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Maude Laflamme – Director for Culture I am delighted to welcome you to this, the Maude joined the team as Director in 2010. She is responsible for formulating 51st edition of our Québec Culture publication, and implementing market development strategies for artists and cultural my first as Agent-General since taking up the industries from Québec in the UK, Ireland and the Nordic Countries. She leads position in October 2017. the team in order to encourage programming, partnerships and cooperation across all art forms. Maude has over 20 years’ experience in the cultural I am sure that those of you who worked with sector and has worked across the industry as producer of international theatre my predecessor Christos Sirros would join productions, arts administrator and agent in TV and Film production. Originally me in thanking him for his long public service from Montréal, Maude has lived in London since 1996. which included almost three years as Agent- [email protected] General in London. We wish Christos a happy and healthy retirement – it is very much deserved. Marie Morin – Cultural Attaché I come to the role of Agent-General from a Marie graduated in Linguistics at Birkbeck, London and is particularly career in law in Canada and internationally, passionate about culture and diversity. She has several years’ experience at and with a long attachment to the UK having studied at Oxford for three years. the Délégation in different fields including Economy, Public Affairs, and mostly I feel privileged to have this opportunity to represent Québec, and am so very Culture. She was appointed Cultural Attaché seven years ago and covered all proud of our cultural achievements as well as our cultural engagement with arts sectors. Her enthusiasm about learning something new led her to develop knowledge in the then-emerging digital arts sector for which she is now Europe and around the world. responsible, as well as cinema, circus, theatre and visual arts. It is impressive to discover just how much Québec’s culture travels. From [email protected] the very niche to the mainstream with Québec’s Denis Villeneuve’s hugely successful filmBlade Runner 2049 described by the Telegraph as ‘one of the most spectacular, provocative, profound and spiritually staggering blockbusters Andrew Bailey – Cultural Attaché of our time’ on general release here as I arrived. A self-confessed québéciste since first visiting Montréal in 2010, Andrew

graduated in French at Leeds, completing his PhD in Québec cinema in 2016. Economically speaking, the cultural sector is of great significance for Québec, He is proud to join the cultural team following two years as Information and contributing 14.5 billion Canadian dollars annually to Québec’s GDP. Perhaps Digital Media Officer at the Délégation, a position which allowed him to deepen even more importantly, I firmly believe that culture is a key component of a kind his knowledge of Québec’s international outreach in politics, education, trade and enlightened society. as well as culture. In his new role, he looks after the dance, music, literature and publishing sectors. In addition to our ongoing cooperation with the British Council, we recently [email protected] launched a call for projects with the Nordic Council of Ministers. Applications from the fields of culture and innovation will be accepted until mid-February.

As further testament to the importance of Culture being a key component of our Helen Morgan – Project Manager delegation, we had the opportunity last summer to reinforce the cultural team Helen joined the team in June 2017 with a degree in English and French from and welcome new team members (see opposite page). I hope that you will find the University of Warwick, after several years in the charity sector. Helen something in this brochure to inspire, challenge and entertain you, and that you assists Maude, is responsible for the team’s publications including the Québec Interferences , Alexis Langevin-Tétrault. Photo © Mutek (see p.7) will feel free to contact us to discuss any current, future or potential projects. Culture brochure and looks after the logistics for the many cultural events. [email protected] John A. Coleman – Agent-General, Québec Government Office in London

Whilst every effort has been made to verify the accuracy This brochure should not be reproduced in full of the information in this brochure you are advised to or in part without the consent of the Québec contact the host organisations for confirmation. Government Office. +44(0)20 7766 5930 | www.quebec.org.uk | www.facebook.com/QuebecUK | www.twitter.com/Quebec_UK , Destins Croisés. Photo of Joshua Collin & Felix Cossette © Philippe Provencher, Le Foutoir. On tour in Sweden 1-13 February (see p.8) Le Foutoir. Link(s) , Destins Croisés. Photo of Joshua Collin & Felix Cossette © Philippe Provencher, Cover: Theatre Circus 02 Jan – ApR 2018 03

A Christmas Carol Alex Gaumond

Until 20 January Old Vic Theatre London, UK

Québec’s Alex Gaumond stars as Father/Marley in a new adaptation of at Theatre. Written by (Harry Potter and the Cursed Child) and directed by , the production features as Ebenezer .

