Centaur Theatre Company
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Tonight at 8pm: Montreal theatre company Scapegoat Carnivale launches their latest project "Soliciting Prophecy", a curated online writer's room to explore the theme of prophecy as it relates to today, and create a series of digital performances as artistic responses. The group includes artists from Montreal, Vancouver, Mexico City and Los Angeles. Join the watch party or check out the works later, all available via their website www.scapegoatcarnivale.com/soliciting-prophecy

Do you have a theatre love story? Here's one for this Valentines week #TBT to February 2011, when Sylvain invited Ùna to Centaur’s production of Stones in his Pockets as a first date. 10 years later, Centaur is happy to report the couple’s first date led to many more. Congratulations Sylvain and Ùna on your upcoming 10th anniversary (and your 3 children!) ... Everyone at Centaur is honoured to discover that you began your wonderful romantic adventure at a performance of Stones in his Pockets says CENTAUR Artistic & Executive Director, Eda Holmes. Stones in his Pockets by Marie Jones was directed by Andrew Shaver (MOB, TRAD) and starred Daniel Brochu (Alice and the World We Live in, Last Night at the Gayety) and Kyle Gatehouse. (Haunted Hillbilly). #theatrelovestory #TBT #valentines #theatreromance

Now playing virtually until Feb 14th, our Tarragon Acoustic partners, Tarragon Theatre present Orestes. Originally scheduled to be part of Tarragon’s 20/21 season it has been reimagined for the internet. Euripides’ genre-defying classic has been hacked, warped and chopped rebooted for the electronic age.

Centaur’s FREE kids programming continues this weekend with a Valentine’s special performance by Les Évadés de la Lune - Moon Escapees Productions’ The Heart Recipe. The TD Saturday Morning Children's Series presentation of The Heart Recipe plays on Centaur's website February 13th LIVE from Centaur at 10:30am. Best suited for little ones 2-8 years.

Centaur is a proud national partner supporting this project presented by Obsidian Theatre Company and CBC Arts. Centaur Theatre Montreal would like to shout out Black Theatre Workshop and its AD Quincy Armorer for inspiring us to support this incredible project.

Imago Theatre’s Eco-anxiety digital festival is back due to popular demand! From February 5 - 14 each play will be available to rent individually, or as a package of all four. The festival features four short plays written by award-winning international playwrights and showcases the work of 12 Montreal artists. At times funny, at times moving, all four plays use different storytelling techniques as they explore the realities of the global climate crisis. Visit imagotheatre.ca/ecoanxiety for more information about the plays and the festival!

Happy Hanukkah! Tis the season of lights and we wish everyone a safe a bright holiday season.

Last year’s Wildside production of Michelle Sweeney’s Her Songs My Story brought down the house with the songs of Aretha Franklin. We won’t be packed in the theatre for the upcoming Wildside Festival (Jan 11-23, 2021) but a digital Wildside available through the interface of your screen will give the opportunity for more people to see 5 curated shows for FREE. #TBT #MICHELLESWEENEY #wildsidefestival #wildside2021 #centaurGoWild #montreal #montrealfestivals

Last year around this time we were starting rehearsals for the epic Paradise Lost by Erin Shields. What a glorious time to revisit this video playfully dubbed "Angel Bootcamp". As we approach the annual METAs - Montreal English Theatre Awards this Sunday, we celebrate our achievements and congratulate all the META nominees. #METAs2020 #ParadiselostMTL

What a week it's been! One more look at the METAs - Montreal English Theatre Awards virtual ceremony last Sunday in a Centaur blog round-up. Congratulations to Julie Tamiko Manning (Outstanding Supporting Actress, Paradise Lost) and Matthew Kabwe (Outstanding Lead Actor, MOB), and to each and everyone of you involved in our productions. It's been a struggle this year and the communities we are part of have been hugely meaningful. Please stay connected, stay safe, and celebrate your friends, colleagues and loved ones with creativity and resilience!

As of today we have collectively raised $24,490.15 from individual donations this season (more than double what we had raised this time last year), of which $6,150 was made online for #GivingTuesday. Thank you for your ongoing support. Our Director’s Circle Campaign continues throughout the year. https://bit.ly/36FgVkT

The METAs - Montreal English Theatre Awards will be streamed live November 29th, and this year the event that celebrates our theatre community means more than ever. We love this interview series leading up to the big event. Take a look at the hour-long convo featuring nominated Directors and Playwrights, including Andrew Shaver (Director for MOB). #METAs2020

Who’s super pumped for #GivingTuesday next week? Haleema Mini (Centaur’s Director of Development) and Jennifer Bisson (Development Assistant) can barely contain their excitement for the biggest global giving movement on the planet! Be part of it by donating to Centaur December 1st and take pride in the future you are helping Centaur to build. https://bit.ly/377kRtM

Mezzo-Soprano Sarah Bissonnette is a guest on this episode of CBC's The Bridge. She is one of two performers portraying a trans character in As One - a beautiful new chamber opera about identity and transformation. Centaur AD Eda Holmes directs the Quebec Premiere (nov 20th- dec 4th) for Orchestre classique de Montréal. To view a video forum in english moderated by Tranna Wintor : https://bit.ly/3kE6i5T

