Rather, it’s Polly’s parents, the ethics-free Peachums, who own the stage here. Kathleen Fortin is a powerhouse Madame Peachum who knocks ‘em dead with every song. (Strangely, people seldom dare to applaud during the show, which is a shame.) Jacques Girard, too, is a wonder in the role of Monsieur Peachum, the scoundrel who trains beggars to hone their pitches.
When the parents of the runaway bride come on this strong, it raises the stakes in the battle between mobster Macheath and his unwilling in-laws. And it’s less of a surprise when we find out that he’s doomed to be hanged – barring an act of God or British royalty. (The Quebec setting adds nuance to the deus ex machina ending, featuring a fur-helmeted messenger from the King.)
The singing voices are of higher quality than what’s usually required for Brecht, with one notable exception – Céline Bonnier as Jenny. But she plays to her strengths with breathy vocal fragility for her solo as a world-weary prostitute. Marc Béland’s portrayal of the corrupt cop, Tiger Brown, is deftly done, too.

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Rather, itâs Pollyâs parents, the ethics-free Peachums, who own the stage here. Kathleen Fortin is a powerhouse Madame Peachum who knocks âem dead with every song. (Strangely, people seldom dare to applaud during the show, which is a shame.) Jacques Girard, too, is a wonder in the role of Monsieur Peachum, the scoundrel who trains beggars to hone their pitches.
When the parents of the runaway bride come on this strong, it raises the stakes in the battle between mobster Macheath and his unwilling in-laws. And itâs less of a surprise when we find out that heâs doomed to be hanged â barring an act of God or British royalty. (The Quebec setting adds nuance to the deus ex machina ending, featuring a fur-helmeted messenger from the King.)
The singing voices are of higher quality than whatâs usually required for Brecht, with one notable exception â Céline Bonnier as Jenny. But she plays to her strengths with breathy vocal fragility for her solo as a world-weary prostitute. Marc Bélandâs portrayal of the corrupt cop, Tiger Brown, is deftly done, too.

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Bromby is serving a life sentence, but has been eligible for parole after 10 years because he was tried in adult court as a minor. He was also denied parole in 2007.
Bromby had been a casual acquaintance of Tara’s brother and had visited the house on a few occasions before the murder. However, Tara’s brother had kicked him out one day after finding Bromby snooping around his bedroom.
The parole board officials told Bromby that he still had anger management issues with women, Michael Manning said.
Bromby, who is now 34, acknowledged this and said he had been abandoned as an infant, had been abandoned by the woman who had adopted him and was jealous that his friends had girlfriends.
Bromby said he had visited a strip club before breaking into the Manning house in Dorval.

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Bromby is serving a life sentence, but has been eligible for parole after 10 years because he was tried in adult court as a minor. He was also denied parole in 2007.
Bromby had been a casual acquaintance of Taraâs brother and had visited the house on a few occasions before the murder. However, Taraâs brother had kicked him out one day after finding Bromby snooping around his bedroom.
The parole board officials told Bromby that he still had anger management issues with women, Michael Manning said.
Bromby, who is now 34, acknowledged this and said he had been abandoned as an infant, had been abandoned by the woman who had adopted him and was jealous that his friends had girlfriends.
Bromby said he had visited a strip club before breaking into the Manning house in Dorval.

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Bromby is serving a life sentence, but has been eligible for parole after 10 years because he was tried in adult court as a minor. He was also denied parole in 2007.
Bromby had been a casual acquaintance of Taraâs brother and had visited the house on a few occasions before the murder. However, Taraâs brother had kicked him out one day after finding Bromby snooping around his bedroom.
The parole board officials told Bromby that he still had anger management issues with women, Michael Manning said.
Bromby, who is now 34, acknowledged this and said he had been abandoned as an infant, had been abandoned by the woman who had adopted him and was jealous that his friends had girlfriends.
Bromby said he had visited a strip club before breaking into the Manning house in Dorval.