Gaumond has over the years become a fixture in London’s West End, starring in productions including (for which he earned an Olivier Award nomination) and the RSC’s Matilda.

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Théâtre de la Pire Espèce

29 January – 1 February, Masterclass OVO 1 February, Short Forms & masterclass work 2 February, Leo the zero Cirque du Soleil Belltable, Limerick, Ireland

7 January – 4 March Théâtre de la Pire Espèce return to Limerick’s Belltable to give an intensive 4-day professional Masterclass. Royal Albert Hall London, UK They will also present Short Forms, a minimalist staging revealing three great Rush headlong into a new ecosystem with journeys (12+), as well as a reading circus legends Cirque du Soleil. OVO teems for industry professionals of with life as insects work, play, fight and one-man play Leo the zero look for love in a non-stop riot of energy in (9+), which has already been motion. The awestruck insects are intensely performed over 165 times in curious when a mysterious egg appears, Québec and France. representing the enigma and cycles of their lives. Québec’s foremost object theatre , Théâtre de royalalberthall.com la Pire Espèce has been

Photos © Liz Vandal cirquedusoleil.com/ovo touring internationally since 1999.

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Short Forms, Anathema Forms, © Jeanne Bertoux, Short pire-espece.com MUSIC Music 04 Jan – ApR 2018 05 Marc-André Hamelin Studio de

11, 12 & 14 January 16 January musique ancienne Liverpool Philharmonic Hall Turner Sims de Montréal Liverpool, UK Southampton, UK

15 February Marc-André Hamelin’s combination of towering virtuosity and questing intellect has made him St John’s Smith Square one of the foremost musical explorers of our day. London, UK In four UK concerts, including his Liverpool debut, Hamelin will be exploring works by Brahms, Sibelius, Beethoven, Schumann, and his latest rediscovery: the deeply poetic music of Samuil Praised for the remarkable clarity and purity of its singers’ voices, the Studio de musique Feinberg, a forgotten disciple of Rachmaninov and Scriabin. ancienne de Montréal has established a reputation as Montréal’s finest early music vocal ensemble. Since it was founded in 1974, the Studio has brought more than 800 Renaissance and

© Sim Canetty Clarke liverpoolphil.com | turnersims.co.uk | marcandrehamelin.com Baroque masterpieces before the public.

This programme explores the choral music of New France and Québec, including the earliest piece of classical music composed in Canada and the world premiere of Maurice-Gaston Du Berger’s setting of Marc Lescarbot’s sonnet on the explorations of Champlain.

Le Vent du Nord © Anthony Boxell Photography sjss.org.uk | smamontreal.ca

24 January 25 January Celtic Connections Out to Lunch Glasgow, UK Belfast, UK Bozzini Quartet

17 February 18 February ‘It would be a stony-hearted listener who wasn’t charmed, thoroughly, St John’s Smith Square St John’s Smith Square by Le Vent du Nord’ – the Herald London, UK London, UK (Bozzini Quartet) (Clemens Merkel and Alissa Cheung) Fifteen years after its formation, world-renowned folk group Le Vent Making a rare London appearance, du Nord has been transformed international festival regulars the into a quintet by the addition of Bozzini Quartet perform Nono’s fiddler André Brunet (formerly of masterful response to the poetry La Bottine Souriante and De Temps of Hölderlin alongside a quartet by Antan). Claudia Molitor. The programme The group’s first UK performances is completed by a set of enigmatic as a five-piece ensemble will canons by Aldo Clementi, and the include a return to Glasgow’s clear, airy harmonies of John Lely’s prestigious Celtic Connections, Doubles. The following afternoon a festival which celebrates Celtic quartet members Clemens Merkel and music and its connections to Alissa Cheung perform Nono’s violin

cultures across the globe, as © Michael Slobodian duet ‘Hay que caminar’ soñando. well as a performance at Out to Both concerts are part of Principal Sound, St John’s Smith Square’s festival inspired by the work Lunch, Belfast’s much loved winter of Morton Feldman and curated by Sam Wigglesworth. festival. sjss.org.uk | quatuorbozzini.ca celticconnections.com cqaf.com

