December 2015 SEP– DEC 2015 01 Welcome to the Autumn Edition of Québec Culture

UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries

September – December 2015 SEP– DEC 2015 01 Welcome to the autumn edition of Québec Culture. Focus on

It has been a jam-packed summer of Québec cultural activity on our territory, especially in the UK, where no Literature & Publishing less than 22 Québec artists/companies took the Edinburgh festivals by storm in August. It was an exceptional presence for us, which we hope provided a glimpse into the scale As well as being contemporary, universal and varied, Québec and scope of Québec’s cultural offering as part of this literature and publishing boasts an immense vitality. Every year, incredible international showcase. We are delighted to see Québec publishers participate in the most prestigious international Québec’s ties with Edinburgh and its wonderful array of book fairs (Frankfurt, Bologna, London, Paris), and in 2015, Québec festivals growing stronger each year and we look forward was the guest of honour at the Brussels Book Fair, where the work to continuing this wonderful collaboration in the years to of renowned writers such as Dany Laferrière, Kim Thuy, Hubert come. Reeves, Larry Tremblay and Martin Michaud was celebrated. It is worth noting that Laferrière also officially became the first On the topic of collaboration, two of the projects that were supported by this year’s Québécois to be awarded the Immortel accolade by the Académie Québec – UK Cultural Cooperation Fund, organised in partnership with the British française in May of this year. Winner of the Médicis Prize in 2009 Council, were actually presented at the Edinburgh festivals: an exchange between La

Dany Laferrière. Photo © C. Beauregard for The Enigma of the Return (MacLehose Press, UK), Laferrière Maison de la Poésie and the Edinburgh International Book Festival, and one between is author of numerous novels, stories, essays and even books for Théâtre de la Manufacture/La Licorne and the Traverse Theatre, which will both see young audiences. His work has been translated into 12 languages. reciprocal work presented in Québec next year. On that topic, the literary translation support programme of the We have just this summer launched another call for projects as part of this fund. The Société de développement des entreprises culturelles (SODEC) 2015-2016 programme, entitled Connexions QC-UK Connections, will privilege projects in Québec stimulates exports and helps increase the visibility of with a digital focus. The deadline for receipt of applications is 23 October 2015 and for Québec literature internationally. SODEC also supports market more information please visit www.britishcouncil.ca. development projects; for example the recently launched As always, if ever you would like to discuss any project involving Québec, please do not Fellowship Rendez-vous, an ANEL/Québec Édition programme hesitate to contact Maude and her team who will be delighted to hear from you. which welcomes ten foreign editors to the Montreal Book Fair each year. Another SODEC-supported Québec Édition initiative will see Finally, please take a look inside to see what an exciting autumn programme we have a group of publishers from Québec attend the Göteborg Book Fair coming up. this autumn.

Bonne lecture! Internationally, comic and teen literature from Québec also stand out. The Paul series of graphic novels by Michel Rabagliati, Christos Sirros, Agent-General, Québec Government Office in London distributed by Publishers Group UK, has achieved global success.

Excitingly, two more graphic novels from Québec are to be published in the UK this autumn by Soaring Penguin Press. It’s Cas Public. Photo © Damian Siqueiros Heman Kolgen. Photo © Gwendal Le Flem Théâtre Incliné. Photo © Caroline Laberge hard to be a girl by Estelle Bachelard (Bach) and Perfume of Lilacs by Samuel Leblanc will have their official UK book launch at the Québec Government Office in London on 20 October next. Estelle and Samuel will also present their work at the Lakes International Comic Art Festival, 16 – 18 October.

Text by: Karine Vachon, Director of Fairs & Festivals at Québec Édition and Deputy Director of Québec’s National Association of Book Editors (ANEL)

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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 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. Cover : Cuisine & Confessions , Les 7 doigts de la main. Design and production: Sophie Leclerc /Photo Olivier Tétreault. For dates, see listings pages 16 – 17. Music Music SEP– DEC 2015 02 03 Le Vent du Nord Marc-André Hamelin

13 September 22 October 23 October Aberdeen Music Hall Bridgewater Hall Sheffield City Hall Aberdeen, UK Manchester, UK Sheffield, UK

Photo © Stéphane Najman Following on from an extensive tour of the UK earlier this Québec virtuoso Marc-André Hamelin continues to cement his year and the international launch of their eighth CD Têtu (Headstrong), Le Vent du Nord return Photo © Sim Canetty Clarke reputation as one of the greatest classical musicians of today, with to the UK for a double billing with Scottish Gallic singer Julie Fowlis. Combining a great stage few recitalists matching his imaginative programme-building. A regular visitor to the UK, he presence with an energetic, dynamic flair, Le Vent du Nord are one of the leading names in returns to delight audiences in Manchester and Sheffield this October, performing with the Hallé Québécois folk music throughout the world, delighting crowds with their mix of fiddle, guitar, Orchestra. The concerts will feature a jazz-inspired piano concerto by one of Britain’s leading accordion and hurdy-gurdy since 2002. composers, Mark-Anthony Turnage, written especially for Hamelin.

