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                                                                                                                                                                                       Bonjour,

                                                                                                                                                                                       Welcome to the autumn edition of Québec Culture!
                                                                                                                                                                                       Following an amazing array of Québec artists at the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Notes on a literary visit
                                                                                                                                                                                       Edinburgh Festivals during August, this cultural season
                                                                                                                                                                                       promises to be particularly rich and varied, offering                                                                                          Susie Nicklin is CEO of the MILD Group and Director of
                                                                                                                                                                                       something for all tastes across all artistic sectors.                                                                                          Festival America in London (see overleaf for further details).
                                                                                                                                                                                       Moments to look out for include a fantastic Québec                                                                                             She visited Montréal in April 2018 to participate in the
                                                                                                                                                                                       presence at Festival America, a digital showcase at the                                                                                        Metropolis Bleu literature festival and to discover more about
                                                                                                                                                                                       Watermans Centre, the UK première of Le Patin Libre’s                                                                                          the city’s rich literary scene. We asked her to share some
                                                                                                                                                                                       latest creation at Dance Umbrella and a Québec theatre                                                                                         reflections on her trip…
                                                                                                                                                                                       showcase at the Finnish National Theatre.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 © Sarah Hickson
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            “I landed in Montréal in a thunderstorm, bewildered by sleet
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            and cold, after a golden few days on the West coast. A group
                                                                                                                                                                         The summer months have seen a flurry of cultural
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            of Scandinavians was enjoying a wild party a few doors away
                                                                                                                                                                         activity for Québec on both sides of the Atlantic,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            from mine. Jetlagged and suffering from FOMO, I ordered
                                                                                                                                                                         showcasing our brilliant talent in both Edinburgh
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   desultory room service and frowned.
                                                                                                                                   and Stockholm, and the launch of a new cultural policy back home. In June, the Québec
                                                                                                                                   government launched its second ever cultural policy, entitled Partout, la culture (Culture,                                                                     Next day, newly-resolute, I strode out to discover the glories of Montréal and fell in love
                                                                                                                                   everywhere). The policy, which is supported by an historic additional budget of 600.9 M$,                                                                       with a city between breakfast and supper. Humming with brains from its 250,000-strong
                                                                                                                                   is accompanied by a five-year action plan setting out 41 concrete measures that will                                                                            student population, crammed with chic independent shops and cafés, the city unfurled
                                                                                                                                   ensure the presence and vitality of Québec culture everywhere, both across Québec’s                                                                             itself to me thanks to advice of the helpful staff of the Union des écrivaines et des
                                                                                                                                   regions and on the international stage. This is a government-wide policy involving not                                                                          écrivains québécois who insisted I took the bus rather than a taxi to Mile End. I browsed
                                                                                                                                   only the Ministry for Culture, but an additional 16 ministries. The funds involved will                                                                         the Drawn and Quarterly bookshops nestled among boutiques and bars, and bought
                                                                                                                                   directly benefit artists, as well as organisations, institutions and businesses, all of whom                                                                    the searing Heart Berries by Marie Therèse Mailhot. I saw posters for their forthcoming
                                                                                                                                   ensure the continued development of Québec’s cultural ecosystem.                                                                                                event with Michael Ondaatje (whom we later hosted as part of the Balham Literary
Cover: Threshold, Le Patin Libre at Dance Umbrella, Alexandra Palace Ice Rink, 18-21 October (see p.15). Photo © Romain Guilbaul

