Today in Toronto: Michel Tremblay, Jim Bryson and the Weakerthans and Luis Jacob

Today in Toronto: Michel Tremblay, Jim Bryson and the Weakerthans and Luis Jacob

Forever Yours, Marie-Lou It’s hard to believe that it’s been over 40 years since Michel Tremblay changed the face of theatre in Quebec (and the rest of the French-speaking world). For the first time, characters channelled the lives of working-class Montrealers through their accents and their hopes, struggles, failures and too-few successes. Find out more »

Jim Bryson and the Weakerthans Ottawa boy Jim Bryson had the right idea when he recruited Winnipeg’s Weakerthans to be the backing band on his new album, The Falcon Lake Incident, named after a UFO sighting that took place in Manitoba in 1967. Find out more »

Luis Jacob Luis Jacob has been a Hidden Camera, a DJ and a music producer, but it’s as an artist that he’s most celebrated. His new show, Pictures at an Exhibition, is the second in a multi-city, mid-career survey of his work. Find out more »