For a one-night story at the casino, the Revolution tour in Quebec, Simon Gouache as an extra at the Olympia… As the days get longer, here are a few suggestions to shed more light on your weekend.
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For the story of an afternoon at the Casino de Montréal
The trio of Marie Denise Pelletier, Marie Carmen and Joe Bocan offer an additional performance of their show Pour une histoire d’un soir on March 8th at 2pm. According to columnist Mario Girard on March 2, 2020, a few days before Quebec goes on hold due to COVID-19, you’ll have a good time there. “Try to get tickets. Nostalgia is a great pleasure. But finding intact talent years later is even more important. »
Extras for Simon Gouache at L’Olympia
PHOTO MARTIN CHAMBERLAND, THE PRESS
Simon gouache
If you want to catch comedian Simon Gouache on stage, here’s your chance as he presents two more of his third show Live at Olympia on March 9th and 10th at 8pm. Hurry to get tickets. According to journalist Dominic Tardif, “Simon Gouache therefore revives the modus operandi of his first two tours: perfecting a classic, almost conventional humour, but embodying the best possible version of it. »
Valaire in Quebec
PHOTO PATRICK SANFAÇON, THE PRESS
The Valaire Group
After Montreal and Saint-Casimir, it’s the turn of Chicoutimi this Thursday and Quebec City this Friday to hear Valaire’s latest tunes. Formed almost 20 years ago in Sherbrooke, the group released their fifth album Jazz Futon last month, which is somewhat reminiscent of the music from their debut. In a nod to its title, the new work was described as “particularly finished furniture” by colleague Dominic Tardif, who recently spoke to the quintet. Additional performances elsewhere in Quebec are also planned in the coming weeks.
Veronique Larocque,
revolution on the stage
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revolution on tour
As they wait for Révolution to return to television for a fifth season, fans of the show can catch some of the dancers they’ve followed on stage including Team White, Sunny Boisvert and Mikaël St-Hilaire. The tour concludes at the Théâtre Capitole de Québec this Thursday through March 19 before returning to Gatineau, Trois-Rivières and Sherbrooke.
Veronique Larocque,
As a family at TOHU
PHOTO A. ALMANZA SUPPLIED BY LA TOHU
Essential at TOHU
Looking for a family outing? From March 9th to 18th, TOHU presents Esencial, a show where five characters who play and dream guide the audience through their adventures. Created by Spanish company Vaivén Circo, Esencial features acrobatic and juggling performances in a staging inspired by Waldorf’s Rainbow, a child’s play of columns and arches.
Veronique Larocque,
Manicanetic in Duceppe
PHOTO JOSIE DESMARAIS, THE PRESS
Six of the cast of the play Manikanetish: (left to right, back row) Scott Riverin, Lashuanna Aster Vollant, Marc-Olivier Gingras, Emma Rankin, Charles Buckell-Robertson and Alexia Vinci
You must hurry this week to see the Manikanetish play presented in Duceppe. Tickets are still available for the afternoon performance on Saturday, March 11th. The play, inspired by the novel by author Naomi Fontaine, will be performed from March 8th to April 8th. “This piece will break down barriers. People have prejudices about us that don’t suit us. You can enter our house to meet us. Young Innu have the right to exist as they are, with the language and dress they like. You have the right to go into the forest, but also to make theatre…” author Naomi Fontaine told journalist Stéphanie Morin.
In the cinema: Frontières and Emily
Director Guy Édoin’s fourth feature film, Frontières, tells the story of Diane (Pascale Bussières) who feels constantly threatened since a tragic accident occurs in her life. He is joined by his sisters Carmen (Christine Beaulieu) and Julie (Marilyn Castonguay) and their mother (Micheline Lanctôt). “Frontières, which takes the form of a thriller nourished by true anecdotes from the filmmaker’s family, is characterized by this way of exploring the notion of territory in all its physical and mental forms. Characterized by a remarkable performance by Pascale Bussières, who here plays one of her best roles, Frontières adds a fine stone to the unique work that Guy Édoin is building,” notes journalist Marc-André Lussier in his review published on March 3rd.
Emily takes us back to the time of author Emily Brontë (Emma Mackey) who, before she breathes her last, is questioned by her sister Charlotte (Alexandra Dowling), who wants to understand how she wrote Storming Heights, convinced that “she’s hiding something from him”. . “At no point in the two and a half hours of the film did we feel the story dragged on. But on the contrary. We would have stayed longer, contemplating the poetic landscapes of Yorkshire that stretch as far as the eye can see, and through which we follow a young woman who dared to defy expectations in order to live her short life. ‘ explains journalist Laila Maalouf in her review published on February 24.