UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries

UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries

September – December 2016 SEP– DEC 2016 01

Bonjour, Focus on Québec Festivals Welcome to the autumn edition of Québec Culture.

With all the excitement of the Edinburgh festivals behind “I was delighted to have the opportunity to visit La Biennale de us, we now turn our attention to an array of festivals taking Montréal in 2014 - I had not visited the city or the Biennale before, and place in Québec over the coming months, which we hope it was an extremely rewarding and stimulating visit. The Biennale itself many of you will be able to attend. was a strong presentation of international and Québécois artists, some familiar, some new to me. I also enjoyed the opportunity to encounter CINARS (14 – 19 November) in Montreal is globally Ighby and Lemmens, a collaborative Québécois practice whose work I recognised as one of the most important international, had not encountered before. Beyond the Biennale itself, Montreal has a multidisciplinary showcase and networking events, vibrant contemporary art scene, and we were delighted to collaborate welcoming 1500 participants from over 40 countries and with Battat Contemporary to bring Julie Favreau’s new work to the festival in 2015.” presenting more than 170 shows from Québec, Canada, and

abroad. It offers an invaluable opportunity to spot the best of Québec talent across the Photo © Ross Fraser McLean / Studio RoRo Sorcha Carey, Director, Edinburgh Art Festival performing arts over the course of one week.

Other dates to look out for in Montreal this autumn include:

Festival du Nouveau Cinéma (Film) : 5 – 16 October 2016 Rencontres Internationales du Documentaire de Montréal (Documentaries) : 10 – 20 November 2016 “Visiting Les Rendez-vous du cinéma québécois was an ideal way of getting to know the Québécois film scene first hand, and to screen both La Biennale de Montréal (Visual arts) : 19 October 2016 – 15 January 2017 finished films and works-in-progress. From the perspective of CPH PIX, the festival showcase was great for spotting new talent, both films and Les Coups de Théâtre (Young audiences) : 13 – 20 November 2016 other audiovisual art forms that Montreal has to offer.” Mundial Montreal (World music) : 15 – 18 November 2016 Louise Højgaard Johansen, Programmer and Head of Events & M for Montreal (Indie Rock showcase) : 16 – 19 November 2016 International Relations, CPH PIX Film Festival, Copenhagen

Salon du Livre de Montréal (Literature) : 16 – 21 November 2016 Houlberg Andersen Photography Photo © Yann

Fringe World Congress : 16 – 18 November 2016

It is worth also noting that the 100th ISPA (International Society for the Performing Arts) Congress will take place in Montreal from 23 – 27 May 2017, a key event in the arts diary. ISPA is a global network of more than 450 leaders in the performing arts with representation from more than 185 cities and all regions of the globe. (ispa.org) “CINARS is an incredibly useful and well-organised platform and a terrific way to meet Québécois cultural workers and presenters. If you would like to find out more about these, or any other, Québec festivals, please do Attending CINARS helped me get updated on new projects from not hesitate to get in touch with our cultural team. We look forward to welcoming you to leading and up-and-coming Québec artists and was a terrific way to performances by Québec artists taking place near you and in Québec this autumn. reconnect with the Québec scene. I look forward to attending again.”

Bonne lecture! Kris Nelson, Festival Director, Tiger Dublin Fringe Flip FabriQue at CINARS 2014. Photo © Marie-Paule Blais

Christos Sirros – Agent-General, Québec Government Office in London Photo © Andrew Rankin; This is Work

Cultural Contacts

Assis Carreiro Marie Morin Muireann Leonard Jesse Peterkin

Don Robitaille. 10 – 24 September, various venues in Sweden (see page 2). © Don Robitaille. 10 – 24 September, Tribe , Tentacle Acting 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 This brochure should not be reproduced in full or of the information in this brochure you are advised to in part without the consent of the Québec +44(0)20 7766 5930 | www.quebec.org.uk | www.facebook.com/QuebecUK | www.twitter.com/Quebec_UK contact the host organisations for confirmation. Government Office. Fractals of You of Fractals Cover: DANCE DANCE 02 SEP– DEC 2016 03 Fractals of You Daina Ashbee

Tentacle Tribe 21 & 22 October 24 November Oktoberdans 2016 SACRED: Homelands Festival 10 September 20 September 24 September Studio USF Toynbee Studios Norrlandsoperan Kungsbacka Theatre Falkhallen Bergen, Norway London, UK Umeå, Sweden Kungsbacka, Sweden Falkenberg, Sweden

