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UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries
May – August 2018
52 N D E D I T I O N
Covering and distributed in the
UK, Ireland & Nordic Countries
M AY – A U G 2018
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Bonjour and welcome to the summer edition of our Québec
Culture brochure. First Snow / Première This year’s Stockholm
© Terese Bonnevier
Neige, presented at the Culture Festival will
I hope that you will share our excitement at the quality and Canada Hub in Edinburgh incorporate circus, music
variety of Québec artists and companies presenting their this August, is the and film from Québec as
culmination of a deep part of a special 2018 focus
work in the UK, Ireland and the Nordic Countries in the
collaboration between on Canada. In December
coming months. From veterans like Marc-André Hamelin and the National Theatre of Scotland (NTS) the Québec Government Office was
Le Vent du Nord, to artists such as THROW2CATCH who are and Québec companies Théâtre PÀP delighted to support Philippa Staffas,
appearing on these shores for the very first time, I could not and Hôtel-Motel. The project’s roots the festival’s Artistic Director, on a visit to
be prouder of Québec’s culture and how well it is represented go back to September 2014 when the Montréal.
here. companies met in Scotland for an artistic
exchange with the support of the QC-UK Philippa says: “the festival will be
cooperation fund. simmering with street performances,
Meanwhile, Québec’s connections with the Nordic countries concerts, movies, art installations and
have been under the spotlight with Montréal’s Place des Arts hosting its Nordic Spring, a Caroline Newall, Director of Artistic circus shows. In Montréal I met a lot of
month-long event presenting the work of over 80 artists and companies from the region, Development at the NTS, affirmed: interesting artists, discovered several
“this project provided an opportunity artistic collaborations between our two
sharing the great creative vitality of the Nordic countries and highlighting how much they have
for in-depth research between the countries, and learned that the indigenous
in common with Québec. nations, resulting in a unique theatrical cultures of Canada and Québec have
international collaboration between three strong connections with the Sami culture
This great connectivity was also highlighted by the excellent response to our first joint call for leading arts organisations, exploring in Sweden. I feel confident that the
projects in culture and innovation with the Nordic Council of Ministers earlier this year. In the sovereignty and identity, both personal Canadian theme will be strong, vibrant
UK, our cooperation with the British Council is also going strong 15 years on and we are getting and national.” and highly appreciated by our audience”.
ready to launch another biannual call for cultural projects this spring.
I am also delighted to report good news for culture in Québec with the recent announcement
of an 11% increase in culture budgets. In addition to this increase, the biggest in 20 years, the A word from William The Finnish National
Government of Québec will further reinforce its engagement with culture by investing 539 Burdett-Coutts, founder of Theatre is collaborating
million Canadian dollars over the next five years to implement its new culture policy. the Assembly Festival in with Québec’s Centre
Edinburgh where he has des auteurs dramatiques
Cover: Photo © Théâtre des Petites Âmes. Ogo at Edinburgh International Children’s Festival 28 May – 3 June (see p. 2)
presented numerous works (CEAD) this year,
I am pleased to have had the chance to meet several of you in my first few months here –
from Québec over the beginning in August when
thank you for your hospitality and collaboration. I leave you with some words from Caroline, years. This summer Assembly welcomes Dramaturgies en dialogue in Montréal
Philippa, William and Eva: just some of the partners whose support and cooperation are vital Québec circus companies the 7 Fingers will welcome a delegation from Finland
Photo © Alexandre Galliez. The 7 Fingers, Reversible at Assembly, Edinburgh 2 – 27 August (see p. 12)
in bringing Québec talent to our territory. and Flip FabriQue. and host a number of readings of Finnish
plays. In September, Québec comes to
Bonne lecture et à bientôt “Assembly Festival is delighted to be Helsinki with performances of Jennifer
working with a number of shows from Tremblay’s play The List as well as
Québec again this year. Assembly is in its readings (in English) of recent works by
John A. Coleman – Agent-General, Québec Government Office in London 38th year on the Edinburgh Festival Fringe Québec writers Jean-Denis Beaudoin,
and we have had a long relationship Sarah Berthiaume, Catherine Léger and
with Québec. The presentation of an Olivier Choinière.
international programme is what gives
Edinburgh so much of its vitality. It’s my Eva Buchwald, Dramaturg at the Finnish
40th year at the Fringe and the growth National Theatre, says: “we hope that
of this event is down to the energy and theatre professionals from across the
input that everyone contributes. There is Nordic Countries, and further afield, will
nothing quite like it anywhere else in the join us in Helsinki this September to learn
Cultural Contacts world”. more about Québec theatre as part of this
exciting Québec-Finland collaboration”.
Maude Laflamme Marie Morin Andrew Bailey Helen Morgan
Director for Culture Cultural Attaché Cultural Attaché Project Manager
Maude.laflamme@mri.gouv.qc.ca Marie.morin@mri.gouv.qc.ca Andrew.bailey@mri.gouv.qc.ca Helen.morgan@mri.gouv.qc.ca
Whilst every effort has been made to verify the accuracy of the information in This brochure should not be reproduced in full or in part without the
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T H E AT R E T H E AT R E M AY – A U G 2018
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Québec Theatre @ Edinburgh Les Belles-Soeurs
International Children’s Festival Michel Tremblay
Ogo 1 & 2 June
Theatro Technis
Théâtre des London, UK
Petites Âmes Michel Tremblay’s 1968 play about Montréal housewife Germaine
© Théâtre des Petites Âmes
Lauzon revolutionised Québec theatre. Praised for its ground-breaking
28 May – 3 June use of authentic Montréal speech, it has been translated into many languages
The Institut français d’Écosse
Photo © Laurent Theillet
including an influential version in Scots dialect, The Guid Sisters.
Edinburgh, UK
In celebration of the Les Belles-Soeurs’ 50th anniversary Tamise en Scène, an amateur drama
company based in London, will be putting on its own French-language production of the play.