© Stephane Najman leventdunord.com MUSIC Digital Arts Jan – ApR 2018 06 07 Louis Lortie Interferences (String Network)

27 February 1 March Alexis Langevin-Tétrault

Wigmore Hall Djanogly Recital Hall, Lakeside Arts 31 March London, UK Nottingham, UK The Lowry Arts Centre ‘ever immaculate, ever imaginative’ – The Times Salford Quays, UK

Louis Lortie’s Chopin interpretations have gained legendary status The work of composer and performer Alexis Langevin-Tétrault is characterised over the years, promoted by the Québécois pianist’s jaw-dropping by the thorough use of digital audiovisual technologies, rigorous composition, technical perfection and rare generosity of spirt. In his London meticulous sound design, exploration of sound timbre and conceptual reflection. © Elias performance he will interpret the composer’s early and late works along with two of Thomas Adès’s glittering Mazurkas. In his latest project Interferences (String Network) Langevin-Tétrault progressively builds a network of strings with which he interacts in order to create a sound For his debut concert at Lakeside, he performs an imaginative programme of music inspired universe that blends electronica and electroacoustic music. by Italy including works by Rossini, Fauré and Poulenc, as well as Liszt’s Années de pèlerinage.

Lortie’s recording of this monumental work was named one of the ten best of 2012 by the New © Mutek thelowry.com | quaysculture.com | alexislt.com Yorker magazine. lakesidearts.org.uk | wigmore-hall.org.uk | louislortie.com Cinema & Television

Arcade Fire TV5Monde 6 – 16 April TV5Monde is available in the UK via Sky 796 and Virgin 825. Programme listings are also Various venues in Ireland and the UK available at europe.tv5monde.com/en (see listings p.16-17 or visit ticketmaster.ie / ticketmaster.co.uk) Mémoires Vives ‘Utterly electrifying… their stirring shows, from basement clubs to the top of festival bills, are Starting 9 January, Tuesdays @ 8pm often akin to a spiritual experience’ – The Independent Now entering into its fifth season, this drama series tells the story of families haunted by past traumas, searching for the truth and finding Since Arcade Fire came to prominence in 2004 their unique sound has won them a loyal happiness where they least expected. following around the world, as well as two BRITs and two Grammy Awards. © Serge Gauvin Following an acclaimed run of shows across the UK and Europe in summer 2017, Arcade Fire La Classe Ouvrière return with a headline tour featuring songs from 2017’s Everything Now, an album ‘about Starting January, Mondays @ 9.30am & repeated having a cultural banquet on offer and still feeling hungry’ (Rolling Stone). Tuesdays @ 8am everythingnow.com Québec beekeeping aces Anicet Desrochers and Anne- Virginie Schmidt invite us behind the scenes into their environmentally friendly farm in the Hautes-Laurentides. We discover honey harvests and sustainable development © 2016 ZONE3 practices, as well as experiencing life in the beehives.

Roi des Rivières Starting January, Fridays @ 8.30am Discover the secrets of fly-fishing. Along the magnificent salmon- rich rivers of the Gaspésie and Bas-Saint-Laurent regions, we explore the exciting world of this unusual fish. But don’t worry,

© RDR Productions inc André Paradis releases all of his catches back into the rivers. Dance Dance 08 Jan – ApR 2018 09

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1 – 13 February 12 April – 5 May Various venues in Sweden (see listings Various venues in Sweden (see listings p.16-17 or visit caspublic.org) p.16-17 or visit destins-croises.com) Cai Glover, who overcame a hearing impairment to become a professional dancer, is the unusual Founded in 2003 by French-Moroccan-Canadian point of departure for choreographer Hélène Blackburn’s new creation. How is it possible to dancer and choreographer Ismaël Mouaraki, capture the monumental grandeur of the 9th symphony – one of the masterworks in the classical Destins Croisés brings together urban and repertoire – if, like Beethoven, our hearing is impaired? contemporary dances with disciplines such as A coproduction with Ghent performing arts centre Kopergietery, 9 incarnates this challenge slam, circus, video and theatre. It creates through a bold journey of sensation, rising above difference and transforming the body into intense choreographic pieces which transcend language. social, cultural and artistic boundaries.

