Québec Culture– May-August 2017

UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries

May – August 2017 Cover: Suites Curieuses, Cas Public. Photo by Julie Artacho with Cai Glover. Illustration by Marjolaine Leray. 19 May – 2 June, various venues in the UK (see page 14). +44(0)20 7766 5930 [email protected] Director forCulture Maude Laflamme Cultural Contacts Christos Sirros –Agent-General,QuébecGovernmentOfficeinLondon Bonne lecture! Québec artists. she hasnotalready, andtohearingaboutallofyourpotentialprojectsinvolving in Maude’s absence.Maudelooksforward to re-connectingwithyouallagain,if us andthankherreplacementAssisCarreiroforhard workandenthusiasm Laflamme, hasreturnedfrommaternityleave. We welcomeherbackonboardwith culture ontheworldstage.Sincelastbrochure,ourDirectorforCulture,Maude as oneofitscentralpillars.OurLondonofficeisproudtopromotethislove The governmenthasalsojustlauncheditsnewinternationalpolicywithculture of thegovernment’s annualbudgetgoestoculture. culture asameansofinvestinginsocietywholeandsuchapproximately1% identity. TheQuébecGovernmentalsorecognisestheneedtoprotectandpromote Québec hasadeeply-feltattachmenttoitsownartisticoutput,assymbolof reasons forthis.AstheonlymajorityFrench-speakingsocietyinNorthAmerica, I oftengetaskedwhycultureissostronginQuébec.believetherearevarious journey aroundthefourpointsofcompass(seeoppositepage). that SalisburyhavechosenQuébecasthefourthandfinalfeatureshowcaseintheir Québec artists/companiesaretakingpart.We areimmenselyproudandhonoured Salisbury InternationalArtsFestival(26May–10June),wherenolessthanten music, theatre,dance,visualarts,filmandliteraturetakingplaceattheAgeas Something whichisparticularlyexcitingtheupcomingQuébecshowcaseof there reallyissomethingforeveryone. launch ofDenisThériault’s much-anticipatednewnovel,ThePostman’s Fiancée, | www.quebec.org.uk [email protected] Cultural Attaché Marie Morin circus’s newkidsontheblockFlipFabriQue,to a thrillingeight-weekLondonrunofCatch Me!from Lepage’s criticallyacclaimedone-manplay887,from for CélineDionandArcadeFire,toareturnofRobert Ireland andtheNordiccountries.Fromarenatours programming involvingQuébecartistsacrosstheUK, have foryou.Themonthstocomearejam-packedwith Québec Culture–ourbiggestyet!Whataline-upwe Bonjour andwelcometoatrulybumpereditionof | www.facebook.com/QuebecUK [email protected] Project Manager Muireann Leonard |

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3 May – 14 May Tomson Highway Various venues across the UK 6 May (See listings pages 24 - 25 or visit mg3.ca) Finborough Theatre Described by CBC as the ‘hottest’ guitar ensemble London, UK in Canada, MG3 has established itself as a force to be reckoned with. For over 18 years, the trio ‘Think Cole Porter and Kurt Weill...with Cree lyrics.’ have been winning over audiences in some of Finborough Theatre presents an evening of songs by multi-award- the most prestigious venues around the world, winning Cree-Québec playwright, songwriter and pianist Tomson including the legendary Concertgebouw in Highway, performed by extraordinary Peruvian-Canadian cabaret Amsterdam, the Rundetårnet in Copenhagen and singer Patricia Cano, accompanied by jazz saxophonist Marcus Ali, the BB King Blues Club in New York City. and by Highway himself on the piano. Winner of the 2011 Opus Award for Concert of The cabaret-style songs will be performed in Cree, the most spoken the Year in the Jazz & World Music category, MG3 Native language in Canada, as well as in English and French. has released six albums, including Der Prinz on the Analekta label, which earned them a Photo © Sean Howard tomsonhighway.com | finboroughtheatre.co.uk nomination at ADISQ 2014 for Instrumental

Busty and the Bass

17 May 18 May 27 May Great Escape Festival Camden Assembly Amager Bio Isaiah Ceccarelli Brighton, UK London, UK Copenhagen, Denmark

3 May Busty and the Bass have come a long way in a short time. The nine members of the band Café Oto connected in their first week at McGill University’s jazz school in Montreal and started jamming. London, UK Casual house party gigs soon led to scorching live performances in front of thousands on stages across the US, Europe, and Canada. The group’s natural chemistry and an ability to create a Isaiah Ceccarelli is a composer, improviser (drum sound that Complex says is ‘best described as a lovechild between jazz, hip-hop, and electro- set, percussion), and occasional singer of very soul’ have been a major hit with audiences. early music. Based in Montreal since 2003, he

Photo © Kelly Jacob bustyandthebass.com | greatescapefestival.com | camdenassembly.com | amagerbio.dk composes for musicians and ensembles such as Mira Benjamin, the Bozzini Quartet and the London Contemporary Orchestra Soloists, among others.

On 3 May, he will launch his new album, Bow, under the British label Another Timbre, which includes works composed during his London residency at the prestigious Studio du Québec in 2015.

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Photo © Stéphane Najman Photo © Barry J. Holmes hurdy-gurdy and wonderfulfour-part harmonies. du Nordnever failtodelightcrowdswith agloriousmixoffiddle,guitar, accordion, piano,bass, Regulars ontheUKtouring circuit, andconsideredadrivingforceinprogressivefolk, LeVent (See listingspages 24-25orvisitleventdunord.com) Various venues across theUK&Ireland 8 June–30 August Le Vent duNord rufuswainwright.com Wainwright’s motherKateMcGarrigle. perform, amongothernumbers,aversionofGoLeave , writtenby the stringquartetBrooklynRiderwilljoinWainwright onstageto On 29May, Swedishmezzo-sopranoAnneSofievonOtterand drive tocrossartisticboundaries. share thoughts andanecdotesoncreativity, compositionandthe On 28May, FestivalDirectorAndersBeyerinvitesWainwright to May. Shakespeare’s Sonnets willbeperformedatthefestivalon24and25 poetic universemoremodernandalivethaneverbefore. and createdanepicpieceofmusicaltheatre,makingShakespeare’s theatre companyBerlinerEnsemblehavetakentwenty-fivesonnets Wainwright, world-renowneddirectorRobertWilsonandGerman has namedhimthebestsongwriteronplanet. Known forbothhispopmusicandoperacompositions,EltonJohn in threeeventsaspartofthisyear’s BergenInternationalFestival. Vocalist, songwriter, andcomposerRufusWainwright willtakepart Bergen, Norway Bergen International Festival 24 –29May Rufus Wainwright Music | fib.no a breathoffresh,cosmopolitan air. Saturday nightkitchenparty, theyinfuseold Québec with inspired bytradition.Capturing theenergyandmirthofa names inQuébécoisfolkmusic, performingoriginalsongs dynamic flair, Le Vent du Nordareoneoftheleading Combining agreatstagepresencewithanenergetic, well tosnapthemup’-PropagandaMag woulddo ‘Catch bookers them whileyoucan.UKfestival

