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Comedy at the Fringe Festival: “Giant And Angry” Review
Gillian English Presents Her Feminist Show
English came to Montreal for the Fringe Festival to present her embodied and personal show. By talking about anger, by being angry, by demanding men to do better, and by occupying the space she deserves, English allowed us audience members to get in touch with our anger too.
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Jessie Reyez Says #metoo at the Montreal International Jazz Festival
Singing About Politics and Healing in a Time of Tension
Jessie Reyez was so expressive while singing, performing with her whole body. Her hands rubbed her face when she got into the emotion of her music, and her facial expressions were raw and transparent. In upbeat songs she jumped around and used the whole stage. Reyez was electric-her movements bold and unexpected, like a lightning strike.
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Ala.Ni and Preservation Hall Jazz Band at the Montreal Jazz Festival
A Turbulent Jazz Evening at the Maison Symphonique
On July 3, as part of the Montreal Jazz Festival, the Maison symphonique hosted the Preservation Hall Jazz Band and Ala.Ni⎯ two immensely different yet rewarding performances.
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Review: Gab Bois’s House Party Exhibition at MURAL Festival
Montreal Visual Artist Gab Bois premieres her first 3-D installation at Espace 8, as part of MURAL Festival
You may have seen Gab Bois’s photography on Instagram.
She toys with concepts of accepted reality by taking everyday household objects out of context to startle the viewer, playing with their perception of what is real and surreal. -
Controversial Jazz Festival Show SLĀV Cancelled
Festival Apologizes After Widespread Protest
After an open letter was sent out and scores of activists rose up to protest, the widely contentious theatre performance SLĀV has been cancelled.The show premiered on June 26 at Theatre du Nouveau Monde, and was originally scheduled to run until July 14 as part of the Montreal International Jazz Festival.
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Theatre Review: “Bite Your Tongue” with Laughter at the Fringe Fest
Two Concordia Alumni Bring Comedy to the Process of Coming Out
“Bite Your Tongue” addresses the difficulties that arise with coming out, and what it is like to be in the limbo stage between being closeted and out. Being marginalized always comes with the need to be the best version of yourself-the characters experience this on stage, too.
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“Kate Hammer Wants to Be Infemous” Brings Feminism to the Fringe Festival
Hammer Shares Personal Stories That Resonate
“It’s about the ocean between being a person and being a woman, and my journey swimming those waters,” said Kate Hammer about her show Kate Hammer Wants to Be Infemous, which recently ran at Montreal’s Fringe Festival.
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“Late Night Kids & Friends”: An Improv Show at the Fringe
A Satire About Adulthood Reveals the Underbelly of a Kids Show
Late Night Kids & Friends is a narrative improv show, which means that the entirety of the performance is improvised as the actresses and actors develop a story on stage.
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Storytelling at the Fringe: “Sex? But I’m Canadian!” Garners Roaring laughter
Relearning Love Through a Married Couple’s Sex Life
On June 14, the crowd was buzzing in anticipation of the show Sex? But I’m Canadian! I walked into a friendly environment which embodied the community-building aspect of the Fringe.
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Theatre Review: Politics Destroyed the World in “Apocalipsync” at the Fringe Festival
Drag Queens of House Laureen Navigate Through a Post-Apocalyptic Future
Drag queens Uma Gahd, Dot Dot Dot and Anaconda LaSabrosa from the House of Laureen, and guest star Peaches Lepage visited a post-apocalyptic future where the right has won over a collapsed left.
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Festivulve Celebrates the Diversity of the Vulva
The First Edition of the Francophone Festival Wrapped Up June 10
It was all about the vulva, in quite literally any shape, form, or colour at the first edition of Festivulve.