Photo of Daphnée Laurendeau & Danny Morissette, © Damian Siqueiros caspublic.org Link(s) portrays an abstract, geometrical universe enhanced by a digital visual scenography where the concept of cycles is morphed into a sensorial and corporeal experience.

Photo of Geneviève Boulet, © Philippe Provencher, Le Foutoir Photo of Geneviève Boulet, © Philippe Provencher, destins-croises.com

Solitudes duo Daniel Léveillé Danse

7 March 9 March 11 March 13 – 15 March Teater Nordkraft Teater Momentum Baltoppen LIVE Bora Bora Aalborg, Denmark Odense, Denmark Ballerup, Denmark Aarhus, Denmark

Having made his mark on stages all over the world with his radical choreography, Daniel Léveillé returns to Europe with Solitudes duo, a remarkably romantic and sensual piece tinged with a dash of humour.

Zoom in on the couple: masculine, feminine, mixed. In one duo after another, modesty, passion, indifference, affection and lust are expressed to the sound of Bach, the harpsichord and 1970s pop-rock.

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Photo of Emmanuel Proulx & Ellen Furey, © Denis Farley Photo of Emmanuel Proulx & Ellen Furey, danielleveilledanse.org Visual Arts Literature & Publishing 10 Jan – ApR 2018 11 Artêria Gallery Le poids de la neige

8 – 11 March Christian Affordable Art Fair Battersea Guay-Poliquin London, UK 22 – 29 January Artêria Gallery returns to the 2018 Affordable Art Stockholm, Sweden Fair Battersea, once again sharing the quality Meatgrinder on blue by Limbo, Le Communicateur by Nathalie and diversity of contemporary Québécois Bergen, Norway Screen printing on wood Boissonnault, mixed media artwork with British collectors and amateurs. & Copenhagen, Denmark Since its establishment in 2008 the gallery, which represents more than 40 emerging and mid- © Julien Bois career artists, has participated in over 80 international art fairs in 16 countries. Award-winning novelist Christian Guay-Poliquin has been invited to tour the Nordic countries in January 2018, having won the Prix littéraire des lycéens for Le poids de la neige. The prize is Works from Artêria Gallery are also exhibited at the Québec Government Office in London. run by the Association internationale des études québécoises and judged by young readers in affordableartfair.com | arteriagallery.com Stockholm, Tallinn and Barcelona. Le poids de la neige is a story of isolation which depicts an injured man reluctantly dependant on his carer during a long, cold winter.

aieq.qc.ca | christianguaypoliquin.com Code-Switching, And Other Work Cover Jim Hunt Photo / Getty Images and Les éditions de L’Observatoire Nadia Myre

20 April – 7 May The Boy The Briggait, Glasgow International 2018 Who Belonged Glasgow, UK to the Sea

For Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art 2018, the independent curatorial duo Mother Tongue presents a solo-presentation of new work from Nadia Myre, a visual artist from Québec, Denis and an Algonquin member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation. Thériault Made against the historical backdrop of the city’s substantial role in the tobacco trade, excavated The Boy Who Belonged to shards of clay tobacco pipes evidence colonial legacies, explored through processes of the Sea tells the story of an imprinting, documenting and weaving. The design of the unearthed clay tobacco pipes was extraordinary friendship between an appropriation of indigenous vessels, these objects being one of the first disposable items two young boys who have both to originate out of contact between Europe and the so-called ‘New World,’ posing enduring suffered the loss of a parent, and questions around colonial legacies. who take refuge in a magical