SALISBURY MAy 2017 – AUG 05 MUSIC Music 06 MAy – AUG 2017 07 Arcade Fire Edinburgh International Festival

10 June – 6 July Various venues across the UK, Ireland and Denmark Marc-André Hamelin (See listings pages 24 - 25 or visit arcadefire.com) 18 August, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK ‘The greatest live band in the world, and everybody who sees them knows it.’ - The Daily Telegraph Virtuosic pianist Marc-André Hamelin joins Edinburgh’s own Scottish Chamber Orchestra for Beethoven’s dramatic Leonore Overture No 3 and Montreal’s Arcade Fire have won two BRITs and two Chopin’s breathtakingly beautiful Second Piano Concerto, full of youthful high Grammys. Their breakthrough album Funeral (Rough spirits and heart-on-its-sleeve emotion. The evening concludes with Sibelius’s Trade, 2004) was chosen by Rolling Stone as the Number elegant but stirring Third Symphony, which showcases the composer’s 1 album of the noughties. The band also composed the

Photo © Sim Canetty Clarke renowned vigour and evocative scene-painting. score for Spike Jonze’s filmHer (2013), which received an

15 June – 5 August 20 August, Usher Hall, Edinburgh, UK Various venues across Denmark, Sweden and the UK (See listings pages 24 - 25 or visit celinedion.com) Critically acclaimed mezzo-soprano Michèle Losier distinguishes herself on international opera stages with her rich voice, masterful musicality and One of the most successful and widely respected female captivating stage presence. Celebrated as a ‘vocal performers in music history, legendary music icon Céline Dion treasure’, and for her ‘luminous’ and ‘deeply moving’ returns to Europe for the first time in over eight years this singing, she appears in the world’s greatest opera Photo © Alix Malka

summer. Kicking off at the Royal Arena in Copenhagen on 15 Michael © Slobodian Photo houses. June, the LIVE 2017 25-date tour will feature an array of smash hits from her incredible 30-year career in music, which has produced over 250 million album sales, five Grammy Awards, two Here she sings Marguerite in this spectacular choral extravaganza of Berlioz’s visionary Academy Awards, seven American Music Awards, 20 Juno Awards (Canada) and an astonishing and epic musical retelling of the Faust legend. 40 Felix Awards (Québec). Room 29 Yves Lambert Trio Chilly Gonzales 9 August with Jarvis Cocker Sidmouth Folk Weekend Sidmouth, UK 22 – 24 August, King’s Theatre, Edinburgh, UK

Well known for his charismatic stage presence, Yves Lambert In this new collaboration, Montreal’s Chilly Gonzales and Pulp frontman Jarvis Cocker is considered a reference point when it comes to Québécois give voice to the ghosts of Room 29 at the Château Marmont Hotel in Hollywood, using folk music. A founding member and pillar of iconic group La music, dance, theatrics, clips from classic Hollywood movies, and much more. Bottine Souriante from 1976 to 2002, Lambert has for the Through the music of piano virtuoso Gonzales, with words by Jarvis Cocker, and aided past 40 years been a driving force in traditional music far and abetted by the Kaiser Quartett, Room 29 is ready to tell us its story for the first time. beyond the Québec and Canadian borders.

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Image courtesy of Yves Lambert Trio Image courtesy of Yves yveslamberttrio.com | sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk CIRCUS CIRCUS 08 MAy – AUG 2017 09 Flip FabriQue Réversible Catch Me! (Attrape Moi!) Les 7 Doigts de la Main

17 May – 9 July (The 7 Fingers) Underbelly Festival Southbank, London, UK 27 – 28 May Bergen International Festival ‘This is absolute world class circus craft. There is so much Bergen, Norway joie de vivre on stage you’ll walk out buzzing. An utterly phenomenal show ’ - Edinburgh Guide  With The 7 Fingers’ Réversible, be prepared for the best in contemporary circus; moments of pure grace yielding to rushes Twirling hoops, dancing diabolos, acrobats soaring through of adrenalin, as a cast of multi-talented performers travel through the air... all in a day’s work (or play) for Flip FabriQue, time and space. Through a unique, riveting mix of theatre, circus, Canada’s new cool kids of circus. High-flying, fearless and dance, music and acrobatics, eight outstanding performers bags of fun, six performers will impress you with feats slowly reveal their inner selves in an exploration full of poetry, of skill and daring (including some dramatic turns on a imagination, passion, and staggering virtuosity. trampoline wall) in a crowd-pleasing display of athleticism and showmanship. Catch Me! is the circus sensation that To create Réversible, director Gypsy Snider sent the has played to audiences around the world, receiving a cast out searching for stories hiding in their own, nomination for Unique Theatrical Experience at the Drama perhaps unknown, family history. Every day they

Image courtesy of the artists Desk Awards in New York in 2015. would come back with new stories about their grandparents or their great-grandparents, things they had no idea about. The results will give you goosebumps.

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3 – 28 August The Brotipo Assembly Festival Edinburgh, UK Les Foutoukours After the knock-out success of Catch Me! in Edinbugh 28 – 29 June last summer, Flip FabriQue Arctic Arts Festival will take their latest creation Halstad, Norway to the Assembly Festival

this August. Photo © Emmanuel Burriel It’s not always easy to work together! Les Foutoukours Transit is based on the life of the troupe, the ups and downs present the hilarious and comical antics of the clown of the tour, the friendships formed and the pleasure of duo The Brotipo, two characters with an explosive being together. Flip FabriQue invite the audience to live temper that captivate with their agility and contagious these experiences with them and to see for themselves craziness. This is pure, traditional comedy, filled with what an acrobatic tour is all about. Pretending as if it is their handstands, diabolo tricks, body percussion, contortion last show together, a new energy is released. They will be and a hand-to-hand act that will have audiences performing everything they have adored doing together, but singing and dancing along. In the course of arguments, also some never-before-seen numbers. acrobatics and solitary moments, Les Brotipo present a fun and touching universe for the whole family. flipfabrique.com | underbelly.co.uk | assemblyfestival.com

