You know that feeling when all you want to do is go for a sunny stroll, but Montreal temperatures laugh in the face of your hope? Well, last Saturday I laughed right back and went on a walk through the Underground Art Festival on my way to a play at the Centaur Theatre. More specifically, I went to see the Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) production … Continue reading New Black Theatre Workshop Play Touches Hearts
When I first heard about the play The Tashme Project: The Living Archives and heard the words “verbatim theater”, I was intrigued. That being said, it didn’t take me long to understand the importance of hearing its stories word for word. Julie Tamiko Manning and Matt Miwa wrote the engaging play and are also the lead and only actors. They are performing itat the Centaur Theater from … Continue reading The Tashme Project | Living Archives at Centaur Theater
The final play of Centaur Theater’s 49th season finds itself to be none other than the iconic Hosanna, written by Montreal novelist and playwright Michel Tremblay. Following the award-winning success of the Tableau D’Hôte Theater production at the MainLine Theater in 2015, the original 1973 play is being brought back for an encore on the Centaur stage under the direction of Mike Payette and stars … Continue reading Hosanna, An Encore | Centaur Theater’s 49th Season Final Play
At some point in your life, young or old, you probably had a moment where you saw a painting and thought – I can do that! Why is this in a gallery? Or wait, worse, this is so ugly! Why is it in a museum! Ok, you get the picture…visual art can be a mystified subject for the average human. Jackson Pollock, one of the … Continue reading Bakersfield Mist Play | Centaur Theater | Abstract Art
Jano Lapin 