Courtesy of Ageas Salisbury International Arts Festival Cover design: Hayley Warnham world of their own creation. , Digital Photographic Print, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Art Mûr, Montréal. Pipe Beads , Digital Photographic Print, 2017. Courtesy of the artist and Art Mûr, mothertonguecurating.com | nadiamyre.net

Denis Thériault’s work, which also includes The Peculiar Life of a Lonely Postman and The Postman’s Fiancée, has enjoyed international success. The Boy Who Belonged to the Sea is his first novel, first published in Canada in 2003, and his third novel to be published in the .UK

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Creative Residencies Creative Residencies 12 Jan – ApR 2018 13

CALQ Residencies Québec’s Arts Council, le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec (CALQ), has since the 1960s built an important network of creative residencies which have to date benefited almost 800 Québec artists and 400 international artists.

Studio du Québec à Londres Québec’s most prestigious residencies are our five international studios (London, Berlin, New York, Paris and Rome) which welcome mid-career artists from Québec on a six month residency. The London Studio opened in 2009 in partnership with Acme Studios, and has since then hosted 17 artists.

Award-winning writer and translator Geneviève Billette will take up the next residency from January to June 2018. Geneviève’s portfolio of theatrical works includes Contre le temps, winner of the Prix littéraire du Gouverneur général in © Julien Tremblay 2012, along with a number of radio plays for Radio Canada. Cove Park – Scotland

Following a performance at Glasgow’s Sonica Festival in October 2017, digital artist Maotik Artist Exchange Programmes returns to Scotland in February 2018 for a residency at Cove Park, part of a programme run by festival organisers Cryptic. Maotik will use this time to continue his research in generative

The residency exchange with Tapiola Studio in Finland is CALQ’s longest-running reciprocal © Maotik design and focus on sound and musical composition, alongside nine other international artists. residency exchange celebrating 20 years in 2017. To celebrate, Finnish artist Katri Naukkarinen (in residence at Méduse, Québec City in autumn 2017) has been commissioned to put together cryptic.org.uk | maotik.com a box of postcards each illustrating one of the 40 Québec and Finnish past residents’ experience of the programme in a specially-designed bespoke box. The Finnish Foundation plans a special launch event at the beginning of the year with the next residencies due in the autumn. Vibrations – England

The residency exchange between CALQ and the Centre for Contemporary Arts (CCA) in Glasgow, Vibrations is a 2-year collaborative project between Together! 2012 (East London, UK), Scotland, was established in 2006 and the next Québec artist, photographer Catherine Rondeau, Concordia University’s Participatory Media Lab (Montréal), and VibraFusionLab (London, will take up residency from March to June 2018. Ontario), which aims to bring together Deaf and disabled artists through a

co-production of digital works. This spring three Montréal-based artists will calq.gouv.qc.ca be visiting East London to share their work:

- Laurence Parent, an interdisciplinary artist and filmmaker passionate about disability activism, disability history and mobility who is also a PhD Laurence Parent Other Residencies candidate in Humanities at Concordia University - Véro Leduc, an artist and researcher and the first Deaf university professor in Québec, whose artistic work is articulated and intersected through

Ikonst – Sweden © Magdalena-Olszanowski © Émilie Tournevache feminist, queer, crip (disabled) and Deaf perspectives Véro Leduc

Myriam Bleau is a composer, digital artist and performer who creates - Aimee Louw, a multidisciplinary artist and writer who uses video to tell audiovisual systems that go beyond the screen, such as sound poetry and show embodied relationships to landscape and territory, and installations and performance-specific musical interfaces. She will also directs Underwater City Project, a blog and video series. be in Sweden in January 2018 for a creative residency at Inkonst, a contemporary performing arts venue located in the old Mazetti Aimee Louw chocolate factory in Malmö, to work on her next piece. The residency This project is supported by the QC-UK Connections scheme, funded by the British Council and the Government of Québec. will be followed by a tour in the UK and Sweden. The next call for projects is due in spring 2018.