www.leventdunord.com | www.aberdeenperformingarts.com www.marcandrehamelin.com | www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk | www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk

Quatuor Bozzini Rufus Wainwright

13, 15 September & 24 November 23 October NY Musik Sligo Live Festival Borås, Sweden Sligo, Ireland

Photo © Michael Slobodian Since 1999, Quatuor Bozzini has been an original voice in Affectionately referred to by Elton John as “the greatest songwriter new, contemporary, experimental and classical music. Their vastly diverse repertoire has led on the planet” and praised by the New York Times for his ‘genuine to over 130 commissioned pieces, as well as close to 200 other premiered works. Winners of originality’, Montreal’s Rufus Wainwright has established himself as numerous prestigious prizes, the group tours extensively across the world. They return to NY one of the great male vocalists and songwriters of his generation. Musik in Sweden, performing works by Aldo Clementi, Jürg Frey and John Cage. This October, he will headline one night of the Sligo Live festival with an all-seated solo concert at Knocknarea Arena. www.quatuorbozzini.ca | www.ny-musik.se

Photo © Barry J. Holmes www.rufuswainwright.com | www.sligolive.ie

Richard Reed Parry Chilly Gonzales

18 – 20 September 7 November Sounds from a Safe Harbour Festival Royal Festival Hall, Southbank Centre Cork, Ireland London, UK Photo © Guillaume Simoneau As the red-headed polymath and multi-instrumentalist at the Originally from Montreal, pianist and entertainer Chilly Gonzales returns to heart of the endlessly inventive art-rock band Arcade Fire, Richard Reed Parry has performed London for his biggest UK show to date. Accompanied by Hamburg’s Kaiser in front of immense crowds and sold millions of records across the world. But this is only one Quartett, Gonzales performs material from his new album Chambers. Using aspect of an artist whose unconventional trajectory has resulted in work that is as varied as it is the string quartet as a sampler, Chambers re-imagines chamber music from surprising and unique. This September, he will take part in Cork’s new festival of music, art and the Romantic period as modern-day pop. Known as much for his intimate conversation (curated by Bryce Dessner of The National), performing Music for Heart and Breath piano touch as for his showmanship, Gonzales’ playing is influenced by amongst other works. classical and jazz training, and even rap. www.richardreedparry.com | www.soundsfromasafeharbour.com

Photo © Alexandre Isard www.chillygonzales.com | www.southbankcentre.co.uk Digital Arts Digital Arts SEP– DEC 2015 04 05

Sonica 2015 Human Futures: Shared Memories and Visions (exhibition)

Running from 29 October to 8 November, Sonica 2015 is a programme dedicated to world-class sonic arts, presenting emerging British talent alongside exceptional international artists, in Michel de Broin, Darsha Hewitt, collaboration with renowned co-producers and venues. Daniel Iregui, Sébastien Pierre

AfterShock & Seismik, 5 – 25 November LINK.C FACT (Foundation for Art and Creative Technology) Liverpool, UK Herman Kolgen As an international collaboration between cultural partners in Liverpool, Aarhus, Berlin, Vienna and Montreal, Human Futures: Shared Memories and Visions seeks to incite a process of re- 30 October evaluation in how we conceive our surroundings. This November at FACT, eight international Tramway artists, including four from Québec, will present the final outcomes of various residencies Glasgow, UK and expositions across the globe. The artists will also discuss their work as part of an . Photo © Herman Kolgen Seismik interdisciplinary conference on 6 November. An acclaimed multidisciplinary artist with more than two decades experience in media arts, Montreal’s Herman Kolgen draws his raw material from the intimate relationship between Michel de Broin’s work ranges from assemblage to video sound and image, creating pieces that take on the form of installations, video and film works, and photography. His works are often retooled everyday performances and sound sculptures. appliances, found objects that disclose an ironic re-utilisation not only of the mechanic universe but also of tropes of Sonica presents a triple bill performance by this audio-cinematic sculptor, including Conceptual Art and Minimalism, which in his hands take on a masterpieces AfterShock and Seismik, and the UK première of LINK.C, a moving, elliptical critical dimension. representation of our urban areas, based on String Quartet No. 2 by Philip Glass and played by www.micheldebroin.org the Maxwell Quartet. Smashy Face. Image courtesy of the artist Darsha Hewitt makes electromechanical sound installations, drawings, videos and experimental performances with Soft Revolvers handmade audio electronics. Her artwork grows out of a curiosity for the physics of electricity and an interest in Myriam Bleau demystifying the invisible systems embedded throughout domestic technology. www.darsha.org 6 November Darsha Hewitt. Image courtesy of the artist Tramway @ The Mitchell Theatre Founder of Iregular, an interactive content creation practice in Glasgow, UK Montreal, Daniel Iregui has worked in the field of interaction design for almost ten years, creating artistic experiences on Constructed from four illuminated spinning tops, devices and in public spaces where design is as important as Sonica also presents Myriam Bleau’s Soft Revolvers, technology. an electronic music performance that uses motion www.iregular.io data to generate playful musical patterns. With their Forward. Image courtesy of the artist luminous spinning bodies, the tops strongly evoke is director of information design studio turntables and DJ culture, hip-hop and dance music. Sébastien Pierre FFunction. His interests span open data, transparency, citizen This is a double-bill performance with composer participation and data visualisation, and he has been actively and visual artist Mark Lyken. involved in open data initiatives such as Montréal Ouvert and Québec Ouvert. www.kolgen.net | www.myriambleau.com www.ffctn.com www.sonic-a.co.uk Invisible Islands, 2015. Image courtesy of the artist www.humanfutures.info

