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"Vulnerability is a source of inspirational theatre, and at TOE we encourage everyone with varying levels of experience to create a personal connection with a relevant story, their collaborators, and their community."
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Every Season, TOE hosts a, minimally curated, open mike event where established and emerging writers, actors, and musicians alike
perform a piece(s) of their choice in front of an audience at the Ouest End Church. More interested in watching? The Théâtre Ouest End believes in equitable access to the arts, so we have installed a "Pay what you want" system for attending the show.
In the next coming months, we also wish to start holding cold reading events, where actors will perform a cold read from new and emerging play in front of a live audience.
During the pandemic, TOE has remained resilient with the continued support of our members. We now offer our events online, mainly through Facebook Live.
perform a piece(s) of their choice in front of an audience at the Ouest End Church. More interested in watching? The Théâtre Ouest End believes in equitable access to the arts, so we have installed a "Pay what you want" system for attending the show.
In the next coming months, we also wish to start holding cold reading events, where actors will perform a cold read from new and emerging play in front of a live audience.
During the pandemic, TOE has remained resilient with the continued support of our members. We now offer our events online, mainly through Facebook Live.
Upcoming Events
We are thrilled to announce that Théâtre Ouest End is the recipient of a very generous grant from the Canada Council for the Arts!
Our project, Still Got Something to Say: 8 Plays on Age was selected for initiative Digital Now: Grants for digital artistic content. With the generous support from the CCA, Théâtre Ouest End has been able to invite 8 Canadian playwrights to participate in a collaborative virtual process to explore and generate new digital work focusing on the theme of age and ageing. The following names are just a few of the amazing artists we have on board for this upcoming event: Jane Gilchrist, Tyrone Benskin, Rahul Varma, Judith Thompson, Kent Stetson, Debra Kirsh, Sophie Gee, Zach Fraser, and Murdoch Schon.
This project has been dear to our hearts for several years now; navigating an ageist world is a challenge and we wanted to create a space where this can be explored through eight 7-10 minute playlets. The pandemic has brought this into sharp relief. We will begin the creative process by asking: What does “old” mean? Why do we grow old? How does growing older often mean becoming the “other”? How then does ageism intersect with racialization, sexualisation, ableism, and social and economic marginalization? What is the authentic lived experience of this diverse group of theatre artists as they face these questions and issues? We don’t know the answers to all these questions, but we think it is vital that they be asked. Through the plays that are created in this project, we are hoping to explore how internalized ageism manifests itself in our lives.
Please join us in Spring 2022 when we present Still Got Something to Say: 8 Plays on Age. Hope to see you there!
Our project, Still Got Something to Say: 8 Plays on Age was selected for initiative Digital Now: Grants for digital artistic content. With the generous support from the CCA, Théâtre Ouest End has been able to invite 8 Canadian playwrights to participate in a collaborative virtual process to explore and generate new digital work focusing on the theme of age and ageing. The following names are just a few of the amazing artists we have on board for this upcoming event: Jane Gilchrist, Tyrone Benskin, Rahul Varma, Judith Thompson, Kent Stetson, Debra Kirsh, Sophie Gee, Zach Fraser, and Murdoch Schon.
This project has been dear to our hearts for several years now; navigating an ageist world is a challenge and we wanted to create a space where this can be explored through eight 7-10 minute playlets. The pandemic has brought this into sharp relief. We will begin the creative process by asking: What does “old” mean? Why do we grow old? How does growing older often mean becoming the “other”? How then does ageism intersect with racialization, sexualisation, ableism, and social and economic marginalization? What is the authentic lived experience of this diverse group of theatre artists as they face these questions and issues? We don’t know the answers to all these questions, but we think it is vital that they be asked. Through the plays that are created in this project, we are hoping to explore how internalized ageism manifests itself in our lives.
Please join us in Spring 2022 when we present Still Got Something to Say: 8 Plays on Age. Hope to see you there!
Register to our Season's Greetings at the bottom of the "Home" page for upcoming events!
Past TOE Events and Collaborations
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Hidden Twins: A New Play Reading (Fall 2021), inspired by the true story of Vera and Nadia Debnar. Written by Alice Abracen and directed by Ellen David, featuring a stunning cast of talent, Hidden Twins was read live at the Segal Centre.
More information on the past event is available on here: https://www.facebook.com/events/1254374368352867/?active_tab=discussion |
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"Mask/Masque: A Virtual Soirée" (Fall 2020), a night of readings and music by established and emerging Montreal writers and performers. A Facebook Live recording of “Mask/Masque: A Virtual Soirée” is available on our Facebook page: fb.watch/4zcH0KzDAb/ “Scene Solstice” (Spring 2020), a night of readings and music by established and emerging Montreal writers and performers. A Facebook Live recording of “Scene Solstice” is available on our Facebook page: www.facebook.com/events/370352717267563/?active_tab=discussion |
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Suffering from the winter blues? Théâtre Ouest End presents "An Evening of LOVE" (Winter 2020) —readings eclectically and playfully interpreted by some of Montreal’s established and emerging writers and performers.
Enjoy a glass of wine and a delightful evening of theatre in many forms along with a little bit of night music. Warm up from the inside on Friday, February 7 in Théâtre Ouest End's home space, Westmount Park United Church. Admission is pay-what-you-think. |
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Theatre Ouest End is delighted to invite you to our Halloween Event "Something Scary?" (Fall 2019); a night of readings from amazing writers both emerging and established on the Montreal scene! The event is pay what you think!! Join us for the drama and the drinks, the scares and the snacks; we look forward to seeing you there! |