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cirque-eloize.com environment aredisplacedbyabsurdhumour, chaos,andburstsofcolour. inspired bytheaestheticsofmovieMetropolis.Theanonymityandsolitudebehindthisgrey against monotony, reinventthemselves,andchallengethelimitsofacolourlessfactory-city Presented inEdinburghpartnershipwithPleasanceTheatre,Cirkopolis,artistsrebel spectators inmorethan25differentcountries. in NewYork, Cirkopolisisaninternationalsensationthathasbeenseenbymorethan450,000 Winner ofthe2014DramaDeskAward forUniqueTheatricalExperienceafterbeingpresented in itssoul’–TheStage ‘Cirque duSoleil’s hipper, sexiercousinCirqueÉloize isaboundary-pushing groupwiththeatre Edinburgh, UK Edinburgh Festival Fringe Lennox Theatre (EICC) 4 –28 August Cirque Éloize Cirkopolis CIRCUS THEATRE | edfringe.com Chichester, UK Minerva Theatre 6 May –3June Alex Gaumond Caroline, orChange alexgaumond.com helps tobring upthe8year-old son ofheremployers. musical followsablackmaid inLouisianathe‘60sasshe Kushner andJeanineTesori’s OlivierAward-winning Theatre’s newproduction of Caroline,orChange.Tony He willnowstarasStuartGellman inChichesterFestival nomination forBestActorin aMusical). and Legally Blonde(forwhichheearnedanOlivierAward such productionsasTheFull Monty,We Will Rock You an establishedfixtureinLondon’s West End,starringin For 14yearsnow, QuébecactorAlexGaumondhasbeen | cft.org.uk

Photo © Mathieu Doyon Photo © Erik Labbé pire-espece.com | than atabletop. country’s fateis sealedonnothingmore they chargeKingUbu.Anything goesasa molasses-blood splatterson fork-soldiersas egg beaterhoversoverfleeing troopsand in astand-offastomatobombs explode,an Two armiesofFrenchbaguettesfaceeachother last August. across theglobe,includingatEdinburghFringe of Espèce haveperfectedthisaward-winningadaptation Leading QuébécoistheatrecompanyThéâtredelaPire the funny boneandtheimagination’-Voir ‘Humorous andinventive,Ubuonthe Table tickles Salisbury, UK Ageas SalisburyInternational Arts Festival 29 May Théâtre delaPire Espèce Ubu onthe Table lacaserne.net Performed inEnglishandFrenchwithsurtitles. replica ofhischildhoodhome,Lepageretracesrootstoadivided1960sQuébec. tender performancebyLepagehimselfandanimatedarotatingdoll’s house In arivetingtaleaboutmemory, belongingandcollectivehistory, conveyedina he bringshisautobiographicalplay887toBergenandLondonthisspring/summer. Following itscriticallyacclaimedrunattheEdinburghInternationalFestivalin2015, foundations, especiallythroughhisuseofnewtechnologies. won himinternationalacclaimandshakenthedogmaofclassicalstagedirectiontoits playwright, actorandfilmdirector. Hiscreativeandoriginalapproachtotheatrehas Versatile ineveryformoftheatrecraft,RobertLepageisequallytalentedasadirector, ‘Touching, intimate,powerful’–TheGuardian★★★★★ Ex Machina/Robert Lepage 887 Theatre Bergen, Norway Bergen International Festival 24 –26May by Alfred Jarry over 850 performances King UbubyAlfredJarryover850performances | fib.no salisburyfestival.com | barbican.org.uk

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SALISBURY MAy 2017 – AUG 11 THEATRE THEATRE 12 MAy – AUG 2017 13 Stamsund Theatre Festival Clean Slate Based north of the polar circle in northern Norway, international production centre for visual Trip & Guts Theatre and puppet theatre Nordland Visual Theatre (NVT) co-produces and presents two Québec productions during the Stamsund Theatre Festival (30 May- 3 June). 20 June – 13 July Courtyard Theatre Tricycle London, UK Table Rase (Clean Slate) won the 2016 ACQT’s Prix de Les Sages Fous la Critique in Québec for best new writing. The story is a collaborative creation devised by all six actresses 29 & 30 May and drafted into an official script by Catherine Chabot. Together, they’ve created a colourful and lively piece where the spectators find themselves Les Sages Fous have been in the official selection in the position of the voyeur, eavesdropping on an

of 200 international theatre festivals in 27 countries Photo © Alan Howard Butterworth intimate gathering of women in search of catharsis. on 4 continents. Their shows are living organisms in constant evolution, with every performance a This is the first anglophone staging of the play, and

Photo © Marianne Duval platform for experimentation. is Trip & Guts Theatre’s second production. The company’s first production,Cut Throat, received In this their latest show, a renegade carnival worker from the fairground rides a tricycle and pulls multiple four-star reviews during its run at the a trailer full of objects that seem mostly insignificant, boxes and scraps of things rusted and Camden Fringe in 2016. broken. However, hidden within is a deep mystery of buried memories and fragmented dreams. Tricycle will tour France, the UK and the Nordic countries during Autumn 2017. tripandguts.com | thecourtyard.org.uk

Nordicité Siri Théâtre Incliné Laurence Dauphinais

2 & 3 June 4 – 28 August Canada Hub @ King’s Hall Founded in 1991 and based in Laval, Québec, Théâtre Incliné takes its inspiration from Edinburgh Festival Fringe other cultures and pursues international Edinburgh, UK co-productions with artists from faraway places (France, Italy, Japan, Finland, Norway, During the course of a hijacked chat, actress Laurence Denmark, etc). Dauphinais investigates Siri, the personal vocal assistant incorporated into every iPhone. In an almost Nordicité is a stunning work of poetic visual mathematical game of questions and answers, she theatre, an interdisciplinary show where objects deploys ingenious strategies to unmask her virtual and fragmented puppets move alongside partner. Their exchanges create a metaphysical dancers, actors and video projections, all dimension of the machine that blurs the frontier carrying the voices of the North on a journey between the two women, for the synthetic voice is not between the myths of the pole and its realities. only witty and well-informed, but inadvertently exposes Nordicité will also tour the Nordic countries grey areas that ultimately humanize her. during Autumn 2017.

