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.
To hear a live radio review of this play on CKUT 90.3 FM, click on play.
Delights to come/ Délices à venir...
Hi there and welcome back to MontrealDramaQueen!
Summer is slowly fading away, announcing the beginning of the theatrical fall season in Montreal.
I am very excited to announce the Sidemart Theatrical Grocery's new production called GORDON. The play is staged at The Segal Centre for Performing Arts from Oct 2 to 16. More details to come.
Blog Archive
Monday, March 22, 2010
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.
Pour entendre ma critique sur les ondes de CKUT, cliquez sur le bouton play.
Du 10 au 20 mars à l'Espace Libre, 1945 Fullum. Billeterie: 514.521.4191.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
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.
Monday, March 1, 2010
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.
Wednesday, February 24, 2010
Trying For The Kingdom
From the same gang who brought us the amazing Haunted Hillbilly last December, Trying For The Kingdom is sure to be another win for the Sidemart Theatrical Grocery. Bringing together the same talented ensemble (Patrick Costello, Gemma James-Smith and Kyle Gatehouse), this one-act production, described as an album/play, promises exciting and non-narrative music from the likes of Iggy Pop and David Byrne.
Feb 23 to 27 @ Segal Centre, Studio.
Feb 23 to 27 @ Segal Centre, Studio.
For tickets and show times, go to seagalcentre.org.
Monday, February 15, 2010
The Mid-Life Crisis of Dionysus
The Mid-Life Crisis of Dionysus stars Paul Van Dyck as Dionysus. That alone is worth making the journey to the Mainline Theatre. Some regular theatre patrons probably remember catching Paul's past memorable performances in Haunted last fall, as well as in Paradise Lost and The Real Inspector Hound last summer.
However let's face it, Paul has many gifts but sing and dance are not his forte! But no worries, the brilliant chorus ensemble of fourteen woo you with their funky moves and singing/performing abilities.
Click on play to hear my review on CKUT 90.3 FM.
JERK
L'histoire est simple et sordide. Basé dans les années 70, ce one-man show est une reconstitution des crimes perpétrés par un vrai tueur en série américain (Dean) avec la collaboration de deux adolescents David et Wayne. Dean, dans la trentaine, avait un faible pour les jeunes adolescents beaux et blonds. Il est responsable d'une vingtaine de meurtres dans l'état du Texas. Cliquez sur play pour entendre ma critique sur les ondes de CKUT.
Sunday, February 7, 2010
BENU starring d'bi young
d'bi young is in town at Theatre La Chapelle to unveil her latest addition to her trilogy: Benu. In egyptian mythology, the term "benu" means to rise, to shine. Like the sun god Re, the Benu's own birth is attributed to self generation. It was believed that the Benu Bird appeared each morning under the form of the rising sun, and was supposed to shine upon the world from the top of a persea tree wherein he renewed himself.
Benu, a 30-year-old woman, just recently gave birth to a baby girl in a Toronto hospital. She's had a difficult delivery and the baby's father has decided to opt out. As her blood pressure mysteriously rises at the hospital, this triggers episodes that take her back and forth between a happier phase of her life (her grandmother), and her current struggle to raise her baby alone. Click on play to hear my radio review.
Categories:
Hiver/Winter 2010,
Monologue,
Poetry/Poésie,
Storytelling/Conte,
Theatre La Chapelle
Sunday, January 31, 2010
The Daily Miracle
With the rise of reading software technology such as Amazon's wireless Kindle, have you ever wondered what would happen to the newspaper industry? Would companies be forced to outsource work to Mumbai in order to cut costs, thus creating job losses here in North America? How has the quality of newspaper content depreciated to make place for sex/entertainment news?
To hear my live review on Montreal's CKUT 90.3 fm, click on the play button below.
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Une musique inquiétante

Il est rare que je sorte d'une salle de théâtre, complètement émue et envoûtée par le jeu des acteurs sans prendre conscience du temps qui passe. En effet, je vous invite à découvrir cet incroyable face-à-face entre un pianiste prodige de 25 ans en manque d'inspiration (joué avec fougasse par Emile Proulx-Cloutier) et un vieux professeur de musique (brillamment interprété par Jean Marchand).
