Founded in 2000 Monster Theatre creates original plays that challenge preconceptions, excite imaginations and embody the way of the Monster: strange, twisted and bizarre on the outside, but always with a noble heart.
Monster Theatre produces work that engages the hearts, brains and guts of all audiences; comedies that excite intellectuals, histories that shock teenagers, and theatre for young audiences that makes adults roll on the floor laughing.
Previous touring works include Til Death: The Six Wives of Henry VIII, The Canada Show: The Complete History of Canada in One Hour, Shakespeare's Dream, Who Killed Gertrude Crump?, The Little Prince, No Tweed Too Tight: Another Grant Canyon Mystery, The Seven Lives of Louis Riel, We Now Know: The Complete History of Science.
Our current touring production is one of our most popular shows ever.
What if JULIET didn’t kill herself?
Juliet tears herself from the fabric of Romeo and Juliet, determined to write her own story. Wandering through the canon of Shakespeare’s greatest plays she encounters other renowned female characters (Lady Macbeth, Ophelia, Cleopatra, Miranda) and recruits a team of kick-ass women to confront Shakespeare himself.
"Monster Theatre is money in the bank. In this brand new show, written by Gladstone and Pippa Mackie, Juliet joins a bevy Shakespeare’s Suicide Girls as they try to gain agency over their lives outside of the Bard’s sharp and sexist quill.
It’s cerebral without ever being inaccessible. You’d be daft to miss out on this sure-to-sell-out gem."
★★★★★ -CBC
The interactions between Pokoradi and Mackie veer between classic Shakespeare and saucy modern-day dialogue, keeping audiences in stitches from beginning to end of the 60-minute production. The taut writing, sparse props and sound effects are bolstered by fantastic performances, which serve to ratchet up the laughs from start to finish.
★★★★1/2 -Winnipeg Free Press