photo © Kinga Michalska autopsy.glass, inkonst.com | myriambleau.com britishcouncil.ca | together2012.org.uk Festivals & Events in Québec 2017 – 2018 14 15 See below a selection of the 400 festivals and events Québec hosts each year. They all welcome international delegates and industry professionals. Festival TransAmériques POP Montreal Salon du Livre de Montréal MUTEK FestivalsTransAmériques. Photo © Youngmo Choe POP Montreal. Photo © Susan Moss Salon du livre de Montréal. Jean-Guy Thibodeau MUTEK. Jeanseb Roux

21 February – 3 March 2018 8 – 18 March 2018 14 – 18 March 2018 28 June – 7 July 2018 29 June – 1 July 2018 3 – 5 August 2018

MA Les Rendez-vous du cinéma FIFA Regard sur le court métrage Festival International de Jazz Chants de Vielles Festival Osheaga & MEG Traditional Music osheaga.com québécois International Festival of Films au Saguenay MUSIC de Montréal montrealjazzfest.com chantsdevielles.com CIN e rvcq.com on Art International Short Film Festival artfifa.com regardsurlecourt.com

12 July – 1 August 2018 September 2018 (dates TBC) 3 – 14 October 2018 30 August – 2 September 2018 6 – 8 September 2018 September 2018 (dates TBC)

MA Le Festival international de Festival de cinéma de la ville de Festival du Nouveau Cinema Festival de musique émergente Envol et Macadam Conférence Trad Montréal & La en Abitibi-Témiscamingue Emerging Music Grande Rencontre

films Fantasia Québec nouveaucinema.ca MUSIC fmeat.org envoletmacadam.com espacetrad.org

CIN e fantasiafestival.com fcvq.ca

November 2018 (dates TBC) 5 – 15 July 2018 14 – 28 July 2018 26 – 30 September 2018 November 2018 (dates TBC) November 2018 (dates TBC)

MA Rencontres Internationales du Montréal Complètement Just For Laughs Pop Montréal Mundial Montreal M pour Montréal popmontreal.com World Music Indie Rock Showcase Documentaire de Montréal Cirque hahaha.com MUSIC CIRCUS COM E DY

CIN e ridm.qc.ca montrealcompletementcirque.com mundialmontreal.com mpourmontreal.com 5 – 28 July 2018 Zoofest & OFF JFL zoofest.com

May – June 2018 (dates TBC) June – July 2018 (dates TBC) 22 – 26 August 2018 11 – 15 February 2018 23 May – 6 June 2018 June 2018 (dates TBC) IX 2018 ELEKTRA MUTEK Rideau Festival TransAmériques OFFTA International Symposium on elektrafestival.ca mutek.org Performing Arts Theatre & Dance Live Art Festival Immersive Experiences rideau-inc.qc.ca fta.qc.ca offta.com ix.sat.qc.ca DIGITAL ARTS DIGITAL P E RFORMING ARTS

11 – 15 April 2018 20 – 30 April 2018 21 - 30 September 2018 5 – 15 September 2018 12 – 17 November 2018 Winter 2019 (dates TBC) Salon du Livre de Québec Metropolis Bleu Festival International de la Festivals Quartiers Danses CINARS Parcours Danse silq.ca bluemetropolis.org Littérature quartiersdanses.com Peforming Arts Biennial ladansesurlesroutes.com festival-fil.qc.ca cinars.org E LIT E RATUR P E RFORMING ARTS

November 2018 (dates TBC) 2 – 25 February 2018 November 2018 (dates TBC) 7 – 11 March 2018 May – June 2018 (dates TBC) August 2018 (dates TBC) Salon du Livre de Montréal Mois Multi HUB – Rendez-vous international Le Festival de Casteliers Carrefour international de théâtre Dramaturgies en Dialogue salondulivredemontreal.com Multidisciplinary Digital Arts des industries créatives Puppetry carrefourtheatre.qc.ca (CEAD)

mmrectoverso.org/fr/ hubmontreal.com E TH E ATR casteliers.ca cead.qc.ca mois-multi 10e FESTIVAL de CASTELIERS E LIT E RATUR MARIONNETTES POUR ADULTES ET ENFANTS MULTIDISCIPLINARY