Photo © Severin Smith Multidisciplinary Multidisciplinary 06 SEP– DEC 2015 07 Fierce Festival Vertical Influences Fierce curates and produces an international biennial festival of live performance across Birmingham, UK. This year, the festival runs from 7 – 11 October. Le Patin Libre

5 September 29 November Culture, Administration & Trembling Inverness Ice Centre, Bught Park Spikersuppa Ice Rink Inverness, UK Oslo, Norway Antonija Livingstone, Jennifer Lacey, Stephen Thompson, Dominique Pétrin Fresh from the Edinburgh Fringe, Québec’s iconoclastic ice skaters Le Patin Libre take their critically acclaimed show further north to the colder 10 October climes of Inverness and Norway. Challenging norms Digbeth and refusing to fit within boxes, this five-strong, prize- Birmingham, UK winning collective of skaters are creating a new kind of contemporary ice dancing, far beyond the confines Dance artists Antonija Livingstone, Jennifer Lacey, of traditional figure skating. In this double bill, the Stephen Thompson, and visual artist Dominique audience is even invited to view the performance up

Pétrin create a series of interconnecting pieces that Photo © Alice Clarke for Dance Umbrella close whilst sitting on the ice. explore movement, presence and territory. Each | | piece, or “time-based sculpture”, is conceived as www.lepatinlibre.com www.inverness-ice-centre.co.uk www.visitoslo.com Image courtesy of Antonija Livingstone a score that prompts a series of rare, endangered practices the public is invited to witness. These choreographic sculptures shift between the human and the animal, the real and the imaginary, the old school and the now, to create a series of unexpected contemplative landscapes. THEATRE

The DJ Who Gave Too Much Information Threads & Bring Your Own Record/Listening Party Théâtre Incliné PME-ART 6 - 7 November 14 - 15 November 10 & 11 October Festival of Wonder Frölunda Kulturhus Cow Vintage/The Drum Silkeborg, Denmark Göteborg, Sweden

Birmingham, UK The performance Threads is based on The Tale of the The Montreal-based interdisciplinary group Mountain-Woman, a touching and thoughtful story PME-ART have one hundred and twenty records, of women in war zones. Drawing on the stories of and stories about each one: historical facts about immigrant women from many countries, the production the bands, gossip, anecdotes, things that have is a strong, beautiful, touching and thought-provoking Photo © David Jacques happened to them and their friends. Each time they visual theatre performance with puppets, objects and perform, they find themselves playing the records in a different order, creating new, gripping acting, accompanied by live violin. on-the-spot connections between the music they love (and even a few songs they hate). In the complementary work, ‘Listening Party’, Fierce Festival visitors will be invited to bring along Taking its inspiration from other cultures, Théâtre Incliné music of their own and share a personal story. also pursues international co-productions with artists from faraway places, including Finland, Norway and PME-ART will also be performing the works in Manchester (14-15 October) and Cardiff (4-5 Denmark. November). See listings pages 16-17 for more details. www.theatreincline.ca | www.festivalofwonder.dk

www.pme-art.ca | www.wearefierce.org Photo © Caroline Laberge www.frolundakulturhus.se

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Sokalo – Atlantic Rhythms Whore of Babylon [ZØGMA] Nadère Arts Vivants Photo © Fred Peloquin

In this special adaptation, Montreal dance company [ZØGMA] will take you on a rhythmic Contortionist Andréane Leclerc invites eight female journey both through the streets of their city and the landscapes of the west of Ireland, artists, performers and burlesque artists on stage transported by intoxicating music from Québec, with accents from around the world. A dance for a strong mix of dramatic art, which challenges show uniting Irish and Québécois traditions, this cross-cultural collaboration also features Irish our usual perceptions of the body and the woman. dancers Caitlin Nic Gabhainn, Edwina Guckian and Liam Scanlon, and musician Laoise Kelly. A reinterpretation of Genesis and the Book of Revelation, passion, enjoyment and perversion are at Developed, produced and premiered at The Dock, Carrick-on-Shannon as part of its 10th the centre of this performance, guided by the angelic anniversary programme. and twisted music composed by Martyn Jacques and www.thedock.ie The Tiger Lillies. Nadère Arts Vivants will also present another production, Cherepaka, at Republique, 27 September Symphonie Lullaby – 11 October.

