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Objects come to life in the US Premiere of Montreal's Scapegoat Carnivale's hit show Sapientia. The production will play the International Puppet Fringe Festival NYC for three performances in August. Sapientia won the Montreal English Theatre Award (META) for Outstanding Independent Production, and in 2019 the company received a META award for Outstanding Theatrical Contribution.

The Montreal English Theatre Awards Committee has announced the nominees for the 10th Anniversary Edition of the Awards Ceremony. The Montreal English Theatre Awards (METAs) recognize and celebrate the outstanding artistic work of the individuals and companies that comprise Montreal’s English Theatre community.

Director Audrey-Anne Bouchard and her team of collaborators present Camille: The Story in English for the very first time, at Segal Centre from June 21. The pioneering multi-sensorial theatrical experience (Camille : un rendez-vous au-delà du visuel) was a smash hit with audiences when it was first performed in French at MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) in September 2019.

Director Audrey-Anne Bouchard and her team of collaborators present Camille: The Story in English for the very first time, at Segal Centre from June 21. The pioneering multi-sensorial theatrical experience (Camille : un rendez-vous au-delà du visuel) was a smash hit with audiences when it was first performed in French at MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels) in September 2019.

The Lyric Theatre Singers turn up the heat at Concordia University's DB Clarke Theatre with four performances of TOO DARN HOT! A Sizzling Broadway Revue, playing June 13, 14 and 15. Created by directors Bob Bachelor and Cathy Burns, this original musical theatre revue features forty-three performers and five musicians in an exciting mix of Broadway's hottest hits!

For her first turn at bat curating Montreal's "hottest 2 weeks of winter", Eda Holmes hits a home run with an A-list of trailblazing, quick-fix theatre, from zoological spoken word to Greek tragedy object puppetry and everything in between. See the full schedule below.

The Montreal English Theatre Awards celebrated it's 6th Awards Ceremony in one of the city's most beautiful and historic theatres, the Ludger-Duvernay, made possible by a new partnership with the National Theatre School of Canada and its theatre venue, the Monument-National. The META Committee extends its gratitude to this year's Ceremony sponsor, the Caisse de la Culture, for their invaluable support.

At a community and media event held at the Monument-National's cafe on Thursday September 6th, The Montreal English Theatre Awards Committee announced the nominees for this year's Awards Ceremony. The Montreal English Theatre Awards (METAs) recognize and celebrate outstanding artistic work in Montreal's English Theatre. Established in 2012, the peer-juried awards exist to promote professional and emerging English theatre artists and companies, to heighten their visibility both regionally and beyond, and to elevate the level of critical discourse about theatre in Montreal amongst artists and with the community at large.

The Montreal English Theatre Awards (METAs) recognize and celebrate outstanding artistic work in Montreal's English Theatre. Established in 2012, the peer-juried awards exist to promote professional and emerging English theatre artists and companies, to heighten their visibility both regionally and beyond, and to elevate the level of critical discourse about theatre in Montreal amongst artists and with the community at large.