Québec Culture and Creativity Across the Territory Audience Do Not Already Know of the Quality of Québec Dance We Feel We Cover

UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries

January – April 2016 JAN – APR 2016 01 Focus on Dance Bonjour,

Firstly, allow me to wish you all a very happy and fruitful 2016.

Having been in office as Québec’s Agent-General for the UK, Ireland and the Nordic countries for just over a year now, “The world of Québec dance is vast - everyone knows that. And I have had the great pleasure of discovering the wonderful we have presented artists from there several times. If the Danish regard for Québec culture and creativity across the territory audience do not already know of the quality of Québec dance we feel we cover. My heartfelt thanks go to all of you as we that they should have an opportunity to see for themselves. From embark on yet another exciting year for Québec culture the mature masters to the young, wilder artists, you find inspiration, on these shores, which is testament to the strength of our poignant experiences and great art in all of them.” (Page 2) relationship with local cultural partners like yourselves.

As you know, the cultural department works with a far-reaching and diverse range Photo © Bora Jesper de Neergaard, Artistic Director, Bora Bora, Aarhus, Denmark of partners on the territory in order to assist the advancement of international partnerships, exchanges, and market and networking opportunities for Québec artists and companies.

What you may not know is that in addition to this, London’s Délégation générale is made up of two more departments and an investment promotion government agency: “The dance artists from Québec create work that I find speaks - The Political and Public Affairs department maintains relations with diverse loudly to audiences here in the UK. As a rule I find them and their institutions, elected officials and government departments, it coordinates the public work unpretentious, but courageous, with an irreverent edge that affairs activities of the Délégation générale, promotes the development of Québec creates an enjoyably subversive feel to both the choreography and studies programmes and provides information about Québec to the media and the the performances.” (Page 3) general public. Emma Gladstone, Artistic Director & Chief Executive, - The Economic department assists Québec companies wishing to export goods and

Dance Umbrella, London Photo © Foteini Christofilopoulou services to the territory in all sectors including, among others, visual effects, gaming and the creative industries.

- Invest Québec maintains a permanent presence on the territory to promote inward investment and links with local firms that have established a presence in Québec.

Please do not hesitate to get in touch with us if you wish to find out more about any of the above. As for culture, you already know the team well. Marie, Muireann and Jesse “The 7 Fingers is a company with great artistic vision, creating will as always be delighted to hear from you if you have a Québec project you would imaginative circus performances with exceptionally strong dance like to discuss. They will be joined by an interim Director for Culture at the beginning elements. We have a long-standing relationship with them, having of February whilst Maude goes off on maternity leave. I’m sure you will all join me in presented Traces several times since 2009 and Sequence 8 last wishing her and her family the very best. year. I am delighted that Sadler’s Wells is co-producing their latest work, TRIPTYQUE, a collaboration between The 7 Fingers and Bonne année et bonne lecture! contemporary choreographers Marie Chouinard, Victor Quijada and Christos Sirros, Agent-General, Québec Government Office in London

Photo © Hugo Glendinning Marcos Morau.” (Page 3) Prisms Alistair Spalding, Artistic Director & Chief Executive, Sadler’s Wells, London , Benoît Lachambre. Photo © Montréal Danse

Cultural Contacts

Maude Laflamme Marie Morin Muireann Leonard Jesse Peterkin Director for Culture Cultural Attaché Project Manager Assistant [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] [email protected] Whilst every effort has been made to verify the accuracy No part of this brochure should be reproduced in full , Le Patin Libre © Alicia Clarke: Dance Umbrella @ Somerset House, London, 12-16 January of the information in this brochure you are advised to or in part without the consent of the +44(0)20 7766 5930 | www.quebec.org.uk | www.facebook.com/QuebecUK | www.twitter.com/Quebec_UK contact the host organisations for confirmation. Québec Government Office. Vertical Cover: DANCE MULTIDISCIPLINARY JAN – APR 2016 02 03

Prisms Vertical Benoît Lachambre Le Patin Libre

13 - 14 April 19 April 21 April 25 – 27 April 12 -16 January Baltoppen LIVE Teater Nordkraft Teater Momentum Bora Bora Somerset House Ballerup, Denmark Aalborg, Denmark Odense, Denmark Aarhus, Denmark London, UK Photo © Alicia Clarke

“It’s colourful, funny, unsettling, erotic, amazing, challenging, manipulative and even The hit of Dance Umbrella 2014 will return for a limited run at Somerset House’s iconic ice rink entertaining” - Dance International this January.