Dramatique – Part 2 www.nadereartsvivants.com | www.republique.dk Cas Public Hélène Blackburn

23 – 26 September 16 October Dawns Ysbrydion Linbury Studio Theatre, CODA Oslo International Dance Festival (Ghost Dance) Royal Opera House Oslo, Norway London, UK Sarah Williams

Symphonie Dramatique takes a mordant look at Shakespeare’s fabled couple Romeo and Juliet, 10 – 13 November producing a vibrant homage to the original tale Cardiff Dance Festival tinged with impetuous, contagious energy. Under Cardiff, UK the guidance of artistic director Hélène Blackburn, contemporary Québécois company Cas Public Premiered at the Edinburgh Fringe in August, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru, in association with has a reputation for adapting familiar tales in new Galeri Caernarfon, present their new production, co-directed by Montreal choreographer Sarah and compelling ways that speak specifically to Williams. A story of endangered cultures, language suppression and the subjugation of nations, new audiences and encourage a passion for live the piece will include a live, original electro score by Y Pencadlys. performance. Since moving to Montreal to join La La La Human Steps in 1990, Sarah Williams has appeared In October, at the CODA Oslo International Dance on stage, in art galleries and in film, performing in the works of prominent directors and Festival, Hélène will also choreograph the second choreographers such as Robert Lepage and Nelson Henricks. part of a performance entitled Lullaby, a strong and

demanding piece for three male dancers, by Panta Rei Photo © Stephen Kingston / Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru http://theatr.cymru Danseteater.

www.caspublic.org | www.roh.org.uk www.codadancefest.no Photo © Damian Siqueiros CIRCUS Cinema & Television 10 SEP– DEC 2015 11 Cuisine & Confessions Québec on TV5Monde Les 7 Doigts de la Main In the UK via Sky 796 and Virgin 825 with English subtitles

Jack – Daily at 8.25am until mid-September Jack. Image courtesy of TV5Monde 18 – 19 September 26 – 27 September 2 – 3 October Jack is a little alien for whom the Earth is a source of massive curiosity Stora Teatern Malmö Live Konsert Umeå Teaterförening and endless fascination. Suitable for ages 6-8. Göteborg, Sweden Malmö, Sweden Umeå, Sweden Plus, check out TV5Monde’s 24/7 FREE web TV channel for kids,

Tivi5monde, with programmes, quizzes and much more. 100% in French and something for all ages: Along with the usual eye-popping flight of acrobatic www.tivi5mondeplus.com Trauma. Photo © Fabrice Gaëtan / Éric Myre / Bertrand Calmeau / choreography and pulsating music the 7 Fingers are Pierre Dury Trauma - Tuesdays at 8pm until end of September famed for, this new show also targets the other three This fast-paced and emotional medical drama series returns with Season 5. senses — the touch of hands in batter, the smell of cookies baking, the taste of roasted oregano — leading Apparences – Starts Thursday 24 September at 1.45pm us through a span of time and countries, all the while the Apparences tells the story of twin sisters from a small town; one, a iconic kitchen, our common meeting point, is the centre famous actress, the other a primary school teacher who never left. Series 1. Apparences. of this evening. Photo © Bertrand Calmeau Unité 9 – Starts Tuesday 29 September at 8pm www.les7doigts.com | www.storateatern.se Catch Season 3 of this extremely popular “Canadian answer to Orange www.malmolive.se is the New Black”, set in Unit 9 of Lietteville, a federal penitentiary for

Design and production: Sophie Leclerc /Photo : Olivier Tétreault www.umeateaterforening.se women.

www.tv5monde.co.uk Unité 9. Photo © Lawrence Arcouette

Frédérique Cournoyer Lessard, Louis Bélanger, Matthew Rankin, Terence Chotard, Raphaël Dostie, Timber! Mathieu Arsenault

Photo © Nicolas Descôteaux 7 September Cirque Alfonse Still from Bec de Lièvre Cambridge Film Festival 10 – 12 December 14 – 17 December Cambridge, UK Stora Teatern Espoo Cultural Centre Göteborg, Sweden Helsinki, Finland Cambridge Film Festival has a history of screening Québec cinema, with films from Denis Villeneuve, Ken Scott and Denys Arcand lighting up the festival in recent years. This You can almost smell the freshly cut pine logs and the year they turn their attention to up-and-coming filmmakers sweat of lumberjacks as you watch this circus family with a whole programme, entitled Québec en Bref, of jiving to a traditional folk soundtrack. With incredible Still from Pas some of the very finest Québécois short films of the past feats of aerial acrobatics that are directly inspired year, including Pas by Frédérique Cournoyer Lessard, Bec by the natural raw materials of the forest and the de Lièvre by Louis Bélanger, Mynarski Chute Mortelle by equipment used on their real-life family farm, Timber! Matthew Rankin, Once Upon a Kingdom by Terence Chotard is a thrillingly authentic experience which has been and Raphaël Dostie, and Maison Modèles by Mathieu performed more than 250 times in 13 countries since Arsenault. it premiered in 2010. www.travellingdistribution.com www.cirquealfonse.com | www.storateatern.se www.ladistributrice.ca | www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk www.espoonteatteri.fi Still from Once Upon a Kingdom Cinema & Television Cinema & Television SEP– DEC 2015 12 13 Chorus Seth’s Dominion François Delisle Luc Chamberland

