Father Land

Father Land follows two parallel stories. In Westmount, the father of 15-year-old Eric Brook is trying to deal with his brother's deviant behaviour. In the American-occupied city of Mosul, Saddam Hussein's sons have taken refuge in a villa. 
Starring Neil Napier and Howard Rosenstein (previously in The Daily Miracle), the play written by Arthur Holden examines the bonds and limits of male relationships: father and son, and brother to brother. March 11-28 at Bain St Michel. Box office: 514.987.1774.

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L'Énéide

Énée doit fuir pour survivre. Son père sur les épaules, son enfant à la main, il court dans les rues avec les siens afin de s’échapper. Ils trouvent un bateau, partent à la dérive, laissant derrière eux un pays en flammes. L'Énéide relate leur long voyage, leur quête incessante d'un nouveau monde.

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Du 10 au 20 mars à l'Espace Libre, 1945 Fullum. Billeterie: 514.521.4191.

A Line In The Sand

Set in the desert of the Persian Gulf, A Line In the Sand is the story of Mercer, a troubled Canadian soldier and Sadiq, a teenage Palestinian, who meet in the fall of 1990 during Operation Desert Shield. Overlooking vast cultural differences, the two develop a secret friendship that is violently severed by the torture and murder of the 16-year-old boy inside the Canadian base. March 8-21 at the Seagal Centre Studio. Box office: 514.848.9696.

Old Winked Songs

Stephen Hoffman, a brilliant young American piano prodigy, ventures to Vienna in the hope of re-igniting his artistic spark. Old Wicked Songs was performed recently in French at Théâtre du Rideau Vert under the title Une musique inquiétante. Based on my initial review of the play, this production should only be just as great. Playing at the Seagal Centre, March 7-21. Box office: 514.739.7944.

Le Salon Automate - Festival Les 3 Jours Casteliers

Le Salon Automate est une création de l'imaginaire de son auteure et interprète Nathalie Claude. Une femme, solitaire et nostalgique d'une certaine époque, récrée pour son divertissement un salon littéraire avec comme invités des automates de grandeur humaine dotés de parole.