They do not know one another, but all three of them
have received invitations from Ogo. They do not know Ogo. They wait. But Ogo never arrives, www.tamiseenscene.com
and what started as a long and boring wait becomes an opportunity for play and discovery.
Suitable for children aged 2 1/2 – 6 years, Ogo celebrates the creativity and imagination of the
young spectator and is wonderfully accompanied by live music on the harmonica, melodia, First Snow / Première neige
kalimbola and xylophone.
Created in 2007, Le Théâtre des Petites Âmes (Small Souls) was born from a desire to offer small
scale puppet, object and mask theatre productions, primarily for small children.
Théâtre PàP and Hôtel-Motel
1 – 26 August
Canada Hub, King’s Hall
Gretel and Hansel Edinburgh, UK
Le Carrousel A coproduction with the National Theatre of Scotland, First
© Lino
Snow is an exciting world premiere written and performed
29 – 30 May by artists from Scotland and Québec – two nations with big
The Brunton Theatre hearts and even bigger ambitions. Isabelle summons her family back to their ancestral home
Edinburgh, UK in Québec. Despite their history, they come. It’s time to talk about the future, but who does it
belong to?
Supported by the QC-UK Connections Programme (British Council and the Québec Government).
When Hansel arrives, it upsets the balance of Gretel’s life
completely, and after their parents abandon them in the www.nationaltheatrescotland.com | www.theatrepap.com | www.productionshotelmotel.com
forest and they end up at the witch’s house, she is very
tempted to push him into the oven with their jailer and get
rid of him forever... T h e I n t e r n at io n a l mu s ic a l p h e n o m e n o n
NICOLAS TALAR FOR ENZO PRODUCTS LTD. AND ADAM BLANSHAY PRODUCTIONS PRESENT
This new interpretation, for children aged 6-11 years, is
seen through the eyes of Gretel. With their compassion
and insight, and assisted by spectacular design work, Le
Carrousel’s productions are considered, in Québec and
abroad, to be milestones in the history of theatre for young
Photo © Leif Norman
audiences.
FROM THE NOVEL BY VICTOR HUGO
A MUSICAL BY
www.imaginate.org.uk/festival LUC RICHARD
www.theatredespetitesames.com PLAMONDON & COCCIANTE The Original French production
www.lecarrousel.net
MAHEUDIRECTED BY GILLES
CHOREOGRAPHY BY MARTINO MÜLLER
seen in 23 Countries worldwide
NotreDameDeParis.co.uk now in London for 7 performances
WED 23 - SUN 27 JAN 2019
PERFORMED IN FRENCH WITH ENGLISH SUPERTITLES
DANCE MUSIC M AY – A U G 2018
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Québec @ Kuopio Dance Festival Steve Hill
13 – 20 June 3 May – 1 June
Kuopio City Theatre Various venues in the UK
Kuopio, Finland (see listings p.20 – 21 or visit website)
Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal Steve Hill returns to the UK, supporting King
King and Danny Bryant. A real one-man band,
he incorporates singing, guitar, harmonica and
Formed in 1972, Les Ballets Jazz de Montréal creates, produces and presents contemporary
percussion within a single performance. The career
dance performances based on the technique, rigour and
of this blues-rock performer has been punctuated
aesthetics of classical ballet. Its work regularly appears on local,
with many prizes and distinctions, and he has
national and international stages.
Brandi Baker and Yosmell Caldéron
Photo © Marc Montplaisir, dancers:
built his reputation live on stage through several
thousand performances.
Dance Me / Leonard Cohen www.stevehillmusic.com
Dance Me is a new creation choreographed by Annabelle Lopez
Ochoa, Andonis Foniadakis and Ihsan Rustem, The piece is
Quasar
inspired by the poetry and music of Montréal legend Leonard
Cohen.
Photo © Jeremy Coachman
O Balcao de Amor 8 May
Kulturfyren
After a trip to Cuba, choreographer Itzik Galili was inspired by its
timeless music to create this energetic piece. It is an encounter
Stockholm, Sweden
infused with myriad comedic sparks - loose, sexy and full of
lovely absurdity. On its spring 2018 European tour, the Quasar saxophone quartet will be performing in
Stockholm as part of the Samtida Music concert series. The musicians will be interpreting works
Photo © George Dutil
by Swedish composers Jesper Nordin and Fredrik Gran and joining forces with the Stockholm
Hieronymus Bosch: The Garden of Earthly Delights Saxophone Quartet to perform works for eight saxophones by Marie Samuelsson and Québec’s
Compagnie Marie Chouinard
André Hamel, Opus prize composer of the year in 2017.
www.samtidamusik.se | www.quasar4.com
Unveiled in 1505, Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights is considered one of the
greatest paintings of its time. With this dance piece in three acts — The Garden of Delights,
Photo © Nicolas Ruel
Hell, and Paradise — Québec choreographer Marie Chouinard and her ten dancers recreate the
medieval artwork in movement and images, as video projections draw the viewer deep into the
teeming heart of the painting.
www.kuopiodancefestival.fi | www.bjmdanse.ca | www.mariechouinard.com
MUSIC MUSIC M AY – A U G 2018
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POP Montréal @ FOCUS Wales Matt Holubowski
11 May 11 – 28 May
Atomic Various venues in the UK and Ireland
Wrexham, UK (see listings p.20 – 21 or visit website)
FOCUS Wales is an annual multi-venue festival in North Wales which places the spotlight firmly Born to a Polish father and a Québécois mother, Matt Holubowski
Photo © Marc-Etienne Mongrain
on emerging talent. For the eighth edition of the festival, FOCUS Wales are partnering with grew up in a bilingual household in Hudson, Québec and has always
POP Montréal to present performances from three exciting Québec artists as part of an industry lived at the crossroads of the French and English languages. This
showcase. notion of the duality of two cultures within a single territory
fascinates this self-taught musician, poet and composer, and helped
Ada Lea to inspire his second album, Solitudes.
www.mattholubowski.com
Ada Lea’s alt-rock singer-songwriter confessions set scenes and environments one can
rummage around in. Last year, they toured the US and Canada, recorded and released their
second album Bored (demos) and were nominated for best folk EP of the year at GAMIQ
(Québec Independent Music Awards). Lisa LeBlanc
16 May
The City Gates Sebright Arms
The City Gates are inspired by 80s and 90s post-punk, shoegaze
London, UK
Photo © John Londoño
and dream pop music. The band can be described as a modern
© The City Gates
answer to Phil Spector’s infamous ‘Wall of sound’: intense, Singer-songwriter and banjoist Lisa LeBlanc performs in London
powerful, melodic, moody, flavourful and raw. Their new album for the first time, having already seen significant success in
Forever Orbiter is due to be released in spring 2018. Québec and toured Canada, France, Belgium and Switzerland.