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Festival) in conversation with Heather O’Neill (invited to our Festival America) so I knew
                                                                                                                                   In other important news, QC-UK Connections, our biannual call for cultural cooperation                                                                          I was in the best company.
                                                                                                                                   projects between Québec and the UK in 2019 and 2020, is open for applications until 30
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   At the Metropolis Bleu festival I spoke onstage with (and fangirled) festival curator
                                                                                                                                   September 2018. This amazing scheme has, over the last 16 years, supported over 60
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   heroes and publishers including Linda Leith, listened to Jo Nesbo in the ravishing Place
                                                                                                                                   cultural projects. In fact, of the seven projects supported by the scheme in 2017 and 2018,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   des Arts, was radicalised by Zebedee Nungak (author of Wrestling with Colonialism
                                                                                                                                   three appear in the pages of this brochure: SPECTRUM on page 8, Lightwaves on page 17,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   on Steroids) and heard, for the first time, live throat singing from Jeannie Calvin and
                                                                                                                                   and the collaboration between Milieux and Together! 2012 CIC on page 20. We hope many
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Hannah Tooktoo.
                                                                                                                                   of you will submit an application. For more information, please go to page 21.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   When my plane home was delayed by ten hours, I was tempted to stay on indefinitely.
                                                                                                                                   As always, Maude and her team would love to hear more about any projects you may                                                                                Wonderful food from Northern India and China, bilingual conversation, bristling with
                                                                                                                                   have in development with Québec. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch.                                                                                         history, home to French ex-pats, a diverse and buoyant publishing industry – what’s not
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   to like? I’ll be back.”
                                                                                                                                   Bonne lecture!
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   Susie Nicklin – CEO, the MILD Group
                                                                                                                                   John A. Coleman – Agent-General, Québec Government Office in London

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Metropolis Bleu in Montréal. Photo courtesy of Metropolis Bleu
                                                                                                                                   Cultural Contacts

                                                                                                                                   Maude Laflamme                      Marie Morin                        Andrew Bailey
                                                                                                                                   Director for Culture                Cultural Attaché                   Cultural Attaché                  Project Manager
                                                                                                                                   Maude.laflamme@mri.gouv.qc.ca       Marie.morin@mri.gouv.qc.ca         Andrew.bailey@mri.gouv.qc.ca      Qc.london-culture@mri.gouv.qc.ca

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Whilst every effort has been made to verify the accuracy of the information in      This brochure should not be reproduced in full or in part without the
                                                                                                                                      +44(0)20 7766 5930      |    www.quebec.org.uk       |        www.facebook.com/QuebecUK      |     www.twitter.com/Quebec_UK             this brochure you are advised to contact the host organisations for confirmation.   consent of the Québec Government Office.
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                                                                                                       Québec @ Festival America                                                                                                Québec @ Festival America
                                                                                                       24 – 27 September
                                                                                                       London, UK                                                                                                                                                           Heather O’Neill
                                                                                                       This September, a number of exciting Québec writers come to the UK as part of Festival                                                                               26 September
                                                                                                       America. This is the first London satellite of the much-lauded festival of the same name,                                                                            Canada House
                                                                                                       founded in Vincennes, France in 2002, which this year has a special focus on Canada.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Montréal author Heather O’Neill has written
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            for This American Life and the New York Times.
                                                                                                       Dany Lafferière                                                                                                                                                      Her latest novel The Lonely Hearts Hotel was
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            published in 2017 and longlisted for the Baileys
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            women’s prize for fiction.
                                                                                                       24 September
                                                                                                       Institut Français                                                                                                                                                    At Festival America, O’Neill appears alongside
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Guy Vanderhaeghe and Michael Redhill. They will

                                                                                                                                                                                                              © Julia C. Vona
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            discuss and read from their work, and talk about
                                                                                                       Born in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Dany Laferrière fled
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            how they see the role of the writer in the global
                                                                                                       the dictatorship in 1976 to settle in Québec, where
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            ecology of books.
                                                                                                       he started to write. He has so far published 30
                                                                                                       books which have been translated into more than
                                                                                                       15 languages, and was appointed to the Académie
                                                                                                       française in December 2013.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Christian Guay-Poliquin
                                                                         © Camille Robitaille Agency

                                                                                                       Dany Laferrière’s appearance at Festival America
                                                                                                       will be a celebration of French Caribbean culture,                                                                       26 September       27 September
                                                                                                       and an exceptional opportunity to hear him talk
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Canada House       Québec Government Office
                                                                                                       about his writing and more specifically his 2009
                                                                                                       novel The Enigma of the Return. The talk will be
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Christian Guay-Poliquin’s second novel The Weight of Snow has won several awards in Canada,
                                                                                                       followed by a book signing and a music session.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                and is currently being translated in ten different countries. His third, Running on Fumes,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                electrified the Québécois literary community with its lyrical blend of mythology, contemporary
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                issues and road movie.

