1990-2024 Past Programming We are deeply rooted in Montreal’s performing arts milieu. We have a rich history of works which challenge the status quo, bringing cultural diversity to centre stage. Through our productions and paratheatrical activities, we seek to challenge people’s perspectives by presenting works that tackle global issues with resonant local impacts. Since our inception in 1981 we have presented dozens of productions and hosted hundreds of events on everything from the deadly industrial disaster in Bhopal, India to the ongoing genocide in Gaza, Occupied Palestine. Check out our past events and productions below! Recent Productions 2020’s Disabled Dreamers In Pain and Insane is excited to host “Disabled Dreamers” , a two-part event for Wild Pride 2026! The first part will be a panel […] 2026 – Engaging with Community Issues Through Multicultural Art On the 24th of June, Teesri Duniya Theatre will be hosting a panel discussion at Brique by Brique’s Monsoon Festival at Parc Dickie Moore. The […] 2026 – The Shifting Divide Join Teesri Duniya for the second of four Long Table Dialogues on Islamophobia, antisemitism, and racialized hate. Following our last dialogue session in March, this […] 2026 – Wine&Halva Imagine stepping into an intimate vibrant Istanbul coffee house. The air hangs heavy with the rich aroma of Turkish coffee, the soulful strains of music, […] 2026 – Season Launch We have plunged into our history, and returned to our origins, to present to you our 2026-2027 season. The Season of the Migrant celebrates Teesri […] 2026 – Across the Divide Join Teesri Duniya for Across the Divide, a Long Table discussion on Islamophobia, antisemitism, and racialized hate. The Long Table is a participatory format that […] 2026 – Behind the Moon In a Mughlai restaurant in Toronto, a late-night visit from a mysterious stranger, Jalal, rattles the cage and shatters the peace. Ayub, the restaurant’s employee, […] 2026 – SAKHI – Bond that never fades A Sakhi is not just someone who walks beside you — she is someone who stays with you, even when life doesn’t. She grows, she […] 2025 – Sudan Solidarity Event – Montreal Writers for Palestine Join us on Thursday, November 6 at Teesri Duniya Theatre (Cité-des-Hospitalières, 251 av. des Pins O) for an evening of solidarity with Montreal Writers for […] 2025 – White Lion, Brown Tiger Written by Vishesh Abeyratne and directed by Michelle Soicher, White Lion, Brown Tiger is a biting black comedy laced with wit and venom. In a […] 2025 – She – Unshackled She – Unshackled is a dance-theatre production where Bharatanatyam meets bold storytelling. 2025 – The Shortest and Sweetest of Songs Presented in Teesri Duniya’s outdoor performance space, The Shortest and Sweetest of Songs is an experiential collage of poetry, puppetry, music, and live performance—an embodied exploration of hope and home in Palestine. Featuring a vibrant ensemble of puppeteers, actors, musicians, and performance artists, this multidisciplinary piece invites audiences into a shared space of reflection and resistance. Rooted in Palestinian poetry and intergenerational dreams of return, the performance unfolds as a living tapestry of sound, image, and movement—an act of remembrance, resilience, and radical imagination. 2025 – Fireworks Play Development Program Live Reading The Fireworks Playwrights’ Mentorship Program is a 6-month playwriting intensive where writers develop new scripts from the idea stage into a complete first draft to be presented in a reading at the end of the unit. This May, nine writers will showcase their new scripts-in-progress in front of a live audience. 2025 – Staged Reading of Dhara’s Revenge 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝘀𝗿𝗶 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘆𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 presents a comedic reading of 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚❜𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞, performed by eight actors. This comedy follows Dhara, a widowed matriarch, as she arranges the marriage of her brother to Urmila, an ambitious filmmaker. Blending scandal, emotion, and humor, the play explores deep themes such as culture, racism, patriarchy, and the pursuit of happiness. 2025 – Resurrected – العائدون من الموت Vernissage As part of the Staging Freedom Season, Teesri Duniya Theatre presents the first iteration of 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆 2025 – Trans-Formation: Stories of Love, Resilience, and Belonging As part of the Staging Freedom Season, Teesri Duniya Theatre presents the first iteration of 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆 2025 – Voices of Freedom The second iteration of 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆 titled Voices of Freedom. 2025- Keffiyeh/Made in China A collection of 10 Palestinian short plays bound together in an unfolding story, enacted by five actors playing multiple characters, exploring how even the most intimate relationships and everyday occurrences subvert ordinary life under colonization and occupation. 