Her self-titled debut album was released in 2012 and achieved
platinum-selling status. She received awards including two Junos for Francophone Album
Wake Island of the Year in 2013 and Contemporary Roots Album of the year in 2017.
www.sebrightarms.com | www.lisaleblanc.ca
Also on tour in the UK 4 – 14 May
(see listings p.20 – 21 or visit website) Helena Deland
Wake Island deftly manoeuvre between genres, crafting songs
that mix minimal techno beats with 90s rock/pop influences.
18 - 28 May
The band is comprised of Philippe Manasseh and Nadim Various venues in the UK
Maghzal, both Lebanese immigrants who met while studying (see listings p.20 – 21 or visit website)
in Montréal in the early 2000s.
© Wake Island
Photo of Ada Lea, © Ada Lea
Montréal’s Helena Deland writes songs that are a testimony to a
www.adaleamusic.com | www.thecitygates.bandcamp.com
given time or place. A myriad of influences filter in and out of her
www.wakeislandmusic.com | www.focuswales.com
writing, from 60s Parisian pop to indie folk and fuzz rock. Her songs
combine the powerful femininity of her vocals with refined
songwriting. Deland will be passing through the UK on her world tour
to promote the release of her upcoming LP, Altogether Unaccompanied.
Photo © Alex Huard
She will be performing at the Great Escape festival, along with
Québec bands Freak Heat Waves and The Beat Escape.
www.helenadeland.bandcamp.com
MUSIC MUSIC
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Les Chauffeurs collectif9
à pieds 21 June 25 June 26 June
Canadian Embassy Harstad Municipal Concerts Harstad kulturhus Storsal
Photo © Philippe Renaud
21 May 24 – 26 May Oslo, Norway Harstad, Norway Harstad, Norway
Fleadh Nua Festival Mullarkeys Bar
Ennis, Ireland Clifden, Ireland Cutting-edge Montréal classical string ensemble collectif9 is known for energised,
innovative arrangements of classical repertoire, employing lights, staging, and
Photo © Danylo Bobyk
The four musicians of Les Chauffeurs à pieds amplification more commonly seen from rock acts. collectif9 heralds a new age in
(meaning either ‘Drivers on Foot’ or ‘Feet Warmers’) perform reels and jigs on fiddle, harmonica, genre-bending classical performance, combining the power of an orchestra
mandolin, recorder, French horn, guitar, and foot tapping. Their choices of traditional upbeat with the crispness of a chamber ensemble for a unique experience.
songs and old ballads, combined with their musical intelligence and sense of humour, have
www.harstadkulturhus.no | www.collectif9.ca
won over audiences around the world.
www.fleadhnua.com | www.leschauffeurs.com
Jardins migrateurs & gala concert
Arctic Icemusic Constantinople & Ablaye Cissoko
25 May 6 & 7 July
Grieghallen, Bergen International Festival Førde Traditional and World Music Festival
Bergen, Norway Førde, Norway
Photo © Michael Slobodian
Inuit throat singers Beatrice Deer and Pauyungie Nutaraaluk, both from the north of Québec, join Montréal musical ensemble Constantinople has chosen the journey
Photo © Bjørn Furuseth
artists from Norway, Russia, and Sweden to perform the work of Norwegian Terje Isungset, an — geographical, but also historical, cultural and interior — as its
exploration of the spine-tingling sound of ice. The performance will incorporate joik, vocals and cornerstone. In Jardins migrateurs, its musicians join kora master
video projections as well as Isunget’s icepercussion, icehorns and iceophone. Ablaye Cissoko to explore the epics of the Mandinka Kingdom and
the Persian poetry of Hafez and Rumi in a concert imbued with
www.fib.no Oriental light.
www.fordefestival.com | www.constantinople.ca
Sébastien Dubé
14 – 18 August
Stockholm Culture Festival
Stockholm, Sweden
Having studied both classical and jazz music at the highest level,
colourful Québec double-bassist Sébastien Dubé moves seamlessly
between jazz clubs and concert halls. After some years touring North
America with world-leading orchestras he found a home in Scandinavia, and
subsequently added Swedish folk music to his already large musical palette.
Photo © Peter Bothén
Dubé is an ever inventive and revered musician who disregards genres for
the benefit of pure musicianship.
www.kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se
MUSIC MUSIC M AY – A U G 2018
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Québec Music @ Edinburgh Québec Music @ Edinburgh
International Festival International Festival
Marc-André Hamelin La Cenerentola
10 & 11 August Michèle
Photo © Sim Cannety Clarke
Powerful Québec pianist Marc-André Hamelin joins long-time collaborators the Takács String Losier
Quartet for two complementary recitals at the 2018 Edinburgh International Festival.
They will interpret the lush Romanticism of Dohnányi’s First and Second Piano Quintets. 24 – 26 August
Inspired by Brahms and Schumann, this is urgent, volatile music of immense emotional
concentration.
Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Michèle Losier
takes on the ebullient title role among an
exceptional cast of international singers in
Le Vent du Nord Opera de Lyon’s extraordinary production
Photo © Jean-Pierre Maurin
of Rossini’s Cinderella opera. Told through
14 August & touring in the UK some of Rossini’s zestiest, most sparkling
& Denmark 25 May – 14 August music, this is a Cenerentola that charms
and captivates from start to finish – a
(see listings p.20 – 21 or visit website)
brilliant spectacle, and one with a big
heart.