A vital part of the international dance community for the past thirty years, Benoît Lachambre is a Presented by Somerset House and Dance Umbrella, award-winning Québec quintet Le Patin Montreal-based avant-garde choreographer, dancer, improviser, teacher and artistic director of Libre will carve the ice with their signature blend of technical skill and cutting edge style. In his own company Par B.L.eux, founded in 1996. Vertical, the second half of the show first performed in Dance Umbrella 2014, their mix of intricate footwork, wit, speed and grace pushes the boundaries of what is physically possible In December 2014, Prisms, created by Montréal Danse, won the prize for best choreographic and carries ice-skating performance into the 21st century. work, awarded by the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (Québec’s Arts Council). A joyful celebration of life, as well as an hommage to performers, its playfulness and energy are Winners of the Total Theatre & The Place Award for Dance, Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2015; and contagious. Created for six seasoned performers, with the creative touch of lighting designer nominees for Best Modern Choreography Critics’ Circle National Dance Award 2015 (winners to Lucie Bazzo, Prisms is a fascinating exploration of senses and perceptions, in a series of be announced 25 January 2016). powerful, sexy, colourful, troubling and visceral scenes. This intense sensory trip stands out as a masterful expression of dance. www.lepatinlibre.com | www.danceumbrella.co.uk | www.somersethouse.org.uk

www.montrealdanse.com www.baltoppenlive.dk www.teaternordkraft.dk TRIPTYQUE www.teatermomentum.dk

Photo © Montréal Danse www.bora-bora.dk Les 7 Doigts de la Main (The 7 Fingers)

1 - 2 April Sadler’s Wells London, UK

“These Canadian circus performers own the space where acrobatics meet dance” – Evening Standard

A Sadler’s Wells co-production, TRIPTYQUE is a triple bill of dance and circus and a collaboration with some of the world’s most cutting-edge contemporary choreographers, Québec’s Marie Chouinard and Victor Quijada, and Spain’s Marcos Morau.

The first piece, a duet directed by Chouinard, focuses on gravity and its effects on the movement of the body. Quijada’s work is a hand-balancing quintet, while the third work by Marcos Morau places a definite emphasis on circus as eight artists free themselves from both internal and physical obstacles.

Photo © Alexandre Galliez www.7doigts.com | www.sadlerswells.com CIRCUS

CIRCUS VISUAL ARTS JAN – APR 2016 04 05 Amaluna Artêria Gallery

Cirque du Soleil 10 – 13 March Affordable Art Fair Battersea 16 January – 14 February London, UK Royal Albert Hall London, UK Artêria Gallery returns to the Affordable Art Fair in Battersea in March, once again introducing the highest ‘sumptuously designed and invigoratingly female-powered’ standard and diversity of Québec contemporary artwork - San Francisco Chronicle to a British audience. Since its establishment in 2007, the gallery has exhibited work by Québec artists at over Cirque du Soleil returns to the Royal Albert Hall with one of its 40 international art fairs in 16 countries. Representing newest touring shows, Amaluna. Never before seen in the UK, emerging and mid-career artists, Artêria specialises in the show will mark the Montreal company’s 20th year at the painting, photography, sculpture and glass. stunning, world-famous venue. Written and directed by Tony Award-winning director Diane Paulus, Cirque du Soleil’s 33rd This time, the exhibiting artists will include Amélie production is a celebration of love and a tribute to the work and Desjardins, Nathalie Boissonnault, Claire Poiré, Limbo, voice of women, with female performers making up the majority Annabelle Marquis, Virginie Bocaert, Jason Cantoro and of the cast, and all eight members of the band also women. Tony Moriello.

Photo © Yanick Dery Photo © Yanick www.cirquedusoleil.com | www.royalalberthall.com Several Artêria Gallery works are currently being displayed at the Québec Government Office in London.

Amélie Desjardins Nathalie Boissonnault Claire Poiré Limbo Amélie Desjardins Nathalie Boissonnault Claire Poiré www.arteriagallery.com | www.affordableartfair.com LITERATURE & PUBLISHING Moriello Bocaert Jason Cantoro Tony Annabelle Marquis Virginie DESIGN Soirée littéraire Denis Émilie F. Grenier Thériault 10 -13 March 17 March DesignMarch Québec Government Office Reykjavik, Iceland London UK Following a month’s residency in Reykjavik last year, having won the Phyllis-Lambert Design Montreal 2014 Grant, designer Émilie F. As part of this year’s public events to mark la Journée internationale de la Francophonie (20 Grenier will present her latest work at DesignMarch this spring, March), the Québec Government Office in London, in collaboration with la Librairie du Québec à a festival showcasing the best of the local Islandic design scene Paris, presents a soirée littéraire celebrating Québec’s most exciting contemporary literature. alongside exciting international names. Émilie will present a Current Studio du Québec artist-in-residence and award-winning author Denis Thériault will be collection which links together materials and stories from two present for both an interview and Q&A session. His three novels (L’Iguane, Le Facteur émotif UNESCO creative capitals, Montreal for design and Reykjavik for and La fille qui n’existait pas) will be on sale on the night. literature.

