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Theatre St. Catherine
Categories: Arts & Entertainment Performing Arts Arts & Entertainment Cinema Performing Arts, Cinema [Edit]
264 Sainte Catherine Street EastMontréal, QC H2X 1L4
(514) 284-3939
2 reviews for Theatre St. Catherine
2 reviews in English
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Review from Madita A.
Montréal, QC
1/8/2012
This venue is a tiny independent theatre putting on mostly anglophone or bilingual shows.
It is really just one room seating maybe 50 people and a little entrance hall where you can purchase tickets and a bottle of beer - nice and cozy. You might not get to see big famous companies here, but rather newcomers and those who enjoy the freedom of the fringe.
I enjoy going to the Sunday Night Improv (every Sunday night 8 pm) - a competition in improv with many regulars and a few new faces every time, guaranteed to make you laugh! The crowd in the audience gets quite involved, too. And for those who want to be on stage themselves, there is a workshop every Sunday prior to the show. Everybody can attend for free, and then perform in the evening!
The theatre is also one of the regular venues for the Zoofest, the more independent branch of the Montreal comedy festival. -
Review from Shirley D.
Montréal, QC
2/27/2012
This is very quaint little theater....and when I mean quaint it's REALLY quaint. It's super low-key and simple with only about 8-10 rows of chairs. I used to come here every Sunday for Sunday night Improv. It's basically survival where people compete in different scenes to get to the top (as top improviser) It used to be a lot funnier when there were certain regular improvisers who would participate every week. But then it became a hit or miss. Sometimes it was funny, sometimes it wasn't. I give this place 4 stars because I like the atmosphere of the theater, it's really cozy and comfortable. Most theaters are too large and bit intimidating personally speaking. But this theater you feel right at home. I came here once for a play as well and even though the stage was small, it didn't even matter. Delivery of script and usage of space was pretty good. I highly recommend visiting this theater for shows/Sunday Night Improv. But I don't guarantee the improv to be funny every Sunday. Oh and they also give improv classes last time I came.