Daina Ashbee is an artist, performer and choreographer Tentacle Tribe is a Québecois-Swedish creative based in Montreal. Her work is often influenced by her alliance between Emmanuelle LêPhan and Elon Cree Metis and Dutch heritage and her experiences as Höglund. As active participants in the street dance a young woman. Most notably, her work has been scene, this Montreal-based duo create uncommon presented for The Global Alliance Against Female dance works with a contemporary twist, using Genital Mutilation (Switzerland 2015). conceptual hip-hop and various movement techniques. Stunningly interpreted by Areli Moran and Paige Culley, Unrelated is a dark work that expresses the Fractals of You is their latest work. Characterized cruelty and vulnerability confronted by Aboriginal by its flow, physicality and precision, it explores women in Canada while exploring the self, cultural the evolution of consciousness and celebrates the destruction, violence and self-destruction. inward search for knowledge as opposed to the Photo © Don Robitaille material and external. Photo © Sarah-Marie dainaashbee.com | artsadmin.co.uk | oktoberdans.no

tentacletribe.com | norrlandsoperan.se | kungsbackateater.se | falkenberg.se

Re:generations International Conference 2016 CIRCUS Ghislaine Doté, John Alleyne, Roger Sinha BARBU 3 – 5 November Midlands Arts Centre (MAC) Cirque Alfonse Birmingham, UK Until 25 September As recipients of the Québec Government-British Council London Wonderground Spiegeltent, Cultural Cooperation Fund last year, One Dance UK came Southbank together with Montreal choreographer Ghislaine Doté London, UK and her company Virtu’O Danse. As part of this three-day international dance conference, they will be showcasing To critical acclaim and audience delight, BARBU Photo © Idil Sukan . the results of their artistic collaboration, with Ghislaine’s continues its 15-week run at Underbelly’s London performance of Skins on 3 November. Other featured artists Skins Wonderground. Packed with astonishing acrobatics and perfectly-groomed beards, this is from Québec include John Alleyne and Roger Sinha. cabaret but not as you know it. Performed by one of the world’s most iconoclastic circus Re:generations is One Dance UK’s academic and artistic companies, Québec’s Cirque Alfonse (the troupe behind 2013’s madcap lumberjack circus conference dedicated to shared practice, research and international Timber!), this is a spectacularly raucous and sexy circus that takes edge-of-your-seat, off-the- perspectives in the field of dance of the African diaspora. wall entertainment to a whole other level. Set to a heart-thumping score, circus and mayhem

collide to wow you in this adventure of almighty skills and muscly torsos. Photo © Idil Sukan ghislainedote.com | johnalleyne.ca | sinhadanse.com onedanceuk.org/event/regenerations/ cirquealfonse.com | londonwonderground.co.uk Photo © Ghislaine Doté performing Photo by Foteini Christofilopoulou, design Diane Bodel

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Bosch Dreams iD Les 7 Doigts Cirque Éloize

de la Main 20 September – 8 October Peacock Theatre 3 – 17 September London, UK Republique Copenhagen, Denmark Québec contemporary circus crew Cirque Éloize return to Sadler’s Wells with iD, their smash-hit show To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the death of daring stunts and dazzling theatricality. A family- of Dutch painter Hieronymus Bosch, Republique friendly show, blending circus, street dance and Theatre, in collaboration with Québec’s Les 7 doigts hip-hop, it transports audiences to a vibrant urban de la main, were asked to create an anniversary show streetscape. The stage fizzes with infectious energy that would pay homage to Bosch and the surrealist and phenomenal physical feats, as 15 talented cast movement he inspired. The result is Bosch Dreams, a members perform against a kaleidoscope of video contemporary circus show that takes audiences on a projections. fantastic journey through surreal imagery, delving into Bosch’s fabulous and saturated universe. Lazic Photo © Patrick cirque-eloize.com | sadlerswells.com

In this world premiere, famous paintings come to life right in front of you as the amazing acrobatic artists of les 7 Doigts unleash their playfulness across a fascinating three-dimensional canvas of projected videos. Catch Me! (Attrape-Moi!)

Photo © Per Morten Abrahamsen Morten Photo © Per 7doigts.com | republique.dk Flip FabriQue

26 – 30 December Amaluna Brighton Dome Brighton, UK

Cirque du Soleil After a host of five-star reviews at the Edinburgh Fringe in August, Québec’s hottest nouveau cirque crew are 7 September – 9 October bringing their incredible new show to the Brighton Dome this Christmas. intu Trafford Centre Manchester, UK High-flying, fearless and bags of fun, six performers impress with feats of skill and Following its UK premiere at the Royal Albert Hall daring (including some dramatic turns on a in January, Cirque du Soleil returns with one of trampoline wall) in a crowd-pleasing display of its newest touring shows, Amaluna. Written and athleticism and showmanship. Catch Me! is a directed by Tony Award-winning director Diane circus sensation that has played to audiences Paulus, Cirque du Soleil’s 33rd production is a around the world, receiving a nomination for celebration of love and a tribute to the work and Unique Theatrical Experience at the Drama Desk voice of women, with female performers making Awards in New York last year. up the majority of the cast, as well as the full

band. Photo © Benoit Lemay flipfabrique.com | brightondome.org

Photo © Yannick Dery Yannick Photo © cirquedusoleil.com | intu.co.uk/traffordcentre