Denis’ novel The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman was published in Her previous work, Disquiet Luxurians, has been exhibited at the translation in the UK last year, with the sequel to follow later in 2016. Victoria & Albert Museum, the Barbican and at the London Design Festival. www.quebec.org.uk Photo © Tristan Thomson Photo © Tristan Images courtesy of la Librairie du Québec à Paris www.francophonie.uk.com www.commedesmachines.com | www.designmarch.is DIGITAL ARTS CINEMA & TELEVISION 06 JAN – APR 2016 07

Liaison Project Ciné Tapis Rouge presents MUTEK @ Convergence Québec Cinema in Norway & Denmark

10 – 20 March 18 - 24 January Various venues Tromsø International Film Festival London, UK Tromsø, Norway

As part of the 2014-2015 Cultural Cooperation programme, organised by the Québec Les Êtres Chers - Anne Emond Government in partnership with the British Council, Montréal digital arts festival MUTEK have The story begins in 1978 in a small village of the Bas-St-Laurent when partnered with Convergence Festival in London on a collaborative curatorial exchange, selecting the tragic death of David’s father shakes the family. For years the cause four British and Québécois artists to promote innovative artworks in the fields of digital art and of his death is kept hidden. A film about filial love, secrets, transmission electronic music at their festivals. and redemption.

Grandmont Photo © Yannick In May 2015, Convergence presented British artists as part of the 16th edition of MUTEK, Guibord s’en va-t-en guerre - Philippe Falardeau and now this coming March, MUTEK will present the work of cutting-edge Québécois artists at Guibord is the independent MP for a huge county in northern Québec. Convergence. The dynamic and distinctive live performances highlight the best in contemporary Under the eyes of the whole country, he finds himself in Parliament electronic and digital artistry across both cultures. The selected artists also participate in holding the deciding vote on whether Canada will go to war. A biting professional activities including conferences, discussions and workshops. Québécois participants to comedy where politicians, citizens and lobbies clash.

be announced. Photo © Ronald Plante

Quebekoisie - Mélanie Carrier & Olivier Higgins www.mutek.org | www.convergence-london.com At 30 years of age, having travelled the world, Mélanie and Olivier realise that they have never set foot on an Indian reservation in their home country of Canada. The young couple decide to travel the north CINEMA & TELEVISION shore of Québec by bike to better understand the relationship between

the Québécois and First Nations. Photo © Mö Films

Les Démons - Philippe Lesage While a series of kidnappings of young boys is rampant in Montreal, Québec on TV5Monde Felix, 10, ends his school year in a quiet suburb. An imaginative and In the UK via Sky 796 and Virgin 825 with English subtitles sensitive child, Felix is afraid of everything. Gradually, the imaginary demons of childhood intermingle with those of a really disturbing world. Photo © FunFilm Distribution Albert Falco - The Oceanaut (Documentary)

Thursday 14 January at 5.35pm 14 - 20 March (exact date TBC) A great 20th century adventurer, Albert Falco acted as Jacques Cousteau’s eyes and flippers and Journée internationale de la Francophonie will go down in history as the first oceanaut to have worked and lived under the sea. He was Cinematheque able to explore the ocean floors before their ecosystems became irrevocably altered. Copenhagen, Denmark (France/Québec, 2012) Le Coeur de Madame Sabali - Les Planches aux Pieds Ryan McKenna (Documentary series) Le Coeur de Madame Sabali is a fantastical tragicomedy sprinkled with surreal situations. The

Starts Tuesday 26 January at 5.35pm Photo © Quiet Motion Inc. Photo © Quiet Motion Inc. film unfolds around a strange journey experienced by Jeannette, who receives a heart transplant from Harsh winters are legendary in Québec. To take advantage of them, skiing, the winter sport par a Malian woman who has been brutally murdered. excellence, has quickly become a very popular activity and holds a prominent place in Québécois national identity. This documentary series explores the history of the sport in the province. www.cinetapisrouge.com

Photo © KFilms Amérique www.tiff.no | www.dfi.dk

Albert Falco. Photo © Christian Lamontagne www.tv5monde.co.uk

THEATRE THEATRE 08 09

Into the Woods Right Now Alex Gaumond Catherine-Anne Toupin

Until 16 January 18 February - 19 March 23 March - 16 April 19 April – 7 May Royal Exchange Theatre Theatre Royal Bath, Ustinov Studio Bush Theatre Traverse Theatre Manchester, UK Bath, UK London, UK Edinburgh, UK Photo © Michael Wharley

Québec actor Alex Gaumond will star as the Baker in a new production of the Tony Award- Following a first look at Edinburgh’s Traverse Theatre last May, award-winning Québécois winning Broadway musical Into the Woods, an enchanting musical masterpiece, filled to the playwright Catherine-Anne Toupin’s Right Now returns as a brand new co-production between brim with a feast of fabled characters. the Traverse Theatre Company, the Theatre Royal Bath Ustinov Studio and the Bush Theatre.

