Current Projects
Reclaim the Main
A project to reclaim St-Laurent Boulevard, a historic site in Montreal, from corporate intrusions through culture jammming, petitions and raising awareness. For more, please click here or the picture.
SINKING NEPTUNE II
Sinking Neptune is a dramaturgical analysis and critical deconstruction of the "first play" ever written and produced in the so-called "New World": Marc Lescarcot's The Theatre of Neptune in New France. It is Canada's first piece of Euro-centric art, literature, and drama.
It premiered at the first Montreal Anarchist Theatre Festival, was performed again as part of Montreal's infringement Festival in 2006, and a longer version of this work-in-progress was mounted for an extended run at Les Artistes du Toc Toc in Montreal. It was presented in Annapolis Royal, Nova Scotia on its 400th anniversary; November 14th, 2006. Subsequent performances were held at the BUS STOP theatre in Halifax.
Sinking Neptune is now being reconfigured and re-worked with the goal of bringing it to Québec City for its 400th anniversary in 2008...
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Optative Theatrical Laboratories will soon start preparing for Montreal's fifth-annual Infringement Festival- an interdisciplinary artist based alternative to the corporate sellout "Fringe" festival. To get involved, or for more information: www.infringementfestival.com
CAR STORIES
Montreal's longest-running theatre experiment is back for another season. After playing the Montreal and Buffalo infringement Festivals, we'll be performing once again as part of les journées de la culture on September 29th. Click here or the picture for more
OTL's Revoluationary Theatre Workshop explores how artists can activize their work, and how activists can use theatricality to enhance their campaigns.
To book our workshop in your community, or for more information, click here.
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