23th Annual Wildside Theatre FestivalLe Festival Wildside est une présentation audacieuse du Centaur où les gens de théâtre avant-gardistes et novateurs s’adressent à un public excentrique et téméraire. Un tourbillon intrépide du meilleur théâtre indépendant canadien, y compris une production du Centaur gagnante du Festival Fringe de 2019. La programmation 2020 sera annoncée plus tard dans la saison.
Lorsque les lumières s’éteignent sur la scène, les esprits s’échauffent sur la galerie du Centaur grâce au Festival Offside. En collaboration avec la compagnie de Johanna Nutter, creature/creature, du jeudi au samedi après la dernière représentation, des musiciens et des artistes de la région viennent faire un tour pour le grand plaisir des amateurs inconditionnels de musique indépendante. Les samedis vibrent avec les soirées hommages aux grands noms de la musique. Les vedettes de cette année seront annoncées en même temps que la programmation 2020. Entrée libre.
creature /creature presents OFFSIDE - Right after the last show on select nights, join them as they turn up the heat with some of the city’s wildest musicians.
FRIDAY, JAN 10: From Barfly with Love: Mark Goodwin and Guests
SATURDAY, JAN 11: Tribute to Stevie Wonder
THURSDAY, JAN 16: Mood Music with Sarah Segal-Lazar
SATURDAY, JAN 18: Tribute to The Rolling Stones
PRODUCTIONS
Synopsis et détails en anglais, source : site Centaur
MULTIPLE ORGASNISM (60 minutes)
7 janvier, 19h
8 janvier, 21h
11 janvier, 19h
15 janvier, 19h
18 janvier, 21h
Created & Performed By: Jessica Gabriel & Chloe Ziner
Photo Chloe Ziner
Warning: Nudity, Sexual Content, Cartoonish Death/Suicide
Multiple Organism is a surrealist comedy for adults (18+) about having a body and how our body is seen by others. Gender-bending. Nudity. Projections. Puppetry. Original music. Sentient toothbrushes.
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WAH WAH WAH (60 minutes)
7 janvier, 21h
9 janvier, 19h
10 janvier, 21h
11 janvier, 15h
12 janvier, 19h
Co-produced by: the Wah Wah Wah Collective and SummerWorks, with the generous support of Lindy Green & Sam Chaiton
Written By: Celia Jade Green
Directed By: Bilal Baig
Featuring: Celia Jade Green
Production Management and Lighting Design by Echo Zhou
Photo Tanja Tiziana
Wah Wah Wah Collective
14 +
Through extreme physicality, tantrums and pigs, a young queer woman grapples with the messiness of being violated. What happens if I love it and hate it at the same time?
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HER SONGS, MY STORY (60 minutes)
8 janvier, 19h
9 janvier, 21h
12 janvier, 16h
16 janvier, 21h
Written By: Michelle Sweeney
Directed By: Tamara Brown
Featuring: Michelle Sweeney
Musical Director: Taurey Butler
Michelle Sweeney & Chumba
Mature themes. Not suitable for young children.
Montreal soul icon Michelle Sweeney embarks on a deeply personal journey lived through the music of Aretha Franklin; finding profound moments of intersection in love, loss and redemption.
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HOLLOW MOUNTAIN (60 minutes)
10 janvier, 19h
12 janvier, 14h
14 janvier, 21h
17 janvier, 19h
18 janvier, 19h
Choreographed By: Alyssa Martin
Directed by: Alyssa Martin
Original Music By: Sydney Herauf
Featuring: Drew Berry, Mary-Dora Bloch-Hansen, Brayden Cairns, Samantha Grist, Sydney Herauf
Supported By: Canada Council for the Arts, Toronto Arts Council, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity, Canadian Stage, National Ballet of Canada’s CreativAction Programme, and Toronto Dance Theatre.
Photo : SV Photography
Rock Bottom Movement
Warning 14+ partial nudity, foul language
A darkly absurd dance theatre work that follows five friends as they navigate the inner rocky territory of their psyches through demonic possession, self-mutilation and radical dance.
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CONFABULATION -- GAMES (60 minutes)
11 janvier, 21h
Presented By: Confabulation
Photo Selena Photography
Featuring: True-life stories from seven storytellers
Confabulation is Montreal’s original autobiographical storytelling series, presenting monthly showcases of true stories, based around a theme. For Wildside, we’ll be exploring Games: party, personal, political… really all kinds! ONE NIGHT ONLY!
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CHATTERMARKS*
17 janvier, 21h
18 janvier, 21h
19 janvier, 15h
Written By: Joseph Shragge
Directed by: Anthony Kennedy
Dramaturgy by: Kyle Croutch
Choreography: Michelle Rambharose
Featuring: Benita Bailey, Jillian Harris, Roxane Loumède, Alexandra Petrachuk, Meagan Schroeder
Costumes by: Sophie El-Assaad
Set by: Bruno-Pierre Houle
Sound by: Devon Bate
Lighting by: Jon Cleveland
French Translation and Consultant: Gabrielle Chapdelain
Sous la force des glaciers, les rochers se heurtent au sol et laissent des marques en forme de croissant - des broutures (chattermarks) - la trace indélébile de leur combat. Comme les glaciers, l’histoire et la mémoire s’entrechoquent en temps de guerre.
This year, Wildside is reaching outside Centaur’s walls and partnering with La Chapelle. See the page / voir la fiche
* Select performances from Jan 12-22, 2020 presented at La Chapelle
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DON'T READ THE COMMENTS (60 minutes)
14 janvier, 19h
15 janvier, 21h
16 janvier, 19h
17 janvier, 21h
18 janvier, 15h
Created By: Sarah Segal-Lazar in collaboration with the cast
Directed by: Sarah Segal-Lazar
Featuring: Cara Krisman, Gabe Maharjan, Joy Ross-Jones, Sarah Segal-Lazar, Dakota Jamal Wellman
Stage Manager: Heather Ellen Strain
Assistant Director (Original Production): Mahalia Golnosh Tahririha
Sermo Scomber Theatre
This show contains mature language and content. Please be advised that the show deals with the subject of sexual assault.
A Talk Back is scheduled after each show
At a live TV talk show, delve into the “grey areas” of sexual encounters and consent, through the dark art of clown and bouffon and the power of true storytelling.