                                                                                                                                                            Andrée Michaud
                                                                                                                                                                                                             © Julien Bois
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                On 26 September, Guay-Poliquin shares the stage with Emma Hooper, Nancy Lee and Lennie
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Goodings for a discussion of ‘Myths, moods and melodies’. On 27 September he takes part in a
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                discussion with Cherie Dimaline and Guillaume Morissette (next page).
                                                                                                                                                            25 September
                                                                                                                                                            Marlborough House

                                                                                                                                                            Andrée Michaud is a two-time winner of the
Festival America in Vincennes. Photo courtesy of Festival America

                                                                                                                                                            Governor General’s Literary Award for Fiction,
                                                                                                                                                            among many other literary prizes. Her latest
                                                                                                                                                            book The Last Summer is an elegiac tribute to
                                                                                                                                                            teenage beauty.

                                                                                                                                                            Andrée Michaud appears alongside Canadian
                                                                                                                                                            Métis Cherie Dimaline and British-Canadian
                                                                         © Marianne Deschênes

                                                                                                                                                            Nancy Lee for an exploration of the dystopian
                                                                                                                                                            and dark themes of their work in this event
                                                                                                                                                            hosted by Leslie Hurtig, director of the
                                                                                                                                                            Vancouver Writers Fest.
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                                                       Québec @ Festival America                                                                                                                                            Louise Penny
                                                                                Guillaume Morissette                                                                                                                        23 September
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Bloody Scotland
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Albert Halls
                                                                                27 September                                                                                                                                Stirling, UK
     © Virginie Gosselin

                                                                                Québec Government Office
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Number One New York Times bestselling author Louise Penny lives in

                                                                                                                                                            Photo © Jean-Francois Berube, cover courtesy of Little, Brown
                                                                                Guillaume Morissette is the author of The Original Face, the story of a                                                                                              a small village south of Montréal. Her ingenious new novel Kingdom
                                                                                struggling digital artist facing up to the anxieties of the internet age.                                                                                            of the Blind, the 14th in her Québec-set series of Inspector Gamache
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Mysteries, is due to be published in November.
                                                       In London, Guillaume joins Canadian Métis author Cherie Dimaline and fellow Québécois writer
                                                       Christian Guay-Poliquin for a discussion on language as the basis of culture.                                                                                                                 Louise will share a stage with British crime writer Ann Cleeves at the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Bloody Scotland crime writing festival. With 36 novels between them,
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     a room full of awards and twin armies of devoted fans, they are two
                                                                                Eric Plamondon                                                                                                                                                       of crime fiction’s most charming and successful authors. The event is
        Photo courtesy of Festival America

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     chaired by Alex Gray and sponsored by The Times and Sunday Times
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     Crime Club.
                                                                                27 September
                                                                                Canada House                                                                                                                                                         www.bloodyscotland.com | www.louisepenny.com

                                                                                Born in Québec, Eric Plamondon currently lives in Bordeaux. His latest
                                                                                novel Taqawan is highly praised by booksellers and the press.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Isabelle Arsenault
                                                       Eric Plamondon joins Jennie Melamed and Omar El Akkad for a discussion on genre-crossing
                                                       literary fiction.                                                                                                                                                    25 – 28 September
                                                       www.festivalamerica.co.uk                                                                                                                                            Stockholm & Gothenburg, Sweden

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Isabelle Arsenault is an internationally renowned
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            children’s book illustrator. She has won the

                                                                                                                 Up The Mountain                                                                                            prestigious Governor General’s Award for
     © Marianne Dubuc, cover courtesy of Book Island

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Children’s Literature three times, and two of

                                                                                                                 Marianne                                                                                                   her picture books were named as New York
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Times Best Illustrated Books of the Year. The