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Thérèse and Pierrette at Holy Angels Seismik / Aftershock Michel Tremblay Herman Kolgen

27 September 19 September Traverse Theatre Quays Theatre, The Lowry Edinburgh, UK Salford, UK

Stellar Quines Theatre Company presents a new work-in-progress: Molly Innes’ translation A pioneer and international name in the into Scots of Serge Denoncourt’s adaptation of Thérèse and Pierrette at Holy Angels, a story by field of digital arts, Herman Kolgen has Photo © Herman Kolgen renowned Québec writer Michel Tremblay. The performance will take place in the 27th Rehearsal been modelling sumptuous ‘audiocinetic’ Room, a space where new scripts and writers are presented to a live audience for the first time. sculptures for over twenty years. He returns to the UK with his global hits Seismik and Aftershock, dazzling, tension-charged performances that tap into seismic waves, frictional resistance and the Thérèse and Pierrette at Holy Angels is a play about friendship and truth, set in a Québec Earth’s tremor-related phenomena in real-time. The artist performs live on stage merging stunning convent school in the 1940s. The three girls, Thérèse, Pierrette and Simone remind us of the video images and sound with seismic earthquake activity. utter hilarity and intense jealousies of being eleven and the creeping understanding of sex. Herman’s art has been presented at the Venice Biennale, the Pompidou Centre and Ars Photo © Marc Marnie stellarquines.com | traverse.co.uk Electronica, as well as being toured internationally.

kolgen.net | thelowry.com Des fraises en janvier

Evelyne de la Soft Revolvers Chenelière Myriam Bleau 5 & 10 November Voilà French Language Festival October 26 October 28 November 9 The Cockpit Theatre Ekko Festival Gas Festival, Sound of Stockholm London, UK Bergen, Norway Göteborg, Sweden Stockholm, Sweden

La Drama Barbe presents a romantic intrigue Montreal composer, digital artist and performer Myriam and a dark comedy game of truth or lies by Bleau will present her much acclaimed new media award-winning Québec writer Evelyne de la performance Soft Revolvers at three important new media/ Chenelière. Sophie and François fancy each music festivals in Norway and Sweden this autumn. The other but can’t seem to commit. Lea is a performance, utilising four spinning tops all built by the country girl trying to find her friend Sophie artist, is a hypnotic and original piece that challenges what in the city. François introduces her to his we consider to be modern live A/V. friend Robert, who will eventually end up with Soft Revolvers has already been hosted by many Lea... Reality or fiction, which one is François prestigious festivals including Elektra (CA), writing? In French. Transmediale (DE), Sonica (UK) and Convergence Photo © Julie Artacho, 2014 Evelyne de la Chenelière has won the (UK). Myriam will also be hosted as artist-in-residence Governor General’s Award for literature and her play Bashir Lazhar was made into the Oscar- at Elektronmusikstudion in Stockholm during her nominated filmMonsieur Lazhar by Philippe Falardeau in 2012. Scandinavian tour.

cockpit.org.uk/voila myriambleau.com | ekko.no

Photo © Severin Smith gas-festival.com | soundofstockholm.se CINEMA & TELEVISION CINEMA & TELEVISION 08 SEP– DEC 2016 09 TV5Monde London Film Festival Arrival In the UK via Sky 796 and Virgin 825 with English subtitles

Survie, éviter l’apocalypse Denis Villeneuve (Documentary) Photo by Jan Thijs © 2016 PICTURES. PARAMOUNT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. Tuesdays 18 October - 1 November @ 5.40pm (GMT) 10 & 11 October 13 October How can humanity survive the dangers that threaten it? Odeon Leicester Square Hackney Picturehouse This series describes the worst-case scenarios envisaged by London, UK London, UK scientists for the coming centuries and explores how we can

Photo © Espace Franco Images Inc avoid or bypass them. Directed by André Paradis. Following the success of his blockbusters Enemy, Prisoners and Sicario, award-winning Québec director Denis Villeneuve