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DANCE DANCE 14 MAy – AUG 2017 15 Cas Public Nobody Likes a Pixelated Squid 2017 recipients of the prestigious 32nd Grand Prix of the Montreal Arts Council, Québécois Tentacle Tribe dance company Cas Public has built an international reputation for widening the audience of contemporary dance. Last year, they gave 117 performances in 46 theatres in 7 countries, 5 May – 3 June including at l’Opéra national de Paris, the Royal Opera House in London and the Lincoln Center in New York. Various venues across the UK (See listings pages 24-25 or visit tentacletribe.com) Suites Curieuses In a delectable fusion of music and movement,

Tentacle Tribe invent a geometry of harmonious urban 19 – 20 May 28 May 2 June contemporary dance that they call “conceptual hip-hop” or DanceEast University of Kent Lakeside Arts “deconstructed street dance”. In Nobody Likes a Pixelated Ipswich, UK Canterbury, UK Nottingham, UK Squid, they were inspired by the fluid movements of diverse land and sea creatures. The full version, a Danse Inspired by Marjolaine Leray’s popular Danse co-production, was lauded at its premiere at minimalist picture book, which features a Dansens Hus in Stockholm, as well as at its Canadian

particularly savvy Red Riding Hood getting the Photo © Alexandre Gilbert premiere at Montreal’s Place des Arts. better of a not very clever wolf, Cas Public’s 25th anniversary production delivers the amazing production values and stunning dance Thus Spoke… that audiences have grown to know and love from this brilliant Montréal-based company. This playful work choreographed by Hélène Groupe Gravel Blackburn cleverly combines dancers with projections, shadows, and a magical world / Lepage

Photo by Julie Artacho with Cai Glover. Photo by Julie Artacho with Cai Glover. Illustration by Marjolaine Leray where animation comes to life. For all ages. 2 – 27 August Canada Hub @ King’s Hall Symphonie Dramatique Edinburgh Festival Fringe Edinburgh, UK 23 May 30 May The Lowry Ageas Salisbury Frédérick Gravel is the rock star of Canadian contemporary dance, displaying a fresh, Salford International new, hip and exciting dynamic. Together, UK Arts Festival the brilliant writer Étienne Lepage and SALISBURY Salisbury, UK Gravel have concocted a pop piece that is

cheeky and devilishly sexy. From Nietzsche Symphonie Dramatique takes Shakespeare’s to Hendrix, Thus Spoke... shifts in jolts Romeo and Juliet and turns it inside out and from scathing diatribe to rock-and-roll upside down. Eight dancers tell the tale of the celebration, from electrifying harangue to star-crossed lovers with a contagious energy, laid-back clam, striking a good smack to the using contemporary and classical dance to shed face of conformism. new light on literature’s most famous love story. danielleveilledanse.org

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Québec Cinema War Witch – 9 June (Part of Double Bill : @ Ageas Salisbury Children of War)

International Arts SALISBURY Kim Nguyen This Oscar-nominated story tells of the Festival effect of war across generations. 14-year-old All films will be screened at the Salisbury Arts Centre. Komona is a child soldier whose spiritual gifts and steadfast resilience enable her to C.R.A.Z.Y – 1 June survive in the face of unimaginable horror. Narrated as a story to her unborn child, this (Part of Double Bill : hauntingly beautiful drama contrasts brutal Father Son, Mother Son) violence with some wonderful flights of magical realist fantasy and delightful lyrical Jean-Marc Vallée interludes. A stomping soundtrack and exhilarating direction propel this boisterous and highly entertaining family drama. Born on Christmas day 1960, Zac’s mother may believe he is blessed, but earning the respect of his father will be more Incendies – 9 June difficult. Director Jean-Marc Vallée went on to direct the Oscar-winning Dallas Buyers Club, but for many this is his (Part of Double Bill : masterpiece. Children of War) Denis Mommy – 1 June (Part of Double Bill : Villeneuve Father Son, Mother Son) Following the reading of their mother’s will, twins Jeanne and Simon discover that they Xavier Dolan have a brother they have never met and Diane is a feisty single mother who is struggling to look that their father is still alive. Their mother’s after her rebellious teenage son, who suffers with ADHD. last wish is that they track down their long The arrival of a mysterious, introverted neighbour brings lost relatives and deliver sealed letters to some unexpected stability to their lives, but for how long? them. Spanning continents and decades, Heartbreaking and humorous, the fifth film from Québécois this compellingly plotted mystery crosscuts enfant terrible Xavier Dolan takes us on an emotional between the twins’ journey of discovery and rollercoaster of briskly edited and passionately performed flashbacks to their mother’s traumatic past. verbal sparring and stunning musical montages.

Seducing Dr Lewis – 6 June salisburyfestival.com Jean-François Pouliot A picturesque Québécois fishing village is the setting for this warm comedy in the style of Waking Ned and Local Hero. In order to secure a lucrative contract, the villagers must have a resident doctor. When unsuspecting surgeon Dr Lewis arrives for a trial residence, they pull out all the stops to encourage him to stay, including tapping his phone, staging a fake cricket match and a “Festival de Beef Stroganoff.” Images courtesy of Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival Cinema & Television Literature & Publishing MAy – AUG 2017 18 19 Québec on TV5Monde The Postman’s Fiancée TV5Monde is available in the UK via Sky 796, Virgin 825 and Téléfrance.co.uk. Programme Denis Thériault listings are available via europe.tv5monde.com/en 7 June 9 June Le Goût du Pays / Québec Government Office Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival Flavour Country London, UK Salisbury, UK SALISBURY Lifestyle magazine (Gastronomy) Every Tuesday @ 8.00am. Repeats: Thursdays @ 10.30am Denis Theriault is an award-winning author From 30 May to 24 August and screenwriter living in Montreal. His second Along the roads of Canada, from St John’s to Victoria, novel, The Peculiar Life Of A Lonely Postman was Vincent Graton is taken in by the lure of gastronomic an instant hit on publication. Selected for Simon seduction. Through local and inventive cuisine, some Mayo’s BBC Radio 2 Book Club, it is a passionate, of the most famous Canadian chefs set out to give bittersweet love story, both philosophically

him a taste of all they have to offer. Photo © Benoît Gignac astute and deeply poignant. Denis picks up the postman’s story in the much anticipated sequel, Vu de L’Intérieur / Seen from Inside The Postman’s Fiancée, published by One World. Lifestyle magazine (Design) Come meet the author... The book will be Photo courtesy of Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival Every Tuesday @ 8.30am in May and June launched at the Québec Government Office in Sophie Bérubé travels from Vancouver to Montreal on a tour of beautiful homes, offering London on 7 June, before Denis appears at the Salisbury festival on 9 June. reports on unusual places and the world’s finest hotels, while Alexandre McNeil offers a touch of DIY/decoration inspiration. oneworld-publications.com | quebec.org.uk | salisburyfestival.com

Les Beaux Malaises (Season 2) The Orange Grove Comedy series Friday 5 & 12 May @ 8.30pm Friday 19 & 26 May @ 10.30pm Larry Tremblay

