Freestanding Productions presentsmy pregnant brother
Tues. Jan 5 at 7PM
Fri. Jan 8 at 9PM
Sun. Jan 10 at 1PM
Thurs. Jan 14 at 7PM
Sun. Jan 17 at 7PM
Written and Performed by Johanna Nutter
Directed and Dramaturged by Jeremy Taylor
A co-production with Two Wheeler Productions
On the day this show first saw the light, Thomas Beatie, “The World’s First Pregnant Man”, gave birth to his second child. The funny thing is, two years before anyone had ever heard of Thomas Beatie, my brother became a pregnant man… and the only one who knew was me. I’m going to tell you that story.
"a wonderful play that will touch your heart." -Helen Pergantis, The Gazette
"As compelling as it is intelligent and as witty as it is dramatic. Johanna Nutter had the audience eating out of her hand. Three cheers for My Pregnant Brother." -MJ Stone, Hour
Ties
Wed. Jan 6 at 9PM
Sat. Jan 9 at 7PM
Tues. Jan 12 at 7PM
Fri. Jan 15 at 9PM
Sat. Jan 16 at 1PM
A collective creation, Directed by Arianna Bardesono
Starring: Christine Aubin Khalifah, Greg Gale
A young woman, coping with the loss of her father, untangles a knot of reconstructed memories. She tip-toes through a cascade of past experiences to find herself side by side with her father as a young man in Lebanon. Her journey unfolds through images and movement scored to live music.
“The two writer/performers grab the stage with striking warmth and passion to present a series of powerful, expressive memories.” -Now magazine
” a truly amazing tale of grief… very accessible and at times really light." -The Plank Magazine
Someone Between
Wed. Jan 6 at 7PM
Sat. Jan 9 at 9PM
Wed. Jan 13 at 9PM
Sat. Jan 16 at 3PM
Sun. Jan 17 at 1PM
Written and Performed by Chantria Tram
Directed by Milena Buziak
Having escaped her birthplace of Cambodia, and finding amnesty in a Thai refugee camp for three years, Chantria and her family are plunged into the Canadian mosaic. As a young first-generation Khmer-Canadian, she tries to find her place between two very different cultures: old and new, family and the individual, Cambodia and Canada.
“a fresh voice on the Montreal Anglophone theatre scene”
-AgendaScène.com
“Skillfully performed and imaginatively staged…”
-Rachael Van Fossen, Theatre Director, Playwright and Part-time Faculty, Concordia University Theatre Department
“I immediately latched on to the story and wanted to know more...”
-The Monitor
Dance Animal Presents: Dance Animal
Tues. Jan 5 at 9PM
Fri. Jan 8 at 7PM
Sun. Jan 10 at 3PM
Fri. Jan 15 at 7PM
* EXTRA PERFORMANCE -> Friday Jan 15 at 11PM *
Sat. Jan 16 at 9PM
Directed and Choreographed by Robin Henderson
Starring: Joseph Bembridge, Stephanie Breton, Sarah Hansen,
Robin Henderson, Dan Jeannotte, Vanessa Kneale, Francis Marcil,
Steph McKenna, Pascal Morrissette, Marc Rowland, Anders Yates
Fringe box-office record breaker and winner of the 2009 Just For Laughs “Best of Montreal” comedy prize, DANCE ANIMAL has been declared Montreal’s first “comedy supergroup” (Brett Hooton - The Hour). Anchored in the bilingual spectrum of city life in Montreal and mixing the high camp of musical theatre with sketch comedy and character monologues, Dance Animal Presents: Dance Animal is the perfect way to sizzle your way through winter. Dance Animal!
".... a hysterical mix of monologues and oddly entertaining dance routines .... impossible not to like." -Pat Donnelly and Kathryn Greenaway, The Gazette
"It makes you want to get up and dance too.... hands-down the best show this reporter has ever seen at the Montreal Fringe Festival" -Richard Burnett, The Hour
dust
Thurs. Jan 7 at 7PM
Sat. Jan 9 at 3PM
Thurs. Jan 14 at 9PM
Sat. Jan 16 at 7PM
Sun. Jan 17 at 3PM
Written and Directed by Jason Maghanoy
Starring: Brandon Coffey and Jessica Moss
Abu Ghraib Prison. Jenny works in the office. Jonathan is a prison guard. They meet. They fall in love. Written and directed by National Theatre School of Canada graduate Jason Maghanoy, and featuring two of the most outstanding young actors in the city of Toronto, dust is a chilling, and ultimately moving examination of torture, decency and the limits of hope.
One of NOW Magazine's Best of the Fest of the 2008 SummerWorks Theatre Festival - Outstanding New Play -Outstanding New Production - Outstanding Performances
"What's surprising about Jason Maghanoy's play is the tenderness of their relationship, mixed with the atrocities they commit against their prisoners." -Jon Kaplan - NOW Magazine
"…so much more than a love story… really bloody good…excellent. The actors were bang-on, the script was interesting, the directing was good." -Megan Mooney, BlogTO
Rabbit In A Hat Productions presentspenumbra
Thurs. Jan 7 at 9PM
Sat. Jan 9 at 1PM
Sun. Jan 10 at 7PM
Tues. Jan 12 at 9PM
Wed. Jan 13 at 7PM
By Katharine Dempsey
Directed by Paul Van Dyck
Starring: Catherine Bérubé, Michelle Boback,
Christopher Moore, and Howard Rosenstein
In an age of technological development and dependency, the individual has been afforded an unprecedented variety of communicative means. penumbra examines classical themes of love, lust and betrayal in a modern context, positing that technology has not only perverted the integrity of the modern relationship structure, but damaged the genuine connection felt between two people in love.
“...kind of play which defines modern theatre as much as it defines our own lives. With a good script and white-hot acting…” -P.A. Sevigny, The Suburban
“A dark, erotic drama with a superb cast… highlights the perils of hooking up via the internet.” -Pat Donnelly, The Gazette (Top 3 shows at the 2009 Montreal Fringe Festival)
“À des poussières près le jeu est impeccable, incarné, troublant, tout en demi-ton interlope, dans une retenue subtile habité tant dans le dit que l'implicite.” -Yves Rousseau, Le Quatrieme