“Spring Fling” Literary/Musical Cabaret – May 12, 2011

Thursday, May 12

Byron Toben presents the

“SPRING FLING” Literary/Musical CABARET

Proceeds go to the May Cutler Arts Fund

Byron Toben’s ever-enjoyable spring Literary/Musical Cabaret fundraising evening returns to the Atwater Library stage on Thursday, May 12. Last year’s Tribute to Katharine Hepburn, celebrating her 103rd birthday and issuance of a postage stamp in her honour, raised money for The Actors’ Fund of Canada.

For this season’s cabaret, enjoy a world-premiere dramatic reading of Jesus of Arizona, a short, comedic play by our own Byron Toben! In Jesus of Arizona, Hollywood is filming a bible epic. Nothing can go wrong, can it? Featuring Janis Kirshner, Mary Ann Lacey, Pierre Lenoir, Gordon Masten, Mike Paterson and more stars than in the heavens!

Plus:

Music- Bernie Landry demonstrates the revolutionary ‘Chapman Stick’, Paul Serralheiro plays jazz and bossa nova, Carl Aboud dazzles on keyboard, Michele Chappaz sings jazz vocals.

Announcement of the winners of “The Search for Eileen Sullivan”; a world wide one-act playwrighting contest about the Irish Diaspora to North America, organized by Mr. Toben.

Since 2007, these Literary/Musical Cabarets have featured short play readings and a variety of musical acts by local talents. All have donated proceeds to various charitable good causes including the Actors’ Fund, Breast Cancer Action Montreal, McGill Cancer Research, Meals on Wheels, NDG Food Depot and the Atwater Library Piano Fund.

THURSDAY, MAY 12 at the ATWATER LIBRARY Stage

1200 Atwater (Tupper entrance)

7:30 pm
Admission by voluntary donation to the May Cutler Arts Fund

(Pay-What-You-Can; suggested donation of $9 or more includes refreshments and door prizes)

For further information or to reserve: btreserve @ gmail.com

Play, Beethoven Lives Upstairs – May 13 – 22, 2011

Another Geordie Production for you.

PERFORMANCES: May 13 – 22, 2011| Opening Night Performance: Friday, May 13 at 7pm

Performances: Sat May 14 at 3pm; Sun May 15, Sat May 21 & Sun May 22 at 1pm & 3pm

Gala Performance: Thursday May 19 at 6pm.  School Matinées: May 17 – 20, 10am & 12pm

VENUE: Centaur Theatre | 453 St-François-Xavier (Old Montreal)

TICKETS (ON SALE NOW): $18 adults; $17 students & seniors; $14.50 children; $14 group

FOR AUDIENCES OF ALL AGES (5+)

BOX OFFICE and INFORMATION:  (514) 845-9810 or www.geordie.ca

Geordie Productions proudly presents:

Beethoven Lives Upstairs

Originally created by Susan Hammond. Adapted from the original work written by Barbara Nichol