12 January – 19 February 2018 1 – 17 June 2018 1 – 18 June 2018 23 – 25 August 2018 19 – 22 April 2018 4 – 14 May 2018 Igloofest Festival de Musique de Chambre Festival Suoni Per il Popolo Festival du théâtre de rue Foire d’art Papier de Montréal Les Petits Bonheurs papiermontreal.com Arts Festival for 0-6 years MUSIC Electronic Music Montréal Experimental Music de Lachine

igloofest.ca festivalmontreal.org suoniperilpopolo.org E TH E ATR theatrederue.ca petitsbonheurs.ca VISUAL ARTS YOUNG AUDI E NC YOUNG AUDI E NC Events January – April 2018

Confirmed dates at time of publication, see websites for more details.

Jean-Guihen Queyras Théâtre de la Pire Espèce Daniel Leveillé Danse

Ongoing March

From Cinema & La Classe Ouvrière TV5Monde UK Sky 796 & Virgin 825 1 Music Louis Lortie Djangoly Recital Hall, Nottingham, UK 0115 846 7777 January Television (Mondays @ 9.30am & europe.tv5monde.com/en Lakeside Arts lakesidearts.org.uk Tuesdays @ 8am) 7 Dance Daniel Leveillé Danse Teater Nordkraft Aalborg, +45 9811 1666 From Cinema & Roi des Rivières TV5Monde UK Sky 796 & Virgin 825 Solitudes duo Denmark teaternordkraft.dk January Television (Fridays @ 8.30am) europe.tv5monde.com/en 8 - 11 Visual Arts Artêria Gallery Affordable Art Fair London, UK affordableartfair.com From 9 Cinema & Mémoires Vives Season 5 TV5Monde UK Sky 796 & Virgin 825 Battersea arteriagallery.com January Television (Tuesdays @ 8pm) europe.tv5monde.com/en 9 Dance Daniel Leveillé Danse Teater Momentum Odense, +45 6311 7800 January Solitudes duo Denmark teatermomentum.dk 11 Dance Daniel Leveillé Danse Baltoppen LIVE Ballerup, +45 7020 2096 18 Nov - Theatre Alex Gaumond Old Vic Theatre London, UK 0844 871 7628 Solitudes duo Denmark baltoppenlive.dk 20 Jan A Christmas Carol oldvictheatre.com 13 - 15 Dance Daniel Leveillé Danse Bora Bora Aarhus, +45 8619 0079 7 Jan - Circus Cirque du Soleil Royal Albert Hall London, UK 020 7589 8212 Solitudes duo Denmark bora-bora.dk 4 Mar OVO royalalberthall.com 20 International Day of 20marsfrancophonie.org 11 - 14 Music Marc-André Hamelin Liverpool Philharmonic Liverpool, UK 0151 709 3789 Francophonie francophonieuk.com Hall liverpoolphil.com 31 Digital Arts Alexis Langevin-Tétrault The Lowry Arts Centre Salford Quays, 0843 208 6000 16 Music Marc-André Hamelin Turner Sims Southampton, 023 8059 5151 Interferences (String UK quaysculture.com UK turnersims.co.uk Network) 19 Music Jean-Guihen Queyras with Wigmore Hall London, UK 020 7935 2141 Alexandre Tharaud wigmore-hall.org.uk April 22-29 Literature & Christian Guay-Poliquin Stockholm, aieq.qc.ca Publishing on tour Sweden 5 Literature & Denis Thériault UK oneworld-publications.com Bergen, Norway Publishing The Boy Who Belonged to Copenhagen, the Sea published in the UK Denmark 6 Music Arcade Fire 3Arena Dublin, Ireland +353 8187 19300 24 Music Le Vent du Nord @ Celtic O2 ABC Glasgow, UK 0141 353 8000 ticketmaster.ie Connections celticconnections.com 25 Music Le Vent du Nord The Black Box Belfast, UK 028 9023 2403 8 Music Arcade Fire Manchester Arena Manchester, UK 334 321 9999 @ Out to Lunch cqaf.com ticketmaster.co.uk 29 Jan - Theatre Théâtre de la Pire Espèce Belltable Limerick, Ireland +353 6195 3400 11 & 12 Music Arcade Fire SSE Arena Wembley, 335 321 9999 1 Feb Masterclass limetreetheatre.ie London, UK ticketmaster.co.uk