For 13 years now, Alex has been an established fixture in London’s West End, starring in such As Alice and Ben settle into their beautiful new flat, they realise that the family across the hall productions as The Full Monty, We Will Rock You, Legally Blonde (for which he earned an Olivier hope to be more than just good neighbours. Things begin to heat up as innocent invitations lead Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical) and more recently Sweeney Todd with Emma to passionate encounters and unsettling revelations. Right Now walks a delicate line between Thompson at the English National Opera. playful laughter and deep trauma, teasing and thrilling audiences from beginning to end.

www.alexgaumond.com | www.royalexchange.co.uk Photo © Heather Landis www.theatreroyal.org.uk | www.bushtheatre.co.uk | www.traverse.co.uk

Threads Match International Théâtre Incliné d’Improvisation

31 January & 4 February 16 March Manipulate Festival The Clapham Grand Theatre Aberdeen & Edinburgh, UK London, UK

A celebrated and award-winning As part of this year’s Journée internationale de la Québécois visual theatre company, Francophonie (20 March) celebrations, Le Match Théâtre Incliné has over the past decade International d’Improvisation is once again returning to developed a series of international co- London after the riotous success of previous editions, productions with a wide range of leading with professional actors and comedians from Québec, artists from Denmark, Finland, France, Canada, France, Switzerland, Belgium and Tunisia. Italy, Japan and Norway. Originally conceived in Québec, this theatrical genre Threads is based on The Tale of the is best described as a cross between improvisational Mountain-Woman, a touching and theatre and ice hockey, mixing humour and ingenuity thoughtful story of women in war zones. to win the favour of the public, through sketches Drawing on the stories of immigrant lasting anything between 30 seconds and 20 minutes. women from many countries, the More than 35 years after its creation, this original Photo © Jonathon Vines production is a strong, beautiful, concept by the Ligue Nationale d’Improvisation (LNI) touching and thought-provoking visual is played in more than 30 countries and in more than theatre performance with puppets, objects seven languages. and gripping acting, accompanied by live www.lni.ca violin. www.francophonieuk.com www.theatreincline.ca

Photo © Caroline Laberge www.manipulatefestival.org MUSIC MUSIC 10 JAN – APR 2016 11 Celtic Quatuor Bozzini Connections Festival 2 – 11 February Various venues across the UK and Sweden Les Poules à Colin (See listings pages 16 - 17 or visit www.quatuorbozzini.ca) Since 1999, Quatuor Bozzini has been an original voice in new, contemporary, experimental and classical music. 15 January 17 January Their vastly diverse repertoire has led to over 130 Glasgow Royal Concert Hall The National Piping Centre commissioned pieces, as well as close to 200 other Glasgow, UK Glasgow, UK premiered works. Winners of numerous prestigious

prizes, the group tours extensively across the world.

As the offspring of leading Québécois folk musicians, the five members of Les Poules à Photo © Michael Slobodian In Scotland this February, they will host their reputed Colin grew up immersed in the French-Canadian music tradition, to which subsequent jazz Composer’s Kitchen workshops for emerging artists, before performing the music of Ruth and classical studies, plus the diverse tastes of most under-25s, now bring fresh vitality, Crawford Seeger and Johanna Beyer at NY Musik in Borås, Sweden and that of Linda Catlin contemporary sophistication and breadth of influence. Bright, sinuous vocals, in both French Smith, Fiona Pacey and Chie Tsang Lee at the Huddersfield University Concert Series. and English, combine with vibrantly imaginative instrumentation.

On 15 January, they will perform with Gaelic supergroup Dàimh and with InterGaelic vocal project Aon Teanga on 17 January.