Snapshots from the daily life of the actor and comedian Martin Matte, a life with the sort of 15 June 17 June simple complications anyone would encounter. But Ink@84 Peireine Summer Salon unfortunately, Martin isn’t anyone. London, UK Peirene Offices Photo © Encore Télévision London, UK Roi des Rivières Documentary series Larry Tremblay is a writer, theatre director and actor. He has Every Friday in May @ 8.30am (until 2nd June). Repeats: following Mondays @ 3pm written thirty books, including two previous novels, The Bicycle Discover the secrets of fly fishing. Along the magnificent salmon-rich rivers of the Gaspésie and Eater and The Obese Christ. He has been short-listed three times Bas-Saint-Laurent regions, this programme explores the exciting world of this unusual fish. for Canada’s prestigious Governor General Award and his writing has been translated into more than a dozen languages. Photo © Bernard Préfontaine Au Secours de Béatrice Published in the UK by Peireine Press this June, The Orange (Season 2) Grove tells the story of twin brothers, Amed and Aziz, who live in the peaceful shade of their Medical drama family’s orange grove. But when a bomb kills the boys’ grandparents, they become pawns in Two new episodes every Tuesday their country’s civil war. From 16 May to 1st August @ 8pm On 15 June, Larry will be in conversation with Iraqi playwright Hassan Abdulrazzak about art Béatrice Clément, an emergency doctor, has in the context of war at Ink@84 bookshop. Then on 17 June, he will be at the Peireine Summer inexplicably been feeling ill for a while. With the Salon for an evening of literature, conversation, dinner and wine. examinations revealing nothing, she is advised to consult Mr P, a discreet and experienced psychologist. Photo © Serge Gauvin peirenepress.com Au Secours de Béatrice . Photo © Serge Gauvin Visual Arts Digital Arts 20 MAy – AUG 2017 21 Marie-Michelle Deschamps The Year’s Midnight & Zoom Pavilion

18 March – 11 June Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff, UK 31 March – 30 May Saatchi Gallery

Photo © Jamie Woodley Marie-Michelle Deschamps’ work explores the limits of language London, UK and the space where linguistics meet the material concerns of the body and objects. For the group exhibition These Rotten Words, she exhibits a series of posters that reconfigure dialogue Two-time recipient of a BAFTA for Interactive Art in London, Montreal-based artist Rafael from a performance held at Chapter and a video that shows the performer Michelle Lacombe Lozano-Hemmer presents two works as part of the exhibition From Selfie to Self-Expression at struggling to speak through an impediment that Deschamps has crafted for her mouth. the Saatchi Gallery, the world’s first exhibition exploring the history of the selfie from the old

masters to the present day. mmdeschamps.net | chapter.org

The Year’s Midnight Reading Patterns The Year’s Midnight is an interactive installation that shows the viewers’ image on screen, unprocessed, except for plumes of white or black smoke that emanate from their eye sockets until the whole Zoom Pavilion (2015). Installation image in ‘ From Selfie to Self-Expression ’ at Saatchi Gallery. © Piers Allardyce, 2017. Image courtesy of the Saatchi Gallery, London Kim Kielhofner display is filled with a dense smog.

7 May – 10 June Zoom Pavilion LUX Zoom Pavilion is an interactive installation that consists of London, UK immersive projection on three walls, fed by 12 computerised Image courtesy of the artist surveillance systems trained on the public. It marks the first collaboration between Rafael Lozano-Hemmer and Polish artist Montreal artist Kim Kielhofner presents two video works exploring how an individual’s Krzysztof Wodiczko. interiority, and implicitly their entire subjectivity, encounters the outside world. Reading Patterns is accompanied by a complementary video programme presenting work by other Québec artists : Courtesy of Bitforms Gallery, New York Midnight : Courtesy of Bitforms Gallery, Year’s The lozano-hemmer.com | saatchigallery.com including Anna Hawkins, Elisabeth Belliveau, Claudie Lévesque and Fréderic Lavoie, among others. The exhibition is part of Pont/Bridge, an ongoing partnership between LUX and Dazibao in Montreal and is supported by the Québec-British Council Cultural Cooperation Fund.

giantpixie.comt | lux.org.uk Measure for Measure // Writing Matter — An Archeology of Observation Hommage à Salisbury Plain David Gauthier Catherine Farish 22 June – 1 October 29 May – 10 June FACT Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival Liverpool, UK Photo © Andrew Cain Salisbury, UK SALISBURY Co-produced by the Open Data Institute, FACT’s The New Observatory exhibition brings together Catherine Farish is an award-winning artist and is known as one of Québec’s most innovative an international group of artists whose work explores new and alternative modes of measuring, contemporary printmakers. A visit to Salisbury Plain in 1992 left an intense impression on predicting, and sensing the world today through data, imagination and other observational Farish, inspiring her to create a series of prints which won critical acclaim in Canada, and have methods. David Gauthier’s installation, Measure for Measure // Writing Matter — An Archeology since been exhibited across the world. This Hommage, curated by Prudence Maltby, will mark of Observation, explores Liverpool residents’ connection with the sea alongside our the first time these prints have been seen in the region that inspired them. understanding of traditional observatories. The installation will be comprised of sound-waves produced from data transmitted from a wave rider buoy in the Liverpool bay and a ‘motion- Free meet-the-artist talk on Tuesday 6 June at 6.30pm. corrected’ film of the buoy at sea.

Image courtesy of Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival catherinefarish.com | salisburyfestival.com fact.co.uk Festivals & Events in Québec 2017 22 23 See below a selection of the 400 festivals and events Québec hosts each year. They all welcome international delegates and industry professionals.

POP Montreal ELEKTRA Festival Suoni Per il Popolo Le Festival de Casteliers POP Montreal. Photo © 2014 Dominick Mastrangelo Darsha Hewitt, ELEKTRA. Photo © GRIDSPACE© Photo SuoniELEKTRA. Hewitt, Mastrangelo Darsha Dominick 2014 Per© Photo Montreal. IlPOP Popolo. Photo © Pierre Langlois Le Festival de Casteliers. Photo : Le Pavillon des Immortels © Marcelle Hudon heureux

13 July – 2 August 2017 4 – 15 October 2017 9 – 19 November 2017 7 – 9 September 2017 13 – 17 September 2017 14 – 17 September 2017

MA Le Festival international Festival du Nouveau Cinema Rencontres Internationales du Envol et Macadam Pop Montréal Conférence Trad Montréal Emerging Music popmontreal.com de films Fantasia nouveaucinema.ca Documentaire de Montréal MUSIC & La Grande Rencontre envoletmacadam.com espacetrad.org CIN e fantasiafestival.com ridm.qc.ca