23 September – 4 October (exact date TBC) 18 October 10 December Raindance Film Festival Lakes International Comic Art Festival London International Animation Vue Piccadilly/ Vue Leicester Square Brewery Arts Centre Festival London, UK Kendal, UK London, UK

Raindance Film Festival presents Chorus by award- Lakes International Comic Art Festival and winning Québec director François Delisle. the London International Animation Festival (LIAF) will present special screenings of this A couple, separated for ten years, are forced to come atmospheric and insightful documentary by together to identify the remains of their young son Luc Chamberland about Canadian cartoonist declared missing. As they struggle to heal the wounds Seth, one of the world’s great storytellers of the past and bury them with their child, they find a in the comic book form. Seth’s Dominion way to be parents and lovers one last time. showcases the artist’s life and work with a combination of live action and animation. Raindance presents films and web series from around Dominion Still from Seth’s the world, celebrating and supporting independent, In the film, Chamberland sheds light on his articulate subject, mixing insightful biography new and alternative filmmakers. with vivid animation in an artful fusion of filmmaking techniques that perfectly captures Seth’s manifold creative universe. The LIAF screening will be introduced by the director himself. Photo © Anouk Lessard www.films53-12.com | www.raindancefestival.org www.comicartfestival.com | www.liaf.org.uk

Sicario Félix et Meira Denis Villeneuve Maxime Giroux UK release: 9 October Ireland release: 9 November 7 – 22 November (exact date TBC) UK Jewish Film Festival

Following the success of his recent thrillers, Prisoners London, UK and Enemy, award-winning Québec director Denis Villeneuve returns with another edge-of-your-seat The UK Jewish Film Festival presents blockbuster. In the lawless border area between the Québécois feature Félix et Meira, by Maxime Giroux, US and Mexico, an idealistic FBI agent (Emily Blunt) which won the prize for best Canadian film at the is enlisted by an elite government task force official Toronto International Film Festival last year for its Image courtesy of Lionsgate (Josh Brolin) to aid in the escalating war against depiction of an unconventional and gripping romance drugs. Led by an enigmatic consultant with a questionable past (Benicio Del Toro), the team between two strangers living vastly different lives, and sets out on a clandestine journey forcing Kate (Blunt) to question everything that she believes in the joy of having your eyes opened to the world. In order to survive. French, English and Yiddish with English subtitles.

Villeneuve’s filmIncendies was nominated for an Oscar (2010) and a BAFTA (2012) for Best The UK Jewish Film Festival presents a diverse Foreign Language Film. and vibrant collection of contemporary films, comprising over 80 features, documentaries and shorts www.lionsgatefilms.co.uk from over 25 countries.

Félix et Meira Still from Félix www.ukjewishfilm.org

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 2015/16 14 15 See below a selection of the 400 festivals and events Québec hosts each year. They all welcome international delegates and industry professionals.

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

7 – 18 October 2015 12 – 22 November 2015 18 – 27 February 2016 3 – 6 September 2015 10 – 12 September 2015 16 – 20 September 2015

MA Festival du Nouveau Cinema Rencontres Internationales du Les Rendez-vous du cinéma Festival de musique émergente en Envol et Macadam Pop Montreal Emerging Music www.popmontreal.com www.nouveaucinema.ca Documentaire de Montréal québécois MUSIC Abitibi-Témiscamingue www.fmeat.org www.envoletmacadam.com CIN e www.ridm.qc.ca www.rvcq.com

16 – 20 March 2016 March 2016 (dates TBC) 14 July – 2 August 2016 13 October – 2 November 2015 17 – 20 November 2015 18 – 21 November 2015

MA Regard sur le court métrage au FIFA Le Festival international de films Québec City Jazz Festival Mundial Montreal M pour Montréal http://jazzaquebec.ca World Music Indie/Rock

Saguenay International Festival of Films Fantasia MUSIC www.mundialmontreal.com www.mpourmontreal.com

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

7 – 17 July 2016 July 2016 (dates TBC) May 2016 (dates TBC) January 2016 (dates TBC) 1 – 3 December 2015 14 – 18 February 2016 Montréal Complètement Just For Laughs International Digital Arts Igloofest Parcours Danse Rideau Electronic Music www.ladansesurlesroutes.com www.rideau-inc.qc.ca Cirque www.hahaha.com Biennial MUSIC CIRCUS

www.montrealcomplete COM E DY www.bianmontreal.ca www.igloofest.ca mentcirque.com DIGITAL ARTS DIGITAL P E RFORMING ARTS

