English theatre shines in Montréal
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Theatre goers will enjoy blockbuster dramas, rip-roaring comedies and smash hit musicals produced by some of Canada and Montréal’s most exciting professional and independent English-language theatre companies this spring-summer 2026.
Musicals, comedy and drama!
Montréal’s two big English-language theatres – the venerable Centaur Theatre Company in Old Montréal, and the Sylvan Adams Theatre at the Segal Centre for the Performing Arts in the west end – offer varied programming.
Segal Centre for Performing Arts
The Segal theatre season continues with a new Canadian musical from Michael Rubinoff, original producer of Come From Away: Grow is an irreverent and moving tale that follows two sheltered Amish sisters whose journey of self-discovery takes root in the most unexpected place: a cannabis dispensary. Runs to June 14.
The Segal season closes with a Dora Wasserman Yiddish Theatre production of Di Shvegerins (Les Belles-sœurs in Yiddish), a powerful reimagining of Quebec icon Michel Tremblay’s classic 1965 play celebrating language, culture and the resilience of working-class women. Runs June 14 to 28.
Centaur Theatre
The Centaur hosts its 18th annual benefit gala Stories in the Spotlight on June 28 with host Terry DiMonte, featuring comedy legend Joey Elias, and Montréal’s Queen of Jazz Ranee Lee and her band.
Montréal, arts interculturels
Located in the Plateau-Mont-Royal, the innovative Montréal, arts interculturels cultural organization – better known as “The MAI” – presents an eclectic slate of multi-disciplinary productions (visual arts, dance and theatre) each season. Click here for programming.
Festival TransAmériques
A festival of contemporary dance and theatre, the star-studded 20th edition of the internationally-acclaimed Festival TransAmériques presents some 25 shows to June 10. Click here for full festival programming.
Montréal Fringe Festival
After a record-breaking 2025 edition, the bilingual St-Ambroise Montréal Fringe Festival returns June 1 to 21 when 500 artists from some 90 producing companies present more than 800 indoor performances at this year’s 36th edition. The OFF Fringe runs concurrently from June 3 to June 21.
The Fringe celebrates diversity, accessibility and artistic freedom and remains one of the most affordable entertainment options in town with 100% of the ticket price returned to the performing artists.
Outdoor free programming at the hugely popular Fringe Park – located at Parc des Ameriques, corner Rachel and St-Laurent – features live bands, as well as the festival’s marquee event Drag Race on June 13, featuring professional drag stars versus a bevy of Fringe fest beauties in a knock-down Battle Royale of skill-testing obstacles!
Other theatre
Montréal theatre legend Vittorio Rossi directs the Pulitzer–winning Broadway drama ‘night, Mother by Marsha Norman, about the complex bond between parent and child, starring Alarey Alsip and Pauline Little, at the Leonardo Da Vinci Centre (June 10 to 13).
Despite the recent passing of their beloved artistic director Bob Bachelor, The Lyric Theatre Singers will present Broadway with Love – 40 performers accompanied by a full band performing standards from the musical theatre canon – at the gorgeous state-of-the-art downtown Concordia Theatre, a 387-seat proscenium theatre worthy of Broadway (June 11 to 13). As they say, the show must go on!
Also, click here for info on all upcoming National Theatre School productions at the Monument-National.
From Broadway to Montréal
evenko and Broadway Across Canada present smash hit touring productions at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier. Their 2026 Broadway season includes Moulin Rouge! The Musical (June 9 to 14), and the triumphant return of Disney’s THE LION KING for a whopping 24 performances (August 19 to September 6).
French theatre
There are many French-language plays and theatres in Montréal.
The French-language version of the hilarious Broadway jukebox musical TITANÍQUE featuring the music of Celine Dion runs headlines the Studio-Cabaret at Espace St-Denis from June 6 to August 23.
Click here for more French-language theatre in Montréal.
Click here for a guide to Montréal theatres.
Richard Burnett
Richard “Bugs” Burnett is a Canadian freelance writer, editor, journalist, blogger and columnist for alt-weeklies, mainstream and LGBTQ+ publications. Bugs also knows Montréal like a drag queen knows a cosmetics counter.