Au secours de Béatrice returns with another captivating thriller, Arrival. Photo by Jan Thijs © 2016 PICTURES. PARAMOUNT ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. (Drama series) Tuesday 6 September @ 8pm (GMT) When multiple mysterious spacecrafts touch down across the globe, an elite team is put Series 1- Episodes 11 and 12 (of 12-part series) together to investigate, including language expert Louise Banks (Amy Adams), mathematician Béatrice Clément, an emergency doctor, has inexplicably been Ian Donnelly (Jeremy Renner), and US Army Colonel Weber (Forest Whitaker). Humankind feeling ill for a while. With the examinations revealing nothing, teeters on the verge of global war as everyone scrambles for answers—and to find them, Banks, she is advised to consult Mr. P, a discreet and experienced Donnelly, and Weber will take a chance that could threaten their lives, and, quite possibly, humanity. Photo © Serge Gauvin psychologist.

Unité 9 From Tuesday 13 September @ 8pm (GMT) It’s Only the End of the World (Juste la Fin du Monde) Catch Season 4 of this extremely popular “Canadian answer to Orange is the New Black”, set in Unit 9 of Lietteville, a federal penitentiary for women. Xavier Dolan

Photo © Lawrence Arcouette tv5monde.co.uk 14 & 15 October Odeon Leicester Square London, UK

Un seul homme Winner of the Grand Prix at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.

Philippe Grégoire Director of award-winning filmsTom à la Ferme, J’ai tué ma mére, Mommy, Les Amours Imaginaires, 29 September – 9 October and Laurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan has blazed a Reykjavik International Film Festival trail for Québec cinema over recent years, earning himself a cult following while still only 27 years old. Reykjavik, Iceland Image courtesy of the artist After 12 years of absence, a writer goes back to his Philippe Grégoire’s short filmsAquarium and Beep Beep have been presented in over 75 hometown, planning on annoucing his upcoming film festivals in over 20 different countries. He now bringsUn seul homme to the Reykjavík death to his family. As resentment soon rewrites International Film Festival, a festival which highlights independent film-making from all over the the course of the afternoon, fits and feuds unfold, world with an emphasis on up-and-coming filmmakers. fuelled by loneliness and doubt, while all attempts of empathy are sabotaged by people’s incapacity to

An 80-year-old man follows the traces left by a car accident in this 13-minute short. Starring Image courtesy of the London Film Festival listen and love. Marc Beaupré and Aubert Pallascio. bfi.org.uk/lff riff.is

CINEMA & TELEVISION LITERATURE & PUBLISHING 10 SEP– DEC 2016 11 Philippe Lesage, Karl Lemieux Kim Thúy

27 October – 9 November 24 & 25 September CPH PIX Festival Göteborg Book Fair A Love Story A Love – Photo © Göteborg, Sweden Copenhagen, Denmark

Director Philippe Lesage earns a Award-winning Québécois-Vietnamese writer Kim Still from the film Copenhague Les Démons Les FunFilm Distribution natural spot in this year’s CPH Thúy is one of the guests at this year’s Göteborg Book PIX programme. Lesage once taught film in Denmark and based on his encounters he directed Fair. In her latest novel Vi, which will be published Copenhague - A Love Story. Audiences can also experience the Danish premiere of the in Swedish in May, Thúy returns to her escape from award-winning Les Démons, Lesage’s cinematic and artistic take on all the wonders and fears of Vietnam, elaborating on the theme of her debut novel Ru Quiet Zone childhood. Lesage will be present in Copenhagen to introduce his films. (published in Swedish by Sekwa in 2011) in a sparse and poetic way. Visual artist Karl Lemieux has made a name for himself producing the iconic 16mm visuals for

Montreal post-rock band Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Now Lemieux returns to the festival Photo © Rafal Maslow As part of two talks at the fair (including one with with his stunning analogue pieces and live celluloid projections, performed with the Swedish Yukiko Duke, book reviewer for Swedish television station SVT and editor of the Swedish sound artist BJ Nilsen. Lemieux’s brand new debut feature will also be Maudite Poutine literary magazine Vi Läser on 24 September), she will talk about her latest work, as well as her screened. experience as a refugee and how it has affected her writing.

Still from Karl Lemieux’s short film Still from Karl Lemieux’s cphpix.dk bokmassan.se.

VISUAL ARTS The Lion and the Bird Marianne Dubuc

Artêria Gallery 17 November South Ken Kids Festival 13 – 16 October Institut français Affordable Art Fair London, UK Adèle Blais Amélie Desjardins Stockholm, Sweden With work translated into more than Artêria Gallery will exhibit for the first time at the Affordable 20 languages, children’s writer and Art Fair in Stockholm in October. Since its establishment in illustrator Marianne Dubuc is one of 2007, the gallery has exhibited work by Québec artists at Québec’s fastest rising stars. In 2014

over 40 international art fairs in 17 countries. Representing Claire Poiré Frédéric Nadeau she won the Governor General’s emerging and mid-career artists, Artêria specialises in Award in Canada for her picture painting, photography, sculpture and glass. book The Lion and the Bird. Marianne is a frequent guest at literary festivals all over the world. In November, she will be appearing at the South Ken Kids Festival in London as part of the Exhibiting artists will include Adèle Blais, Amélie Desjardins, Children’s Bookshow. Claire Poiré, Frédéric Nadeau, Jean Gaudet, Limbo, Marie- Josée Bergeron and Sylvie Adams. Jean Gaudet Limbo The Lion and the Bird will have its official UK launch (by invitation) at the Québec Government Office in London on 16 November, during which Marianne will be interviewed by renowned Several Artêria Gallery works are currently on display at the reviewer and writer Nicolette Jones. In collaboration with Book Island, Marianne’s UK publisher. Québec Government Office in London. Please contact our cultural team if you would like to arrange a viewing. mariannedubuc.com | bookisland.co.uk | thechildrensbookshow.com

Claire Poiré arteriagallery.com | affordableartfair.com Marie-Josée Bergeron Sylvie Adams MUSIC MUSIC 12 SEP– DEC 2016 13 De Temps Antan Sound Scotland: Traces

7 – 17 September Quatuor Bozzini

Various venues across the UK King’s College Chapel, University of Aberdeen (See listings pages 16 – 17 or visit detempsantan.com) Aberdeen, UK

Photo © Michael Slobodian

Image courtesy of the artist Éric Beaudry, André Brunet and Pierre-Luc Dupuis perform their Since 1999, Quatuor Bozzini has been an original voice in new, contemporary, experimental and time-honoured melodies from the stomping grounds of Québec. These three virtuosos blend classical music. Their vastly diverse repertoire has led to over 130 commissioned pieces, as well boundless energy with the unmistakable joie de vivre found only in traditional Québec music, as close to 200 other premiered works. Winners of numerous prestigious prizes, the group tours using fiddle, accordion, harmonica, guitar, bouzouki and a number of other instruments. extensively across the world.

On 28 October, they will conduct a lecture-recital at the University of Aberdeen on the string quartet in the 20th century. Marc-André Hamelin quatuorbozzini.ca | sound-scotland.co.uk

21, 22 & 25 September 23 September 27 September Göteborgs Konserthus Vara Konserthus Mogens Dahl Koncertsal Jesse Mac Cormack Göteborg, Sweden Vara, Sweden Copenhagen, Denmark

3 November Considered by many as one of the world’s greatest pianists, Marc- Iceland Airwaves André Hamelin is a virtuoso in the true meaning of the word, Reykjavik, Iceland capable of both minute detail and thundering fireworks.

He will perform with the Göteborg Symphony on three dates For the last three years, singer-songwriter, musician this September, as well as in two solo concerts in Göteborg and Photo © Joanni Grenier and producer Jesse Mac Cormack has collaborated with Copenhagen. several artists on the Montreal music scene, including Emilie & Ogden, Melanie Boulay and Rosie Valland. His first EP, Music For The Soul, delivers a very personal sound. Jesse’s live

Photo © Fran Kaufman marcandrehamelin.com | gso.se | mogensdahl.dk performances are honest, minimalist and at times tinged with electronic textures.

icelandairwaves.is Busty and the Bass

29 September 3 October 5 October Gerald Finley

The Victoria Gullivers Birthdays 25 November & 10 December Birmingham, UK Manchester, UK London, UK Milton Court Concert Hall, Barbican London, UK Formed during their first week at Montreal’s McGill University, Busty and the Bass is a powerful electro- soul/hip-hop collective that combines the talents of As Featured Artist for the Barbican’s 2016-17 classical season, celebrated Montreal nine dedicated young musicians. With a reputation baritone Gerald Finley will showcase different facets of his artistry in a number of for high-energy performances and musical versatility, guises and collaborations. He begins by demonstrating his long-standing commitment Busty bring their listeners a passionate mix of to supporting the development of young singers, with a public masterclass for Guildhall sounds from the future and the past. They used their singers at Milton Court on 25 November. On 10 December, Finley will perform a recital with appearance on the main stage of this year’s Montreal his long-time collaborator, music director of the Royal Opera House Sir Antonio Pappano, featuring songs by composers including Beethoven, Liszt, Ravel and Shostakovich. Jazz Festival to launch their new EP Lift.

Photo © Sim Canetty-Clarke geraldfinley.com | barbican.org.uk

bustyandthebass.com Photo © Kelly Jacob FESTIVALS & EVENTS IN QUÉBEC 2016/17 14 15 See below a selection of the 400 festivals and events Québec hosts each year. They all welcome international delegates and industry professionals.

CINARS ELEKTRA Salon du Livre de Montréal Pop Montréal CINARS.

5 – 16 October 2016 10 – 20 November 2016 23 February – 4 March 2017 16 – 19 November 2016 May 2017 (dates TBC) June 2017 (dates TBC) Photo © Marie-Paule Blais MA Festival du Nouveau Cinéma Rencontres Internationales du Les Rendez-vous du cinéma M pour Montréal Conférence Trad Montréal Festival Suoni Per il Popolo E Indie Rock Showcase Experimental Music nouveaucinema.ca Documentaire de Montréal québécois MUSIC & La Grande Rencontre mpourmontreal.com espacetrad.org suoniperilpopolo.org CIN ridm.qc.ca rvcq.com

15 – 19 March 2017 23 March – 2 April 2017 August 2017 (dates TBC) 29 June – 8 July 2017 30 June – 2 July 2017 July 2017 (dates TBC) ELEKTRA.

MA Regard sur le court métrage FIFA Le Festival international Festival International de Jazz Chants de Vielles Festival Osheaga & MEG Pro E de Montréal Traditional Music osheaga.com/pro au Saguenay International Festival of Films de films Fantasia MUSIC

montrealjazzfest.com chantsdevielles.com Photo © Camil Scorteanu, Conception Lévy

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

6 – 16 July 2017 July 2017 (dates TBC) 6 – 8 October 2016 6 – 17 September 2016 14 – 19 November 2016 16 – 18 November 2016 Montréal Complètement Just For Laughs International Mapping Festival Quartiers Danses CINARS Fringe World Congress Cirque hahaha.com Festival of Montreal quartiersdanses.com Performing Arts Biennial fringeworldcongress.com CIRCUS

montrealcompletementcirque.com COMEDY mapp-fest.com cinars.org DIGITAL ARTS DIGITAL PERFORMING ARTS Salon du Livre de Montréal. Photo © Jean-Guy Thibodeau

30 May – 3 June 2017 June 2017 (dates TBC) 23 – 27 August 2017 12 – 16 February 2017 23 – 27 May 2017 25 May – 8 June 2017 IX 2017 ELEKTRA MUTEK Rideau ISPA Congress Montreal Festival TransAmériques International Symposium on elektrafestival.ca mutek.org rideau-inc.qc.ca ispa.org Theatre & Dance Immersive Experiences fta.qc.ca ix.sat.qc.ca DIGITAL ARTS DIGITAL PERFORMING ARTS

16 – 21 November 2016 5 – 9 April 2017 24 – 30 April 2017 May 2017 (dates TBC) 8 – 12 March 2017 23 May – 10 June 2017 Salon du Livre de Montréal Salon du Livre de Québec Metropolis Bleu OFFTA Le Festival de Casteliers Carrefour international salondulivredemontreal.com silq.ca bluemetropolis.org Live Art Festival Puppetry de théâtre

offta.com THEATRE casteliers.ca carrefourtheatre.qc.ca

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LITERATURE CASTELIERS MARIONNETTES POUR ADULTES ET ENFANTS

PERFORMING ARTS Pop Montréal. Photo © LP Maurice

10 – 18 September 2016 2 – 25 February 2017 1 – 4 September 2016 August 2017 (dates TBC) August 2017 (dates TBC) 19 October 2016 – 15 January Les Escales improbables Mois Multi Festival de musique émergente en Dramaturgies en Dialogue Festival du théâtre de rue de 2017

de Montréal Multidisciplinary Digital Arts MUSIC Abitibi-Témiscamingue (CEAD) Lachine La Biennale de Montréal

escalesimprobables.com mmrectoverso.org/fr/ fmeat.org THEATRE cead.qc.ca theatrederue.ca bnlmtl.org mois-multi VISUAL ARTS MULTIDISCIPLINARY

8 – 10 September 2016 21 – 25 September 2016 15 – 18 November 2016 17 February – 14 May 2017 13 – 20 November 2016 May 2017 (dates TBC) Envol et Macadam Pop Montréal Mundial Montréal Manif d’art Les Coups de Théâtre Les Petits Bonheurs manifdart.org Biennial Festival Arts Festival for 0-6 years MUSIC Emerging Music popmontreal.com World Music envoletmacadam.com mundialmontreal.com coupsdetheatre.com petitsbonheurs.ca VISUAL ARTS YOUNG AUDIENCE EVENTS SEPTEMBER – DECEMBER 2016

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

Les 7 Doigts de la Main Artêria Gallery @ Affordable Art Fair, Xavier Dolan, Juste la fin du monde Bosch Dreams Stockholm (Limbo) @ London Film Festival

27 Theatre Michel Tremblay Traverse Theatre Edinburgh, UK 0131 228 1404 ONGOING Thérèse and Pierrette at traverse.co.uk Holy Angels Ongoing Cinema & Le Journal de Radio- TV5Monde UK Sky 796 and Virgin 825 (Translated into Scots by Television Canada tv5monde.co.uk Molly Innes) Every day @ 7am

Theatre Just for Laughs 29 Sep Cinema & Philippe Grégoire Reykjavik Reykjavik, +354 411 7055 Ongoing Adelphi Theatre London, UK 0844 412 4651 Television Un seul homme Theatricals kinkybootsmusical.co.uk – 9 Oct International Film Iceland riff.is Kinky Boots Festival Music Busty and the Bass Ongoing Circus Cirque Alfonse London London, UK 0844 545 8282 29 The Victoria Birmingham, UK 0121 633 9439 (until 25 BARBU Wonderground, londonwonderground.co.uk thevictoriabirmingham.co.uk Sept) Southbank OCTOBER Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs Harold Pinter Theatre London, UK 0844 871 7627 (until 29 Theatricals sunnyafternoonthemusical.com 3 Oct Music Busty and the Bass Gullivers Manchester, UK 0161 819 2970 Oct) Sunny Afternoon gulliversnq.info Ongoing Theatre Just for Laughs Playhouse Theatre London, UK 0844 871 7631 (until 29 Theatricals 1984theplay.co.uk 5 Music Busty and the Bass Birthdays London, UK 020 7923 1680 Oct) 1984 – The Play birthdaysdalston.com

10 & 11 Cinema & Denis Villeneuve Odeon Leicester London, UK SEPTEMBER Television Arrival @ London Film Square bfi.org.uk/lff Festival 3 – 17 Circus Les 7 Doigts de la Main Republique Copenhagen, +45 70 272 272 Sept Bosch Dreams Denmark republique.dk 13 Cinema & Denis Villeneuve Hackney London, UK Television Arrival @ London Film Picturehouse bfi.org.uk/lff 6 Cinema & Au secours de Béatrice TV5Monde UK Sky 796 and Virgin 825 Festival Television (Drama series) @ 8pm tv5monde.co.uk 13 - 16 Visual Arts Artêria Gallery @ Stockholm, +46 8 651 07 00 7 Sept Circus Cirque du Soleil intu Trafford Centre Manchester, UK 0844 844 0444 Affordable Art Fair Sweden affordableartfair.com – 9 Oct Amaluna cirquedusoleil.com 14 & 15 Cinema & Xavier Dolan Odeon Leicester London, UK 7 Music De Temps Antan The Greystones Sheffield, UK 0114 266 5599 Television Just la fin du monde @ Square bfi.org.uk/lff mygreystones.co.uk London Film Festival

8 Music De Temps Antan Borough Theatre Abergavenny, 01873 850805 18 Oct Cinema & Survie, éviter l’apocalypse TV5Monde UK Sky 796 and Virgin 825 UK boroughtheatreabergavenny.co.uk – 1 Nov Television (Documentary series) tv5monde.co.uk

9 Music De Temps Antan Victoria Hall Settle, UK 01729 825718 21 & 22 Dance Daina Ashbee Oktoberdans 2016 Bergen, Norway + 47 55 23 22 35 settlevictoriahall.org.uk Unrelated oktoberdans.no

10 Music De Temps Antan Eastgate Theatre Peebles, 01721 725777 26 Digital Arts Myriam Bleau Ekko Festival Bergen, Norway ekko.ticketco.no Scotland eastgatearts.com Soft Revolvers

