Organizers at the Just For Laughs comedy festival are creating some early buzz for their milestone 40th anniversary edition in a big way.
It was recently announced that superstar comic Kevin Hart will be bringing his Reality Check Tour to the Bell Center on July 29 (show time at 8 p.m.) as part of the anniversary line-up. Hart last performed at the Bell Centre during the 2018 festival to a sold out crowd, and there is no doubt he will fill the venue once again.
Since his festival debut in 2001, Hart has become a one-man comedy empire on a grand scale. Consider these facts: he starred in 10 box office blockbuster movies that grossed a combined total of $4.23 billion around the world; he is the creator and chairman of his own digital comedy network called Laugh Out Loud; he is the founder and CEO of his own multi-platform production company called HartBeat Productions; his first book I Can’t Make This Up was a number 1 New York Times best seller; he hosts his own bi-weekly radio show on Sirius XM called “Straight From The Hart”; and he will appear in two new films that will be released in the near future, Borderlands with Cate Blanchett and The Man From Toronto with Woody Harrelson and Kaley Cuoco.
Tickets for Kevin Hart’s Reality Check Tour at the Bell Centre are now on sale, and can be purchased at www.hahaha.com. The 40th anniversary edition of the Just For Laughs festival is being presented by Beneva, in collaboration with Loto Quebec.
Disney On Ice – Mickey’s Search Party
The young and young-at-heart fans of the always popular Disney On Ice live shows will be happy to discover that it will make its return to the Bell Centre with “Mickey’s Search Party” from March 3-6.
Join Mickey and other popular Disney characters such as Elsa, Moana, Buzz Lightyear, Woody, Jessie, Belle and Miguel (from Pixar’s “Coco”), as they embark upon a search party journey to find Tinker Bell by following the clues laid out on Captain Hook’s treasure map, as the despicable captain wants to capture her magic powers.
Through innovative technology and transformative performances, the audience is treated to an adventure of different worlds and experiences, such as Elsa’s ice palace, Miguel’s mystical Land of the Dead, an ocean voyage filled with the wrath of Te Ka, and a daring rescue by the Toy Story Green Army Men within the confines of Andy’s room.
Besides the great afternoon of Disney entertainment, COVID health and safety standards will be observed at the Bell Centre according to local, provincial and federal guidelines. There is even a safer way to purchase Disney On Ice souvenirs before the show by utilizing a new contactless shopping experience, complete with touch-free payment and digital purchasing options.
To purchase tickets for “Disney On Ice: Mickey’s Search Party”, go to www.evenko.ca.
Montreal’s legendary Black Theatre Workshop
Montreal’s legendary Black Theatre Workshop (BTW) will celebrate Black History Month and Black excellence at the 36th annual Vision Virtual Celebration on February 26 at 7:30 p.m.
The celebration, which is going virtual for the second consecutive year, will be hosted by the BTW’s Becks Lefranc. Join Mr. Lefranc as your emcee for the evening, as the following performers will be honoured for their respective contributions to the world of Black and Montreal theatre. Raphael Joseph will receive the Victor Phillips Award for his talent, as well as his tireless work and involvement with the Montreal North community. Maryline Chery will be bestowed with the Gloria Mitchell-Aleong Award, in honour of her success as a multidisciplinary artist; she was also a graduate of the BTW’s Artist Mentorship Program four years ago.
Also on the celebration line-up will be a number of different features, such as performances by Joy Mwandemange and Roen Higgins, as well as a conversation between multidisciplinary artist Leon Llewellyn and actor Schubert Pierre-Louis, who will share their respective experiences as artists and as past members of the Black Theatre Workshop.
The 2022 Black Theatre Workshop Virtual Vision Celebration will be available on Facebook Live and YouTube Premiere.
Cats playing in Montreal
Finally, here are a couple of must-see shows coming to Montreal in March. Andrew Lloyd Webber’s masterpiece musical Cats, based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats and ran on Broadway for an astounding 18 years and nearly 7500 performances, is returning to Salle Wilfrid Pelletier of Place des Arts for an eight-show run from March 8-13.
Harlem Globetrotters return to Montreal
And those clown princes of basketball, the legendary Harlem Globetrotters, return to Montreal with their reimagined, 200-city Spread Game Tour on March 11 at the Bell Centre, and March 12 at the Place Bell in Laval.
Tickets for Cats and the Harlem Globetrotters can be purchased through www.evenko.ca.
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