                                                                                                                 Dubuc                                                                                                      poetry expressed through Isabelle Arsenault’s
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            graphic universe, the gentle flow of her lines and
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            the overall charm of her books have made her
                                                                                                               Marianne Dubuc is an international
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            one of Canada’s best-known and most esteemed
                                                                                                               award-winning illustrator and writer
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            illustrators.
                                                                                                               of books for children of all ages.
                                                                                                               She studied Graphic Design at the                                                                            For the first time, two of Isabelle’s books will
                                                                                                               Université du Québec à Montréal                                                                              be published in Swedish: Louis och demonerna
                                                                                                               and has since been published in over                                                                         (Louis Undercover) and her writing debut,
                                                       15 countries. In 2014, Marianne won the prestigious Governor General Award for outstanding                                                                           Colettes fågel (Colette’s Lost Pet). Events are
                                                       illustrations in The Lion and the Bird.                                                                                                                              planned in Stockholm and Gothenburg including
                                                                                                                                                                     © Dominique Lafond

                                                                                                                                                                                                                            two seminars at the Gothenburg Book Fair.
                                                       Marianne’s new picture book is now available across the UK. Up the Mountain is a heart-
                                                       warming story about friendship and generosity which will inspire every reader to explore the                                                                         www.goteborg-bookfair.com
                                                       outdoors.                                                                                                                                                            www.bokmassan.se
                                                                                                                                                                                                                            www.isabellearsenault.com
                                                       www.bookisland.co.uk | www.mariannedubuc.blogspot.com
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                                                                            Tim Hecker                                                                     Digital Performance Weekender
                                                                            & Kara-Lis Coverdale                                                           10 & 11 November
                                                                                                                                                           Watermans Centre
                                                                            6 October
                                                                                                                                                           Brentford, UK
                                                                            Barbican Hall
                                                                            London, UK                                                                     Watermans’ Digital Performance Weekender provides a chance to see some of the best and
     Photo courtesy of the Barbican

                                                                                                                                                           brightest in digital art performance, including three emerging artists from Québec who return to
                                                                            Musician and sound artist Tim Hecker returns to the                            Watermans after a 2017 performance with their four-person project, Quadr.
                                                                            Barbican for the first time since 2016 with a special
                                                                            ensemble concert. It will be a celebration of his
                                                                            forthcoming project, fusing electronic production with                                                                             Antivolume IN/EXT
                                                                            traditional Japanese gagaku court music.

                                      Opening the evening, Montréal-based composer, musician and producer Kara-Lis Coverdale
                                      creates colourful and dense arrangements with a unique approach to melody, harmony and
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Lucas Paris
                                      sonic detail.                                                                                                                                                            Lucas Paris works with realtime sound
                                                                                                                                                                                                               and has been building digital instruments
                                      The concert is produced by the Barbican in association with Bird on the Wire, with support from                                                                          for more than ten years. His research
                                      the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation.                                                                                                                                   focuses on creating new forms of digital
                                                                                                                                                                                                               performance and engaging the audience
                                      www.barbican.org.uk | www.sunblind.net | www.kara-liscoverdale.bandcamp.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                               with content that is multi-sensory,
                                                                                                                                                                                                               immersive and emotional. AntiVolume IN/
                                                                                                                                                                                                               EXT explores movements and dynamics
                                                                           Field                                                                                                                               between interior and exterior through a
                                                                                                                                                                                                               volatile and energetic sculpture made of

                                                                           Martin Messier

                                                                                                                                        © pecorini.net
                                                                                                                                                                                                               sound and light. The result of algorithmic
                                                                                                                                                                                                               research, it is sculpted in real time by
                                                                                                                                                                                                               Lucas’s improvisation.
              MessierMessier

                                                                           8 October
                                                                           Brighton Digital Festival
                                                                                                                                                           ELEMENTS
            © Martin

                                                                           Attenborough Centre for the Creative Arts
     © Martin

                                                                           Brighton, UK
                                                                                                                                                           Myriam Boucher
     Photos

                                      Multi-disciplinary creator Martin Messier performs Field at Brighton Digital Festival, sharing
                                      the stage with Suzanne Ciani. This audiovisual work starts from the principle that sounds can
                                                                                                                                                           & Pierre-Luc Lecours
                                      be generated from electromagnetic fields in the environment. On stage the artist interacts with                      ELEMENTS is an audiovisual performance by Montréal artists Myriam Boucher and Pierre-Luc
                                      two aluminum panels, continuously plugging and unplugging the connections between them to                            Lecours. The project addresses the theme of nature, presenting air, water, fire and earth in a
                                      create a sound and light composition whose possibilities are endless.                                                video musical discourse inspired by the movements and organic behaviours of the elements.
                                                                                                                                                           The composer-performers draw on our kinetic relationship to the world to deploy a poetic
                                      Martin Messier studied composition at the Université de Montréal, after which he began an
                                                                                                                                                           interpretation of themes which are universal and fundamental to the human experience.
                                      experimental sound practice incorporating video images. He has presented his work
                                      in some 20 countries around the world, including at Glasgow’s Sonica festival.
                                                                                                                                        © Kevin Gironnay

                                                                                                                                                           www.watermans.org.uk
                                                                                                                                                           www.lucasparis.ca
                                      www.brightondigitalfestival.co.uk | www.mmessier.com
                                                                                                                                                           www.myriamboucher.com
                                                                                                                                                           www.pierreluclecours.com
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                                                                                                 SPECTRUM                                                     Gerald Finley
                                                                                                 HUB                                                          8 September                                2 October
                                                                                                                                                              Last Night of the Proms, Royal Albert Hall Middle Temple Hall
                                                                                                 7 – 16 December                                              London, UK                                 London, UK
                                                                                                 Lightwaves 2018
                                                                                                 Salford Quays                                                                                   Québec baritone Gerald Finley performs Stanford’s Songs
                                                                                                 Manchester, UK                                                                                  of the Sea as part of ‘the greatest annual party in classical
                                                                                                                                                                                                 music’, the Last Night of the Proms, conducted by Sir
                                                                             Following an open call for                                                                                          Andrew Davis.
                                                                             proposals from UK and Québec-
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Gerald returns to London in October to perform Schubert’s
     © HUB

                                                                             based artists, Montréal
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Schwanengesang and Brahms’ Vier Ernste Gesänge
                                                                             collaborative HUB has been
                                                                                                                                                                                                 alongside his regular performance
             selected to create the major new artwork SPECTRUM. This bold, large-scale digital artwork will
                                                                                                                                                                                                 and recording partner, pianist
             premiere at Quays Culture’s digital light festival Lightwaves before being exhibited in Montréal.

                                                                                                                                       © Sim Canetty-Clarke
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Julius Drake.
             This project was commissioned through an exciting international collaboration between
                                                                                                                                                                                                 www.royalalberthall.com
             Salford’s Quays Culture and the Quartier des Spectacles Partnership, which is responsible for the
                                                                                                                                                                                                 www.templechurch.com
             public spaces in Montréal’s main arts and entertainment district.
                                                                                                                                                                                                 www.geraldfinley.com
             Supported by the QC-UK Connections programme (British Council and the Québec Government)

             www.quaysculture.com | www.quartierdesspectacles.com

                                                                                                                                                              Tess Roby
             MUSIC                                                                                                                                            1 – 7 October
                                                                                                                                                              Various venues in the UK
                                                                                                                                                              (see listings p.24-25 or

                                                        Chilly Gonzales                                                                                       visit website)

                                                                                                                                                              The music of Montréal-based Tess
                                                        7 September      8 September       10 September     11 September                                      Roby, accompanied by her brother
                                                        Cadogan Hall     Grand Theatre     Southbank Centre RNCM                                              Eliot on guitar, rides the
                                                        London, UK       Leeds, UK         London, UK       Manchester, UK                                    melancholic line between classic
                                                                                                                                                              80s new-wave and lyric-driven pop.
                                                                                                                                                              The listener simultaneously feels the
                                                        Montréal-born pianist and entertainer Chilly Gonzales is known as much for
                                                                                                                                                              intimacy of Roby’s bedroom, cut with
                                                        the intimate piano touch of his albums Solo Piano I and Solo Piano II as for
                                                                                                                                                              a romantic urgency akin to Hounds
                                                        his showmanship and composition. He performs and writes songs with
                                                                                                                                                              of Love-era Kate Bush.
                                                        artists including Jarvis Cocker, Feist and Drake, and in 2013 won a Grammy
                                                        for his work on Daft Punk’s Random Access Memories.                                                   The arrangements are minimal and
                                                                                                                                                              hauntingly sparse, giving way to
                                                        2018 sees Gonzo, as he is known to close collaborators, return to the stage
                                                                                                                                                              the richness of Roby’s voice and
                                                        with an intimate hour of pieces from the Solo Piano album cycle, after which
                                                                                                                                                              the hypnotic pulses of her
                                                        he is joined by Stella Le Page on cello and Joe Flory on drums to perform
                                                                                                                                                              analogue synthesizer. Her debut
                                                                                                                                       © Ryan Molnar

                                                        hits and hidden surprises from the rest of his repertoire.
                                  © 2017 Martina Wörz

                                                                                                                                                              LP Beacon is available now.
                                                        www.cadoganhall.com | www.leedsgrandtheatre.com                                                       www.tessroby.com
                                                        www.southbankcentre.co.uk | www.rncm.ac.uk
                                                        www.serious.org.uk/chilly
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                    Voivod
                    2 - 20 October
                    Various venues in the UK, Denmark,
                    Sweden, Finland & Norway
                    (see listings p 24-25 or visit website)

                    Voivod formed in Jonquière, Québec in 1982,
                    and their 1988 album Dimension Hatröss was
                    included in Rolling Stone’s ‘100 Greatest Metal
                    Albums of All Time’. 2018 sees the band come
                    to the UK and the Nordic Countries for a tour
                    celebrating their 35th anniversary as well as the
                    worldwide launch of their new album The Wake
                                                                                                                                              Le Vent du Nord
                    on Century Records.
                                                                                                                                              27 October – 3 November
                    www.voivod.net                                                                                                            Various venues in Norway and Sweden
                                                                                                                                              (see listings p.24-25 or visit website)

                                                    Helena Deland                                                                             Indefatigable folk performers Le Vent du Nord (the North Wind) come to the Nordic Countries
                                                                                                                                              after a packed itinerary of summer concerts, including a performance at the Edinburgh
                                                                                                                                              International Festival. Known for their energetic gigs which combine traditional songs and

                                                                                                                         © Alistair Cassidy
                                                    22 October		    23 October                 24 October                                     original compositions, Le Vent du Nord have gone from strength to strength since they were
                                                                                                                                              joined by a fifth member in 2017.
                                                    The Poetry Club The Castle                 Sebright Arms
                                                    Glasgow, UK     Manchester, UK             London, UK                                     www.leventdunord.com

                                                    ‘Helena Deland’s moving, poetic, continually absorbing

                                                                                                                                                                                       Steve Hill
                                                      songwriting stole our hearts’ CLASH Magazine

                                                       Helena Deland’s sincere pop music combines clever word play
                                                        with lush rock instrumentation - she describes her
                                                        songwriting as a collection of ‘unsent letters’. Following UK                                                                  9 – 30 November
                                                         performances in summer 2018, including at the Great                                                                           Various venues in the UK,
                                                          Escape festival, Helena returns to the UK as part of a world                                                                 (see listings p.24-25 or visit website)
                                                            tour promoting the release of her LP, Altogether
                                                              Unaccompanied.
                                                                                                                                                                                       Steve Hill, winner of a Juno award in 2015 for Blues
                                                                www.thepoetryclub.net                                                                                                  Album of the Year (Solo Recordings, Vol. 2), returns to
                                                                www.thecastlehotel.info                                                                                                the UK with his unique brand of one-man band blues-
                                                               www.sebrightarms.com                                                                                                    rock.
                                                               www.helenadeland.bandcamp.com
                                                                                                                                                                                       An ambitious and raucous force to be reckoned with,
                                                                                                                                                                                       Steve Hill’s reputation as an exciting performer has
                                                                                                                                                                                       provided him the opportunity to showcase his talents
                                                                                                                                                                                       at some of Canada’s biggest music festivals including
                                                                                                                                                                                       the Montréal Jazz Festival. He is in his element as a
                                                                                                                                                                                       solo artist, inviting listeners into a world of musical
                                                                                                                                                                                       madness in the form of blues and rock ‘n’ roll.

                                                                                                                                                                                       www.stevehillmusic.com
© Alex Huard
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                                               Québec @ The Finnish                                                                                    Une grenouille qui s’appelle Woânda
                                                                                                                                                       (A Frog Called Woânda)
                                               National Theatre
                                               Lista
                                                                                                                                                       Théâtre À l’Envers
                                               Jennifer Tremblay                                                                                       27 September – 3 November
                                                                                                                                                       Various venues in the UK
                                                                                                                                                       (see listings p.24-25 or visit website)
                                               In repertory from 14 September
                                               Finnish National Theatre                                                                                Montréal-based company Théâtre À l’Envers
                                               Helsinki, Finland                                                                                       collaborates with Northumberland’s Théâtre
                                                                                                                                                       Sans Frontières to bring this original work on
                                               Jennifer Tremblay has written two novels, several children’s books, and                                 a UK tour. Using live action, puppetry, music
                                               stage works including Lista (La Liste), which won the Governor General’s                                and shadows, A Frog Called Woânda tells a
                                               prize in 2008 and has since been performed around the world, including                                  funny and touching story of love, loss and
                                               to great critical acclaim at Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2014 and 2015.                                friendship. It is performed in English or simple
                                                                                                                                                       French (check with individual venues) for ages
                                               This autumn a new production of this award-winning monologue comes to
                            © Lilli Pynnönen

                                                                                                                                                       5 – 10 years.
                                               Helsinki, translated into Finnish by Reita Lounatvuori. Directed by Irene Aho
                                               and performed by Pirjo Mättä, Lista is a riveting, subtle study of the fine line                        Laura’s world is turned upside down after she
                                               between the mundane and the devastating.                                                                loses her lucky ring down the plughole. To
                                                                                                                                                       Laura’s surprise, up pops Woânda, a frog who
                                                                                                                                                       has taken up residence in the bathroom pipes.
     Change your Life – Plays from Québec

                                                                                                                                    © Michel Pinault
                                                                                                                                                       Together, they search for the ring through a
                                                                                                                                                       whirlwind of twists and turns.
     Sarah Berthiaume, Jean-Denis Beaudoin,                                                                                                            www.tsf.org.uk | www.theatrealenvers.ca
     Olivier Choinière & Catherine Léger
     15 September
     Finnish National Theatre
                                                                                                                                                                                           Company
     Helsinki, Finland
                                                                                                                                                                                           Alex Gaumond
                                                                                                               © Dominique Lafond
                                                       © Jérémie Battaglia

                                                                             © Eva-Maude TC

                                                                                              © Eugene Holtz

     Through a collaboration
     between Québec’s Centre des                                                                                                                                                           From 17 October (previews from 26 September)
                                         Sarah Berthiaume Jean-Denis Beaudoin Olivier Choinière Catherine Léger
     auteurs dramatiques and                                                                                                                                                               Gielgud Theatre
     the Finnish National Theatre, Québec comes to Helsinki with Change your Life, a set of rehearsed
                                                                                                                                                                                           London, UK
     readings of extracts in English from recent works by four contemporary playwrights. These very
     different plays reflect the vast range of contemporary drama in Québec’s vibrant theatre scene.
                                                                                                                                                                                         Alex Gaumond joins the cast of Marianne Elliott’s highly
                                                                                                                                    © Michael Warley

     Actress and playwright Sarah Berthiaume’s play Nyotaimori, named after the Japanese tradition                                                                                       anticipated new production of George Furth and Stephen
     of eating sushi from the prone body of a naked woman, examines the modern day work ethic.                                                                                           Sondheim’s Company, which re-imagines the two main
     Jean-Denis Beaudoin, who graduated from Québec’s Conservatoire d’art dramatique in 2013,                                                                                            characters as a gay couple for the first time. Jonathan Bailey
     explores sibling rivalry in My Children are not Afraid of the Dark, a mysterious tale of simmering                                                                                  will play Jamie (originally written as the female character,
     resentment set deep in the woods. Olivier Choinière’s 2007 play Félicité played at London’s                                                       Amy) and Alex will play his devoted fiancé, Paul in this multi-award winning musical comedy
     Royal Court Theatre as Bliss, and his new work Simon Says is a satire on the seductive appeal                                                     about life, love and marriage.
     of populism. Catherine Léger has written for TV, and in 2006 won the Prix Gratien-Gélinas. Her
                                                                                                                                                       www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk | www.elliottandharper.com
     comedy Baby-sitter tackles the complexities of sexual politics.