Photo © Aimé Méthé www.lespoulesacolin.com London Philharmonic Orchestra Yannick Nézet-Séguin

The Wainwright Sisters 3 & 5 February Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre 25 January London, UK City Halls Glasgow, UK Former Principal Guest Conductor of the London Philharmonic Orchestra, Yannick Nézet-Séguin returns It’s never too late to sing lullabies with family. Even though to London on 3 February to conduct Dvorák’s˘ Symphony Loudon III’s daughters, Martha Wainwright and Lucy No. 6, a work whose unprecedented breadth, power, and Wainwright Roche, were sung to sleep by different stream of unfolding ideas made the composer’s name in mothers, Kate McGarrigle and Suzzy Roche both London. ranked among their era’s re-definitive female folk On 5 February, alongside Gershwin’s toe-tapping, artists, and both sang with their sisters. dance-infested Piano Concerto, Yannick will conduct This potent artistic legacy, abundantly evident the orchestra in Rachmaninoff’s Second Symphony, a in the half-sisters’ solo careers, resounds piece which unlocked a new emotional power within the afresh through their first duo album,Songs composer and saw him master both the orchestra and the in the Dark, reprising favourite lullabies symphonic form with flowing themes, vital rhythms and alongside other childhood classics. sumptuous textures.

Performing with singer-songwriter www.yannicknezetseguin.com Ethan Johns. www.lpo.org.uk

Photo © Marco Borggreve www.southbankcentre.co.uk www.marthawainwright.com

Image courtesy of Celtic Connections www.celticconnections.com

MUSIC 12 MUSIC JAN – APR 2016 13 Half Moon Run Yves Lambert 19 February – 23 March Tri o Various venues across Denmark, Norway, Sweden, UK and Ireland (See listings pages 16 - 17 or visit 11 – 22 March www.halfmoonrun.com) Various venues across the UK and Denmark (See listings pages 16-17 or visit “damned fine” – Mojo www.yveslambert.com) Montreal-based quartet Half Moon Run recently released their incredibly assured second album, Sun The legendary and high-energy Yves Lambert Leads Me On, and following their sold-out tour of the Trio are again embarking on a tour of the UK and UK last autumn, they return to the UK, Ireland and the Denmark this summer. Armed with vibrant,

Photo © Yani Clarke Photo © Yani Nordic countries for a host of new dates. driving Québécois sounds, the group are led by the charismatic Lambert, widely renowned as a Written mostly between Montréal and California, Sun Leads Me On was recorded at the historic beacon for the region’s cultural heritage. Bathhouse Studios in Ontario with acclaimed British producer Jim Abbiss (Arctic Monkeys, Adele). The album follows two years of international touring which saw both their debut album, As a founding member of La Bottine Souriante, Dark Eyes (2012), rocket past gold status in Canada and the group become a celebrated live act. Yves figures among the most influential players of Québec traditional music. His charisma and talent, coupled with Tommy Gauthier and Olivier Rondeau’s virtuosity and passion, the nuances of London Philharmonic Orchestra their arrangements and their distinct harmony,

make this trio a one-of-a-kind musical experience. Lambert Trio Image courtesy of Yves Marc-André Hamelin

6 March 9 March A Celebration of the Music of Max Reger Congress Theatre Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre Eastbourne, UK London, UK Isabelle Demers

Marc-André Hamelin is ranked among the elite of world pianists for his unrivalled blend of 11 April musicianship and virtuosity in the great works of the established repertoire, as well as for his Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre intrepid exploration of the neglected music of the 19th and 20th centuries. London, UK On 6 March, he joins the London Philharmonic Orchestra for a performance of the exuberant but fatalistic Second Piano Rapidly becoming recognised as one of Concerto by the man Rachmaninov hailed as ‘the greatest North America’s most virtuosic organists, composer of our time’, Nikolai Medtner. Then, on 9 March, Isabelle Demers took the organ world by he again joins the orchestra as soloist in Rachmaninov’s storm at the gala concert re-launching Third Piano Concerto, a now-legendary combination of the Royal Festival Hall organ in 2014. She lyricism, subtlety, excitement and virtuosity. returns to champion the music of Max Reger, who composed some of the most The performance on 9 March will be broadcast live by BBC impressive and monumental works ever Radio3 and will be available online in the UK for 30 days written for the organ. Her recital also via BBC iPlayer. features Reger’s transcriptions of music www.marcandrehamelin.com by JS Bach. www.lpo.org.uk www.isabelledemers.org www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk

Photo © Sim Canetty Clarke www.southbankcentre.co.uk

Salon du Livre de Montréal. Photo © Jean-Guy Thibodeau Darsha Hewitt, ELEKTRA. Photo © GRIDSPACE Pop Montreal. Photo © Susan Moss Festival TransAmériques. Photo © Chris Van Der Burght

FESTIVALS & EVENTS IN QUÉBEC 2016 14 15 See below a selection of the 400 festivals and events Québec hosts each year. They all welcome international delegates and industry professionals.