2024 – Monologues for Dialogue As part of the Staging Freedom Season, Teesri Duniya Theatre presents the first iteration of 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆 2024 – Boal in Montreal Come witness the outcome of MBC Productions and Teesri Duniya Theatre’s 𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩! Since September, our talented cohort has been hard at work […] 2024 -Two Birds One Stone Rimah Jabr, a Muslim Palestinian, and Natasha Greenblatt, a Jewish Canadian, come together as co-writers in Two Birds One Stone, a heartfelt and charged conversation. It delves into the complexities of privilege, and reflects on the search for home and freedom. 2024 – The Chemical Valley Project A breathtaking blend of documentary-theatre, innovative projection design, a charismatic script and a playful solo-performance engage and implicate audiences in The Chemical Valley Project. 2023 – Counter Offence Set in 90’s Montreal, Counter Offence tells the story of Shazia, an Indo-Quebecois woman who finds herself caught in an abusive marriage with Shapoor, an Iranian man grappling with complex parental problems, and challenges of immigration. 2023 – Tribes! (No Matter What) Tribes! (No Matter What) is an unrelenting interrogation written for these times when people seem to have forgotten the lessons learned from wars. We are generally treating each other with less kindness every day…Why does it take a war to make us rediscover our civility? 2022 – Psycho 6 Psycho 6 was developed in Teesri Duniya Theatre’s Fireworks program. It follows the journey of K, a young man who has been in and out of foster homes and youth centres since the age of 9. His broken home, fiery temper, and financial destitution have all led him down a path of increasingly more dangerous criminal activities. 2022 – Meet Me The Live Action Theatre Project, in collaboration with Teesri Duniya Theatre, presents the world premiere of Meet Me, a branching narrative, audience-interactive theatre experience. It explores dating, cancel culture, consent in the post #metoo era and the multiplicity of pathways a person can take to find a resolution. The audience decides how the story gets told. 2010’s 2019 – HONOUR: Confessions of a Mumbai Courtesan 2018 – Là où le sang se mêle 2018 – Birthmark 2016 – The Refugee Hotel 2015 – State of Denial 2014 – Corpus 2014 – Bhopal 2013 – Letters to my Grandma 2012 – State of Denial 2011 – The Poster 2010 – The Last Fifteen Seconds 2010 – People Power 2010 – Almighty Voice and His Wife 2000’s 2009 – Truth and Treason 2007 – My Name is Rachel Corrie 2007 – A Story and a Song 2007 – A Leaf in the Whirlwind 2006 – Bhopal (French) 2005 – Miss Orient(ed) 2004 – The Adventures of Ali & Ali and The Axes of Evil 2003 – Noah’s Ark 474 1990’s 1995 – For You Jafroon 1994 – Divided we Stand 1990 – Land Where the Trees Talk
Disabled Dreamers In Pain and Insane is excited to host “Disabled Dreamers” , a two-part event for Wild Pride 2026! The first part will be a panel […]
2026 – Engaging with Community Issues Through Multicultural Art On the 24th of June, Teesri Duniya Theatre will be hosting a panel discussion at Brique by Brique’s Monsoon Festival at Parc Dickie Moore. The […]
2026 – The Shifting Divide Join Teesri Duniya for the second of four Long Table Dialogues on Islamophobia, antisemitism, and racialized hate. Following our last dialogue session in March, this […]
2026 – Wine&Halva Imagine stepping into an intimate vibrant Istanbul coffee house. The air hangs heavy with the rich aroma of Turkish coffee, the soulful strains of music, […]
2026 – Season Launch We have plunged into our history, and returned to our origins, to present to you our 2026-2027 season. The Season of the Migrant celebrates Teesri […]
2026 – Across the Divide Join Teesri Duniya for Across the Divide, a Long Table discussion on Islamophobia, antisemitism, and racialized hate. The Long Table is a participatory format that […]
2026 – Behind the Moon In a Mughlai restaurant in Toronto, a late-night visit from a mysterious stranger, Jalal, rattles the cage and shatters the peace. Ayub, the restaurant’s employee, […]
2026 – SAKHI – Bond that never fades A Sakhi is not just someone who walks beside you — she is someone who stays with you, even when life doesn’t. She grows, she […]
2025 – Sudan Solidarity Event – Montreal Writers for Palestine Join us on Thursday, November 6 at Teesri Duniya Theatre (Cité-des-Hospitalières, 251 av. des Pins O) for an evening of solidarity with Montreal Writers for […]
2025 – White Lion, Brown Tiger Written by Vishesh Abeyratne and directed by Michelle Soicher, White Lion, Brown Tiger is a biting black comedy laced with wit and venom. In a […]
2025 – She – Unshackled She – Unshackled is a dance-theatre production where Bharatanatyam meets bold storytelling.
