill

All Things McGill – Poetry Reading and Student Strikes

Titouan hosts a great episode of ATM with audio from a poetry event at the Yellow Door and a report from the CKUT news collective on recent student strikes.

January 15, 2024 2024 Radio Is Dead

Radio Is Dead – Jam #2

Described by the hallway crew as "music in a submarine", episode 2 features Eve, Emily, and Evelyn at the controls for an improvised jam using 2 mixers, a drum machine, a tube overdrive pedal, a little YouTube, and the mixers' onboard effects.

January 15, 2024 World Skip The Beat

World Skip – with Kasen and Kayle

Snowflakes are spinning around in the sky while Kasen and Kayle play music from around the globe.

January 11, 2024 2024 Venus Radio

Venus Radio – with kp

Slushy afternoon sounds from kp live in the studio + a full tracklist ft. Sea Oleana, Men I Trust, Burs, The Cardigans, and more. Venus Radio has been working to bring you feminist, queer, female, trans, and gender non-conforming perspectives through music since 1999.

January 9, 2024 2024 The Montreal Sessions

The Montreal Sessions – with Gashrat

Gashrat vs. The Montreal Sessions ... freeform thrills and spills taking calls on the air.

January 8, 2024 2024 Radio Is Dead

Radio Is Dead – Hands On #1

Tune in as a big batch of volunteers improvise and experiment with a contact mic, effects pedals, guitar amp, YouTube, vocal mic, mixer and effects. The first in a series of upcoming experiments. Email production@ckut.ca to get involved in future ones.

January 4, 2024 2024 No One Is Illegal

No Borders Media – A look at the upcoming year of resisting the far-right & fascism in the USA

On today’s show, we take a close look at US politics as we enter 2024, which will be a presidential election year. We explore the grassroots movements fighting for justice and dignity in the USA, and the disturbing continued normalization of far-right and fascist politics.

December 23, 2023 2023 Disaster Sources

Disaster Sources – Interview with Heather Ross (SKIN, High Grove)

Host Aaron has a conversation with Heather Ross, a Montreal experimental artist who records and performs as SKIN.

December 18, 2023 2023 World Skip The Beat

World Skip The Beat – Ryshpan’s 2023 in review

Quique Escamilla, Moneka Arabic Jazz, Marta Elena, and more from around the world in Ryshpan's year in review.

December 18, 2023 2023 Amandla

Amandla says farewell to the airwaves after more than 30 years on air

On the air since 1987, Amandla is a weekly African current affairs program founded in response to racist and misleading mainstream media coverage of apartheid Southern Africa-- or it WAS, until November 15, 2023. Listen to the farewell episode with statements from longtime hosts Gwen Schulman and Doug Miller, as well as their statement of solidarity with Palestine.

December 13, 2023 2023 Jazz Euphorium

Jazz Euphorium – Jazz Punishers

An all-star crew takes over the studio.

December 4, 2023 2023 World Skip The Beat

World Skip – Greek Music Special

Kasem takes the controls for 2 hours of amazing Greek music.

December 1, 2023 2023 Noise Not Borders

Noise Not Borders – “Blanket Revolt” – Mix by: Ashar Mumtaz / اشعر ممتاز

Focus on sounds from the East and voices of resistance from around the world. The mix goes out to the oppressed all around the world and the awakening triggered by the awareness of the Palestinian catastrophe.

November 20, 2023 2023 World Skip The Beat

World Skip The Beat – Japanese Pysch Rock with Estee

Another killer World Skip featuring The Golden Cups, Haruomi Hosono, Gboyega Adelaja, and more.

November 15, 2023 2023 If You Got Ears

If You Got Ears – with Alissa

Always killer with Alissa... LFO, Avey Tare, Madlib, Thievery Corporation, etc.

October 25, 2023 Palestinian Coverage

Special coverage on Gaza hosted by Samaa Elbyari

Originally aired live on Wednesday October 18, 2023

October 6, 2023 2023 All Things McGill Le lendemain de la veille

A Day to Listen 2023

On Saturday, September 30, 2023, CKUT joined more than 540 other stations throughout Canada to broadcast the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund (DWF) annual A Day to Listen programming. We also re-aired the entire program on Monday, October 2, 2023. Listen to the whole thing at https://ckut.ca/playlists/DL

October 4, 2023 2023 Free City Radio

Free City Radio – Finding A Place To Stay

Join us for a discussion about the housing crisis in Montreal and the movements organizing to confront rising costs. Our panel will explore the organizing happening in neighbourhoods around the city, and efforts to build the kind of coalitions that can fight back against the hyper-commodification of housing.

September 28, 2023 2023 Panacea

Panacea – Pt. 2 on Cluster B Personality Disorders: Borderline Personality Disorder

Host Michelle has been doing some great programming related to mental health, including this episode focusing on Borderline Personality Disorder.

September 24, 2023 2023 Free Kick

Free Kick – Live from Communauté Balle-Molle Argenson Softball 2023 Finals

Free Kick goes live on a beautiful Sunday in the park.

September 12, 2023 2023 The Montreal Sessions

The Montreal Sessions – Pop Montreal

Pop Montreal intern Mason joins CKUT Music honcho Alex in the studio for two hours of music and chatter from the 2023 Pop Montreal Festival.

September 11, 2023 2023 Radio Is Dead

Radio Is Dead – with Kresno

CKUT music and history head Kresno jumps in for a last minute episode of Radio Is Dead and brings late night sounds to the Monday mid day waves.

September 6, 2023 2023 If You Got Ears

If You Got Ears – with PELADA

Montreal electronic punx stop by CKUT's studio for a longform conversation about their practice, their new record "Ahora Más Que Nunca", being tour dawgs, 90's hip hop and more.