18 – 27 February 2016 10 – 20 March 2016 16 – 20 March 2016 July 2016 (dates TBC) 1 – 4 September 2016 September 2016 (dates TBC)

MA Les Rendez-vous du cinéma FIFA Regard sur le court métrage Osheaga & MEG Pro Festival de musique émergente en Envol et Macadam E Indie/Electronic Emerging Music québécois International Festival of Films au Saguenay MUSIC Abitibi-Témiscamingue www.osheaga.com/pro www.fmeat.org www.envoletmacadam.com CIN www.rvcq.com on Art International Short Film Festival www.artfifa.com www.regardsurlecourt.com

14 July – 2 August 2016 5 – 16 October 2016 November 2016 (dates TBC) 21 – 25 September 2016 October 2016 (dates TBC) November 2016 (dates TBC)

MA Le Festival international de Festival du Nouveau Cinema Rencontres Internationales du Pop Montreal Québec City Jazz Festival Mundial Montreal E www.popmontreal.com jazzaquebec.ca World Music

films Fantasia www.nouveaucinema.ca Documentaire de Montréal MUSIC www.mundialmontreal.com

7 – 17 July 2016 16 – 30 July 2016 May 2016 (dates TBC) November 2016 (dates TBC) 14 – 18 February 2016 26 May – 9 June 2016 Montréal Complètement Just For Laughs International Digital Arts M pour Montréal Rideau Festival TransAmériques Indie/Rock www.rideau-inc.qc.ca Theatre/Dance Cirque www.hahaha.com Biennial MUSIC CIRCUS

www.montrealcomplete COMEDY www.bianmontreal.ca www.mpourmontreal.com www.fta.qc.ca mentcirque.com DIGITAL ARTS DIGITAL PERFORMING ARTS

June 2016 (dates TBC) 1 – 5 June 2016 11 – 17 April 2016 May 2016 (dates TBC) 14 – 19 November 2016 16 – 18 November 2016

ELEKTRA MUTEK Metropolis Bleu OFFTA CINARS Fringe World Congress www.elektrafestival.ca www.mutek.org www.bluemetropolis.org Live Art Festival Performing Arts Biennial www.fringeworldcongress.com Salon du livre de Montréal. Photo © Jean-Guy Thibodeau www.offta.com www.cinars.org

LITERATURE Artist’s applications

DIGITAL ARTS DIGITAL deadline 15 February 2016 PERFORMING ARTS

13 – 17 April 2016 November 2016 (dates TBC) 3 – 27 February 2016 November 2016 2 – 6 March 2016 25 May – 11 June 2016 Salon du Livre de Québec Salon du Livre de Montréal Mois Multi Parcours Danse Le Festival de Casteliers Carrefour international de théâtre www.silq.ca www.salondulivredemontreal.com Multidisciplinary Digital Arts www.ladansesurlesroutes.com Puppetry www.carrefourtheatre.qc.ca

www.mmrectoverso.org/fr/ THEATRE www.casteliers.ca mois-multi 10e FESTIVAL de

LITERATURE CASTELIERS MARIONNETTES POUR ADULTES ET ENFANTS PERFORMING ARTS MULTIDISCIPLINARY

September 2016 (dates TBC) 14 January – 6 February 2016 May 2016 (dates TBC) 24 – 31 August 2016 August 2016 (dates TBC) 27 – 30 January 2016 EM15. Photo © Caroline Hayeur Les Escales improbables Igloofest Conférence Trad Montréal & La Dramaturgies en Dialogue Festival du théâtre de rue de I PAY Playwriting Lachine International Performing Arts de Montréal MUSIC Electronic Music Grande Rencontre

www.escalesimprobables.com www.igloofest.ca www.espacetrad.org THEATRE www.cead.qc.ca www.theatrederue.com Showcase www.cinars.org YOUNG AUDIENCE MULTIDISCIPLINARY

June 2016 (dates TBC) 30 June – 9 July 2016 1 – 3 July 2016 6 – 15 May 2016 13 – 20 November 2016 Festival Suoni Per il Popolo Festival International de Jazz de Chants de Vielles Festival Les Petits Bonheurs Les Coups de Théâtre For more information on Arts Festival for 0-6 years Biennial Festival MUSIC Experimental Music Montréal Traditional Music any of the above festivals www.petitsbonheurs.ca www.coupsdetheatre.com www.suoniperilpopolo.org www.montrealjazzfest.com www.chantsdevielles.com please do not hesitate to get in touch with us. YOUNG AUDIENCE EVENTS JANUARY – APRIL 2016 Confirmed dates at time of publication, see websites for more details.