February 2018 (dates TBC) March 2018 (dates TBC) March 2018 (dates TBC) October 2017 (dates TBC) 14 – 17 November 2017 15 – 18 November 2017

MA Les Rendez-vous du cinéma Regard sur le court métrage FIFA Festival international Mundial Montreal M pour Montréal de jazz de Québec World Music Indie Rock Showcase québécois au Saguenay International Festival of Films MUSIC festivaldejazzdequebec.com mundialmontreal.com mpourmontreal.com

CIN e rvcq.com International Short Film Festival on Art regardsurlecourt.com artfifa.com

6 – 16 July 2017 14 – 30 July 2017 30 May – 3 June 2017 January 2018 (dates TBC) 23 – 27 May 2017 25 May – 8 June 2017 Montréal Complètement Just For Laughs IX 2017 Igloofest ISPA Congress Montreal Festival TransAmériques Electronic Music ispa.org Cirque hahaha.com International Symposium on MUSIC Theatre & Dance CIRCUS

montrealcompletementcirque.com COM E DY Immersive Experiences igloofest.ca fta.qc.ca 6 – 29 July 2017 ix.sat.qc.ca ZooFest & OFF JFL

zoofest.com ARTS DIGITAL P E RFORMING ARTS

28 June – 1 July 2017 23 – 27 August 2017 15 – 20 November 2017 30 May – 8 June 2017 7 – 17 September 2017 28 November – 1 December 2017 ELEKTRA MUTEK Salon du Livre de Montréal OFFTA Festivals Quartiers Danses Parcours Danse elektrafestival.ca mutek.org salondulivredemontreal.com Live Art Festival quartiersdanses.com ladansesurlesroutes.com offta.com E LIT E RATUR DIGITAL ARTS DIGITAL P E RFORMING ARTS

April 2018 (dates TBC) April 2018 (dates TBC) September 2017 (dates TBC) 11 – 15 February 2018 23 May – 10 June 2017 23 – 30 August 2017 Salon du Livre de Montréal Metropolis Bleu Les Escales improbables Rideau Carrefour international de Dramaturgies en Dialogue salondulivredemontreal.com bluemetropolis.org de Montréal Performing Arts théâtre (CEAD)

escalesimprobables.com rideau-inc.qc.ca E TH E ATR carrefourtheatre.qc.ca cead.qc.ca E LIT E RATUR P E RFORMING ARTS MULTIDISCIPLINARY

February 2018 (dates TBC) 1 – 24 June 2017 29 June – 8 July 2017 24 – 26 August 2017 March 2018 (dates TBC) 17 February – 14 May 2017 Mois Multi Festival Suoni Per il Popolo Festival International de Jazz Festival du théâtre de rue Le Festival de Casteliers Manif d’art de Lachine Puppetry manifdart.org Multidisciplinary Digital Arts MUSIC Experimental Music de Montréal

mmrectoverso.org/fr/ suoniperilpopolo.org montrealjazzfest.com E TH E ATR theatrederue.ca casteliers.ca

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FESTIVAL de CASTELIERS VISUAL ARTS MARIONNETTES POUR ADULTES ET ENFANTS MULTIDISCIPLINARY

30 June – 2 July 2017 28 – 31 July 2017 31 August – 3 September 2017 7 September – 14 October 2017 5 - 14 May 2017 Chants de Vielles Festival Osheaga & MEG Festival de musique émergente Le Mois de la Photo Les Petits Bonheurs Biennial Arts Festival for 0-6 years For more information on any MUSIC Traditional Music facebook.com/osheagamegpro en Abitibi-Témiscamingue chantsdevielles.com fmeat.org moisdelaphoto.com petitsbonheurs.ca of the above festivals, please do not hesitate to get in touch VISUAL ARTS YOUNG AUDI E NC YOUNG AUDI E NC Events May – August 2017 Confirmed dates at time of publication, see websites for more details.