Thursday Nov 26th at 7PM you can watch actors Danielle Desormeaux, Alain Goulem, Alexandria Haber, Paula Jean Hixson, Neil Napier, Eleanor Noble, Brett Watson, and Jane Wheeler read a new script by Montreal Playwright Alexandria Haber. Following the success of Alice and The World We Live In, Centaur is thrilled to share Haber’s new play : Housebound & Homesick. Housebound & Homesick is a companion play to Housekeeping & Homewrecking. It picks up fifteen years later as we drop... in to see what Clay, Dylan, Alison, Tiffany, Carrie, Jenny and Ben are up to while stuck inside their homes. Featuring the same cast as Housekeeping & Homewrecking (with an added bonus character!) A YouTube link will be available on the 26th here: https://bit.ly/33gJYt3 #zoomreading #newplay #centaurpresents #montrealplay #montreal #theatremtl

It’s Giving Tuesday! This year it coincides with our annual individual donation campaign, THE FUTURE at Centaur. We had a lot of fun working with actor and former Centaur playwright in residence, Michaela Di Cesare, on this video for the occasion. Any amount you can donate will receive a tax receipt. What a terrific time to give~ To make a donation : https://bit.ly/2VkNgam

Discover things you never knew about Montreal theatre as Laurence and Antoine reveal what they learned through working with historians Alexandre Cadieux and Erin Hurley on Cyclorama, reading personal anecdotes from Centaur Theatre and Centre du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui audiences, as well as their own experiences working in the parallel universes of English and French theatre in this city.

Coming Saturday Salons @ Centaur Nov 21st at 2PM featuring AD Eda Holmes and guests Emilie Monnet & Jessica Carmichael on Facebook Live/YouTube/centaurtheatre.com. Two plays programmed for this season would have shone a light on Indigenous artists: Emilie Monnet’s play, Okinum, was our Brave New Looks selection to be presented with Imago Theatre, and Jessica Carmichael was slated to direct The Flick by Annie Baker. Between them, these two women have years of experience working with activist and creative groups to encourage Indigenous artists and projects into the limelight. Talking candidly with Eda, they will share the challenges that Indigenous artists face, and speak to the importance for all of us Turtle Island dwellers, to make room for these voices and their stories.

What a night! Last night’s METAs - Montreal English Theatre Awards ceremony brought laughter and tears as the community journeyed through a season cut short. We are celebrating virtually and with a #throwback to a staff pic of us squished together at the 2018 Montréal English Theatre Awards. We can’t wait to be on the same room again but want to extend heartfelt thanks to the organizers and hosts for such a wonderful evening celebrating theatre last night. Thank you to the ...METAs committee for organizing, wonderful and hilarious hosts with the mosts, and to our community who tuned in together. The first virtual Montreal English Awards Ceremony was wildly adventurous. Congratulations to all the nominees and recipients for truly OUTSTANDING work. Centaur would like to shout out our two awards of the evening: Outstanding Supporting Performance - Actress: Julie Tamiko Manning in Paradise Lost Outstanding Leading Performance- Actor: Matthew Kabwe in MOB #Metas2020 #virtualawards #mtltheatre

Émilie Monnet and Jessica Carmichael each have a specific Indigenous heritage which inspires their work as theatre artists. What are the challenges of bridging the gap between mainstream settler culture and the rich Indigenous history that defines them? This question and more will be at the core of this inspiring Saturday Salon.

This Sunday at 7:30PM, Imago Theatre presents a panel Rethinking the Culture in Theatre Schools: A Discussion With 6 Domie Alumni The panel will be moderated by Micheline Chevrier with alumni Kayleigh Choiniere, Gabriela Saltiel, Grace Gordon, Mara Lazaris, Shannon Tosic-Mcnally, and Amber Goldfarb who came forward about their destructive experiences at Dawson College and are looking to see lasting change. Visit imagotheatre.ca for more information on how you can participate.

This weekend Centaur presents the TD Saturday Morning Children's Series with "Just Enough", a story about sharing memories between generations and how just a little can be just enough. Visit the link below to watch live at 10:30am. Or watch whenever you want, FREE for a week on Centaurtheatre.com!

On November 21st at 2pm, find us on Facebook live or YouTube for a riveting Saturday Salon @ Centaur, as Artistic and Executive Director, Eda Holmes, chats with Anishinabek theatre maker, Émilie Monnet, and Abénaki-European actor, director, and teacher, Jessica Carmichael.

Tonight at 7PM, playwright Alexandria Haber (Alice and the World We Live In) invites you into her home to join her and a cast of eight on a live-streamed-zoom-play-reading. "Housebound & Homesick" is available for FREE to watch tonight for a live experience, or later on your schedule. The link is on our website below. UPDATE: due to technical difficulties the stream will now be on actor Neil Napier's Facebook page: facebook.com/neil.napier.10

Today is Transgender Day of Remembrance. On this day, we raise awareness of the unjust discrimination that trans people face. Tonight marks opening night for the Orchestre classique de Montréal 's "As One", a contemporary chamber opera that follows trans protagonist Hannah in a story about identity, authenticity and compassion. Centaur AD Eda Holmes directs this semi-staged production. 7:30 PM tickets available for 15$ via https://orchestre.ca/. A post show discussion will follow.