Based on the award-winning Classical Kids compact disc Beethoven Lives Upstairs©

Directed by Dean Patrick Fleming

May 13 – 22, 2011 at Centaur Theatre

MONTREAL, April 2011 – Geordie Productions is thrilled to premiere Beethoven Lives Upstairs, a stage adaptation of the award-winning Classical Kids’ compact disc.  Beethoven Lives Upstairs will be presented as part of Geordie’s 30th Anniversary Mainstage season at Centaur Theatre from May 13 – 22, 2011.  The arrival of an eccentric boarder turns a young boy’s life upside down. Ludwig van Beethoven has moved in upstairs! At first Christoph resents their new tenant but slowly he comes to understand the genius of the man, the torment of his deafness and the beauty of his music. A contemporary Canadian masterpiece, the original audio recording of Beethoven Lives Upstairs has claimed dozens of top music, educational, and parenting awards. It has gone multi-platinum, been translated and distributed around the world, and made into an Emmy award-winning film. Based on this highly acclaimed recording, Geordie Productions’ Beethoven Lives Upstairs introduces some of the composer’s most memorable works, including the Moonlight Sonata, Für Elise, and the great Fifth and Ninth Symphonies, in a beautiful and engaging play for the whole family. “Dear Uncle, something terrible has happened. A madman has moved into our house.” Set in Vienna early in the 1800′s, young Christoph (Lucinda Davis,The Madonna Painter,Centaur Theatre) reads aloud from the letter he has just sent his uncle (Quincy Armorer Peter Pan, Stratford Festival).  As their correspondence unfolds, a myriad of characters (played by Eric Hausknost and Leni Parker) from their colourful letters appear onstage to offer glimpses into Mr. Beethoven’s (Alex McCooeye, Nativity, National Arts Centre) eccentric habits in the year leading to the premiere of his famous Ninth Symphony. Directed by Dean Patrick Fleming, Beethoven Lives Upstairs features set design by James Lavoie, costume design by Amy Keith, lighting design by Thomas Godefroid and sound design by Peter Cerone. GEORDIE PRODUCTIONS is a professional theatre company presenting theatre for audiences of all ages in Montreal and across Eastern Canada for 30 years. - 30-

 

National Women’s Show, April 1, 2 & 3, 2011

The annual National Women’s Show is in Montreal on April 1, 2, and 3. As usual, it’s at the Palais des Congres and it has over 300 exhibits.

The admission is 12.00 but there’s a coupon in today’s Montreal Gazette (page A11) that gives you entry for 2 for 16.00.

Check the site for details in time and location.

Play: Cowboy Mouth, April 20-30, 2011

Cowboy Mouth

Written by Sam Shepard and Patti Smith

Directed by Chelsea McIsaac

Mark these dates in your spring agenda

Wednesday, April 20 – Saturday, April 30, 2011

Sunday, April 24 is 2-for-1 to help spread word of mouth

Cowboy Mouth explores the human desire to become famous no matter what the cost.

In this one act play with clowns, original music and taxidermy, you’re no one until you have a hit record.

 

With: Owen Clark, Kathy Daehler and Aaron Turner

Cowboy Mouth

Girl Got Lost Productions

At Espace 4001

4001 Berri (near Duluth)

Wednesday – Sunday 8:00 pm

Tickets (cash only): $20 regular, $15 students/seniors

Reservations: 514 279-5219 or by email girlgotlostproductions @ gmail.com

MöcShplat – Sunday, Feb. 6/11 Special, Superbowl Sunday only

Hey folks, I just received this fun event announcement. The play itself runs until February 13, 2011, but they are having a Super(bowl) Special with tickets going for only 10.00 for the Feb. 6, 7  pm performance. That’s a great Montreal deal!

SUPER(bowl) SPECIAL on this Sunday’s 7pm performance of MöcShplat at Centaur Theatre: Tickets for only $10 when you quote “Superbowl” to the Box Office: 514-845-9810 www.geordie.ca

MÖCSHPLAT is an all-clown, all-gibberish, insanely inspired retelling of the classic, Macbeth. Four of Montreal’s most gifted performers reinvent the classic tragedy as the most seriously silly drama you will ever see. It’s Shakespeare … in a language you can finally understand  Not recommended for children under 12!

Geordie Productions is proud to present:
MOCSHPLAT
By Clowns Gone Bad Productions
Directed by Alain Goulem

~~February 4 – 13, 2011~~

PERFORMANCE SCHEDULE:
Fri. Feb. 4 @ 7pm (SOLD-OUT)

Sat. Feb. 5 @ 7pm (SOLD-OUT) & 9:30pm
Sun. Feb. 6 @ 3pm & 7pm
Sat. Feb. 12 @ 7pm & 9:30pm
Sun. Feb. 13 @ 3pm & 7pm

TICKET INFO*:
$18 adults / $17 seniors & students / $14.50 age 14 & under

*Please note: a $2 surcharge per ticket applies on all tickets purchased at the door or in advance at Centaur, so we strongly encourage you to buy tickets IN ADVANCE by calling Geordie (514-845-9810) or buying online: https://www.geordie.ca/order/?a=login

Montreal Auto Show, Pre-Sale Until Jan. 3, 2011 only

If you enjoy the Montreal Auto show but find the 15.00 admission a bit too much, here’s your chance to get in for only 11.00. They are having an online (only) pre-sale but only until January 3, 2011.