2025 – The Shortest and Sweetest of Songs Presented in Teesri Duniya’s outdoor performance space, The Shortest and Sweetest of Songs is an experiential collage of poetry, puppetry, music, and live performance—an embodied exploration of hope and home in Palestine. Featuring a vibrant ensemble of puppeteers, actors, musicians, and performance artists, this multidisciplinary piece invites audiences into a shared space of reflection and resistance. Rooted in Palestinian poetry and intergenerational dreams of return, the performance unfolds as a living tapestry of sound, image, and movement—an act of remembrance, resilience, and radical imagination.
2025 – Fireworks Play Development Program Live Reading The Fireworks Playwrights’ Mentorship Program is a 6-month playwriting intensive where writers develop new scripts from the idea stage into a complete first draft to be presented in a reading at the end of the unit. This May, nine writers will showcase their new scripts-in-progress in front of a live audience.
2025 – Staged Reading of Dhara’s Revenge 𝗧𝗲𝗲𝘀𝗿𝗶 𝗗𝘂𝗻𝗶𝘆𝗮 𝗧𝗵𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗿𝗲 presents a comedic reading of 𝐃𝐡𝐚𝐫𝐚❜𝐬 𝐑𝐞𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐠𝐞, performed by eight actors. This comedy follows Dhara, a widowed matriarch, as she arranges the marriage of her brother to Urmila, an ambitious filmmaker. Blending scandal, emotion, and humor, the play explores deep themes such as culture, racism, patriarchy, and the pursuit of happiness.
2025 – Resurrected – العائدون من الموت Vernissage As part of the Staging Freedom Season, Teesri Duniya Theatre presents the first iteration of 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆
2025 – Trans-Formation: Stories of Love, Resilience, and Belonging As part of the Staging Freedom Season, Teesri Duniya Theatre presents the first iteration of 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆
2025- Keffiyeh/Made in China A collection of 10 Palestinian short plays bound together in an unfolding story, enacted by five actors playing multiple characters, exploring how even the most intimate relationships and everyday occurrences subvert ordinary life under colonization and occupation.
2024 – Monologues for Dialogue As part of the Staging Freedom Season, Teesri Duniya Theatre presents the first iteration of 𝑴𝒐𝒏𝒐𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆𝒔 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑫𝒊𝒂𝒍𝒐𝒈𝒖𝒆
2024 – Boal in Montreal Come witness the outcome of MBC Productions and Teesri Duniya Theatre’s 𝐁𝐎𝐀𝐋 𝐈𝐍 𝐌𝐎𝐍𝐓𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐋 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩! Since September, our talented cohort has been hard at work […]
2024 -Two Birds One Stone Rimah Jabr, a Muslim Palestinian, and Natasha Greenblatt, a Jewish Canadian, come together as co-writers in Two Birds One Stone, a heartfelt and charged conversation. It delves into the complexities of privilege, and reflects on the search for home and freedom.
2024 – The Chemical Valley Project A breathtaking blend of documentary-theatre, innovative projection design, a charismatic script and a playful solo-performance engage and implicate audiences in The Chemical Valley Project.
2023 – Counter Offence Set in 90’s Montreal, Counter Offence tells the story of Shazia, an Indo-Quebecois woman who finds herself caught in an abusive marriage with Shapoor, an Iranian man grappling with complex parental problems, and challenges of immigration.
2023 – Tribes! (No Matter What) Tribes! (No Matter What) is an unrelenting interrogation written for these times when people seem to have forgotten the lessons learned from wars. We are generally treating each other with less kindness every day…Why does it take a war to make us rediscover our civility?
2022 – Psycho 6 Psycho 6 was developed in Teesri Duniya Theatre’s Fireworks program. It follows the journey of K, a young man who has been in and out of foster homes and youth centres since the age of 9. His broken home, fiery temper, and financial destitution have all led him down a path of increasingly more dangerous criminal activities.
2022 – Meet Me The Live Action Theatre Project, in collaboration with Teesri Duniya Theatre, presents the world premiere of Meet Me, a branching narrative, audience-interactive theatre experience. It explores dating, cancel culture, consent in the post #metoo era and the multiplicity of pathways a person can take to find a resolution. The audience decides how the story gets told.