10 Dance Tentacle Tribe Norrlandsoperan Umeå, Sweden +46 90 15 43 00 27 Oct Cinema & Philippe Lesage CPH PIX Festival Copenhagen, +45 3345 4749 Fractals of You norrlandsoperan.se – 9 Nov Television Copenhague – A Love Denmark cphpix.dk Story, Les Démons 12 Music De Temps Antan The Slaughtered London, UK folkonmonday.co.uk Lamb 27 Oct Cinema & Karl Lemieux CPH PIX Festival Copenhagen, +45 3345 4749 – 9 Nov Television Maudite Poutine Denmark cphpix.dk (also performing with BJ 13 Music De Temps Antan The Stables Milton Keynes, 01908 280800 Nilsen) UK stables.org 28 Digital Arts Myriam Bleau Gas Festival Göteborg, gas-festival.com From 13 Cinema & Unité 9 TV5Monde UK Sky 796 and Virgin 825 Soft Revolvers Sweden Sept Television (Drama series) tv5monde.co.uk Tuesdays @ 8pm 28 Music Quatuor Bozzini King’s College Aberdeen, UK 01330 826526 Sound Scotland: Traces Chapel, University of sound-scotland.co.uk 14 Music De Temps Antan The Capitol Horsham, UK 01403 750220 Aberdeen thecapitolhorsham.com NOVEMBER 15 Music De Temps Antan Norden Farm Centre Maidenhead, 01628 788997 for the Arts UK norden.farm 3 Nov Music Jesse Mac Cormack Iceland Airwaves Reykjavik, +354 551 3800 Iceland icelandairwaves.is 16 Music De Temps Antan Wiltshire Music Bradford-Upon- 01225 860100 Centre Avon, UK wiltshiremusic.org.uk 3 – 5 Dance Ghislaine Doté, John Midlands Arts Centre Birmingham, UK 020 7713 0730 Alleyne, Roger Sinha (MAC) onedanceuk.org/event/ Re:generations regenerations 17 Music De Temps Antan Otley Folk Festival Otley, UK 01943 464858 International Conference otleyfolkfestival.com 2016

19 Digital Arts Herman Kolgen Quays Theatre, The Salford, UK 0843 208 6000 5 & 10 Theatre Evelyne de la Chenelière The Cockpit Theatre London, UK 020 7258 2925 Seismik/Aftershock Lowry thelowry.com Des fraises en janvier cockpit.org.uk/voila @ Voilà French Language Festival 20 Dance Tentacle Tribe Kungsbacka Theatre Kungsbacka, +46 300 83 45 95 Fractals of You Sweden kungsbackateater.se 9 Digital Arts Myriam Bleau Sound of Stockholm Stockholm, soundofstockholm.se Soft Revolvers Sweden 20 Sep Circus Cirque Éloize Peacock Theatre, London, UK 020 7863 8000 – 8 Oct iD Sadler’s Wells sadlerswells.com 16 Literature & Marianne Dubuc Québec Government London, UK 020 7766 5900 Publishing The Lion and the Bird Office quebec.org.uk 21 & 22 Music Marc-André Hamelin Göteborgs Göteborg, +46 31 726 53 00 (Official book launch) with the Göteborg Konserthus Sweden gso.se Symphony 17 Literature & Marianne Dubuc South Ken Kids London, UK 0208 960 0602 Publishing The Lion and the Bird Festival, thechildrensbookshow.com 23 Music Marc-André Hamelin Vara Konserthus Vara, Sweden +46 31 726 53 00 (Children’s Bookshow) Institut français with the Göteborg gso.se Symphony 21 Music Duchess Says Electrowerkz London, UK 020 7837 6419 residentadvisor.net 24 Dance Tentacle Tribe Falkhallen Falkenberg, +46 346 88 55 90 Fractals of You Sweden falkenberg.se 24 Dance Daina Ashbee SACRED: Homelands London, UK 020 7247 5102 Unrelated Festival, Toynbee artsadmin.co.uk 24 Literature & Kim Thúy Göteborg Book Fair Göteborg, +46 31 708 84 00 Studios Publishing In your mind you’ll always Sweden bokmassan.se be a refugee 25 Music Gerald Finley Milton Court Concert London, UK 020 7638 8891 Public masterclass for Hall, Barbican Centre barbican.org.uk Guildhall singers 25 Literature & Kim Thúy Göteborg Book Fair Göteborg, +46 31 708 84 00 Publishing Kim Thúy and her escape Sweden bokmassan.se from Vietnam DECMBER

25 Music Marc-André Hamelin Göteborgs Göteborg, +46 31 726 53 00 10 Dec Music Gerald Finley Milton Court Concert London, UK 020 7638 8891 Solo concert Konserthus Sweden gso.se Recital with Sir Antonio Hall, Barbican Centre barbican.org.uk Pappano

27 Music Marc-André Hamelin Mogens Dahl Copenhagen, + 45 7023 0082 26 – 30 Circus Flip FabriQue Brighton Dome Brighton, UK 01273 709709 Solo concert Koncertsal Denmark mogensdahl.dk Catch Me! (Attrape-Moi!) brightondome.org

Les 7 Doigts de la Main, Bosch Dreams. Photo © Per Morten Abrahamsen Limbo. Image courtesy of Artêria Gallery Xavier Dolan, Juste la fin du monde. Image courtesy of London Film Festival