Ongoing Cinema & Le Journal de TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance 30 May – Cinema & Le Goût du Pays TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance Television Radio-Canada europe.tv5monde.com/en 24 Aug Television (Gastronomy series) europe.tv5monde.com/en Every day @ 7am Tuesdays @ 8am Repeats : Thursdays @ 10.30am Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs Theatricals Adelphi Theatre London, UK 0844 412 4651 Kinky Boots kinkybootsmusical.co.uk June Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs Theatricals On tour UK & Ireland Sunny Afternoon sunnyafternoonthemusical.com 1 June Cinema & Jean-Marc Vallée Salisbury Arts Centre Salisbury, UK 0845 241 9651 Television C.R.A.Z.Y salisburyfestival.co.uk Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs Theatricals Savoy Theatre London, UK @ Ageas Salisbury Dreamgirls dreamgirlswestend.com International Arts Festival Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs Theatricals On tour UK & Ireland 1 Cinema & Xavier Dolan Salisbury Arts Centre Salisbury, UK 0845 241 9651 Funny Girl funnygirlthemusical.co.uk Television Mommy salisburyfestival.co.uk Until 30 May Digital Arts Rafael Lozano-Hemmer Saatchi Gallery London, UK @ Ageas Salisbury The Year’s Midnight & Zoom saatchigallery.com International Arts Festival Pavilion 1 – 10 Theatre Ex Machina/Robert Lepage Barbican Centre London, UK 020 7638 8891 Until 11 June Visual Arts Marie-Michelle Deschamps Chapter Arts Centre Cardiff, UK 029 2030 4400 887 barbicancentre.org.uk These Rotten Words chapter.org 2 Dance Cas Public Lakeside Arts Nottingham, UK 0115 846 7777 May Suites Curieuses lakesidearts.org.uk 2 & 3 Theatre Théâtre Incliné Nordland Visual Theatre Stamsund, Norway 2 May – Cinema & Vu de l’Intérieur TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance Nordicité @ Stamsund figurteateret.no 27 June Television (Design series) europe.tv5monde.com/en Theatre Festival Tuesdays @ 8.30pm 2 – 3 Dance Tentacle Tribe Birmingham Rep Birmingham, UK 0121 236 4455 3 May – Cinema & Curieux Bégin TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance Nobody Likes a Pixelated Squid birmingham-rep.co.uk 29 Sept Television (Gastronomy series) europe.tv5monde.com/en Wednesdays @ 8am 6 Cinema & Xavier Dolan Salisbury Arts Centre Salisbury, UK 0845 241 9651 Repeats : Fridays @ 9.30am Television Seducing Dr Lewis salisburyfestival.co.uk @ Ageas Salisbury 3 Music Isaiah Ceccarelli Café Oto London, UK cafeoto.co.uk International Arts Festival launches his new album Bow 7 Literature & Denis Thériault Québec Government London, UK 020 7766 5900 3 Music MG3 (Montréal Guitare Trio) Holy Cross Church Haltwhistle, UK Publishing The Postman’s Fiancée Office quebec.org.uk mg3.ca (UK Launch) 4 Music MG3 (Montréal Guitare Trio) Cotherstone Village Hall Barnard Castle, UK 8 Music Le Vent du Nord Salisbury Playhouse Salisbury, UK 0845 241 9651 mg3.ca @ Ageas Salisbury salisburyfestival.co.uk International Arts Festival 5 Music MG3 (Montréal Guitare Trio) The Peoples Hall Sedbergh, UK mg3.ca 9 Cinema & Kim Nguyen Salisbury Arts Centre Salisbury, UK 0845 241 9651 Television War Witch salisburyfestival.co.uk 5 - 6 Dance Tentacle Tribe Edinburgh Festival Edinburgh, UK 0131 529 6000 @ Ageas Salisbury Nobody Likes a Pixelated Squid Theatre edtheatres.com/festival International Arts Festival 5, 12, 19 & 26 Cinema & Les Beaux Malaises - Season 2 TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance 9 Cinema & Denis Villeneuve Salisbury Arts Centre Salisbury, UK 0845 241 9651 Television (Comedy series) europe.tv5monde.com/en Television Incendies salisburyfestival.co.uk Friday 5 & 12 @ 8.30pm @ Ageas Salisbury Friday 19 & 26 @10.30pm International Arts Festival 5 May – Cinema & Roi des Rivières TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance 9 Literature & Denis Thériault Salisbury Playhouse Salisbury, UK 0845 241 9651 2 June Television (Documentary series) europe.tv5monde.com/en Publishing The Postman’s Fiancée salisburyfestival.co.uk Fridays @ 8.30am (in conversation) Repeats : following @ Ageas Salisbury Mondays @ 3pm International Arts Festival 6 Music MG3 (Montréal Guitare Trio) Croston Old School Leyland, UK 9 Music She Devils Northside Festival Aarhus, Denmark mg3.ca northside.dk 6 Music Tomson Highway Finborough Theatre London, UK 0844 847 1652 9 Music Le Vent du Nord South Hill Park Arts Bracknell, UK 01344 484 123 Songs in the Key of Cree finboroughtheatre.co.uk Centre southhillpark.org.uk 6 May – Theatre Alex Gaumond in Minerva Theatre Chichester, UK 01243 781312 10 Music Arcade Fire Isle of Wight Festival Newport, UK 3 June Caroline, or Change cft.org.uk isleofwightfestival.com 7 May – Visual Arts Kim Kielhofner LUX London, UK 020 3141 2960 11 Music Le Vent du Nord Gate to Southwell Folk Southwell, UK 01636 816 678 10 June Reading Patterns lux.org.uk Festival southwellfolkfestival.org.uk 7 Music MG3 (Montréal Guitare Trio) Arkholme Village Hall Arkholme, UK 13 Music Arcade Fire Belsonic Festival Belfast, UK mg3.ca belsonic.com 9 Music MG3 (Montréal Guitare Trio) Clitheroe Library Clitheroe, UK 13 Music Le Vent du Nord The Stables Milton Keynes 01908 280800 mg3.ca stables.org 9 -10 Dance Tentacle Tribe Nottingham Royal Nottingham, UK 0115 989 5555 14 Music Le Vent du Nord Arts Centre Pocklington, UK 01759 301547 Nobody Likes a Pixelated Squid Concert Hall trch.co.uk pocklingtonartscentre.co.uk 10 Music MG3 (Montréal Guitare Trio) Murton Village Hall Appleby, UK 14 Music Arcade Fire Malahide Castle Dublin, Ireland ticketmaster.ie mg3.ca 15 Literature & Larry Tremblay in Ink@84 London, UK 0207 6861941 11 Music MG3 (Montréal Guitare Trio) Lazonby Village Hall Lazonby, UK Publishing conversation with Hassan peireinepress.com mg3.ca Abdulrazzak 12 Music MG3 (Montréal Guitare Trio) Watson Hall Castle Carrock, UK 15 Music Céline Dion Royal Arena Copenhagen, mg3.ca Denmark royalarena.dk 13 Dance Tentacle Tribe Norwich Theatre Royal Norwich, UK 01603 630000 15 Music Le Vent du Nord The Haymarket Basingstoke, UK 01256 844244 Nobody Likes a Pixelated Squid theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk anvilarts.org.uk