Half Moon Run Les Planches aux Pieds Cirque du Soleil Annabelle Marquis

ONGOING 21 Music Half Moon Run Debaser Strand Stockholm, +46 8462 98 60 Sweden http://debaser.se Ongoing Cinema & Le Journal de TV5Monde UK Sky 796 and Virgin 825 Television Radio-Canada www.telefrance.co.uk MARCH Every day @ 7am 6 Mar Music Marc-André Hamelin Congress Theatre Eastbourne, UK 01323 412000 Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs Harold Pinter Theatre London, UK 0844 871 7627 with the London www.eastbournetheatres.co.uk Theatricals www.sunnyafternoonthe Philharmonic Orchestra Sunny Afternoon musical.com 9 Music Marc-André Hamelin Royal Festival Hall, London, UK 020 7960 4200 Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs Phoenix Theatre London, UK 0844 871 7629 with the London Southbank Centre www.southbankcentre.co.uk Theatricals www.benditlikebeckham Philharmonic Orchestra Bend it like Beckham themusical.co.uk 10 - 20 Digital Arts MUTEK Various Venues London, UK Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs Adelphi Theatre London, UK 0844 412 4651 @ Convergence www.convergence-london.com Theatricals www.kinkybootsmusical.co.uk Kinky Boots 10 - 13 Visual Arts Artêria Gallery Battersea London, UK 020 8246 4848 Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs UK Tour UK @ Affordable Art Fair http://affordableartfair.com Theatricals http://shrekthemusical.co.uk Shrek The Musical 10 - 13 Design Émilie F. Grenier Reykjavik, +354 771 2200 @ DesignMarch Iceland http://designmarch.is Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs UK Tour UK Theatricals www.hairsprayuktour.com 11 Music Yves Lambert Trio Salisbury Arts Centre Salisbury, UK 01722 343025 Hairspray www.salisburyarts.co.uk 12 Music Yves Lambert Trio Halkaer Kro Nibe, Denmark + 45 40 26 15 10 JANUARY www.halkaer.dk

Until 16 Theatre Alex Gaumond Royal Exchange Manchester, UK 0161 833 9833 14 Music Half Moon Run All Saint’s Church Brighton, UK 01273 733331 Jan stars in Into the Woods Theatre www.royalexchange.co.uk http://allsaintshove.org

12 - 16 Multi Le Patin Libre Somerset House London, UK 0844 453 9017 15 Music Half Moon Run Anson Rooms Bristol, UK 0117 331 8663 Jan Vertical www.somersethouse.org.uk www.bristolsu.org.uk/ @ Dance Umbrella www.danceumbrella.co.uk ansonrooms

14 Cinema & Albert Falco - The TV5Monde UK Sky 796 and Virgin 825 16 Music Yves Lambert Trio Ropetackle Arts Shoreham-by- 01273 464440 Television Oceanaut (Documentary) www.telefrance.co.uk Centre Sea, UK www.ropetacklecentre.co.uk

15 Music Les Poules à Colin Glasgow Royal Glasgow, UK 0141 353 8000 16 Theatre Match International Clapham Grand London, UK 020 7766 5900 @ Celtic Connections Concert Hall www.celticconnections.com d’Improvisation Theatre www.francophonieuk.com

16 Jan - Circus Cirque du Soleil Royal Albert Hall London, UK 020 7589 8212 17 Literature & Denis Thériault Québec Government London, UK 020 7766 5900 14 Feb Amaluna www.royalalberthall.com Publishing Soirée littéraire Office www.francophonieuk.com

