Montreal English Critics Circle Awards Click on our logo to send an email to MECCA organizers at mecca.awards@gmail.com The MECCA awards were initiated in 1998 by Gaetan Charlebois, a local theatre critic.  Originally just a widely-distributed media list of Montreal’s best English-language live performance  achievements over the past season, the MECCAs have grown to encompass a live presentation ceremony.  Over the years, participating media have included representatives from CBC, CKUT, Montreal Gazette, The  Suburban, Montreal Mirror, Hour Magazine, and more.  The MECCAs is the only annual celebration of its kind, and represents the one time that the entire  performing community comes together to celebrate excellence in an atmosphere of genuine camaraderie.  Audiences and the general public alike look forward to discovering who has been chosen as the MECCA  critics’ picks for the year.