Venue: La Sala Rossa (4848 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H2T 1R5) Date: April 27, 2024 Doors: 5:00 PM Performance: 6:00 PM
Tickets: $10.00 plus taxes and fees in advance / $15.00 at the door
Advance Tickets: https://www.venuepilot.co/events/80643/orders/new#/
Facebook event: https://fb.me/e/4jaXaBA7V
Shuttle bus to the Sala Rossa venue will be available from Parc Ex. Please contact Gaurav Sharma at 438-934-9999 or for more information.
This will be a seated event. Please see below for additional accessibility information.
Co-presented with the Kirdar Theatre and the Immigrant Workers’ Centre.
These performances will touch on honour killings and domestic abuse which some viewers may find disturbing.
Kirdar Theatre will perform Charan Singh Sindhra’s “Yaadan”, a Punjabi opera musical play about a romance and honour killing, and Nadiri Zahir Babbar’s “Ji Jasi Apki Marzi,” a Hindi language solo play about female empowerment.
Directed by Gaurav Sharma and Nitu Sharma and starring Nitu Sharma Jatinder Jimmy, Satinder Kaur, Gurdeep Singh, Balwinder Singh, Harjinder Singh and Bhupinder Kaur. Music by Jatinder Jimmy.
Kirdar Theatre is a Montreal based Punjabi language theatre group which was founded in 2022 by Gaurav Sharma and Nitu Sharma who have extensive experience performing and directing in India, UK and USA. Kirdar Theatre features a cast of recent immigrants from the Punjab and members of the Immigrant Workers’ Centre, a community organization that organizes migrant and immigrant workers for migrant and workplace justice. Kirdar Theatre’s repertoire is influenced by Chandigarh, India’s active street theatre scene, and features living Indian playwrights who addresses contemporary social issues. Kirdar Theatre performed outdoors in Montréal during the pandemic at locations in Parc Ex as well as in front of the Dollarama warehouse and their Plaza St. Hubert store with productions that addressed migration issues, workplace exploitation and health safety. Kirdar Theatre is currently developing partnerships to showcase their productions to the wider community.
Accessibility: La Sala Rossa is located on the top floor of 4848 St-Laurent Boulevard (there are 38 steps total). There are gender neutral washrooms which are not wheelchair accessible. There is a Hearing Assistance System on the FM dial at 101.1 FM. Anyone needing assistance accessing the space can contact us at: – we are happy to try and accommodate people to the best of our ability.
Public Transportation: La Sala Rossa is roughly equidistant between the Laurier and Mont-Royal metro stations. Closest bus stops are:
-1/2 block from northbound 55 and 363 (St-Laurent / Villenueve, stop ID: 51875)
-2 1/2 blocks from southbound 55 and 363 (St-Urbain / Villeneuve, Stop ID: 51848)
-1/2 block from westbound 46, 51 and 711 (St-Joseph / St-Laurent, Stop ID: 51828)
-1/2 block from eastbound 51 and 711 (St-Joseph / St-Laurent, Stop ID: 51829)