Invisible Cities Network celebrates its FIRST DECADE on 1st April, 2011.

The play is set in the dining room of a typical well-to-do household, the place where the family assembled daily for breakfast and dinner and for any and all special occasions.

The action is a mosaic of interrelated scenes—some funny, some touching, some rueful—which, taken together, create an in-depth portrait of a vanishing species: the upper-middle-class WASP. The actors change roles, personalities and ages with virtuoso skill as they portray a wide variety of characters, from little boys to stern grandfathers, and from giggling teenage girls to Irish housemaids.

Each vignette introduces a new set of people and events; a father lectures his son on grammar and politics; a boy returns from boarding school to discover his mother's infidelity; a senile grandmother doesn't recognize her own sons at Thanksgiving dinner; a daughter, her marriage a shambles, pleads futilely to return home, etc.

Dovetailing swiftly and smoothly, the varied scenes coalesce, ultimately, into a theatrical experience of exceptional range, compassionate humor and abundant humanity.

Criminal genius Dr. Zed is plotting to destroy the world's maple syrup supply! Thankfully, Canadian spies Alix and Nighthawk are on the case - but can they stop him in time?

World Première: An exciting new musical written by Montrealers and set in Montreal. People who have seen it in production are giving it rave reviews!

Featuring original music and the integration of selections from William Shakespeare's masterpieces. Set in Montreal, 'To Be' is the story of Adam, a young man discovering what it means to be true 'to thine own self.' Suffering through a rough patch with love a friend brings him out to a night on the town. That evening, much to his surorise he falls in love with another man. As this strange, new relationship blossoms, Adam is confronted by the ghosts of his past. The not-so-smooth course that lies ahead makes him probe questions that resound in the lives of Generation Y: What does it mean to be in love? To be a man? To be gay? And finally, simply, to be?

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by James Barry, directed by Simone Nichol.

Come join us on a fun-filled mis-adventures, sailing on the high seas with an assorted gang of idiots...

http://www.leftofcentretheatrecompany.com

EXPOZINE, Saturday, November 26 and Sunday, November 27, 2011, from 12 p.m. to 6 p.m. at 5035 St-Dominique (Église Saint-Enfant Jésus, Laurier Métro). Free admission. http://www.expozine.ca/en/

After stepping down last year as president and artistic director of Montreal's Blue Metropolis literary festival, Linda Leith has announced the creation of a new publishing house, Linda Leith Publishing...