Photo © Stéphane Najman
Québec folk legends and festival favourites Le Vent du
Nord return for performances around the UK and Denmark,
including an appearance at the Edinburgh International
Festival as part of ‘Light on the Shore’ at the newly
Mahler’s Eigth Symphony
reopened Leith Theatre, programmed by former Celtic
Connections Director Donald Shaw. Marie-Nicole
Lemieux
National Youth Orchestra of Canada
26 August
14 August
Québec’s Marie-Nicole Lemieux joins an eminent roster of
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DavidPopoff
Energy, conviction, breathtaking freshness: the National Youth Orchestra of Canada brings international solo singers, alongside the choral might of the
Photo © David
together the finest musicians aged 16 to 28, including 32 from or living in Québec, to form one Edinburgh Festival Chorus, to perform Mahler’s epic Eighth
of the world’s most accomplished youth ensembles. British conductor Jonathan Darlington, Symphony – a choral masterpiece which has earned
Music Director of Vancouver Opera, directs the concert, which will be broadcast on BBC Radio 3. the nickname ‘Symphony of a Thousand’. The
Swedish Radio Symphony Orchestra, led by British
conductor and renowned Mahlerian Daniel
Harding, bring one of music’s most transcendental
experiences to the 2018 International Festival.
www.marcandrehamelin.com
Photo © Denis Rouvre
www.leventdunord.com
www.nyoc.org
www.michelelosier.com
www.marienicolelemieux.com
www.eif.co.uk
CIRCUS CIRCUS M AY – A U G 2018
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Québec Circus Made in Kouglistan
@ Assembly, Edinburgh THROW2CATCH
2 – 27 August 14 – 18 August
Stockholm Culture Festival
The 7 Fingers Stockholm, Sweden
Formed as a collective of seven circus artists in 2002, contemporary circus An outdoor circus show for the whole family, Made
trailblazers Les 7 doigts de la main reach audiences around the world with in Kouglistan showcases three acrobat stooges who
over 500 performances a year. perform ingenious conjuring tricks, extravagant dance
steps, and memorable interventions with the public.
Crazy, sophisticated, and with a breakneck pace, these
Reversible three larger-than-life characters lead you to a wacky
For Reversible, eight outstanding performers
elsewhere.
dug through the histories of their families to
unveil stories from the past which reflect how Since their beginnings as a juggling act,
Photo © Alexandre Galliez
Photo © Danielle Dumont
they experience life today. With its unique mix THROW2CATCH have presented their work around the
of theatre, circus, dance, music and acrobatics, world with major companies such as Cirque du Soleil,
Reversible is dedicated to the generation who Cirque Éloize and the 7 Fingers.
forged the world in which we live today. Be
prepared for the best in contemporary circus. www.kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se
www.throw2catch.com
Sisters
Sisters takes audiences on an experimental and
human voyage, combining circus, dance, OVO
Photo © Alexandre Galliez
clowning and music. It is an exploration of the
beauty and complexity of the relationship that
joins sisters. Told as a fairy tale, the story takes
Cirque du Soleil
the audience through the winding dramas of
two women trapped in an immutable 16 – 19 August 22 – 26 August 29 August – 2 September
relationship. Echo Arena FlyDSA Arena Metro Radio Arena
Liverpool, UK Sheffield, UK Newcastle, UK
Costume credit : Liz Vandal © 2009 Cirque du Soleil
Attrape Moi
Benoit Fontaine © 2009 Cirque du Soleil Inc.
Cirque du Soleil’s OVO returns to the UK following a triumphant run at
London’s Royal Albert Hall earlier in the year. The show is a headlong
Flip FabriQue rush into a colourful ecosystem teeming with life and overflowing
with contrasts. The hidden, secret world at our feet is revealed
‘Stupendously impressive’ - The Stage
as tender and torrid, noisy and quiet, peaceful and chaotic.
Fringe favourites Flip FabriQue return to
www.echoarena.com
Edinburgh after sell-out seasons in 2016 and
www.flydsaarena.co.uk
2017. Join these high-flying, fearless young
www.metroradioarena.co.uk
artist-athletes as they astound audiences
www.cirquedusoleil.com/ovo
with adrenaline pumping feats of cutting
Photo © Richard Davenport
edge nouveau cirque in their crowd-pleasing
spectacle Attrape Moi (Catch Me).
www.assemblyfestival.com
www.7doigts.com
www.flipfabrique.com
CINEMA & TELEVISION CINEMA & TELEVISION M AY – A U G 2018
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TV5Monde Canada Now
TV5Monde’s selection of Québec programmes is available in the UK via Sky 796 and Virgin 825. Catherine Bainbridge & Alfonso Maiorana,
Programme listings at www.europe.tv5monde.com/en/tv-shows/schedule
Ian Lagarde, Eisha Marjara, François Girard,
Ruptures – Wednesdays @ 10pm from 2 May Mila Aung-Thwin & Van Royko
Québec Inc. 2016
Ariane Beaumont, a young and brilliant lawyer specialising in family
© 9316-4861
law, defends with conviction and passion the victims and loved ones left 3 – 6 May
behind. Curzon Soho and touring the UK
Les pays d’en haut – Thursdays @ 1pm from 10 May
© Bertrand Calmeau
Five films from Québec will be presented as part of Canada Now, a bijoux festival organised
A journey to rural Québec in the late 19th century against the backdrop of by Telefilm Canada in collaboration with Curzon Soho which opens with the London premiere
Hochelaga, Land of Souls at Canada Now
challenges posed by the colonisation of this faraway land and the difficult of Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World, a documentary telling the untold story of the
living conditions of the day. Indigenous influence on popular music in North America.