17 Music Les Poules à Colin The National Piping Glasgow, UK 0141 353 8000 17 Music Yves Lambert Trio The Platform, Old Morecambe, 01524 582815 @ Celtic Connections Centre www.celticconnections.com Station Building Lancaster, UK www.lancaster.gov.uk/platform 18 - 24 Cinema & Anne Emond Tromsø International Tromsø, Norway +47 77 75 30 90 Television Les Êtres Chers Film Festival www.tiff.no 17 Music Half Moon Run The Academy Dublin, Ireland + 353 1 8779999 www.theacademydublin.com 18 - 24 Cinema & Philippe Falardeau Tromsø International Tromsø, Norway +47 77 75 30 90 Television Guibord s’en va-t-en Film Festival www.tiff.no 18 Music Half Moon Run Albert Hall Manchester, UK 0161 817 3490 guerre www.alberthallmanchester. com 18 - 24 Cinema & Mélanie Carrier & Olivier Tromsø International Tromsø, Norway +47 77 75 30 90 Television Higgins Film Festival www.tiff.no Quebekoisie 19 Music Half Moon Run Queen Margaret Glasgow, UK 0141 339 9784 Union www.qmunion.org.uk 18 - 24 Cinema & Philippe Lesage Tromsø International Tromsø, Norway +47 77 75 30 90 Television Les Démons Film Festival www.tiff.no 19 Music Yves Lambert Trio Prema Arts Centre, Uley, 01453 860703 Bethesda Chapel Gloucestershire, www.prema.org.uk 25 Music The Wainwright Sisters City Halls Glasgow, UK 0141 353 8000 UK @ Celtic Connections www.celticconnections.com 21 Music Half Moon Run O2 Academy Liverpool, UK +44 151 707 3200 Starts Cinema & Les Planches aux Pieds TV5Monde UK Sky 796 and Virgin 825 www.academymusicgroup. 26 Jan Television Tuesdays @ 5.35pm www.tv5monde.co.uk com/o2academyliverpool 31 Jan Theatre Théâtre Incliné The Lemon Trree Aberdeen, UK 0131 560 1298 Threads http://manipulatefestival.org 22 Music Half Moon Run O2 Institute Birmingham, UK 0121 631 1800 @ Manipulate Festival http://o2institutebirmingham. co.uk FEBRUARY 22 Music Yves Lambert Trio Witham Live Arts, Barnard Castle, 01833 631 107 Witham Hall Co. Durham, UK www.thewitham.org.uk 2 - 4 Feb Music Quatuor Bozzini Aberdeen, UK Composer’s Kitchen 2016 www.quatuorbozzini.ca 23 Mar - Theatre Catherine-Anne Toupin Bush Theatre London, UK 020 8743 5050 3 & 5 Music Yannick Nézet-Séguin Royal Festival Hall, London, UK 020 7960 4200 16 Apr Right Now www.bushtheatre.co.uk conducts the London Southbank Centre www.southbankcentre.co.uk Philharmonic Orchestra 23 Music Half Moon Run Roundhouse London, UK 0300 6789 222 www.roundhouse.org.uk 4 Theatre Théâtre Incliné Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, UK 0131 560 1298 Threads http://manipulatefestival.org @ Manipulate Festival APRIL

5 Music Quatuor Bozzini Woodend Barn Arts Banchory, UK 1 - 2 Apr Multi Les 7 Doigts de la Main Sadler’s Wells London, UK 020 7863 8000 Composer’s Kitchen 2016 Centre www.quatuorbozzini.ca Triptyque www.sadlerswells.com 7 Music Clemens Merkel Caroli Borås, Sweden & Mats Persson församlingshem www.quatuorbozzini.ca 11 Music Isabelle Demers Royal Festival Hall, London, UK 020 7960 4200 (from Quatuor Bozzini) A Celebration of the Music Southbank Centre www.southbankcentre.co.uk Beyer of Max Reger

7 Music Quatuor Bozzini NY Musik – Winter Borås, Sweden + 46 33 28 01 72 13 - 14 Dance Benoït Lachambre Baltoppen LIVE Ballerup, +45 4477 3060 Beyer/Crawford Seeger 2016 www.ny-musik.se/arkiv/ Prisms Denmark http://baltoppenlive.dk generalprogram 19 Dance Benoït Lachambre Teater Nordkraft Aalborg, +45 98 111 666 11 Music Quatuor Bozzini Huddersfield Huddersfield, Prisms Denmark www.teaternordkraft.dk/ Lee/Pacey/Smith University Concert UK www.quatuorbozzini.ca Series 19 Apr - Theatre Catherine-Anne Toupin Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, UK 0131 228 1404 18 Feb - Theatre Catherine-Anne Toupin Theatre Royal Bath, Bath, UK 01225 448844 7 May Right Now www.traverse.co.uk 19 Mar Right Now Ustinov Studio www.theatreroyal.org.uk 21 Dance Benoït Lachambre Teater Momentum Odense, +45 63 11 78 10 19 Music Half Moon Run Vega Copenhagen, +45 3325 7011 Prisms Denmark www.teatermomentum.dk Denmark www.vega.dk

20 Music Half Moon Run Parkteatret Oslo, Norway +47 22 35 63 00 25 - 27 Dance Benoït Lachambre Bora Bora Aarhus, +4586190079 http://parkteatret.no Prisms Denmark http://bora-bora.dk

Half Moon Run. Photo © Yani Clarke Les Planches aux Pieds. Photo © Quiet Motion Inc. Cirque du Soleil, Amaluna. Photo © Charles William Pelletier Annabelle Marquis. Image courtesy of Artêria Gallery Pour les amoureux du français à travers le Royaume-Uni

Venez célébrer la Francophonie! Du 14 au 20 mars 2016

16 mars – Match International d’Improvisation Clapham Grand Theatre, Londres (page 9)

17 mars - Soirée littéraire québécoise Délégation générale du Québec à Londres (page 4)

Programme complet à venir Image courtesy of Hesperus Press Denis Thériault – 17 mars

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