MONKS Remounted again at The Theatre Centre

Last week The Theatre Centre announced its first show of 2025 will be a week-long run of the hilariously inventive, critically-acclaimed play MONKS, created and performed by local clowns Veronica Hortigüela and Annie Luján.

Following a sold out run at the Toronto Fringe Festival in 2024, a remount at Crow’s Theatre, and a spot on Intermission Magazine’s list of top theatre picks of 2024, this cult favourite returns for seven performances at The Theatre Centre from February 26 to March 2.

Our own Holly Hebert reviewed MONKS at the Toronto Fringe saying: “It’s a whirlwind of chaos, extraordinary physical comedy, and improvisation, but also a wonderful sentiment of how important it is to do nothing with the people you love. “

The medieval monks who reside in a hilltop Spanish monastery live in total isolation, but when the Abbot ventures into town, two Brothers (Veronica Hortigüela and Annie Luján) take the opportunity to invite a wagon full of strangers to their austere abode. MONKS is a shockingly-dumb interactive clown show, featuring magical realism, live music, unbridled chaos, and every interpretation of the word ‘ass’.

“When making MONKS we set aside all consideration for what our “hits” were as performers or what would make a show programmable, and the result was a show that we adore and are profoundly proud of. The fact that audiences have continued to meet it with warmth and excitement has been a total dream. It turns out that lots of other people have been just as eager as us to not only see but be a part of a theatre that celebrates its ephemeral nature and welcomes a little chaos. Each iteration of MONKS allows us the opportunity to put that theory to the test; people come back to the show over and over again wondering, “What else could possibly go wrong!?” And we are EAGER to find out!” - Veronica Hortigüela & Annie Luján

MONKS runs at The Theatre Centre in the BMO Incubator performance space from February 26 to March 2 (1115 Queen Street West in Toronto).

Full details and tickets are available at: theatrecentre.org/event/monks/
Press release courtesy of KSPR.