Boomerang season 2 – Tuesday 8 May @ 11:30pm The programme also includes black comedy All You Can Eat Buddha, lively gender shifting
© Encore Télévision
& Tuesday 15 May @ 8pm comedy Venus, and Hochelaga, Land of Souls, a drama which examines Montréal’s layered
Comedy drama in which financial and professional difficulties force a indigenous, colonial, and contemporary histories. The festival closes with Let There Be Light,
30-something couple to return to live with their parents / in-laws. a true story of scientists coming together in the south of France to try to build an artificial sun.
The films are available for touring in the UK until September 2018.
Ricardo – Thursdays @ 9:30pm www.canadanow.co.uk
© Christian Lacroix
More than just a good cook, Ricardo Larrivée invents more recipes
Cinéma-monde: Film, Borders, Translation
than you can possibly imagine! Here he presents his hints and tips for
successful culinary creations.
Bachir Bensaddek & Chloé Leriche
Di Stasio – Tuesdays @ 9:30pm
© Radio Canada
Famous chef Josée di Stasio’s new programme brings us eleven themed
features over the seasons, with no shortage of discoveries, recipes, 24 – 26 May
lifestyle suggestions and useful tips! MacRobert Centre, University of Stirling
Stirling, UK
Hooké – Fridays @ 8pm
Eight episodes in which to discover fly-fishing, as Derek Martin This two-day conference incorporates debates, a book launch, and screenings and discussions
© Élément
introduces us to people across Canada who keep alive traditions, protect with the directors of the two Québec films. Montréal la blanche is a psychological drama which
their environment and share their knowledge. depicts the lives of two first generation Algerian immigrants, examining issues of deracination
and the abandonment of ancestral values. Avant les rues, the tale of a native teenager who
Québékoisie – Thursday 3 May @ 5:40pm kills a man during a robbery and flees into the forest, was the first dramatic feature shot in the
Seasoned travellers Olivier and Mélanie explore the North Shore of language of the indigenous Atikamekw community.
© MÖ Films
Québec by bike to better understand the complex relationships between
www.macrobertartscentre.org
Québécois and First Nations peoples.
Québec Cinema @ Stockholm Culture Festival
Denys Arcand & Leonard Cohen
14 – 18 August
Denys Arcand’s seminal 1989 film Jesus of Montréal is a true classic - winner of the Jury Prize
at Cannes and nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the Academy Awards. Bird on a
Wire is Tony Palmer’s intimate portrait of legendary Montréal singer-songwriter, poet and
novelist Leonard Cohen, shot during his 1972 European tour.
www.kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se
PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT M U LT I D I S C I P L I N A R Y M AY – A U G 2018
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Landscape of Hate monumental: with live music by Godspeed You!
Black Emperor
Vivek Venkatesh, Owen Chapman
& DJ anabasine Animals of Distinction
13 & 14 July
26 May
Barbican Hall
Cornerteateret, Bergen International Festival
London, UK
Bergen, Norway
‘there is no doubt that this brilliantly forged partnership of music, dance and art … is indeed
Landscape of Hate is an improvised multimedia project that
monumental’ The Guardian
promotes and encourages the public voice, in a context
where revenge pornography, online bullying and hate speech Relish the euphoric intensity of Dana Gingras and Noam Gagnon’s choreography, set to a
Photo © David Hall & Peter Dimitrakopoulos
have become commonplace. Landscape of Hate events combine debates and art exhibitions live performance by Post-Rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Lurking in the shadows,
with improvisation-based concert performances and video projections. The project was created the band unleash a monolithic sound, tying together snatches of noise, field recordings
by Vivek Venkatesh, a UNESCO co-Chair based at Concordia University, and incorporates and muscular riffs while the dance work is similarly extreme, as dancers on pedestals enact
Photo © Yannick Grandmont
contributions from fellow Montrealers Owen Chapman and DJ anabasine. movements that go from repetitive and everyday to frantic and confrontational.
The evening begins with a discussion led by Venkatesh, with a panel consisting of cartoonist Since it was first performed in 2005, monumental has been hailed as a landmark in
Josef Yohannes, Danish human rights and internet activist Emma Holten and Canadian contemporary dance. This totally absorbing multimedia work incorporates lighting design by
ambassador to Norway, Artur Wilczynski. Marc Parent and video by director William Morrison.
www.fib.no www.barbican.org.uk | www.animalsofdistinction.org
While Having Soup
ATSA
Hull, UK, September 2017, photo by Jean-François Lamoureux © ATSA
9 – 12 August
Festival 2018
Glasgow, UK
In While Having Soup, ATSA and their partners invite passers-by to pair up and engage in
spontaneous conversations on a variety of current topics while savouring a bowl of soup. This
public engagement work adapts to each location, and the conversation menu provided to break
the ice is prepared by local residents.
Having appeared in Hull when it was UK City of Culture in 2017, While Having Soup is touring the
world, compiling along the way an impressive collection of poetic portraits which can be viewed
at www.atsa.qc.ca.
www.glasgow2018.com/festival-2018 | www.atsa.qc.caFESTIVALS & EVENTS IN QUÉBEC 2018 – 2 019
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See below a selection of the 400 festivals and events Québec hosts each year.
They all welcome international delegates and industry professionals.
