A fresh acoustic sound, striking three-part harmonies and strong original material have made Montreal-based trio Steel Rail a fan and critical favorite across Canada and the U.S. northeast.
Centaur Theatre recently announced its upcoming season based on the theme of “Coming Home to Centaur” beginning this Fall, 2024. The selection for this 56th season features an intimate line-up
These women might be limited, sneering at classical music and mouthing stereotypes about their immigrant neighbours, but they’re proudly, defiantly themselves
In the two Shaw productions, helmed by visiting director Selma Dimitrijevic, each performance’s casts are planned in advance and kept secret from ticket-buyers
Photograph By Keith Anderson
Two of Canada s best-known Aboriginal actors take to the Sagebrush stage next week for performances that promise to lift mid-winter s deep chill.
Lorne Cardinal and Margo Kane play the narrator and Nana in For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again, Michel Tremblay s heartwarming homage to his mother. As soon as I read it, I said I want to do this, Cardinal said during rehearsal at Pavilion Theatre on Wednesday. Margo fit the bill and was my first choice for Nana.
For the Pleasure of Seeing Her Again is a work of universal experience, a memory play by Quebec s most prominent playwright. Since his breakthrough in the mid- 60s - the influential Les Belles-Soeurs - Tremblay has been distinguished for bringing a distinctly Quebecois theatre to national and international audiences. He is known for his deft portrayals of women, obviously a key aspect in this play.