Snowglobe Theatre is pleased and proud to invite you to enjoy this unique event in the company of friends and colleagues both near and far.  Marie, Madeleine, and the Statue are trapped, each in her setting, as flies in amber. Yet though they cannot touch or meet, these extraordinary women will still reach out and […]

Review: Snowglobe Theatre presents “Proof”, a dramatic crossroad of mental illness and genius https://montrealtheatrehub.com/2019/03/09/review-snowglobe-theatre-presents-proof-a-dramatic-crossroad-of-mental-illness-and-genius/ However, Proof is a unique piece that radically addresses mental illness in a dysfunctional household, dealing with intense subject matter and steadily escalating into unpredictable drama. It is relatable to anyone who experiences or anticipates mental instability personally or familially. Jillian Reynolds, Montreal […]

“In the Spotlight: Samantha Gold, Graphic Artist of Snowglobe’s ‘The Pillowman’”: https://montrealtheatrehub.com/2019/11/06/in-the-spotlight-samantha-gold-graphic-artist-of-snowglobes-the-pillowman/ With his complementary designs in sound, props, and set, Jonathan Greenway creates a dystopian dreamland. Punk-metal remixes of lullabies form an ominous introduction. Greenway achieves a effectively minimalist scenery, with the second act taking a pleasantly surprising step into symbolic surrealism. Sylvie Caverne, […]

Jeroen Lindeman has been acting for 20 years, starting in his native Netherlands and continuing here in Montreal. Q: How did you get into acting? Jeroen: I used to be very shy in my teens and early twenties. Then I decided to do something about it. I found theatre sports and improv so I started […]

Below is a Q&A with Genti Bejko, an Albanian-Canadian director, actor, and playwright. Genti Bejko has been directing, acting, producing, and writing since 2002 for theatre, television, and film. He began his career in Albania before coming to Canada five years ago and joins this production as Ariel. Q: I understand you’re a fan of McDonagh, the […]

Q: This is Snowglobe’s first time going into such dark material as appears in The Pillowman. How did you come to program this play?Peter: I have personally had a fascination with this play for many years, ever since I discovered it while living in New York. “It had the strangest mix of crazily good writing, […]

Westmount Magazine “Ever ambitious Snowglobe Theatre stages Hamlet” ‘The actors, all quite good, were drawn from local community groups and recent theatre grads. The one Equity member, who played a nuanced Queen Gertrude, was the excellent Leigh Ann Taylor.’ Byron Toben, Westmount Magazine Montreal Theatre Hub “Review: Mad comedy in Snowglobe Theatre’s Hamlet” Curtains Up […]

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Snowglobe, though an independent theatre company, casts actors from a wide diversity of backgrounds and experiences – from emerging talents to seasoned professionals, as well as gifted community theatre actors. This is where Lars Lih (Polonius) and Clive Brewer (Player King) come in. Neither of you are native Montrealers – can you tell us what […]

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For Io’takeratenion Beaton, storytelling amounts to a vocation.  We familiarly call you Jayden in rehearsal, but you go by your traditional name on the stage. Has it always been your practice to go by your traditional name as an actor? Not until the last few years in theatre school, where I felt a connection between […]