Festival du Nouveau Cinéma CINARS Salon du Livre de Montréal Suoni Per Il Popolo
From left to right: Festival du Nouveau Cinéma. Photo © Mimi Zhou. CINARS. Photo © Michel Pinault. Salon du Livre de Montréal. Photo © Jean-Guy Thibodeau. Suoni Per Il Popolo. Photo © Pierre Langlois
30 August – 2 September 2018 September 2018 (dates TBC) 6 – 8 September 2018
MUSIC
12 July – 1 August 2018 12 – 22 September 2018 3 – 14 October 2018
CINEMA
Le Festival international de Festival de cinéma de la ville de Festival du Nouveau Cinema Festival de musique émergente Conférence Trad Montréal Envol et Macadam
films Fantasia Québec www.nouveaucinema.ca en Abitibi-Témiscamingue & La Grande Rencontre Emerging Music
www.fantasiafestival.com www.fcvq.ca www.fmeat.org www.espacetrad.org www.envoletmacadam.com
26 – 30 September 2018 October 2018 (dates TBC) 13 – 16 November 2018
MUSIC
8 – 18 November 2018 February & March 2019 March 2019 (dates TBC)
CINEMA
Rencontres Internationales du (dates TBC) Regard sur le court métrage au Pop Montréal Festival International de Jazz Mundial Montreal
Documentaire de Montréal Les Rendez-vous du cinéma Saguenay www.popmontreal.com de Québec World Music
www.ridm.qc.ca québécois International Short Film Festival www.festivaldejazzdequebec.com www.mundialmontreal.com
www.rvcq.coma www.festivalregard.com
14 – 17 November 2018 January & February 2019 23 May – 6 June 2018
PERFORMING ARTS
MUSIC
CIRCUS
5 – 15 July 2018 29 May – 2 June 2018 26 June – 1 July 2018
DIGITAL ARTS
Montréal Complètement IX 2018 ELEKTRA M pour Montréal (dates TBC) Festival TransAmériques
Cirque International Symposium on www.elektrafestival.ca Indie Rock Showcase Igloofest Theatre & Dance
www.montrealcompletementcirque.com Immersive Experiences www.mpourmontreal.com Electronic Music www.fta.qc.ca
www.ix.sat.qc.ca 29 June – 23 September www.igloofest.ca
BIAN
www.bianmontreal.ca
25 May – 3 June 2018 12 – 17 November 2018 February 2019 (dates TBC)
PERFORMING ARTS
22 – 26 August 2018 21 - 30 September 2018 14 – 19 November 2018
LITERATURE
DIGITAL ARTS
MUTEK Festival International de la Salon du Livre de Montréal OFFTA CINARS Rideau
www.mutek.org Littérature www.salondulivredemontreal.com Live Art Festival Peforming Arts Biennial Performing Arts
www.festival-fil.qc.ca www.offta.com www.cinars.org www.rideau-inc.qc.ca
22 May – 8 June 2018 23 – 25 August 2018 23 – 30 August 2018
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
THEATRE
7 – 15 August 2018 November 2018 (dates TBC) February 2019 (dates TBC)
Montréal First Peoples Festival HUB – Rendez-vous international Mois Multi Carrefour international de Festival du théâtre de rue de Dramaturgies en Dialogue
www.presenceautochtone.ca des industries créatives Multidisciplinary Digital Arts théâtre Lachine (CEAD)
www.hubmontreal.com www.mmrectoverso.org/fr/mois-multi www.carrefourtheatre.qc.ca www.theatrederue.ca www.dramaturgiesendialogue.com
March 2019 (dates TBC) 14 February – 21 April 2019 April 2019 (dates TBC)
THEATRE
VISUAL ARTS
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
February & March 2019 1 – 17 June 2018 1 – 19 June 2018
MUSIC
(dates TBC) Festival de Musique de Festival Suoni Per il Popolo Le Festival de Casteliers Manif d’art 9 Foire d’art Papier de Montréal
Montréal en Lumière Chambre Montréal Experimental Music Puppetry www.manifdart.org www.papiermontreal.com
www.montrealenlumiere.com www.festivalmontreal.org www.suoniperilpopolo.org www.casteliers.ca
10e
FESTIVAL de
CASTELIERS
MARIONNETTES
POUR ADULTES ET ENFANTS
September & October 2019 20 – 27 May 2018 November 2018 (dates TBC)
YOUNG AUDIENCE
VISUAL ARTS
MUSIC
28 June – 7 July 2018 29 June – 1 July 2018 3 – 5 August 2018
Festival International de Jazz Chants de Vielles Festival Osheaga & MEG (dates TBC) 11 – 18 November 2018 FOCUS Québec
de Montréal Traditional Music www.osheaga.com Momenta – biennale de l’image Les Coups de Théâtre www.maisontheatre.com
www.montrealjazzfest.com www.chantsdevielles.com www.momentabiennale.com www.coupsdetheatre.com
AUDIENCEE V E N T S M AY – AU G U S T 2 0 1 8
Confirmed dates at time of publication, see websites for more details.
