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Nominations are now open for the 2021 BroadwayWorld Montreal Awards! Streaming theatre, in-person, and more are included.

La Chapelle Scènes Contemporaines has unveiled its 31st season.

The Segal Centre for Performing Arts announced today their 2021-2022 theatre season which includes three wildly unique, brand-new musicals and the return of two audience favourites.

A knowledgeable person stated that the work Packaging/Wrapping by Christo and Jeanne-Claude, artists known for their large-scale, site-specific environmental installations, was a sort of premonition for the fact that in the centre of our existence there is nothing but emptiness.

Side Door, the 'any space is a venue' marketplace platform for the arts, is launching BACK TO LIVE with Side Door, a new support program designed to increase live performance spaces by supporting existing spaces and helping first-time hosts get started.

Recorded at JM Canada's André Bourbeau House and broadcast between August 20 and September 10, 2021, at 10:30am, these select 40-minute concerts will be available for free in the Media Library section of the organization's website.

National treasure Daniel Lanois will perform songs from his latest album, Heavy Sun, as well as a fine selection of hits from his impressive repertoire.

Barry Hughson, Executive Director of The National Ballet of Canada, today announced the free programming that will be offered during Sharing the Stage, a residency at Harbourfront Centre, August 9 – 29, 2021.

Check out the full upcoming lineup and learn more about the festival!

Spellbound lovers, quarrelling fairies, tradesmen with a fervour for amateur theatricals: they’re all mixed up together in the surreal world of Shakespeare’s great comedy of dreaming and desire.

After a long absence of 17 months from the live stage, Kent Nagano will conduct the OSM joined by soprano Hélène Guilmette in a distinctive concert: Gustav Mahler's sublime Fourth Symphony, alive with the poetic and mysterious wonders of a child's imagination, conjuring Heaven.

The platform goes live today where audiences can start to browse the shows in more detail and buy tickets.

image+nation culture queer launches I+N StoryLab / histoires queer contemporaines queer scriptwriting project in partnership with Telefilm Canada Montreal, July 6, 2021 - Under its new banner and enlarged outreach scope, image+nation culture queer is pleased to inaugurate the first I+N StoryLab / hi

In their most ambitious and far-reaching Welcome to date, this summer Blind Tiger Comedy is inviting hundreds of people from communities that are underrepresented in comedy to try classes for the first time completely free of charge.

The Nils Svensson Carell-penned breakup drama is well-acted, funny, and very deep for its short length.

In total, 869 participants from some fifty countries or so met at this major international conference, including 285 presenters, 339 exhibitors and 245 observers.

Ilana Schecter's punk rock sensibilities and unrepentant queer joy rescue a hard-to-follow narrative in this experimental clown piece about learning to enjoy yourself.

The evenko foundation has donated 28 musical instruments to Ecole Joseph-François Perrault (JFP), located in the St-Michel neighbourhood in Montréal: 12 flutes, 13 clarinets, 2 cellos, and 1 double bass; a donation worth $30,000.

Today, Montreal-based comedy festival Just For Laughs unveiled the concept and lineup for their first-ever curated travel experience, Just For Laughs Escapes - Cancun, taking place November 3-7, 2021.

The Board of Directors of the Festival de Lanaudière welcomes two new high-profile administrators from within the business community - Charles Milliard, President-Director General of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec, and Florence Turpault-Desroches, Vice-President — Communicat

Today, the PRIX NUMIX announced that Luc Langevin won the 2021 Innovation and Adaptation Mention for his show Interconnectés.

Festival Bloomsday Montréal president Kevin Wright will invite Montrealers and people from around the world to this online Irish culture fest filled with performances, literature, cuisine, discussions and art, starting on June 12 and leading up to Bloomsday, June 16, when local actors and Joyce ent

After running the whole gamut of emotions the past nine months, and coming up with hundreds of possibilities for REGARD's 25th edition, the Saguenay International Short Film Festival team finally unveils today the fruit of their hard work.

A chamber ensemble will be performing OPENWORLD at Laval’s Salle André-Mathieu May 23 and at Place des Arts’ Maison symphonique downtown May 30.

Starting May 20, Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival will launch 6 literary walking tours to get residents and visitors out into the spring weather.