Centaur Theatre boasts a very Italian fall:
In Piazza San Domenico
By Steve Galluccio
Directed by Roy Surette
Starring: Carl Alacchi, Christina Broccolini, Guido Cocomello, Ellen David, Mara Lalli, Michel Perron, Vittorio Rossi, Jocelyne Zucco
October 6 – November 1, 2009
It's a burning hot August in Naples, 1952 – "earthquake weather", and the citizens of Piazza San Domenico are all stirred up when Carmelina Benevento (Christina Broccolini) suddenly faints upon hearing some bad news about her fiancé, Guido (Guido Cocomello). A series of conspicuous sightings between people provoke gossip. Misinterpretations ensue as
The Players contrive their own schemes and desperately try to keep face. But love and earth tremors have a way of setting things straight!
Viva L'Italia: Ron Galella exhibit
October 6 – December 6
Monday to Friday from 9 AM – 5 PM/ Saturday & Sunday 12 PM – 5 PM
Free Admission
For the first time ever, a collection of over forty of Galella's outstanding photographs will be shown in Montreal. The exhibit, named after his recent self-published book: Viva L'Italia! will feature many of the stunning black and white images of the greatest Italian and Italian American movie icons, chosen from a huge collection of archives from the past fifty years.
Ron Galella: The most famous and most controversial celebrity photographer in the world. Dubbed "Paparazzo Extraordinaire" by Newsweek and "Paparazzi Superstar" by the Miami Herald News, Galella is willing to take great risks to get the perfect shot. He has had two court battles with Jacqueline Onassis—the outcome being that he would be forever barred from photographing her or her children, Caroline and John F. Kennedy, Jr. (John later permitted Ron to photograph him at public events). He has been punched in the jaw by
Marlon Brando (a $40,000 punch according to the terms of the out-of-court settlement), nearly killed pursuing
Julie Christie along the Pacific Coast Highway, beaten up by
Richard Burton's bodyguards before being jailed in Cuernavaca, Mexico, and hosed down by friends of Brigitte Bardot in Saint-Tropez. His iconic prints are displayed permanently on each of the 11 floors at the landmark Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel. His work has featured in many published books and has been exhibited in museums and renowned galleries worldwide, including the Museum Of Modern Art in New York, Museum Of Modern Art in San Francisco, Tate Modern and the Helmut Newton Foundation Gallery. He is the mastermind behind the iconic photo of Windblown Jackie (Jacqueline Onassis) which catapulted his career to notoriety!
Lecture Ron Galella: "Photography With The Paparazzi Approach"
Wednesday, October 7 at 12:30 PM/ free Admission but reservation is required. Please call the box office at 514.288.3161 to reserve your ticket(s).
Lecture and slideshow encompassing photography from all nine of his books: the upcoming Boxing with the Stars, and current and past books Viva l'Italia!, No Pictures, Warhol by Galella: That's Great!, Disco Years, Ron Galella Exclusive Diary, The Photographs of Ron Galella 1965-1989, Offguard: A Paparazzi Look at the Beautiful People, and Jacqueline.
Brave New Looks
This exciting undertaking was initiated to provide audiences with the opportunity to discover the diversity, imagination and highly original work of cutting-edge companies and individual auteurs as they embark on a new stage in the artistic development of their project.
This year's Brave New Looks invites you to discover:
Talisman Theatre's
Rock, Paper, Jackknife…
Written by Marilyn Perreault
Translated by Nadine Desrochers
Directed by Emma Tibaldo
October 6 - 18
Rock, Paper, Jackknife... tells us about the arrival of five kids in a village in the Great North. Stowaways, these kids just spent one month in a container. The survivors don't speak the language of the remote mining settlement; they speak Brusque, the language of a different, war-torn culture. Meilke, the settlement's nurse is assigned for better or for worst to educate them. Between the opening and closing scene disturbing secrets are revealed, cultural paradoxes are explored, poetic contrasts are emphasized, and the portrayal of suffering is pushed to its limit.