collectif9 Boomerang Flip FabriQue
25 Music Le Vent du Nord Orkney Folk Festival Orkney, UK www.orkneyfolkfestival.com
MAY
25 - 27 Music Helena Deland Dot to Dot Festival Manchester, UK www.dottodotfestival.co.uk
20 April - Visual Arts Nadia Myre The Briggait Glasgow, UK
7 May Code-Switching, And Other 26 Music Steve Hill Cheese & Grain Frome, UK 01373 455420
Work www.glasgowinternational.org (opening for King King) www.cheeseandgrain.com
Cinema & Ricardo TV5Monde UK Sky 796 & Virgin 825 26 Multidisciplinary Landscape of Hate Cornerteateret Bergen, Norway 55 21 06 30
Television (Thursdays @ 9.30pm) www.europe.tv5monde.com/en @ Bergen International www.fib.no
Cinema & Di Stasio TV5Monde UK Sky 796 & Virgin 825 Festival
Television (Tuesdays @ 9.30pm) www.europe.tv5monde.com/en 27 Music Steve Hill Exeter Phoenix Exeter, UK
Cinema & Hooké TV5Monde UK Sky 796 & Virgin 825 (opening for King King) www.exeterphoenix.org.uk
Television (Fridays @ 8pm) www.europe.tv5monde.com/en 28 Music Matt Holubowski The Marlowe Theatre Canterbury, UK 01227 787787
2 Cinema & Ruptures TV5Monde UK Sky 796 & Virgin 825 www.marlowetheatre.com
Television (Wednesdays @ 10pm) www.europe.tv5monde.com/en 28 Music Helena Deland King Tuts Wah Wah Glasgow, UK www.kingtuts.co.uk
From 3 Cinema & Let There Be Light Curzon Soho and on UK Club
May Television @ Canada Now UK tour www.canadanow.co.uk 28 May - Theatre Théâtre des Petites Âmes Institut français Edinburgh, UK 0131 228 1404
From 3 Cinema & Rumble: The Indians Who Curzon Soho and on UK 3 Jun Ogo d’Écosse www.imaginate.org.uk
May Television Rocked the World UK tour @ Edinburgh International
@ Canada Now www.canadanow.co.uk Children’s Festival
From 3 Cinema & All You Can Eat Buddha Curzon Soho and on UK 29 - 30 Theatre Le Carrousel The Brunton Theatre Edinburgh, UK 0131 228 1404
May Television @ Canada Now UK tour www.canadanow.co.uk Gretel and Hansel www.imaginate.org.uk
@ Edinburgh International
From 3 Cinema & Venus On UK tour UK Children’s Festival
May Television @ Canada Now www.canadanow.co.uk
30 Music Le Vent du Nord Folkclub Mors Nykøbing Mors,
From 3 Cinema & Hochelaga, Land of Souls On UK tour UK Denmark www.folkclubmors.dk
May Television @ Canada Now www.canadanow.co.uk
31 Music Le Vent du Nord Kulturhuset Asnæs, Denmark www.leventdunord.com
3 Cinema & Québékoisie TV5Monde UK Sky 796 & Virgin 825
Television (5.40pm) www.europe.tv5monde.com/en 31 Music Steve Hill The Robin 2 Bilston, UK 01902 401211
(opening for King King) www.therobin.co.uk
3 Dance Cas Public Regionteater Väst Boras, Sweden +46 20 50 40 75
9 www.regionteatervast.se
3 Music Steve Hill St. Mary in the Castle Hastings, UK 01424 715880
JUNE
(opening for King King) www.stmaryinthecastle.co.uk 1 Music Le Vent du Nord Thorøhuse Assens, Denmark
4 Music Steve Hill Muni Arts Centre Pontypridd, UK 01443 485934 Forsamlingshus www.thoroehuseforsamlingshus.dk
(opening for King King) www.muniartscentre.com
1-2 Theatre Tamise en Scène Theatro Technis London, UK
5 Music Wake Island Liverpool, UK Les Belles-Sœurs www.tamiseenscene.com
@ Liverpool Sound City www.soundcity.uk.com
2 Music Le Vent du Nord Halkaer Festival Halkaer,
5 Music Steve Hill The 1865 Southampton, UK 023 80 222 605 Denmark www.leventdunord.com
(opening for King King) www.the1865.com
3 Music Le Vent du Nord Copenhagen Folkclub Copenhagen,
5 Dance Cas Public Regionteatern Växjö, Sweden +46 470 70 05 00 Denmark www.folkclub.dk
9 www.regionteatern.se
8-9 Music Jacob Wren Chapter Art Centre Cardiff, UK 029 2030 4400
7 Music Steve Hill The Robin 2 Bilston, UK 01902 401211 Every Song I’ve Ever Written www.chapter.org
(opening for Danny Bryant) www.therobin.co.uk
8 Music Steve Hill The Junction 2 Cambridge, UK 01223 511 511 13 - 14 Dance Ballets Jazz de Montréal City Theatre Kuopio, Finland
(opening for Danny Bryant) www.junction.co.uk Dance Me
@ Kuopio Dance Festival www.kuopiodancefestival.fi
8 Music Quasar Kulturfyren Stockholm, Dance Ballets Jazz de Montréal
Sweden www.samtidamusik.se 15 - 17 City Theatre Kuopio, Finland
O Balcao de Amor
8 & 15 Cinema & Boomerang TV5Monde UK Sky 796 & Virgin 825 @ Kuopio Dance Festival www.kuopiodancefestival.fi
Television (8 May @ 11.30pm, www.europe.tv5monde.com/en
15 May @ 8pm) 18 - 19 Dance Compagnie Marie Chouinard City Theatre Kuopio, Finland
Hieronymus Bosch: The
9 Music Steve Hill O2 Academy Islington London, UK Garden of Earthly Delights
(opening for Danny Bryant) www.academymusicgroup.com @ Kuopio Dance Festival www.kuopiodancefestival.fi
10 Music Steve Hill Epstein Theatre Liverpool, UK 0844 888 4411 20 Jun - Cinema & Hochelaga Edinburgh International Edinburgh, UK
(opening for King King) www.epsteinliverpool.co.uk 1 Jul Television Film Festival www.edfilmfest.org.uk
10 Cinema & Les pays d’en haut TV5Monde UK Sky 796 & Virgin 825 20 Jun - Cinema & The little girl who was too Edinburgh International Edinburgh, UK
Television (Thursdays @ 1pm) www.europe.tv5monde.com/en 1 Jul Television fond of matches Film Festival www.edfilmfest.org.uk
10 - 12 Music Ada Lea @ Focus Wales Atomic Wrexham, UK www.focuswales.com 21 Music collectif9 Canadian Embassy Oslo, Norway
www.collectif9.ca
10 - 12 Music The City Gates Atomic Wrexham, UK 25 Music collectif9 Harstad Municipal Harstad, Norway
@ Focus Wales www.focuswales.com Concerts www.collectif9.ca
10 - 12 Music Wake Island Atomic Wrexham, UK 26 Music collectif9 Harstad kulturhus Harstad, Norway +47 77 02 81 00
