Goodby August, welcome
September events
The month’s first weeks are busy with plays, film festivals, a photo exhibition and more
By Byron Toben
September 1, 2022
With the advent of crispy, cooler weather, more people are out and about. Below are selected events in the Montreal area to consider for the first two weeks of September, followed by one in New York.
August 25 to September 5
Global Film Festival (GFFM) at the Imperial Theatre is the announced successor to the Montreal World Film Festival (MWFF). After a hiatus of a few years, it celebrates with a free showing of 20 international movies. Is Serge Losique the new comeback kid?
Amber Bracken, New York Times, World Press Photo of the Year
August 31 to October 2
World Press Photo Exhibition tour continues at the Marche Bonsecours.
September 1 to 4
Festival du Nouveau Cinema, which opens in October, presents free outdoor showings at the Esplanade Tranquille in Montréal’s Quartier des Spectacles. Each evening at 6 pm, hundreds of deck chairs are available for the films, which begin at 7 pm:
September 1 – L’infonie inachevée
September 2 – The Hand of God
September 3 – Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen
September 4 – Dune
September 12 to 18
The Capulets and The Montagues by Lope de Vega, inspired by Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet, will be presented by New York’s Red Bull Theatre online at 7:30 pm. It will be recorded and available until September 18. Underwritten by the Embassy of Spain.
Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen movie to be screened outdoors on September 3 in the Quartier des spectacles
September 1 to 15
Pool (No Water) at the Segal Centre from visiting Persephone Productions. Great interest in this as Persephone creator Gabrielle Soskin has retired as artistic director, and the new co-artistic directors are Leila Ghaemi and Rebecca Gibian. Written by Mark Ravenhill, it explores youth, ambition, art and envy.
September 9 to 11
Under Milkwood play at Victoria Hall, Westmount. Westmount’s community theatre Dramatis Personae presents Dylan Thomas’ popular work. Admission by donation ($20 suggested).
September 9 at 7:30 pm
September 10 at 2 pm and 7:30 pm
September 11 at 2 pm
Wetland Sentinels by Barry Kent MacKay to be auctioned at the Legacy Fund for the Environment Fundraiser
September 13
At 7 pm, the Jewish Public Library discussion Is the Two-State Solution Still Relevant? features Israeli politician and author Shlomo Ben-Ami.
September 15
Legacy Fund for the Environment Fundraiser at Hurley’s Pub.
westmountmag.ca/dine-dance-bid-and-save-the-environment
Until September 11
And if you’re in or visiting NYC, since July 21 and until September 11, Butcher Boy, the Musical at the Irish Repertory Theatre. The dark comedy Neil Jordan 1997 film gets turned into a musical.
Feature image: Butcher Boy, the Musical, courtesy of the Irish Repertory Theatre
Byron Toben, a past president of The Montreal Press Club, has been WestmountMag.ca’s theatre reviewer since July 2015. Previously, he wrote for since terminated web sites Rover Arts and Charlebois Post, print weekly The Downtowner and print monthly The Senior Times. He also is an expert consultant on U.S. work permits for Canadians.
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