What’s on in Montréal courtesy of Tourisme Montréal

THEATRE

Beyond The Sea
at Hudson Village Theatre

The Hudson Village Theatre’s 2023 summer time season consists of playwright Kristen Da Silva’s Beyond The Sea which tells the story of a pair of strangers who start a dialog on a pier in a small city that might change their lives. Stars two very good Montreal actors, Julie Tamiko Manning and Quincy Armourer, directed by Dean Patrick Fleming. Runs July 5 to 16.

MUSEUMS AND EXHIBITIONS

There are a number of terrific museum exhibitions in Montreal this summer time, my present favorite is the Becoming Montreal: The 1800s Painted by Duncan exhibition displaying greater than 100 watercolours by James Duncan who documented the colonial metropolis’s 19^th century evolution throughout a exceptional 50-year profession, producing panoramic views that predate the invention of pictures.

This first retrospective of Duncan’s work reintroduces the general public to a painter who was rapidly forgotten after his dying. Duncan’s physique of labor lovingly captures our metropolis and its individuals. Visitors will acknowledge most of the landmarks captured in his exceptional work.

The McCord has additionally printed the exhibition’s very good accompanying e book James Duncan (1806-1881) – Painter of Montreal, the primary monograph devoted to Duncan, giving the painter his simply due in the end. This must-see exhibition runs to April 2024.

CIRCUS ARTS

Created in 2010, Montréal Complètement C!Rque presents greater than 100 reveals from July 6 to 16. At the TOHU in the course of the competition, Australia’s Gravity & Other Myths presents the North American premiere of their ground-breaking present The Pulse (July 5 to eight) starring 24 Australian acrobats and 36 Catalan singers from the Orfeò Català Girls’ Choir.

COMEDY

Some of the largest names in leisure headline the 41^st version of Just For Laughs from July 14 to 29 at varied venues. Gala hosts this yr embrace Russell Peters (July 26 and July 27), Eddie Izzard (July 28) and Saturday Night Live alum Leslie Jones (July 29). The Just For The Culture present headlines Club Soda (July 18 to 26) with host Alonzo Bodden. The raunchy Nasty Show returns to Club Soda (July 18 to 26) with host Mike Ward.

Christopher Castellani will focus on his bestselling historic novel Leading Men

LITERATURE

In a public Q&A session with Montreal writer Christopher DiRaddo, Italian-American writer Christopher Castellani will focus on his bestselling historic novel Leading Men which tells the story of Frank Merlo, the considerably forgotten working-class Italian-American who was transformational within the life and work of famed American playwright and literary icon Tennessee Williams. Leading Men is at present being tailored into a movie by Luca Guadagnino, the director of Call Me By Your Name. The occasion might be held on the Istituto Italiano di Cultura Montreal on July 13 at 7 pm. Free admission. Books might be obtainable for buy.

CINEMA

The Film Noir au Canal cult crime movie competition at Square Saint-Patrick on the banks of the Lachine Canal kicks off its 7^th version on July 16 with a screening of Kiss Me Deadly (1955) about personal eye Mike Hammer, introduced in its unique English model with French subtitles. Free admission.

The 27^th version of the Fantasia International Film Festival runs from July 20 to August 9 at varied venues.

The Cinémathèque québécoise screens 86 horror classics from July 1 to August 31 of their Horror Stories collection, together with Dracula (1931) starring Bela Lugosi, Night of The Living Dead (1968) directed by George Romero, Psycho, Carrie, The Thing and Nightmare on Elm Street.

POP MUSIC

Hip-hop icon Drake (July 14 and 15 at Bell Centre), L.A. punk-rock legends Social Distortion (July 23 at MTELUS), and Montreal soul queen Michelle Sweeney (July 29 at Upstairs, 7:30 and 9:45 pm).

The 37^th version of the Festival International Nuits d’Afrique presents 700 musical artists from 30 international locations headlining 13 days of indoor programming and 6 days of free out of doors programming within the Quartier des Spectacles from July 11 to 23. Ticketed indoor reveals embrace world-music icon Angélique Kidjo (July 12 at MTELUS).

Dubbed “Mr. Montreal” by the CBC, arts and tradition journalist and columnist Richard “Bugs” Burnett is aware of Montreal like a drag queen is aware of a cosmetics counter.

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