@ Focus Wales www.focuswales.com www.harstadkulturhus.no
11 Music Steve Hill The Fowerport Derby, UK
(opening for Danny Bryant) www.stevehillmusic.com JULY
11 Music Matt Holubowski Cathedral Quarter Arts Belfast, UK 028 9023 2403 6-7 Music Constantinople Førde Traditional and Førde, Norway +47 46 90 50 10
Festival www.cqaf.com World Music Festival www.fordefestival.com
2018
12 Music Steve Hill The Citadel Saint Helens, UK 01744 762300
(opening for Danny Bryant) www.citadel.org.uk 13 - 14 Multidisciplinary monumental Barbican London, UK 020 7638 8891
www.barbican.org.uk
12 Music Matt Holubowski Vicar Street Dublin, Ireland + 353 1 77 55 800
www.vicarstreet.ie
AUGUST
13 Music Steve Hill The Tithe Barn Bishop’s Cleeve,
(opening for Danny Bryant) UK www.cleevetithebarn.org.uk 1 - 26 Theatre Théâtre PàP and Canada Hub, King’s Edinburgh, UK
Hôtel-Motel Hall
14 Music Matt Holubowski Glasgow Royal Concert Glasgow, UK 0141 353 8000 First Snow / Première Neige www.nationaltheatrescotland.com
Hall www.glasgowconcerthalls.com 2 - 26 Circus 7 Fingers Assembly Rooms Edinburgh, UK 0131 623 3030
16 Music Lisa Leblanc Sebright Arms London, UK www.sebrightarms.com Reversible www.assemblyfestival.com
17 Music Steve Hill The Live Rooms Chester, UK 0871 220 0260 2 - 26 Circus 7 Fingers Assembly Rooms Edinburgh, UK 0131 623 3030
(opening for King King) www.theliverooms.com Sisters www.assemblyfestival.com
17 - 19 Music Helena Deland The Great Escape Brighton, UK 2 - 27 Circus Flip FabriQue Assembly Rooms Edinburgh, UK 0131 623 3030
Festival www.greatescapefestival.com Attrape Moi www.assemblyfestival.com
17 - 19 Music The Beat Escape The Great Escape Brighton, UK 9 - 12 Multidisciplinary ATSA Festival 2018 Glasgow, UK
Festival www.greatescapefestival.com While Having Soup www.glasgow2018.com
17 - 19 Music Freak Heat Waves The Great Escape Brighton, UK 10 Music Le Vent du Nord Fairport Convention Cropredy, UK
Festival www.greatescapefestival.com www.fairportconvention.com
17 - 20 Visual Arts Michael Flomen Somerset House London, UK 10 - 11 Music Marc-André Hamelin Edinburgh International Edinburgh, UK 0131 473 2000
@ Photo London www.photolondon.org Festival www.eif.co.uk
18 Music Steve Hill Brudenell Social Club Leeds, UK 0113 275 2411 11 Music Le Vent du Nord Ropetackle Centre Shoreham-by- 01273 464 440
(opening for King King) www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk Sea, UK www.ropetacklecentre.co.uk
19 Music Steve Hill Holmfirth Picturedrome Holmfirth, UK 14 Music Le Vent du Nord Edinburgh International Edinburgh, UK 0131 473 2000
(opening for King King) www.picturedrome.net Festival www.eif.co.uk
19 Music Matt Holubowski Theatre Royal Norwich, UK 01603 630000 14 Music National Youth Orchestra Edinburgh International Edinburgh, UK 0131 473 2000
www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk of Canada Festival www.eif.co.uk
21 Music Les Chauffeurs à pieds Fleadh Nua Festival Ennis, Ireland +353 65 682 4276 14 - 18 Circus THROW2CATCH Stockholm Culture Stockholm,
www.fleadhnua.com Made in Kouglistan Festival Sweden www.kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se
22 Music Matt Holubowski The Anvil Basingstoke, UK 01256 844244 14 - 18 Music Sébastien Dubé Stockholm Culture Stockholm,
www.anvilarts.org.uk Festival Sweden www.kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se
22 Music Helena Deland Heartbreakers Southampton, UK 023 8022 5292 14 - 18 Cinema & Bird on a Wire Stockholm Culture Stockholm,
www.heartbreakersbarvenue.co.uk Television Festival Sweden www.kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se
23 - 27 Music Matt Holubowski The Barbican London, UK 020 7638 8891 14 - 18 Cinema & Jesus of Montréal Stockholm Culture Stockholm,
(opening for Ben Folds) www.barbican.org.uk Television Festival Sweden www.kulturfestivalen.stockholm.se
24 Music Matt Holubowski The Forum Bath, UK 0844 888 9991 16 - 19 Circus Cirque du Soleil Echo Arena Liverpool, UK 0344 8000 400
www.bathforum.co.uk OVO www.echoarena.com
24 Music Helena Deland The Waiting Room London, UK 020 7241 5511 22 - 26 Circus Cirque du Soleil FlyDSA Sheffield, UK 0114 256 5656
www.waitingroomn16.com OVO www.flydsaarena.co.uk
24 - 26 Music Les Chauffeurs à pieds Mullarkeys Bar Clifden Ireland www.foyleshotel.com/ 24 - 26 Music Michèle Losier in Edinburgh International Edinburgh, UK 0131 473 2000
mullarkeys-bar La Cenerentola Festival www.eif.co.uk
24 - 26 Cinema & Avant les rues Macrobert Centre, Stirling, UK 26 Music Marie-Nicole Lemieux Edinburgh International Edinburgh, UK 0131 473 2000
Television @“Cinéma-Monde: Film, University of Stirling www.stir.ac.uk Mahler’s Eighth Symphony Festival www.eif.co.uk
Borders, Translation” www.macrobertartscentre.org
29 Aug - Circus Cirque du Soleil Metro Radio Arena Newcastle, UK 0844 493 6666
24 - 26 Cinema & Montréal la blanche Macrobert Centre, Stirling, UK 2 Sep OVO www.metroradioarena.co.uk
Television @“Cinéma-Monde: Film, University of Stirling www.stir.ac.uk
Borders, Translation” www.macrobertartscentre.org
SEPTEMBER
25 Music Matt Holubowski Warwick Arts Centre Coventry, UK www.warwickartscentre.co.uk
12 Theatre Jennifer Tremblay’s The List Finnish National Helsinki, Finland
25 Music Arctic Icemusic @ Bergen Grieghallen Bergen, Norway 55 21 06 30 Plus readings of other recent Theatre
International Festival www.fib.no plays from Québec www.kansallisteatteri.fi
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