Montrealers get an early taste of Halloween mayhem over at Mainline Theatre this week. Those of you familiar with the late night tradition of the Rocky Horror Picture Show (where you throw rice and toast at the movie screen and callback the lines) will be as excited for the stage production of Richard O'Brien's Rocky Horror show.

Scapegoat Carnivale Theatre is proud to present Euripides' The Bacchae in a new translation from ancient Greek, as part of Centaur Theatre's Brave New Looks. The show opens Friday, October 12th and runs until the 20th of the month.

It was a rowdy night over at Mainline Theatre this past Thursday as they hosted a night of live music, comedy and clothes hitting the floor. ACME Burlesque is a cabaret show featuring Montreal's finest burlesque performers as well as live music by the ACME Combo. The cabaret debuted back in February and have held performances at the Montreal Fringe Festival and at this past weekend's Montreal Art Tattoo show. Co produced by Seska Lee and Shayne Gryn (ACME Combo's bandleader), it brings together a mix of Montreal's burlesque scene, including Miss Sugarpuss, Cherry Typhoon, Sucre a la Creme, The Lady Josephine and many more. There was dance by Esmeralda & Fabienne and songs performed by Brie Neilson. It was a night of both traditional and experimental burlesque ending with laughs, hollers and good times.

This show marked the beginning of The Month of Burlesque, which will culminate with the Montreal Burlesque Festival later in September. Here are highlights from the night:

When I heard that The Montreal Shakespeare Theatre Company was putting on Macbeth, I got very excited. I'd wanted to see a production of it ever since I studied the play four years ago and I toiled over thinking what they would do with the witches. Now, having mentioned Macbeth's witches, I might have piqued your interest or you might simply think I'm a loser for being so excited about fictional characters.

MP contributing writer and JFL-enthusiast Joey Grihalva is at it again. He had a chat with Joe Mande about his journey to comic stardom, his penchant for Twitter feuds, and how he got published by poking fun at hipsters.

Just for Laughs continues their 30th anniversary celebrations this week and the outdoor site has plenty of dancing and laughter. Montreal Fringe Festival favourites Dance Animal have taken their new show to the streets of the Place des Festival for Dance Animal Presents: Danse 80's. The free, bilingual and interactive show flashbacks to 1980's dance moves plus the audience (from kids to first time dancers) take part in a dance routine. It's all song, dance and happiness July 25 and 26 at 6pm at Place des Festival and a later show at 10:30pm at La Guinguette: