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UK – Ireland – Nordic Countries September – December 2017
S E P – D E C 2017
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Arts and Québec -
Bonjour and welcome to our latest edition of Québec Homelessness British Council:
Culture. in Montréal 15 years
As always, we are delighted to share the wonderful array With One Voice is an
of cultural
Photo © Asa Westerlund
of Québec culture coming to these shores over the next international movement that cooperation
few months. This important presence is testament to seeks to strengthen and connect
the arts and homelessness The Québec Government and
the strength of our national relationships; something of
sector through exchanges British Council are proud to
particularly high value in the current international context celebrate the 15th anniversary
in practice and policy.
of upheaval and uncertainty. The arts, as we know, have Homelessness is not just about of their bilateral agreement
an important role to play on the international scene housing. The use of the arts to support homeless people covering the areas of culture
encouraging intercultural dialogue, mutual understanding with visibility, dignity, well-being and social inclusion and education. Although signed
and value sharing. is widespread from choirs in Rio to dance companies in 2002, it has its roots in a
in Tokyo. Such projects can also give homeless people relationship which dates back to
People in Québec recognise the importance of the cultural sector as a basis for a voice, showing they exist and the importance of their 1980 when an exchange scheme
affirming and propagating Québec identity, as well as for its economic and social experiences in shaping the future of homeless services for school language assistants,
contribution. and related policies. which has seen over 1000 people
take part to date, was put in
With One Voice has been working in Canada and the USA place.
The economic argument for public funding in culture is an important one. In Québec, since autumn 2016, mapping the sector and establishing
the sector is responsible for 4.3% of GDP and 175,900 jobs. The Québec Government needs and challenges. We produced a North American Over 60 international cultural
invests 1% of its annual budget to support the growth and development of this sector. Review of Arts and Homelessness (available online) exchange projects have received
This is done with the backing of the population as shown in a recent survey which which found brilliant projects, organisations and people joint financial support over the
revealed that 87% of Québécois value the work of artists as useful to society. in every place we visited. last 15 years.
In Montréal we found more cultural and heritage projects Implemented to promote the
One particularly eloquent example of this is the innovative and unsung work creation and dissemination of
working with socially marginalised groups than in any
happening in Montréal’s arts and homelessness sector: following the publication of other city in North America. These projects include cultural works, this programme
their North American Review of Arts and Homelessness, With One Voice are doing EXEKO, Le Sac à Dos, St James Centre, Opéra de encourages cultural dialogue
amazing work connecting this sector internationally and will be doing just that in Montréal and ATSA, whose project While Having Soup leading to better mutual
Montréal this autumn. you can read about overleaf. understanding between the two
societies. It enables cultural
Our review found that, despite this excellent work, the presence on the other’s territory,
We are also thrilled to celebrate the 15th anniversary of the cultural cooperation
arts and homelessness sector is poorly resourced and the development of long-lasting
between Québec and the British Council, a relationship which has fostered truly largely hidden from the public. To allow practitioners partnerships, the consolidation
collaborative reciprocal projects. to create a greater voice for their work and to share of networks and the sharing of
knowledge, we are holding an exchange for USA, cultural expertise.
In this spirit of international cooperation, I hope that you will find much interest in Canadian and UK delegates including representatives
these examples of the ways in which Québec is fostering cultural connections with the of NGOs, activists, practitioners, policy makers and The QC-UK Connections scheme
wider world. As always, Maude and the cultural team would be delighted to hear from homeless people. The six-day event will take place in continues to grow, with the next
you if there are any Québec-related projects you would like to discuss. November in Montréal, which we consider the current call for projects due in spring
hub of best practice within the arts and homelessness 2018.
Bonne lecture! sectors.
Christos Sirros – Agent-General, Québec Government Office in London Matt Peacock
Director
Cover: Myriam Bleau, Soft Revolvers, photo © Leif Norman
with-one-voice.com
Cultural Contacts
Photo © Jean-François Lamoureux
Maude Laflamme Marie Morin Helen Morgan
Director for Culture Cultural Attaché Project Manager
maude.laflamme@mri.gouv.qc.ca marie.morin@mri.gouv.qc.ca Helen.Morgan@mri.gouv.qc.ca
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Public Engagement M u l t i d i sc i p l i n a r y S E P – D E C 2017
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While Having Soup Staging Canada at Expo67
ATSA 1 – 4 November
Various venues
2 – 3 September
London, UK
Freedom Festival
Princes Dock Street This event, hosted by the Centre for
Hull, UK Quebec and French-Canadian Studies in
London, celebrates the 50th anniversary
Hull Freedom Festival presents the of the most successful world’s fair of the
UK premiere of While Having Soup, 20th century with a four-day event across
ATSA’s public engagement piece where passers-by are invited to participate in a dialogue with London.
Photo © Jean-François Lamoureux
a stranger using a locally-crafted ‘menu’ of conversation. The conversation lasts as long as it
takes to eat a bowl of soup, and is recorded in the form of ‘poetic portraits’ which can be viewed Highlights include the UK premiere of documentary-thriller Expo67: Mission Impossible
through outdoor projections during the festival and online thereafter. with director Guylaine Maroist, screenings of classic Québec films from the late 1960s, a
2-day academic symposium on Expo67 and world exhibitions, and a newly commissioned
Founded by artists Annie Roy and Pierre Allard in 1997, ATSA produces transdisciplinary works performance of the forgotten multi-media masterpiece Miracles of Modern Medicine originally
and events for the public realm born of a desire to raise public awareness of various social, produced for Expo’s Meditheatre. The event will conclude with a special programme of
environmental and heritage issues. innovative Expo films at the BFI Southbank.
atsa.qc.ca | freedomfestival.co.uk modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/centre-quebec-and-french-canadian-studies
Trophy
STO Union T h e at r e
9 – 11 September
Dublin Fringe Festival
Nomad Soul
Barnardo Square
Dublin, Ireland
Théâtre Magali Chouinard
Québec-based multi-disciplinary company STO Union joins forces with Sarah Conn, Allison 10 & 11 November
O’Connor and Ireland-based collective Change of Address this September at Dublin Fringe The Creative School
Festival. Silkeborg, Denmark
Walk through a pop-up city of stories. Comprised of a cluster of tents, Trophy lights up Magali Chouinard is a multidisciplinary artist whose
Photo © Dahlia Katz
Barnardo Square in the city centre. Inside each tent, encounter a person who tells the true story theatre of images is both unique and striking.
of a moment in their life when everything changed. Trophy is a living monument to all the
Photo © Jean.Guy Lambert
experiences that make up our lives, and a compelling conversation about how we all experience Nomad Soul, appearing in its Scandinavian premiere as
change. part of the Festival of Wonder, is a theatre performance
fringefest.com | stounion.com using images, masks and puppets. Inspired by the
spirituality of native peoples, it is a breathless journey
into our most intimate thoughts and impressions.
festivalofwonder.dk | magalichouinard.com
D a n ce D a n ce S E P – D E C 2017
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Mercurial George BESIDE
Dana Michel Marie Béland
22 – 23 September 21 October 5 November 15 November
Bastard Festival Nuuk Nordisk Culture Festival iC4C Open Studio, Cardiff Dance Festival
Trondheim, Norway Nuuk, Greenland Nottingham, UK Cardiff, UK
Photo © Sammy Rawal
Dana Michel is a choreographer and performer whose work The final part of a trilogy, BESIDE uses a soundtrack of real-time
mixes choreography, intuitive improvisation and performance radio and asks what happens if we look ‘beside’, if we bring the
art. In 2014, she was highlighted amongst notable female outside inside the theatre. The piece is a collaboration with Montréal
choreographers of the year by the New York Times. Danse.
In Mercurial George the body wades through heaps of debris, vacillating as it struggles for Since its creation in 2005, the company maribé – sors de ce
Photo © MontrealDanse
balance and a toehold. Bizarre, but also comical, Michel’s universe is bathed in childhood corps has produced a series of unique works. Choreographer
naiveté and sacred mystery. Dana Michel breaks the mould. Marie Béland’s movement vocabulary draws together physical
energy, absurd humour, pop culture, and audience involvement,
danielleveilledanse.org in a juxtaposition of the senses that is as surprising as it is
joyful.
Daina Ashbee maribe.ca | dance4.co.uk | dance.wales
Solo for Pieter
20 October Vertical
Nuuk Nordisk Culture Festival, Nuuk, Greenland
This new work is a collaboration between Daina Ashbee and
Le Patin Libre
Belgian choreographer Pieter Ampe. The two artists share a
September
sensitive body practice that explores our relationship with
the land, with society, and with the world in which we live. BBC2 (date TBC)
8 November onwards
Pour danceumbrella.co.uk
9 – 11 November Le Patin Libre’s debut piece Vertical
Moving in November Festival, Stoa, Helsinki, Finland Influences premiered at London’s Dance
Umbrella in 2014 and has gone on to
Photo © Daina Ashbee
In Pour, Ashbee explores the vulnerability and strength of women; she used her own thrill both dance and skating audiences
menstrual cycle as the hub of her interest while creating the piece. As in her worldwide. Vertical, a film captured
previous works, Ashbee has created a dark and disturbing piece which by Dance Umbrella for digital and live
confronts its audience. broadcast, will show the speed, daring and
virtuosity of this Québec quintet and allow
Photo © Rolline Laporte
avantgarden.no/en/bastard-3 viewers to engage directly via the digital
nuuknordisk.gl medium of their choice.
movinginnovember.fi
dainaashbee.com Commissioned by The Space with the
support of BBC and Arts Council England.
danceumbrella.co.uk | lepatinlibre.com
C IR C U S Visual Arts S E P – D E C 2017
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Varekai Self Abstractions
Cirque du Soleil 14 September – 18 November
Canada House Gallery
1 – 3 September 6 – 10 September 5 – 8 October 11 – 15 October London, UK
Spektrum Malmö Arena Hartwall Arena Ericsson Globe
Oslo, Norway Malmö, Sweden Helsinki, Finland Stockholm, Sweden An estimated 93 million ‘selfies’ are taken every day
around the world. Faced with such an astonishing
proliferation of self-portraits, some artists today are
Image © Marie-Eve Levasseur
‘One of the most persuasive presentations in the
Costumes: Eiko Ishioka © 2015 Cirque du Soleil
favouring a conceptual approach to representing
Cirque du Soleil canon’ – the Independent
themselves, using objects or gestures rather than
Deep within a forest atop a volcano, exists an imagery. Québec artists Jannick Deslauriers, Marie-
extraordinary world where anything is possible: Eve Levasseur, Nadia Myre and Jinny Yu are brought
Photo: Perla Global Media,
Varekai. From the sky falls a solitary young man, together in this exhibition for the creative ways in
and the story begins. On this day at the edge of which they represent themselves.
time, in this place of all possibilities, begins an
inspired incantation to life rediscovered.
cirquedusoleil.com
Saloon
The Tip of the Iceberg
Cirque Éloize 1 November – 25 November
Art Bermondsey Project Space
4 – 21 October
London, UK
The Peacock Theatre
London, UK
The Tip of the Iceberg presents a sampling of 12
Canadian artists working through a variety of media.
Since its formation in 1993, Cirque Éloize This includes nine from Québec : Patrick Bérubé,
has become a world leader in contemporary Simon Bilodeau, Jannick Deslauriers, Karine Giboulo,
circus, specialising in shows which fuse Guillaume Lachapelle, Laurent Lamarche, Marie-Eve
circus arts with music, theatre and dance. Levasseur, Nadia Myre and Karine Payette
In 2017 the company blasts back into the
Photo © Jim Mneymneh, courtesy of Cirque Éloize
These artists compel their viewers to take a
West End with the UK premiere of its new
prolonged look or a second perspective in order to
show. Inspired by the rich legacy of the
fully comprehend what they are presented with. By
Wild West, Saloon thrums with infectious
attempting to trick the viewer, the exhibition testifies
energy and phenomenal physical feats.
to the complexity of a world in constant flux and aims
With a soundtrack of non-stop live folk
to disavow initial preconceptions while promoting
and country music including original
prudent attention and critical concern.
compositions by celebrated Québécois
Image © Sonny Assu
composer Éloi Painchaud, the production project-space.london
is a foot-stomping, lasso-throwing night of artmur.com
entertainment.
sadlerswells.com
cirque-eloize.com
D i g i ta l A r t s D i g i ta l A r t s S E P – D E C 2017
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Sonica 2017 Soft Revolvers
Sonica is a year-round programme of events dedicated to
world-class visual sonic arts, punctuated by a biennial autumn
Myriam Bleau
festival in Glasgow.
24 September
Café Oto
OMNIS London, UK
Maotik Myriam Bleau is a composer, digital artist and performer based in Montréal. She creates
audiovisual systems that go beyond the screen, such as sound installations and performance-
specific musical interfaces.
28 October
Photo © Devin McAdam
Soft Revolvers is a much-acclaimed audiovisual performance for four spinning tops made from
Glasgow Science Centre Planetarium
clear acrylic. Each top is associated with an ‘instrument’ in an electronic music composition and
Glasgow, UK the motion data collected by sensors – placed inside the tops – informs musical algorithms.
OMNIS is a live audiovisual performance, immersing the audience in a sensory experience myriambleau.com | cafeoto.co.uk
where a series of optical illusions and reverberations challenge the viewer’s sense of space and
time.
Digital artist Mathieu Le Sourd (Maotik) creates immersive multimedia environments and Lumiere Durham
Photo © Maotik
generative visuals. His large-scale projects include the multimedia experience in the new
Daniel Iregui & Rami Bebawi
CONTROL NO CONTROL at Glow Festival, photo © Daniel Iregui
terminal at Los Angeles airport and the visuals for Nine Inch Nails’ world tour.
As well as performing, he will be giving two public masterclasses at Sonica.
16 – 19 November
Durham, UK
Field Light installations by Québec artists Rami Bebawi, partner and cofounder at architecture firm
KANVA, and Daniel Iregui, founder of interactive content creation practice Irregular, will be
Martin Messier among the works illuminating the streets of Durham this winter at Lumiere.
The UK’s largest outdoor light festival, Lumiere invites international artists to create works that
4 November light buildings and public spaces, changing the way that we think and feel.
Tramway
lumiere-festival.com
Glasgow, UK
Exploring the relationship between sound and
material (objects or bodies), Martin Messier takes
an interest in staging sound works, giving voice to
everyday objects, invented machines and bodies in
movement.
With Field, Messier assumes that it is possible to
create sounds using the electromagnetic fields of
Photo © RMartin Messier
our environment. These residual and imperceptible
electric signals are picked up with electromagnetic
transducer microphones, and become generators of
the performance.
sonic-a.co.uk | maotik.com | mmessier.com
D i g i ta l A r t s C i n e m a & Te l ev i s i o n S E P – D E C 2017
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A Colossal Wave Le fils de Jean / A Kid
Département, 1 – 7 November
© Sébastien Raymond-Fin aout productions
Presstube & Headspace Various cities across the UK as part of the French Film Festival
Hull, UK City of Culture 2017 A Kid is an engrossing and deeply poignant ode to familial
bonds, set against a stunning Québec landscape and
1st – 10th December
made by French director Philippe Loiret with a primarily
© Presstube
Québécois cast including Pierre Deladonchamps, César
In A Colossal Wave you are invited to collectively experience award-winner from Stranger by the Lake.
aural and visual immersion in a public space. A physical ball
thrown from a great height allows goggle wearers to witness an eruption of colourful drawings. frenchfilmfestival.org.uk
This outdoor experience is also linked to one indoors, where participants are invited to explore a
different perspective of the connected virtual world.
A Colossal Wave is a project developed by the British collective Marshmallow Laser Feast in
collaboration with leading Québec artists in digital and visual arts: the Montréal-based studios
TV5Monde
Département, Presstube and Headspace, working with Pearl Engineering, of Hull, England. It TV5Monde is available in the UK via Sky 796, Virgin 825 and Téléfrance.co.uk, programme
was a gift to Montréal on the occasion of its 375th anniversary by British Council Canada. listings are available via europe.tv5monde.com/en
hull2017.co.uk | britishcouncil.ca
Rires du monde
Thursday 7 September @ 5.40pm
© Quiet Motion
An exciting adventure to discover exactly what is
C i n e m a & Te l ev i s i o n funny (or not) in different cultures worldwide.
Unité 9
© Véronique Boncompagni
Season 5 starts 12 September @ 8pm
Geek Girls Drama depicting the day-to-day life of a small group
of women from the same cell block.
20 October
Macrobert Arts Centre Les indiens, l’aigle et le dindon
Wednesday 20 September @ 11.35am
Stirling, Scotland
© Productions Totam
In this film, and in their lives, five young filmmakers
and musicians, descendants of the First Nations,
Geek Girls is the first feature-
redefine what it means to be an ‘Indian’ today.
length documentary exploring
the hidden half of fan culture:
© 2016 Gedeon Programmes
nerdy women. Filmmaker Gina 24h danger
Hara addresses this oversight Thursday 28 September @ 11.35am
et PVP DOC III inc.
by delving into a world of The daily lives of people with dangerous jobs in
professional gamers, cute extreme environments.
dresses, fake names, and
death threats. Screened as part of the new
Central Scotland Documentary Festival. Karl et Max
© Véro Boncompagni/2015
From 25 October (see website for times)
macrobertartscentre.org/centscotdocufest Three friends discover an accident-damaged car.
Inside is a man covered in blood, apparently dead,
and a bag containing millions.
Music Music S E P – D E C 2017
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Marc-André Hamelin Gerald Finley
1 September 9 September
Helsingborg Piano Festival Wigmore Hall
Helsingborg, Sweden London, UK
Photo © Sim Canetty Clarke
Photo © Sim Canetty Clarke
Marc-André Hamelin is known for his unrivalled Over the past three decades Gerald Finley has performed at the
musicianship and virtuosity in the great works of world’s leading opera houses and concert halls. The Montréal-
the established repertoire, as well as for his intrepid born bass-baritone, a Grammy and three-time Gramophone
exploration of the neglected music of the 19th and Award winner, has received universal acclaim for his feeling for
20th centuries. words and expressive communication. A regular at Wigmore
This year he will be appearing at Helsingborg Piano Festival, performing part of Haydn’s Piano Hall since the early 1990s, he opens the season with a programme devised to bring out the rich
Sonata along with pieces by Liszt, Feinberg, Boy and Moszkowski. colours and deep humanity of his voice.
marcandrehamelin.com | dunkerskulturhus.se wigmore-hall.org.uk | geraldfinley.com
Le Vent du Nord Yves Charuest
10 October 15 October
1 – 9 September The Lamp Tavern The Vortex
Various venues and festivals across the UK Birmingham, UK London, UK
(see listings p20-21 or visit leventdunord.com)
16 October 17 October
Photo © Jens TH Photographer
Le Vent du Nord are one of the leading names in Québécois folk music, blazing a path that Wharf Chambers Iklectik Art Lab
shares their Québec roots with the wider world. Leeds, UK London, UK
Catch the last dates of a tour which has seen Le Vent du Nord thrill audiences around the UK Saxophonist Yves Charuest, active on the Montréal improv scene since the 1980s, is current
Photo © Chen-Wei Liu
with their catchy songs and tunes, some taken from the Québec traditional folk repertoire while artist in residence at the prestigious Québec Studio in London.
others are original compositions.
To mark the release of stir, a CD with Spanish pianist Agustí Fernández, Charuest will be
leventdunord.com performing in the UK and Europe, playing solo as well as with Montréal bassist Nicolas Caloia
and in collaborations with local musicians.
yvescharuest.net
De Temps Antan
Photo © Charlotte Samyn
13 – 22 October
Various venues and festivals across the UK
(see listings p20-21 or visit detempsantan.qc.ca)
Since 2003, Éric Beaudry, André Brunet and Pierre-Luc Dupuis have been exploring and performing
time-honoured Québec melodies. Using traditional instruments, our three virtuosos blend
boundless energy with the unmistakable joie de vivre found in traditional Quebéc music.
detempsantan.qc.ca
Music Music S E P – D E C 2017
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Every Song I’ve Ever Written Bozzini Quartet
Jacob Wren October and November
Various venues and festivals in the UK,
21 October (Solo) / 23 October (Band Night)
Norway and Sweden
BIT Teatergarasjen
(see listings p20-21 or visit quatuorbozzini.ca)
Bergen, Norway
‘It is an impressive festival that has a group this
From 1985 to 2004, PME-ART co-artistic director Jacob Wren
good up its sleeve’ – the Guardian,
Photo © Michael Slobodian
wrote lots of songs. At the time hardly anyone heard them.
Arranged in chronological order, these songs form a portrait Champions of new music performance at the
of Jacob’s youth. For the Band Night, five Bergen bands highest level and winners of many prestigious
Photos © Simberg
perform one of Jacob’s songs each. After each version, awards, the Bozzini Quartet are widely
Jacob will interview the band about what it was like to cover recognised as one of the best string quartets for
the song, and the band will ask Jacob what it was like to contemporary repertoire in the world. They are
write it. praised for their commitment to musical creation,
their virtuosity and their exceptional courage in pushing the boundaries of new music.
Every Song I’ve Ever Written hopes to raise questions about what songs mean on the internet,
about what songwriting is actually like today, and also take a sidelong glance back at the recent past. The Bozzini Quartet will be performing a number of dates in Europe this autumn, including
performances at Aberdeen’s soundfestival and Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival.
everysongIveeverwritten.com | bit-teatergarasjen.no
quatuorbozzini.ca
Busty and the Bass
23 October 24 October 25 October 27 October Louis Lortie
Day and Night Cafe Jazz Café Oporto Purple Turtle
Manchester, UK London, UK Leeds, UK Reading, UK 1 November
Wigmore Hall
With their seamless blend of soulful hip hop vocals, rap, signature brass and synths, Busty and London, UK
the Bass are ushering in a new era of genre-defying sound. After meeting in their first week of
the McGill University jazz program, the Montréal-based nine-piece quickly shot up from packed ‘He focused a penetrating intelligence on every
house party jams to scorching live performances in front of thousands across the US, Canada, chord and phrase, as well as perfect control’
Europe and the UK. – the Telegraph,
bustyandthebass.com Pianist Louis Lortie joins forces with Augustin
Dumay for a programme of masterworks for
violin and piano. The evening opens with
one of Brahms’s most lyrical compositions
before charting the romantic course of
Strauss’s youthful Violin Sonata in E flat.
The programme is crowned by Franck’s
Photo © Elias
radiant Sonata in A, written in 1886 as a
wedding present for the virtuoso violinist
Eugène Ysaÿe.
Photo © Greg McCahon
wigmore-hall.org.uk | louislortie.com
L i t e r at u r e & P u b l i s h i n g L i t e r at u r e & P u b l i s h i n g S E P – D E C 2017
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Huset på Granta 141 – Canada
Saint Pauls väg
Catherine Leroux
Lise Tremblay and Madeleine Thien
Photo © Thomas Andersson
27 – 29 October
Photo © Martine Doyon
Stockholm Literature
Stockholm, Sweden
Lise Tremblay has won a number of
literary prizes including the Grand Prix
du Livre de Montréal and Canada’s prestigious Governor General’s Award for fiction. Her work
has been translated into many languages including Swedish and Icelandic and includes l’Hiver
Photo © Julie Artacho
Photo © Humanitas
de pluie, Héronnière and La Sœur de Judith.
The Swedish translation of Tremblay’s sixth novel Chemin Saint-Paul has recently been
published by Rámus förlag. The writer will be attending Stockholm Literature with the support
of the Association internationale des études québécoises. Catherine Leroux Madeleine Thien
stockholmliterature.se | ramusforlag.se Four times a year, Granta publishes the most exciting new writing from around the world.
In November 2017, to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the Canadian confederation, it is
publishing a special issue on Canada, edited by Québec writers Catherine Leroux (writer of
Madame Victoria and Le mur mitoyen) and Madeleine Thien (writer of Do Not Say We
Have Nothing, shortlisted for the 2016 Man Booker Prize and Bailey’s Women’s Prize for Fiction).
Showcasing the best talent from the Francophone and Anglophone communities, this special
A Small Revolution issue will feature new fiction, reportage, memoir, photography and poetry from Québec writers
including Fanny Britt, Alain Farah and Louis Hamelin. This issue celebrates the rich literary
Boum landscape of this vast and diverse country, and encourages readers to embark on a charged
conversation about how it sees – and defines – itself.
Boum is a comic artist, granta.com
illustrator and animator living
Photo © Samantha Leriche-Gionet
in Montréal. Her animated
shorts have been screened
all over the world.
A Small Revolution will be
published in English by
Soaring Penguin Press in
Photo © Samantha Leriche-Gionet
November 2017. It is a story
of dictatorship and revolution as seen through
the eyes of a little girl and was nominated for a
2016 Ignatz award, the festival prize of the Small
Press Expo, North America’s Premiere Independent
Cartooning and Comic Arts Festival.
comics.boumerie.com | soaringpenguinpress.comFestivals & Events in Québec 2017 – 2 018
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See below a selection of the 400 festivals and events Québec hosts each year.
They all welcome international delegates and industry professionals.
Festival TransAmériques ELEKTRA POP Montréal Salon du Livre de Montréal
Festival TransAmériques.
12 – 22 October 2017 (dates TBC) 14 – 17 November 2017 15 – 18 November 2017
MUSIC
13-23 September 2017 4 – 15 October 2017 9 – 19 November 2017
CINeMA
Festival de cinéma de la ville Festival du Nouveau Cinema Rencontres Internationales du Festival international de jazz de Mundial Montreal M pour Montréal
de Québec nouveaucinema.ca Documentaire de Montréal Québec World Music Indie Rock Showcase
fcvq.ca ridm.qc.ca festivaldejazzdequebec.com mundialmontreal.com mpourmontreal.com
Elektra. Photo © Camil Scorteanu, Conception Lévy
21 February – 3 March 2018 14 – 18 March 2018 March 2018 (dates TBC) 12 January – 19 February 2018 June 2018 (dates TBC) 28 June – 7 July 2018
MUSIC
CINeMA
Les Rendez-vous du cinéma Regard sur le court métrage FIFA Igloofest Festival Suoni Per il Popolo Festival International de Jazz de
québécois au Saguenay International Festival of Films Electronic Music Experimental Music Montréal
rvcq.com International Short Film Festival on Art igloofest.ca suoniperilpopolo.org montrealjazzfest.com
regardsurlecourt.com artfifa.com
July and August 2018 (dates TBC) July 2018 (dates TBC) July 2018 (dates TBC) June - July 2018 (dates TBC) July 2018 (dates TBC) 7 – 17 September 2017
COMEDY
CIRCUS
MUSIC
PERFORMING ARTS
CINeMA
Le Festival international de Montréal Complètement Just For Laughs Chants de Vielles Festival Osheaga & MEG Festivals Quartiers Danses
films Fantasia Cirque hahaha.com Traditional Music facebook.com/osheagamegpro quartiersdanses.com
fantasiafestival.com montrealcompletementcirque.com chantsdevielles.com
July 2018 (dates TBC)
Zoofest & OFF JFL
Pop Montréal. Photo © LP Maurice
zoofest.com
May – June 2018 (dates TBC) June – July 2018 (dates TBC) August 2018 (dates TBC) 28 November – 1 December 2017 11 – 15 February 2018 23 May – 6 June 2018
PERFORMING ARTS
DIGITAL ARTS
IX 2017 ELEKTRA MUTEK Parcours Danse Rideau Festival TransAmériques
International Symposium on elektrafestival.ca mutek.org ladansesurlesroutes.com Performing Arts Theatre & Dance
Immersive Experiences rideau-inc.qc.ca fta.qc.ca
ix.sat.qc.ca
Salon du Livre. Photo © Jean-Guy Thibodeau
May – June 2018 (dates TBC) 12 – 17 November 2018 7 – 11 March 2018
PERFORMING ARTS
15 – 20 November 2017 11 – 15 April 2018 20 – 30 April 2018
THEATRE
LITERATURE
Salon du Livre de Montréal Salon du Livre de Québec Metropolis Bleu OFFTA CINARS Le Festival de Casteliers
salondulivredemontreal.com silq.ca bluemetropolis.org Live Art Festival Peforming Arts Biennial Puppetry
offta.com cinars.org casteliers.ca
10e
FESTIVAL de
CASTELIERS
MARIONNETTES
POUR ADULTES ET ENFANTS
MULTIDISCIPLINARY
THEATRE
September 2017 February 2018 (dates TBC) 31 August – 3 September 2017 May – June 2018 (dates TBC) August 2018 (dates TBC) August 2018 (dates TBC)
MUSIC
Les Escales improbables Mois Multi Festival de musique Carrefour international de Dramaturgies en Dialogue Festival du théâtre de rue
de Montréal Multidisciplinary Digital Arts émergente en Abitibi- théâtre (CEAD) de Lachine
escalesimprobables.com mmrectoverso.org/fr/ Témiscamingue carrefourtheatre.qc.ca cead.qc.ca theatrederue.ca
mois-multi fmeat.org
7 September – 14 October 2017 May 2018 (dates TBC)
VISUAL ARTS
7 – 9 September 2017 13 – 17 September 2017 14 – 17 September 2017
YOUNG AUDIENCE
MUSIC
Envol et Macadam Pop Montréal Conférence Trad Montréal Le Mois de la Photo Les Petits Bonheurs
Emerging Music popmontreal.com & La Grande Rencontre Biennial Arts Festival for 0-6 years For more information on any
envoletmacadam.com espacetrad.org moisdelaphoto.com petitsbonheurs.ca of the above festivals, please
do not hesitate to get in touch
AUDIENCEE ve n t s S ep t e m b e r – D ece m b e r 2 0 1 7
Confirmed dates at time of publication, see websites for more details.
Cirque Éloize, Saloon Martin Messier, Sonica Dana Michel, Mercurial George
23 Music Busty and the Bass Day and Night Cafe Manchester, UK 01612 361822
September nightnday.org
1 Music Le Vent du Nord Waterside Arts Centre Sale, UK 0161 912 5616 24 Music Busty and the Bass Jazz Café London, UK 020 7485 6834
watersideartscentre.co.uk thejazzcafelondon.com
1 Music Marc-André Hamelin Dunkers Kulturhus Helsingborg, +46 42 10 74 00 24 Music Steve Hill Ropetackle Arts Centre Shoreham-by- 01273 464440
@ Helsingborg Piano Festival Sweden dunkerskulturhus.se (opening for Wishbone Ash) Sea, UK ropetacklecentre.co.uk
1-3 Circus Cirque du Soleil Spektrum Oslo, Norway +47 815 11 211 25 Cinema & Karl et Max begins TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance
Varekai oslospektrum.no Television europe.tv5monde.com/en
2 Music Le Vent du Nord Main Stage Wallingford, UK 25 Music Busty and the Bass Oporto Leeds, UK oportobar.co.uk
@ Bunkfest bunkfest.co.uk
25 Music Steve Hill The Brook Southampton, UK 023 8055 5366
2-3 Public ATSA Princes Dock Street Hull, UK (opening for Wishbone Ash) the-brook.com
Engagement While Having Soup @ Freedom
Festival freedomfestival.co.uk 26 Music Steve Hill Tivoli Theatre Wimborne, UK 01202 885566
(opening for Wishbone Ash) tivoliwimborne.co.uk
3 Music Le Vent du Nord Marquee Stage Derby, UK
@ Off the Tracks Festival offthetracks.co.uk 26 Music Bozzini Quartet, Composers’ Kings’ College Chapel Aberdeen, UK 01330 826526
Kitchen Project sound-scotland.co.uk
4 Music Le Vent du Nord Guildford Live Guildford, UK 01483 369350 @ soundfestival
GLive.co.uk
27 Music Steve Hill The Hub Plymouth, UK
6 Music Le Vent du Nord Borough Theatre Abergavenny, UK 01873 850805 (opening for Wishbone Ash) stevehillmusic.com
boroughtheatreabergavenny.co.uk
27 Music Busty and the Bass Purple Turtle Reading, UK
6 - 10 Circus Cirque du Soleil Malmö Arena Malmö, Sweden +46 77 578 00 00 purpleturtlebar.com/reading
Varekai malmoarena.com
27 - 29 Literature & Lise Tremblay Stockholm,
7 Music Le Vent du Nord @ Ripon Masham Town Hall Masham, UK 01765 605508 Publishing @ Stockholm Literature Festival Sweden stockholmliterature.se
International Festival riponinternationalfestival.com
28 Digital Arts Maotik Glasgow Science Centre Glasgow, UK
7 Cinema & Rires du Monde, 5:40pm TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance Omnis Planetarium sonic-a.co.uk
Television europe.tv5monde.com/en @ Sonica Festival, Glasgow
8 Music Le Vent du Nord Sandpit Field Swanage, UK swanagefolkfestival.com 28 Music Steve Hill The Railway Ipswich, UK
@ Swanage Folk Festival (opening for Wishbone Ash) stevehillmusic.com
9 Music Le Vent du Nord Bromyard, UK 01432 340555 29 Music Bozzini Quartet Oslo, Norway +47 452 55 962
@ Bromyard Folk Festival bromyardfolkfestival.co.uk @ Oslo Poesi Festival oslopoesi.no
9 Music Gerald Finley with Julius Drake Wigmore Hall London, UK 020 7935 2141 29 Music Steve Hill King Edward VII Memo- Newmarket, UK
wigmore-hall.org.uk (opening for Wishbone Ash) rial Hall stevehillmusic.com
9 - 11 Public STO Union Barnado Square Dublin, Ireland +353 1 6706106 31 Music Steve Hill Princess Theatre Hunstanton, UK 01485 53 22 52
Engagement Trophy @ Dublin Fringe Festival fringefest.com (opening for Wishbone Ash) princesshunstanton.co.uk
12 Cinema & Unité 9 season 5 begins, 8pm TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance
Television europe.tv5monde.com/en November
14 Sept – Visual Arts Self Abstractions Canada House Gallery London, UK canadainternational.gc.ca Literature & Publication of A Small soaringpenguinpress.com
18 Nov Publishing Revolution by Boum comics.boumerie.com
20 Cinema & Les indiens, l’aigle et le dindon, TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance Literature & Publication of Granta 141 -
Television 11:35am europe.tv5monde.com/en Publishing Canada granta.com
22-23 Dance Dana Michel Teaterkjelleren, Trondheim, +47 73 87 94 24 1 Music Louis Lortie with Augustin Wigmore Hall London UK 020 7935 2141
Mercurial George Trøndelag Teater Norway avantgarden.no/en/bastard-3 Dumay wigmore-hall.org.uk
@ Bastard Festival
1-4 Multidisciplinary Staging Canada at Expo67 : Various venues London, UK modernlanguages.sas.ac.uk/centre-
24 Digital Arts Myriam Bleau Café Oto London, UK cafeoto.co.uk Nationalism in the Crucible of quebec-and-french-canadian-
Soft Revolvers myriambleau.com Globalisation studies
28 Cinema & 24h Danger, 11:35am TV5Monde UK Sky 796, Virgin 825 & Téléfrance 1 Nov – Cinema & Le fils de Jean / A Kid @ French Venues TBC Various cities, UK 01312 256191
Television europe.tv5monde.com/en 7 Dec Television Film Festival frenchfilmfestival.org.uk
1 - 25 Visual Arts The Tip of the Iceberg Art Bermondsey Project London, UK 0203 441 51 52
October Space project-space.london
4 - 21 Circus Cirque Éloize The Peacock Theatre London, UK 020 7863 8000 2 Music Steve Hill Floral Pavilion Theatre Wirral, UK 01516 660000
Saloon sadlerswells.com (opening for Wishbone Ash) floralpavilion.com
5-8 Circus Cirque du Soleil Hartwall Arena Helsinki, Finland +358 204 19 97 3 Music Steve Hill The Tivoli Buckley, UK 01244 546 201
Varekai hartwallarena.fi (opening for Wishbone Ash) tivolivenue.com
10 Music Yves Charuest The Lamp Tavern Birmingham, UK 4 Digital Arts Martin Messier Tramway Glasgow, UK 0845 330 3501
yvescharuest.net Field sonic-a.co.uk
@ Sonica
11 - 15 Circus Cirque du Soleil Ericsson Globe Stockholm, +46 771 31 00 00
Varekai Sweden stockholmlive.com 4 Music Steve Hill Whitby Pavilion Theatre Whitby, UK 01947 458 899
(opening for Wishbone Ash) whitbypavilion.co.uk
13 Music De Temps Antan Stamford Arts Centre Stamford, UK 01780 763 203
stamfordartscentre.com 5 Dance Marie Béland, maribé – sors iC4C Nottingham, UK 0115 924 2016
de ce corps dance4.co.uk
15 Music De Temps Antan Glassel, Banchory Aberdeenshire, UK detempsantan.qc.ca BESIDE
5 Music Steve Hill The Lowry Salford, UK 0843 208 6000
15 Music Yves Charuest The Vortex London, UK yvescharuest.net (opening for Wishbone Ash) thelowry.com
Music Yves Charuest 7 Music Steve Hill The Flowerpot Derby, UK
16 Wharf Chambers Leeds, UK yvescharuest.net (opening for Wishbone Ash) stevehillmusic.com
17 Music Yves Charuest Iklectik Art Lab London, UK yvescharuest.net 8 Dance Patin Libre film Vertical
available to watch online danceumbrella.co.uk
18 Music Steve Hill Dorking Halls Dorking, UK 01306 881717 8 Music Steve Hill The Irish Centre Leeds, UK
(opening for Wishbone Ash) dorkinghalls.co.uk (opening for Wishbone Ash) theleedsirishcentre.co.uk
18 Music De Temps Antan Spiegeltent Paisley, UK 0300 300 1210 9 Music Steve Hill Bootleggers Kendal, UK 01539 723824
@ The Spree Festival thespree.co.uk (opening for Wishbone Ash) bootleggersbar.com
19 Music Steve Hill O2 Academy Islington London, UK 9 - 11 Dance Daina Ashbee Stoa Helsinki, Finland +358 41 545 6255
(opening for Wishbone Ash) academymusicgroup.com Pour movinginnovember.fi
@ Moving in November Festival
19 Music De Temps Antan Queens Hall Arts Centre Hexam, UK 01434 652477
queenshall.co.uk 10 Music Steve Hill The Jam House Edinburgh, UK
(opening for Wishbone Ash) thejamhouse.com
19 Music Stephanie Bozzini & Alissa Ny Music Borås Borås, Sweden +46 33 28 01 72
Cheung ny-musik.se 10 & 11 Theatre Théâtre Magali Chouinard The Creative School Silkeborg, +45 8722 1903
Nomad Soul @ Festival of Denmark festivalofwonder.dk
20 Music Steve Hill Coliseum Theatre Aberdare, UK 0300 004 0444 Wonder
(opening for Wishbone Ash) stevehillmusic.com Music Steve Hill
11 The Lemon Tree Aberdeen, UK
(opening for Wishbone Ash) stevehillmusic.com
20 Music De Temps Antan St Donats Arts Centre Llantwit Major, UK 01446 799 100
stdonats.com 12 Music Steve Hill The Ferry Glasgow, UK
(opening for Wishbone Ash) the-ferry.co.uk
20 Cinema & Geek Girls Macrobert Arts Centre Stirling, Scotland 01786 466666
Television @ Central Scotland macrobertartscentre.org/centscot- 14 Music Steve Hill Riverside Lodge Morpeth, UK 01670 512 771
Documentary Festival docufest (opening for Wishbone Ash) riverside-lodge.co.uk
20 Dance Solo for Pieter Nuuk, Greenland 15 Music Steve Hill ARC Stockton Stockton-on- 01642 525199
@ Nuuk Nordisk Culture nuuknordisk.gl (opening for Wishbone Ash) Tees, UK arconline.co.uk
Festival
15 Dance Marie Béland, maribé – sors Open Studio Cardiff, UK
21 Music Steve Hill Cheese & Grain Frome, UK 01373 455420 de ce corps dance.wales
(opening for Wishbone Ash) cheeseandgrain.com BESIDE @ Cardiff Dance
Festival
21 Music Jacob Wren BIT Teatergarasjen Bergen, Norway
Every Song I’ve Ever Written bit-teatergarasjen.no 16 Music Steve Hill The Layton Blackpool, UK
(solo) (opening for Wishbone Ash) stevehillmusic.com
21 Dance Dana Michel Nuuk, Greenland 16 - 19 Digital Arts Daniel Iregui and Rami Bebawi Durham, UK
Mercurial George nuuknordisk.gl @ Lumiere Durham lumiere-festival.com
@ Nuuk Nordisk Culture
Festival 17 Music Steve Hill The Picturedrome Holmfirth, UK
(opening for Wishbone Ash) picturedrome.net
21 Music Bozzini Quartet Ny Music Borås Borås, Sweden +46 33 28 01 72
ny-musik.se 19 Music Steve Hill ASHCON, The Grand Clitheroe, UK
(opening for Wishbone Ash) Clitheroe stevehillmusic.com
21 Music De Temps Antan Mid-Border Arts Presteigne, UK
midborderarts.com 19 Music Bozzini Quartet with St Paul’s Hall Huddersfield, UK 01484 430528
Philip Thomas hcmf.co.uk
22 Music Steve Hill The Arts Centre Swindon, UK 01793 524481 @ hcmf
(opening for Wishbone Ash) swindontheatres.co.uk
21 Music Bozzini Quartet with St Paul’s Hall Huddersfield, UK 01484 430528
Philip Thomas hcmf.co.uk
22 Music De Temps Antan Victoria Hall Saltaire, UK 01274 588614 @ hcmf
saltairelive.co.uk
23 Music Jacob Wren BIT Teatergarasjen Bergen, Norway December
Every Song I’ve Ever Written bit-teatergarasjen.no
(band night) 1 - 10 Digital Arts A Colossal Wave Hull, UK hull2017.co.uk
Cirque Éloize, Saloon. Photo © Jim Mneymneh Martin Messier, Sonica. Photo © Martin Messier Dana Michel, Mercurial George. Photo © Camille McOuatSee inside for Québec programmes in September – December
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