News on your favorite shows, specials & more!
Dirty Dancing show poster

Dirty Dancing at Salle Wilfrid Pelletier

Dates: (5/31/2016 - 6/5/2016 )

Theatre:

Salle Wilfrid Pelletier


Place Des Arts, 260 Boulevard De Maisonneuve West
Montreal,Québec QC H2X

Buy Tickets

Phone: +1 (800) 430-8903

Tickets: $78.00 - $132.00

  1. View All Montreal Shows
    2.  > 
  2. Dirty Dancing

SUBMIT UPDATES

Photos Videos Discount
Cast Creative Edit


The 1987 movie is an untouchable musical classic, and has sealed the sadly departed Patrick Swayze's place in the cult movie canon. A massive box office success at the time, it has spawned numerous imitators, a belated sequel and "nobody puts Baby in the corner" branded merchandise for toddlers. The stage version made its debut in 2004 in Australia, before opening to millions of pounds worth of advance sales in London's West End in 2011. Yes, the power of the Swayze was still strong.

Adapted by the movie's original scribe Eleanor Bergstein, this North American touring production hews closely to the plot of the film, packing in all its anthemic songs (I Had the Time of My Life, Hungry Eyes) and cheesy one-liners with aplomb. It delivers everything the audiences can hope for - lots of sexy dancing and rock 'n' roll. Taking on the unenviable task of replicating Swayze's charm (and hunky good looks) in this tour is Christopher Tierney (Spider-man Turn Off The Dark), while Gillian Abbott (American Idiot) is the Baby to his Johnny.
What is Dirty Dancing About?

17 year old Frances 'Baby' Houseman is on holiday with her family in the Catskill Mountains in the summer of 1963, and bored out of her mind. That is until she encounters charismatic Johnny Castle, who teaches dance at the resort. When Johnny takes her back to the staff's after-hours secret party, she discovers a vibrant underworld of 'dirty dancing'. This rock 'n' roll music is totally at odds with the kind of music that Baby has so far experienced and certainly wouldn't meet with approval from her conservative parents. It's exciting and fresh, and she begins to fall for Johnny.

When Johnny's regular dance partner Penny has to pull out of the annual Sheldrake Dance competition, Baby steps in to help. The two embark on an intense period of practise to master the routine, during which the romance between the pair blossoms. However, it seems their relationship is not to be as Baby's father discovers their love affair and orders an immediate end to it. But Baby and Johnny must find a way...

Cast and Creative team for Dirty Dancing at Salle Wilfrid Pelletier

Cast

Christopher Tierney as Johnny Castle
Gillian Abbott as Francis 'Baby' Houseman
Jenny Winton as Penny Johnson
Mark Elliott Wilson as Dr. Jake Houseman
Caralyn Kozlowski as Marjorie Houseman
Emily Rice as Lisa Houseman


Creative

Directed by James Powell
Music Supervisor, Conrad Helfrich
Book by Eleanor Bergstein
Choreography by Kate Champion
Set Design by Stephen Brimson Lewis
Lighting Design by Tim Mitchell
Sound Design by Bobby Aitken
Video and projection Design by Jon Driscoll
Ballroom and Latin Choreography by Craig Wilson
Costume Design by Jennifer Irwin.
More Local Shows
Add a Montreal Show Listing

Videos

View all Videos

MONTREAL SHOWS

Spring Awakening in Montreal Spring Awakening
Monument National (6/8 - 6/15)
PHOTOS
POTUS or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive in Montreal POTUS or Behind Every Great Dumbass are Seven Women Trying to Keep Him Alive
Segal Centre for Performing Arts (5/12 - 6/2)
Shakti Rising: Honoring our Stories in Montreal Shakti Rising: Honoring our Stories
Quai 5160 - Maison de la culture de Verdun (5/10 - 5/10)
Les Miserables in Montreal Les Miserables
Place des Arts [Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier] (7/30 - 8/4)
Into the Woods in Montreal Into the Woods
The Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society (5/16 - 6/2)
VIEW SHOWS  ADD A SHOW  

Recommended For You