29 Jan - Visual Arts Andreanne Gagnon @ 120th Royal Scottish Edinburgh, UK s-s-a.org 12 Dance Cas Public Regionteater Väst Uddevalla, +46 0205 04075 9 Mar annual exhibition of the Academy Building 9 Sweden regionteatervast.se Society of Scottish Artists 14 Dance Cas Public Dansens Hus Stockholm, +46 8508 99090 February 9 Sweden dansenshus.se

1 Dance Destins Croisés Vara Konserthus Vara, Sweden +46 5123 1500 15 Music Arcade Fire Genting Arena Birmingham, UK 0333 321 9999 Link(s) varakonserthus.se ticketmaster.co.uk

1 Theatre Théâtre de la Pire Espèce Belltable Limerick, Ireland +353 6195 3400 16 Music Arcade Fire SSE Hydro Glasgow, UK 336 321 9999 Short Forms limetreetheatre.ie ticketmaster.co.uk

2 Theatre Théâtre de la Pire Espèce Belltable Limerick, Ireland +353 6195 3400 17 Dance Cas Public Kulturens Hus Lulea, Sweden kulturenshus.com Leo the zero limetreetheatre.ie 9

3 Dance Destins Croisés Brahe Gymnasiets Jönköping, destins-croises.com 19 Dance Cas Public Christinasalen Pitea, Sweden caspublic.org Link(s) Teater Sweden 9

6 Dance Destins Croisés Falkhallen Falkenberg, destins-croises.com 20 Apr - Visual Arts Nadia Myre The Briggait Glasgow, UK glasgowinternational.org Link(s) Sweden 7 May Code-Switching, And Other Work @ Glasgow 8 Dance Destins Croisés Gävle Teater Gävle, Sweden +46 2610 2100 International Link(s) gavleteater.se Cas Public 13 Dance Destins Croisés Västerås Konserthus Västerås, destins-croises.com 21 Dance Uppsala Konsert & Uppsala, +46 1872 79000 9 Link(s) Sweden Kongress Sweden ukk.se

15 Music Studio de musique ancienne St John’s Smith Square London, UK 020 7222 1061 23 Dance Cas Public Kulturhuset Spira Jonkoping, caspublic.org de Montréal sjss.org.uk 9 Sweden

17 Music Bozzini Quartet @ Principal St John’s Smith Square London, UK 020 7222 1061 25 Dance Cas Public Kungsbacka teater Kungsbacka, +46 3008 34595 Sound sjss.org.uk 9 Sweden kungsbackateater.se

18 Music Clemens Merkel and Alissa St John’s Smith Square London, UK 020 7222 1061 27 Dance Cas Public Konserthusteatern Karlskrona, caspublic.org Cheung @ Principal Sound sjss.org.uk 9 Sweden

27 Music Louis Lortie Wigmore Hall London, UK 020 7935 2141 29 Dance Cas Public Stora Teatern Goteborg, +46 1313 683299 wigmore-hall.org.uk 9 Sweden storateatern.se Jean-Guihen Queyras. Photo © Marco Borggreve Théâtre de la Pire Espèce, Short Forms, Dolls, size and heirarchy. Photo © Mathieu Blanchette Daniel Leveillé Danse, Solitudes duo. Photo © Denis Farley of Justin Gionet et Mathieu Campeau La Classe Ouvriere . Photo © 2016 ZONE3 Quebec_180x275+3_cinema(3)_Sestava 1 11/21/17 1:53 PM Stránka 1 © Thinkstock ©

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