13 Music MG3 (Montréal Guitare Trio) Cuddington & Sandiway Cuddington, UK 16 Music Le Vent du Nord Kings Place London, UK 020 7520 1490 Village Hall mg3.ca kingsplace.co.uk 14 Music MG3 (Montréal Guitare Trio) Playhouse Cinema Leominster, UK 17 Literature & Larry Tremblay Peireine Offices London, UK 0207 6861941 mg3.ca Publishing The Orange Grove peireinepress.com (Meet the author) 16 – 17 Dance Tentacle Tribe Southampton Mayflower Southampton, UK 02380 711811 @ Peireine Summer Salon Nobody Likes a Pixelated Squid mayflower.org.uk 17 Music Céline Dion Tele2 Arena Stockholm, 16 May – Cinema & Au Secours de Béatrice - TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance Sweden tele2arena.se 1 August Television Season 2 (Medical drama) europe.tv5monde.com/en Tuesdays @ 8pm 18 Music Le Vent du Nord The Doolin Folk Festival Doolin, Co. Clare, Ireland doolinfolkfestival.tickets.ie 17 May – Circus Flip FabriQue Underbelly Festival London, UK 0844 545 8252 9 July Catch Me! (Attrape Moi!) Southbank underbelly.co.uk 19 Music Le Vent du Nord Forest Folk, North North Boarhunt, 01329 833625 Boarhunt Village Hall & UK sites.google.com/site/forestfolkden 17 Music Busty and the Bass Great Escape Festival Brighton, UK Social Club greatescapefestival.com 20 Music Céline Dion The O2 London, UK 0844 856 0202 18 Music Busty and the Bass Camden Assembly London, UK 020 7424 0800 theo2.co.uk camdenassembly.com 20 June – Theatre Trip & Guts Theatre Courtyard Theatre London, UK 020 7729 2202 18 Music She Devils Moth Club London, UK 020 8985 7963 13 July Clean Slate thecourtyard.org.uk mothclub.co.uk 21 Music Céline Dion The O2 London, UK 0844 856 0202 18 Music Mozart’s Sister Green Door Store Brighton, UK theo2.co.uk @ Great Escape Festival greatescapefestival.com 22 June – Digital Arts David Gauthier FACT Liverpool, UK 0151 707 4444 19 – 20 Dance Tentacle Tribe The Lowry Salford, UK 0843 208 6000 1 October Measure for Measure // fact.co.uk Nobody Likes a Pixelated Squid thelowry.com Writing Matter — An 19 & 20 Dance Cas Public DanceEast Ipswich, UK 01473 295230 Archeology of Observation Suites Curieuses danceeast.co.uk 25 Music Céline Dion Manchester Arena Manchester, UK 0161 950 5000 manchester-arena.com 20 Music She Devils Komedia Studio Bar Brighton, UK @ Great Escape Festival greatescapefestival.com 28 - 29 Circus Les Foutoukours Arctic Arts Festival Halstad, Norway + 47 77 04 12 30 The Brotipo festspillnn.no 20 Music Mozart’s Sister Komedia Studio Bar Brighton, UK @ Great Escape Festival greatescapefestival.com July 23 Dance Cas Public The Lowry Salford, UK 0843 208 6000 Symphonie Dramatique thelowry.com 1 July Music Arcade Fire Roskilde Festival Roskilde, Denmark +45 46 36 66 13 roskilde-festival.dk 23 – 24 Dance Tentacle Tribe The Curve Leicester, UK 0116 242 3595 Nobody Likes a Pixelated Squid curveonline.co.uk 6 Music Arcade Fire Castlefield Bowl Manchester, UK ticketmaster.co.uk 24 & 25 Music Rufus Wainwright Grieghallen Bergen, Norway +47 55 21 61 50 Shakespeare’s Sonnets fib.no 27 Music Céline Dion Barclaycard Arena Birmingham, UK 0844 338 8222 @ Bergen International Festival barclaycardarena.co.uk 24 – 26 Theatre Ex Machina/Robert Lepage Den Nationale Scene Bergen, Norway +47 55 21 61 50 29 Music Céline Dion The O2 London, UK 0844 856 0202 887 @ Bergen International fib.no theo2.co.uk Festival 30 Music Céline Dion The O2 London, UK 0844 856 0202 26 – 28 Music Mozart’s Sister Clarence Dock Liverpool, UK theo2.co.uk @ Liverpool Sound City liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk 26 – 28 Music Pierre Kwenders Clarence Dock Liverpool, UK August @ Liverpool Sound City liverpoolsoundcity.co.uk 1 August Music Céline Dion Manchester Arena Manchester, UK 0161 950 5000 27 Dance Tentacle Tribe Blackpool Grand Blackpool, UK 01253 290190 manchester-arena.com Nobody Likes a Pixelated Squid blackpoolgrand.co.uk 2 – 27 Dance Groupe Gravel / Lepage Edinburgh Festival Fringe Edinburgh, UK 0131 226 0026 27 Music Busty and the Bass Amager Bio Copenhagen, +45 32 86 08 80 Thus Spoke…@ Canada Hub, edfringe.com Denmark amagerbio.dk King’s Hall 27 – 28 Dance Les 7 Doigts de la Main Grieghallen Bergen, Norway +47 55 21 61 50 3 Music Céline Dion Barclaycard Arena Birmingham, UK 0844 338 8222 (7 Fingers) fib.no barclaycardarena.co.uk Réversible @ Bergen 3 – 28 Circus Flip FabriQue Edinburgh Festival Fringe Edinburgh, UK 0131 623 3030 International Festival Transit assemblyfestival.com 28 Dance Cas Public University of Kent Canterbury, UK 01227 764000 @ Assembly Festival Suites Curieuses kent.ac.uk 4 – 28 Theatre Laurence Dauphinais Edinburgh Festival Fringe Edinburgh, UK 0131 226 0026 28 Music In Conversation with Rufus Litteraturhuste Bergen, Norway +47 55 21 61 50 Siri @ Canada Hub, King’s Hall edfringe.com Wainwright fib.no 4 – 28 Circus Cirque Éloize Lennox Theatre Edinburgh, UK 0131 226 0026 28 May – Cinema & Les Gourmands TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance Cirkopolis @ Edinburgh (Edinburgh International edfringe.com 6 August Television (Gastronomy series) europe.tv5monde.com/en Festival Fringe Conference Centre) Sundays @ 2.45pm 5 Music Céline Dion The SSE Hydro Glasgow, UK 0844 395 4000 29 Music Rufus Wainwright Grieghallen Bergen, Norway +47 55 21 61 50 thessehydro.com with Anne Sofie von Otter and fib.no 9 Music Yves Lambert Trio Sidmouth Folk Weekend Sidmouth, UK 01395 577952 Brooklyn Rider sidmouthfolkweek.co.uk 29 Theatre Théâtre de la Pire Espèce Blackledge Theatre, Salisbury, UK 0845 241 9651 18 Music Marc-André Hamelin Usher Hall Edinburgh, UK 0131 473 2000 Ubu on the Table @ the Ageas Godolphin School salisburyfestival.co.uk With the Scottish eif.co.uk Salisbury International Arts Chamber Orchestra @ the Festival Edinburgh International Festival 29 & 30 Theatre Les Sages Fous Nordland Visual Theatre Stamsund, Norway Tricycle @ Stamsund Theatre figurteateret.no 20 Music Michèle Losier Usher Hall Edinburgh, UK 0131 473 2000 Festival La damnation de Faust eif.co.uk @ the Edinburgh 29 May – Visual Arts Catherine Farish Salisbury Arts Centre Salisbury, UK 0845 241 9651 International Festival 10 June Hommage à Salisbury Plain @ salisburyfestival.co.uk 22 – 24 Music Chilly Gonzales with Jarvis King’s Theatre Edinburgh, UK 0131 473 2000 Ageas Salisbury Cocker eif.co.uk International Arts Festival Room 29 30 Dance Cas Public Salisbury Playhouse Salisbury, UK 0845 241 9651 @ the Edinburgh Symphonie Dramatique @ salisburyfestival.co.uk International Festival Ageas Salisbury 28 Music Le Vent du Nord Shrewsbury Folk Festival Shrewsbury, UK 01743 892800 International Arts Festival shrewsburyfolkfestival.co.uk 30 – 31 Dance Tentacle Tribe Brighton Dome Brighton, UK 01273 709709 30 Music Le Vent du Nord Ropetackle Centre Shoreham-by- 01273 464440 Nobody Likes a Pixelated Squid brightondome.org Sea, UK ropetacklecentre.co.uk See inside for Québec programmes in May – August