ComediHa! expands. The Quebec laughter and television giant buys Productions Martin Leclerc, to whom we owe the play's recent success Symphorianshave learned The newspaper.
The projects also include the theater adaptation of the famous TV show with the play Moi et l'autre as well as the artistic direction of the Cabaret du Casino de Montréal and the Théâtre du Casino du Lac-Leamy, for which the two were responsible in recent years Several players worked together and a basic agreement was reached.
The complete takeover of Productions Martin Leclerc by ComediHa! will be completed in the coming weeks.
“This is very good news for us. Martin and I have known each other for almost 25 years. We got to know each other professionally through the co-production of Symphorien and Moi et l'autre. We share the same passion, the same values and the same entrepreneurial culture,” says the founding president of ComediHa!, Sylvain Parent-Bédard.
ComediHa! is already very present in the world of humor, music and television. is thus improving its offering in the field of performing arts, “which we have used less,” says Mr Parent-Bédard.
Growing
Founded ten years ago by Martin Leclerc, the company notably represents Guylaine Tremblay, Luce Dufault and Daniel Lavoie. Their ranks already included the late Michel Louvain and Renée Martel
There has been strong growth since the pandemic. In 2023, she recorded more than 550 performances of her various shows, attracting between 250,000 and 300,000 spectators.
“To manage all this, we needed an important and complementary player,” says Leclerc, pointing to the difficulty of recruiting qualified workers.
If you add the CodiHa! productions, we get a thousand performances and almost 600,000 tickets sold for this new group.
Artist for ComediHa! Feast Quebec
Productions Martin Leclerc retains his name and creative independence while developing projects with CodiHa!
In particular, it is about artists from Martin Leclerc's stable supporting the productions of ComediHa! supply. like ComediHa! Fest-Québec and the SuperFrancoFête.
“We have two or three shows in our sights that we cannot announce at the moment, as well as certain projects related to the casino spaces we are already in,” reveals Sylvain Parent-Bédard.