If you can’t buy ahead of time, you can still save some money by using your Access Montreal card. If you have this card, the admission is 13.00 instead of 15.00.

When is the show?

From FRIDAY JANUARY 14 until SATURDAY JANUARY 22, 2011: 10am until 10pm
On SUNDAY JANUARY 23, 2011: 10am until 7pm

Where?

at the Palais des congrès:

Expozine Nov. 13 & 14, 2010 (free)

Sorry for the short notice, but I just found this one.

Expozine 2010:

This is an annual gathering of Montreal’s annual small press, comic and zine people.

According to their website:

This incredible event brings together nearly 300 creators of all kinds of publications– from books to zines to graphic novels – in both English and French. In the past nine years, Expozine has become one of North America’s largest small press fairs, attracting thousands of visitors as well as exhibitors from across North America and even Europe!

Check out more at their site for information on readings and presentations.

When:  Saturday, November 13 and Sunday, November 14, 2010, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m.

Where: 5035 St-Dominique (Église Saint-Enfant Jésus, Laurier Métro).

Cost: FREE

Liederwolfe: Chacun à son goût! – November 21, 2010

Another from Janis:

The best $5 you’ll ever spend!

My favourite opera collective is back for another show.

Admission: 5$ or PWYC

On Sunday, November 21 Liederwo?lfe Opera Collective will be celebrating their fifth birthday at local watering hole Le Divan Orange. To make the evening extra-special, we’re offering a delicious tasting menu, opera-style !

– Arias as appetizers ! Soprano for soup ! Duets for dessert ! Slice after slice of baritone ! –

Come be our guests! Your tastebuds will work overtime with offerings from the 17th century right up to today. It’s sure to be a little sweet, a little salty, and a lot of spicy ! Included on the
menu : works by Bizet, Barber, Britten, Offenbach, Adam, Purcell, Poulenc, Ewazen, Pratte. Plus surprises only revealed that night !

– Let us tempt you with exotic melodic morsels, harmonic amuse-bouches, and cupfuls of chansons! –

Wash it all down with a glass of wine or a cold beer, and you’ve got the perfect meal. Let Liederwo?lfe and their singular musical stylings fill you up, body and soul.

Sunday, November 21 · 8:30pm – 11:00pm

Divan Orange

4234 St-Laurent

Dark Owl – Tableau D’Hôte Theatre at MainLine Theatre, Nov. 16 to 28, 2010

Thanks to Janis for this.

“A family is like a person’s body; it’s a fine thing ‘til it gets sickly.” - Utrope

Nov. 16-28, 2010. Written by Laval Goupil, Translated by Glen Nichols

Pay-what-you-can: Preview, Tues. Nov. 16

Two-for-one: Sun. matinee Nov. 21 2pm, and Tuesday, Nov. 23 8pm

Regular tickets are $20.

www.tableaudhotetheatre.ca

Evocative and compelling, Dark Owl brings us to a small New Brunswick fishing town in the 1970s. When a good-looking stranger appears in the village, a dysfunctional family is forced to confront their involvement in a tragic event.

This linguistically authentic production includes text from Goupil’s original chiac version, providing a true Acadian flavour that mirrors Quebec’s distinct blending of French and English.

Tableau D’Hôte Theatre at MainLine Theatre

3997 Blvd. St. Laurent

Theatre: The Monkey’s Paw, Oct. 30 and 31, 2010

Who says Montreal doesn’t have a vibrant theatre scene? You just need to know where to go.

This coming weekend, on Oct. 30 and 31, the Montreal School of Performing Arts/Express O Theatre is presenting The Monkey’s Paw, written by W. W. Jacobs.

When: 8 PM is curtain time, space is limited! Reserve your tickets to avoid disappointment. (514) 483-5526.

Cost: 10.00

Where:

3975 Notre Dame St. W., Montreal.

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