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On Friday night, you can catch the extreme riff onslaught of thrash metal band Firearchy (featur­ing members of Trigger Effect, Barn Burner, Bionic and Trung Hoa) with ex-members of the Illumi­nati’s new incarnation Djanguar and Brain Size 61 at Piranha Bar. Down at the new, Mile End-adjacent swill joint Jackie & Judy, you can catch a rare performance from Montreal favourite Leder­hosen Lucil, with all proceeds going to support the post-production of the film Conversations With the Cosmos.
For something a bit more raucous, the noiseniks might want to make it down to Casa to get their ears seared by mes Sanglantes, Institutional Prostitution, Slug Bait and Triple Double V International. After almost a decade-long hiatus, KrazyFest will whip things back into action with a night of short and animated independent films and music. Expect the unexpected with live performances from the unusual­ly quiet Dead Wife, the Doubt and Dissent Revival Band, Cobra & Vulture and a rare reunion of Holy Moly in what remains one of the best rooms in the city, Petit Campus.

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Bromby is serving a life sentence, but has been eligible for parole after 10 years because he was tried in adult court as a minor. He was also denied parole in 2007.
Bromby had been a casual acquaintance of Tara’s brother and had visited the house on a few occasions before the murder. However, Tara’s brother had kicked him out one day after finding Bromby snooping around his bedroom.
The parole board officials told Bromby that he still had anger management issues with women, Michael Manning said.
Bromby, who is now 34, acknowledged this and said he had been abandoned as an infant, had been abandoned by the woman who had adopted him and was jealous that his friends had girlfriends.
Bromby said he had visited a strip club before breaking into the Manning house in Dorval.

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Montreal stand-up comic Robby Hoffman headlines her Chicks in Chains concert at the Joliette Prison for Women on February 2 (All photos courtesy Robby Hoffman)
Chicks in Chains.
Those three words remind me of a 1976 Season One episode of Charlie’s Angels called Angels in Chains, with stars Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith and Kate Jackson going undercover in a tough women’s prison to uncover a prostitution ring run by the local sheriff. The episode also co-starred an unknown Kim Basinger as an inmate.
Well, hilarious Montreal comic Robby Hoffman is also going to prison – Quebec’s Joliette Prison For Women, notoriously home to Karla Homolka, the serial killer who struck a deal with prosecutors for a reduced prison sentence of 12 years in exchange for a guilty plea for manslaughter (Holmolka was released in 2005).

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WEDNESDAY JANUARY 18
- Classes begin at Dawson College.
- The Supreme Court of Canada hears an appeal in Quebec’s “Lola” vs. “Eric” case, in which a woman wants financial support from a Quebec billionaire she lived with but did not marry.
- The Impact travel to Guadalajara, Mexico, to continue its training camp.
- The Canadiens play the Washington Capitals for the first time this season, at the Bell Centre at 7: 30 p.m. The visiting team includes former Canadiens Jeff Halpern and Roman Hamrlik (above).
- American Idol premieres its 11th season.
THURSDAY JANUARY 19
- The Supreme Court of Canada hears a case over whether Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside Sex Workers United Against Violence Society has standing to challenge the constitutionality of criminal laws against prostitution and bawdy houses.

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Let’s face it: 3 p.m. is the cruellest time of the workday. The morning latte has worn off, and the post-lunch crash has you staggering around like an extra from a George A. Romero flick. That’s why, each weekday at 3:01 p.m., we present you with a video hand-picked to kick-start your heart. If the following clip doesn’t bring you temporarily back to life and help get you through the rest of the afternoon, chances are you’re dead inside.
You know what we like about the Montreal music scene? That would be the way that its bands have made some of the most relentlessly tasteful music in the history of modern rock ’n’ roll. Imagine sitting down with the folks from Arcade Fire, Wolf Parade, or Islands over a beer. Forget talking strippers, favourite Farrelly Brothers films, and how they manage to get the caramel inside the Caramilk bar, you’d end up discussing modern art, classical film theory, and why old-fashioned tape sounds better than digital eve …

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