May 2016 (dates TBC) 1 – 5 June 2016 18 – 23 November 2015 26 May – 9 June 2016 May 2016 (dates TBC) 14 – 19 November 2016 June 2016 (dates TBC) Elektra MUTEK Salon du Livre de Montréal Festival TransAmériques OFFTA CINARS www.elektrafestival.ca www.mutek.org www.salondulivrede Theatre/Dance Live Art Festival Performing Arts Biennial montreal.com www.fta.qc.ca www.offta.com www.cinars.org E LIT E RATUR DIGITAL ARTS DIGITAL P E RFORMING ARTS

11 – 17 April 2016 13 – 17 April 2016 5 – 12 September 2015 16 – 18 November 2016 2 – 6 March 2016 25 May – 11 June 2016 Metropolis Bleu Salon du Livre de Québec Les Escales improbables Fringe World Congress Le Festival de Casteliers Carrefour international de théâtre www.bluemetropolis.org www.silq.ca de Montréal www.fringeworldcongress.com Puppetry www.carrefourtheatre.qc.ca

www.escalesimprobables.com E TH E ATR www.casteliers.ca

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www.mmrectoverso.org/fr/ www.espacetrad.org www.suoniperilpopolo.org E TH E ATR www.cead.qc.ca www.theatrederue.com mois-multi VISUAL ARTS MULTIDISCIPLINARY

27 – 30 January 2016 6 – 15 May 2016 30 June - 9 July 2016 1 – 3 July 2016 July 2016 (dates TBC) For more information Festival International de Jazz Chants de Vielles Festival Osheaga & MEG Pro I PAY Les Petits Bonheurs Traditional Music Indie/Electronic International Performing Arts Arts Festival for 0-6 years on any of the above MUSIC de Montréal www.montrealjazzfest.com www.chantsdevielles.com www.osheaga.com/pro Showcase www.petitsbonheurs.ca festivals please do not www.cinars.org hesitate to get in touch with us. YOUNG AUDI E NC Dana Michel Yellow Towel Events September – December 2015 Confirmed dates at time of publication, see websites for more details.

16 Dance Hélène Blackburn CODA Oslo Oslo, Norway +47 464 12 150 ONGOING Lullaby – Part 2 International Dance www.codadancefest.no Festival Ongoing Cinema & Le Journal de Radio-Canada TV5Monde UK Sky 796 and Virgin 825 Television Every day @ 7am www.telefrance.co.uk 16 - 18 Literature & Estelle Bachelard (Bach) @ Canadian Pavilion Kendal, UK Publishing Lakes International Comic Until mid- Cinema & Jack TV5Monde UK Sky 796 and Virgin 825 Art Festival www.comicartfestival.com Sept Television Daily @ 8.25am www.tv5monde.co.uk 16 - 18 Literature & Samuel Leblanc Canadian Pavilion Kendal, UK Until end Cinema & Trauma TV5Monde UK Sky 796 and Virgin 825 Publishing @ Lakes International Comic of Sept Television Tuesdays @ 8pm www.tv5monde.co.uk Art Festival www.comicartfestival.com Starts 24 Cinema & Apparences TV5Monde UK Sky 796 and Virgin 825 18 Cinema & Luc Chamberland Brewery Arts Centre Kendal, UK 01539 725133 Sept Television Thursdays @ 1.45pm www.tv5monde.co.uk Television Seth’s Dominion www.comicartfestival.com @ Lakes International Comic Starts 29 Cinema & Unité 9 TV5Monde UK Sky 796 and Virgin 825 Art Festival Sept Television Tuesdays @ 8pm www.tv5monde.co.uk 20 Literature & Launch of It’s Hard to be a Québec Government London, UK 020 7766 5930 Until 5 Theatre Just for Laughs Playhouse Theatre London, UK 0844 871 7631 Publishing Girl by Estelle Bachelard Office www.quebec.org.uk Sept Theatricals http://1984theplay.co.uk (Bach) and Perfume of Lilacs 1984 The Play by Samuel Leblanc Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs Harold Pinter Theatre London, UK 0844 871 7627 22 Music