Six weddings. Two beheadings. Two divorces. One maternal death. And then, the one who survived it all. Catherine Parr is The Last Wife of King Henry VIII, whose compelling and convoluted relationship is the crux of playwright Kate […]
What is essential theatre if not original, urgent, daring, community-oriented, and deeply rooted in humanity? Meeting our cardinal criteria for the indispensable is the lineage of creations by the multi META-winning company Tableau D’Hôte Theatre […]
One of the most vital and powerful new works in Canadian musical theatre has found fertile soil in Montreal this season. A buried narrative of our nation’s history is brought to effulgent light in Children of […]
After having premiered and played to sold out audiences at the MainLine Theatre this past August, Scapegoat Carnivale brings back the shiny objects that amassed it lustrous, statuesque thingamajigs of its own (the company is […]
True Crime is the story of two artists. One of them is a con. The impostor, however, may not exactly be who you think it is. Our first suspect is Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a German immigrant […]
After first premiering in Montreal in 2017 at the ZH Festival, local feminist/queer performance collective Daughter Product‘s The Gentle Art of Punishment returns to materialize at the Wildside in all its deviance and artistry. Inspired by a chapter of […]
In the hierarchy of artistry, Cat Kidd is at the top of the food chain. Returning to home turf to remount her masterwork at Centaur Theatre’s Wildside, the poet’s vigorous solo show has been touring […]
This is an unusual review for me. I feel challenged in my understanding, and awakened as a result. Reflecting on stories of race and queerness is not a new practice to me, even despite my […]
A speechless (but not exactly a wordless – and certainly not a soundless) retelling of the Scottish Play, Macbeth Muet is the low budget, high impact brainchild of La Fille Du Laitier co-artistic director Marie Hélène Bélanger and […]
“This year’s edition is all about transformation,” notes Centaur Theatre Company Executive and Artistic Director Eda Holmes – who here curates the annual Wildside for the first time since taking the company reins – and […]
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