Venue: La Sala Rossa (4848 St Laurent Blvd, Montreal, Quebec H2T 1R5) Date: July 26, 2025 Doors: 5:00 PM Performance: 6:00 PM
Tickets: $10.00 plus taxes and fees in advance / $10.00 at the door
Advance Tickets: https://tickets.venuepilot.com/e/punjabi-play-ram-mohammad-singh-azad-with-bhangra-and-folk-2025-07-26-la-sala-rossa-montreal-69ee5e
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1660496157997611
Shuttle bus to the Sala Rossa venue will be available from the Complexe William-Hingston in 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 Centre for Performing Arts and the Immigrant Workers’ Centre.
The Centre for Performing Arts 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. The group 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. Their repertoire is influenced by Chandigarh, India’s active street theatre scene, and features living Indian playwrights who addresses contemporary social issues. The Centre for Performing Arts 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. They are currently developing partnerships to showcase their productions to the wider community.
‘Ram Mohammad Singh Azad’ is a play about Udham Singh and the revolutionary anti-colonial struggle in British Colonized India. Directed by Nitu Sharma and starring Gaurav Sharma (young Udham Singh), Gurdeep Khinda (Udham Singh), Supanpreet Kaur (Narrator), Nitu Sharma (Heer), Minoo Gundevia (government messenger), Ashpreet Kaur (Bibi Bhena), Sukhdeep Singh Talwar (Gyani Chanchal Singh), Faqir Chand (judge),Harjinder Singh (Arjan Singh), Arvinder Singh (Sunlight), Ashveer Singh (child), Sandeep Kumar (police), Rahul Kumar (police) and Sajan Kumar (freedom fighter).
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)