Marc André Hamelin in Bridgewater Hall Manchester, UK 0161 907 9000 Theatricals www.sunnyafternoonthe concert with the Hallé www.bridgewater-hall.co.uk Sunny Afternoon musical.com Orchestra Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs Phoenix Theatre London, UK 0844 871 7629 23 Music Marc André Hamelin in Sheffield City Hall Sheffield, UK 0114 2 789 789 Theatricals www.benditlikebeckhamthe concert with the Hallé www.sheffieldcityhall.co.uk Bend it like Beckham musical.co.uk Orchestra Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs Adelphi Theatre London, UK 0844 412 4651 23 Music Rufus Wainwright Sligo Live Festival Sligo, Ireland Theatricals www.kinkybootsmusical.co.uk www.sligolive.ie Kinky Boots 23 Music Half Moon Run Whelan’s Dublin, Ireland +353 1 478 0766 Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs UK Tour UK www.whelanslive.com Theatricals Shrek The Musical http://shrekthemusical.co.uk 23 Music Voivod Wulfrun Hall Wolverhampton, 0870 320 7000 UK www.wolvescivic.co.uk Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs UK Tour UK Theatricals 24 Music Voivod Barrowland Glasgow, UK 0141 552 4601 Hairspray www.hairsprayuktour.com Ballroom www.glasgow-barrowland.com 25 Music Voivod Limelight Belfast, UK 028 9032 7007 September www.limelightbelfast.com 03 - 13 Cinema & Sophie Deraspe Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge, UK 0871 902 5720 26 Music Voivod Olympia Dublin, Ireland +353 1 679 3323 Sept Television Le Profil Amina www.cambridgefilmfestival.org.uk www.olympia.ie 04 - 05 Dance [ZØGMA] The Dock Carrick-on- 26 Music Half Moon Run Koko London, UK 020 7388 3222 Sokalo – Atlantic Rhythms Shannon, Co. +353 71 9650828 www.koko.uk.com Leitrim, Ireland www.thedock.ie 27 Music Half Moon Run Trinity Centre Bristol, UK 0117 935 1200 05 Multi Le Patin Libre Inverness Ice Centre, Inverness, UK 01463 235711 www.3ca.org.uk Vertical Influences Bught Park www.inverness-ice-centre.co.uk 27 Music Voivod Motion Bristol, UK 0117 972 3111 07 Cinema & Frédérique Cournoyer Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge, UK 0871 902 5720 www.motionbristol.com Television Lessard www.cambridgefilmfestival. Pas org.uk 28 Music Voivod Northumbria Newcastle, UK 0191 232 6002 University www.northumbria.ac.uk 07 Cinema & Louis Bélanger Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge, UK 0871 902 5720 Television Bec de Lièvre www.cambridgefilmfestival. 28 Music Half Moon Run Gorilla Manchester, UK 0844 858 8521 org.uk www.thisisgorilla.com 07 Cinema & Matthew Rankin Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge, UK 0871 902 5720 29 Music Voivod Forum London, UK 0844 847 2405 Television Mynarski Chute Mortelle www.cambridgefilmfestival. http://theforumlondon.com org.uk 30 Music Voivod Ritz Manchester, UK 0844 248 5117 07 Cinema & Terence Chotard & Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge, UK 0871 902 5720 http://theritzmanchester.com Television Raphaël Dostie www.cambridgefilmfestival. Once Upon a Kingdom org.uk 30 Digital Arts Herman Kolgen Sonica @ Tramway Glasgow, UK 0141 354 0544 AfterShock & Seismik, LINK.C www.sonic-a.co.uk 07 Cinema & Mathieu Arsenault Cambridge Film Festival Cambridge, UK 0871 902 5720 Television Maisons Modèles www.cambridgefilmfestival. 30 Music Half Moon Run Brudenell Social Club Leeds, UK 0113 275 2411 org.uk www.brudenellsocialclub.co.uk

