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A series of enlightening talks with Sunday-@-the-Segal, Sunday Salons, Monday Night Talkbacks,  Place À l’Opéra, IPLAI Lecture Series, Aleph’s Literary Café, The Walrus McGill Talks at the Segal Centre, and St. James Literary Society Lectures.

With the generous support of RSM Richter Chamberland



Sunday-@-the-Segal, Monday-@-McGill 


Sunday-@-the-Segal is one of the most popular events on the theatre calendar.
Join us for another season of intimate conversations, riveting lectures and memorable moments.
Admission is free. Seating is general admission.
All talks take place on the first Sunday of each run at 11:00am in the Segal Theatre.

Sponsored by:



The partnership will expand the popular Sunday-@-the Segal lecture series to include subsequent Monday-@-McGill meetings the following week that will give a smaller group of participants the chance to address a text, theme, or question from the Sunday session in greater depth. Like the Sunday series, Monday-@-McGill is open to all. All Monday sessions will be at McGill. Participation is free, but registration in advance will be required.

  • Guys and Dolls
    Sunday-@-the Segal: 30 Sept., 11am / Monday-@-McGill: 15 Oct., 5:30pm (room TBD)
  • RED
    Sunday-@-the Segal: 25 Nov., 11am / Monday-@-McGill, 3 Dec., 5:30pm (room TBD)
  • Waiting for the Barbarians
    Sunday-@-the Segal: 27 Jan., 11am / Monday-@-McGill: 4 Feb., 5:30pm (room TBD)
  • The Mahalia Jackson Musical
    Sunday-@-the Segal: 3 Mar., 11am / Monday-@-McGill: 11 Mar., 5:30pm (room TBD)
  • Sherlock Holmes
    Sunday-@-the Segal: 5 May, 11am / Monday-@-McGill: 11 May, 5:30pm
  • Tales from Odessa
    Sunday-@-the Segal: 16 June, 11am / Monday-@-McGill: 25 June (Tuesday!), 5:30pm





  • Sunday Salons 


    Sunday Salons are post-show discussions that explore the season’s plays and their resonating themes, inspired by the salons, cafés and other meeting places of the arts.
    Admission is Free.
    Salons take place after the evening performance on the second and third Sunday during the run of each Segal Theatre play.

    A partnership with:



    Monday Night Talkbacks


    Sunday Salons are post-show discussions that explore the season’s plays and their resonating themes, inspired by the salons, cafés and other meeting places of the arts.
    Admission is Free.
    Salons take place after the evening performance on the second and third Sunday during the run of each Segal Theatre play.

    Place À l’Opéra


    For a third year, the Segal Centre for Performing Arts and the Bibliothèque et Archives Nationales du Québec present lectures in English from the Opéra de Montréal, animated by musicologist Pierre Vachon.




    Aleph’s Literary Café


    Which books published in Quebec examine Jewish culture, whether from near or far? Includes interviews with authors and commentaries by Sonia Sarah Lipsyc, Joseph Elfassi, Maurice Chalom, accompanied by Arnaud Nobile on the accordion.
    In French.



    The Walrus McGill Talks at the Segal Centre


    Lively debates on issues concerning arts and culture.
    High-profile thinkers in the world of arts and culture engage in moderated discussions that tackle the questions concerning the arts in our fine city.







    St. James Literary Society Lectures


    The St. James Literary Society brings their venerable (Est. 1898) lecture series on politics, law, science, history, travel, religion and medicine to the Segal Centre. One of the oldest learned societies in North America, these sessions provide a forum for the free exchange of ideas... for the social and the cerebral.

    All lectures shall begin at 7.30pm unless otherwise specified.

    • Sunday, September 30 2012
      Professor Patrick Hansen (Associate Professor, Director – Opera McGill) on the musical Guys and Dolls (exceptionally at 11am in the theatre, as part of the Sunday at the Segal lecture series) - Free entrance

    • Tuesday, 16 October 2012
      Playwright Dr. Keir Cutler on The Shakespeare Authorship Question: Why am I a “Crackpot”

    • Tuesday, 27 November 2012
      Nancy Neamtan (Executive Director of the Chantier de l’économie sociale) on Rethinking our Approach to Economic Development Through Social Economy

    • Tuesday, 19 March 2013
      Raymonde Duguay (Society Member) on Jean-Paul Riopelle

    • Tuesday, 7 May 2013
      Richard Turp (Radio-Canada Host and Opera singer) on Verdi and Wagner: A Bi-Centenary Celebration of the Two Musical Giants of the 19th Century (exceptionally at 12pm)

    • Tuesday, 21 May 2013
      Dr. Clarence Epstein (Director of Special Projects and Cultural Affairs in the office of the President of Concordia University) on Reflections after a Decade of the Max Stern Restitution Project: Pursuing Lost Art and True Justice

    • Tickets are $10 (tax incl.), 3 lectures for the price of 2
      For further information please call 514.484.0146

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