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Our Country's Good
Click on the play button to see a preview of Our Country's Good.
Our Country's Good is set in the rugged and inhabitable Australia of 1788. In order to establish the first British colony, a mix of female and male convicts, as well as military men land in Sydney Cove with barely enough food and resources to withstand the cruel nature of this new country.
Several of the convicts are very young (with their age ranging from 14 to 25) and have committed minor offences for which the punishment was 7 years of transportation with no guarantee of returning to England.
Living conditions are horrible for this unprepared First Fleet. The land is too hard to farm and the convicts undergo mistreatment by the jailer-soldiers. Some of the female convicts are subject to harassment and disobedient male convicts are wiped continuously.
In order to restore some moral and dignity within this penal colony, Marine 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Clark decides to stage a production of "The Recruiting Officer"with the convicts.
Our Country's Good is set in the rugged and inhabitable Australia of 1788. In order to establish the first British colony, a mix of female and male convicts, as well as military men land in Sydney Cove with barely enough food and resources to withstand the cruel nature of this new country.
Several of the convicts are very young (with their age ranging from 14 to 25) and have committed minor offences for which the punishment was 7 years of transportation with no guarantee of returning to England.
Living conditions are horrible for this unprepared First Fleet. The land is too hard to farm and the convicts undergo mistreatment by the jailer-soldiers. Some of the female convicts are subject to harassment and disobedient male convicts are wiped continuously.
In order to restore some moral and dignity within this penal colony, Marine 2nd Lieutenant Ralph Clark decides to stage a production of "The Recruiting Officer"with the convicts.
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Limbes
Intégrant jeu masqué et musique live, Limbes traite de la vie de Jésus de Nazareth. Le premier chapitre couvre la crucifixion de Jésus, suivie de sa résurrection, créant ainsi le fondement du christianisme. Cette première partie est inspirée par 3 oeuvres Purgatoire, Calvaire et Résurrection du poète symboliste William Butler Yeats (1865-1939). Ce poète irlandais fait des parallèles très intéressants entre le Christ et le dieu grec Dionysos. En effet, Dionysos symbolise le vin et ses excès ainsi que le théâtre et la tragédie dans la mythologie grecque.
Cliquez sur play pour entendre ma critique sur les ondes de CKUT 90.3 FM.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Gestes Impies
Gestes impies est une création du Théâtre de la Pire Espèce qui allie une écriture scénique au sujet de la condition humaine.
Il s'agit de théâtre expérimental à admirer tel un vernissage de plusieurs tableaux. Vous découvrirez différents personnages créés dans l'imaginaire de Mathieu Gosselin (acteur dans Romances et karaoké), Marc Mauduit et Francis Monty (texte Romances et karaoké).
Ne vous attendez pas à une histoire de type linéaire avec des personnages clairement définis. Au contraire, laissez vous transporter par le biais des décors, des sons, des costumes et accessoires originaux et imaginatifs, ainsi que par les techniques de jeux de scène communs au cirque et au cabaret.
Cliquez sur play pour entendre ma critique-radio sur les ondes de CKUT 90.3 FM.
Du 7 au 23 janvier à l'Espace Libre, 1945 rue Fullum.
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Simon a toujours aimé danser
Simon a toujours voulu danser est l'oeuvre de Simon Boulerice (voir photo ci-joint) jouant au Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui jusqu'au 30 janvier.
Danse le cadre de ce spectacle solo, Simon présente des parallèles entre ses idoles d'enfance (Whitney Houston et Amadeus Mozart) qui, contrairement à lui, ont percé. Cliquez sur play pour entendre ma critique sur CKUT 90.3 FM.
Categories:
Adult content,
Dance,
Hiver/Winter 2010,
Monologue,
Theatre,
Theatre d'Aujourd'hui
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