08 Dance [ZØGMA] An Grianán Letterkenny, Co. + 353 74 91 20777 31 Music Half Moon Run Òran Mór Glasgow, UK 0141 357 6210 Sokalo – Atlantic Rhythms Donegal, Ireland www.angrianan.com http://oran-mor.co.uk 09 Dance [ZØGMA] The Linenhall Castlebar, Co. + 353 94 902 3733 Sokalo – Atlantic Rhythms Mayo, Ireland www.thelinenhall.com November 10 Dance [ZØGMA] Irish World Academy of University of 01 Nov Music Half Moon Run Rescue Rooms Nottingham, UK 0845 413 4444 Sokalo – Atlantic Rhythms Music and Dance Limerick, Ireland www.irishworldacademy.ie www.rescuerooms.com 11 Dance [ZØGMA] DanceHouse Dublin, Ireland +353 1 855 8800 04 - 05 Multi PME-ART Experimentica Festival Cardiff, UK 029 2030 4400 Sokalo – Atlantic Rhythms www.danceireland.ie The DJ Who Gave Too Much www.chapter.org 13 Music Le Vent du Nord Aberdeen Music Hall Aberdeen, 01224 641122 Information/Listening Party UK www.aberdeenperformingarts.com 05 - 25 Digital Arts Michel de Broin Foundation for Art and Liverpool, UK 0151 707 4444 13 &15 Music Quatuor Bozzini NY Musik Borås, Sweden + 46 33 28 01 72 @ Human Futures : Shared Creative Technology www.humanfutures.info www.ny-musik.se/arkiv/ Memories and Visions (FACT) generalprogram 05 - 25 Digital Arts Darsha Hewitt Foundation for Art and Liverpool, UK 0151 707 4444 18 - 19 Circus Les 7 Doigts de la Main Stora Teatern Göteborg, +46 31 368 32 99 @ Human Futures : Shared Creative Technology www.humanfutures.info Cuisine & Confessions Sweden http://goteborg.se/wps/portal/ Memories and Visions (FACT) storat 05 - 25 Digital Arts Daniel Iregui Foundation for Art and Liverpool, UK 0151 707 4444 18 - 20 Music Richard Reed Parry Sounds from a Safe Cork, Ireland +353 21 427 0022 @ Human Futures : Shared Creative Technology www.humanfutures.info Harbour Festival www.soundsfromasafeharbour. Memories and Visions (FACT) com 05 - 25 Digital Arts Sébastien Pierre Foundation for Art and Liverpool, UK 0151 707 4444 21 Music Half Moon Run Oslo London, UK 020 3553 4831 @ Human Futures : Shared Creative Technology www.humanfutures.info www.oslohackney.com Memories and Visions (FACT) 23 - 26 Dance Cas Public Linbury Studio Theatre, London, UK 020 7304 4000 06 Digital Arts Myriam Bleau Sonica @ Tramway Glasgow, UK 0141 354 0544 Symphonie Dramatique Royal Opera House www.roh.org.uk Soft Revolvers www.sonic-a.co.uk 23 Sept - Cinema & François Delisle Raindance Film Festival London, UK 020 7930 3412 06 - 07 Theatre Théâtre Incliné Festival of Wonder Silkeborg, +45 86 86 73 60 04 Oct Television Chorus www.raindancefestival.org Threads Denmark www.festivalofwonder.dk 25 Sept - Dance Nadère Arts Vivants Republique Theatre Copenhagen, +45 70 272 272 07 Music Chilly Gonzales Royal Festival Hall, London, UK 0844 875 0073 08 Oct Whore of Babylon Denmark www.republique.dk Southbank Centre www.southbankcentre.co.uk 26 - 27 Circus Les 7 Doigts de la Main Malmö Live Konsert Malmö, Sweden +46 40 34 35 00 07 - 22 Cinema & Maxime Giroux UK Jewish Film Festival London, UK 0203 176 0048 Cuisine & Confessions www.malmolive.se Television Félix et Meira www.ukjewishfilm.org 27 Sept - Dance Nadère Arts Vivants Republique Theatre Copenhagen, +45 70 272 272 11 Oct Cherepaka Denmark www.republique.dk 08 Music Voivod Trädgår’n Göteborg, +46 31 10 20 80 Sweden http://tradgarn.se OCTOBER 09 Music Voivod Fryshuset Stockholm, +46 8 691 76 00 Sweden http://fryshuset.se/evenemang 01 Oct Music Janina Fialkowska St Peter’s, Eaton London, UK 020 7288 6511 Recital for Eaton Square Square www.eatonsquareconcerts. 09 Cinema & Denis Villeneuve General Release - Ireland Concerts org.uk Television Sicario Ireland www.lionsgatefilms.co.uk 02 - 03 Circus Les 7 Doigts de la Main Umeå Teaterförening Umeå, Sweden +46 90 77 08 70 10 - 13 Dance Sarah Williams Cardiff Dance Festival Cardiff, UK 029 2030 4400 Cuisine & Confessions www.umeateaterforening.se Dawns Ysbrydion www.dance.wales (Ghost Dance) 03 Music Janina Fialkowska Village Hall Parbold, UK 01257 498452 Recital for Douglas Music www.parbolddouglasmusic.org 14 - 15 Theatre Théâtre Incliné Frölunda Kulturhus Göteborg, +46 31 366 27 25 Threads Sweden www.frolundakulturhus.se 07 - 08 Multi Lisanne Goodhue Kite and Laslett Studio London, UK 07817 448842/ 07901 961357 & Elise Bergeron www.kiteandlaslett.com 17 - 18 Dance Dana Michel Cardiff Dance Festival Cardiff, UK 029 2030 4400 HUE Yellow Towel www.dance.wales 09 Cinema & Denis Villeneuve General Release - UK UK 24 Music Quatuor Bozzini NY Musik Borås, Sweden + 46 33 28 01 72 Television Sicario www.lionsgatefilms.co.uk www.ny-musik.se/arkiv/ 10 Multi Antonija Livingstone, Fierce Festival Birmingham, UK generalprogram Jennifer Lacey, 29 Multi Le Patin Libre Spikersuppa Ice Rink Oslo, Norway +47 41 55 86 78 Stephen Thompson Vertical Influences www.visitoslo.com & Dominique Pétrin Culture, Administration & Trembling www.wearefierce.org DECEMBER Multi PME-ART 10 & 11 Fierce Festival Birmingham, UK 10 Dec Cinema & Luc Chamberland London International London, UK +47 41 55 86 78 The DJ Who Gave Too Much Television Seth’s Dominion Information/Listening Party www.wearefierce.org Animation Festival www.liaf.org.uk 14 - 15 Multi PME-ART Contact Theatre Manchester, UK 0161 274 0600 10 - 12 Circus Cirque Alfonse Stora Teatern Göteborg, +46 31 368 32 99 The DJ Who Gave Too Much http://contactmcr.com Timber Sweden http://goteborg.se/wps/portal/ Information/Listening Party storat 14 -20 Theatre Ex Machina/Robert Lepage Ostre Gaswaerk Copenhagen, + 45 70 272 272 14 - 17 Circus Cirque Alfonse Espoo Cultural Centre Helsinki, Finland + 358 9 439 3388 Playing Cards: HEARTS Theater Denmark www.gasvaerket.dk Timber! www.espoonteatteri.fi