     www.kansallisteatteri.fi | www.cead.qc.ca
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                           Needles and Opium                                                                                           Threshold
                           Robert Lepage                                                                                               Le Patin Libre
                           7 & 8 November                                                                                              18 – 21 October
                           Theatre Royal                                                                                               Dance Umbrella
                           Plymouth, UK                                                                                                Alexandra Palace Ice Rink
                                                                                                                                       London, UK
                           Versatile in every form of theatre craft,
                           Robert Lepage is equally talented as a                                                                      ‘Both athletic and artistic, casting its own spell’
                           director, playwright, actor and film director.                                                              WhatsOnStage (on Vertical Influences, 2018)
                           His creative and original approach to
                           theatre has won him international acclaim.                                                                  Montréal’s Le Patin Libre defy the conventions
                                                                                                                                       of figure skating to evolve a new dance form
                           Through highly visual staging, which is                                                                     – on ice. Having wowed London audiences at
                           as much magic as it is theatre, Lepage                                                                      Dance Umbrella 2014 with their award-winning
                           revisits his work Needles and Opium 20                                                                      Vertical Influences (seen on Darcey Bussell’s New
                           years after its first production. A new                                                                     Dance, BBC2, earlier this year), they return with
                           scenography, original images, and an                                                                        a completely new show Threshold. Playing with
                           acrobat onstage complement the words of                                                                     contrast and change, they zoom towards viewers
                           Jean Cocteau. The result is a production                                                                    seated on the ice, combining athletic virtuosity
                           with mesmerising effects, a journey                                                                          with joyous physicality.
     © Tristram Kenton

                                                                                                                  © Romain Guilbaul
                           into the night that puts us under a
                           spell and leads us into the light.                                                                          www.danceumbrella.co.uk
                                                                                                                                       www.alexandrapalace.com
                           www.theatreroyal.com                                                                                        www.lepatinlibre.com

                                                                                                                                       Lifeguard
                                                                            Look out also for smash-hit
                                                                            musical Notre-Dame de Paris,                               Benoît Lachambre / Par B.L.eux
                                                                            which returns to London for just
                                                                            seven performances at the London                                                                                    6 – 8 November
                                                                            Coliseum, 23 – 27 January, after
                                                                                                                                                                                                Moving in November festival
                                                                            touring in 23 countries worldwide
                                                                            in 9 languages over the last 20                                                                                     Cable Factory
                                                                            years.                                                                                                              Helsinki, Finland
                                                                            Based on Victor Hugo’s Notre-Dame
                                                                                                                                                                                                 Lifeguard is an intimate piece which
                                                                            de Paris, this stage spectacular
                                                                                                                                                                                                 unfolds like a stroll. Benoît Lachambre
                                                                            features an international ensemble
                                                                                                                                                                                                 invites the spectator to share in an
                                                                            of acclaimed performers including
                                                                                                                                                                                                 impersonal intimacy in a context
                                                                                                                  © Karolina Miernik

                                                                            Québec’s Daniel Lavoie, Richard
                                                                                                                                                                                                 that blurs boundaries and definitions
                                                                            Charest, and Martin Giroux, as well
                                                                                                                                                                                                 about dance and movement. The work
                                                                            as unforgettable music composed
                                                                                                                                                                                                 creates a subtle connection between
                                                                            by Richard Cocciante and book by
     © Alessandro Dobici

                                                                                                                                                                                                 the audience and the performer. While
                                                                            celebrated Québécois lyricist Luc
                                                                                                                                       questioning the role of the artist and the audience’s passivity, Lifeguard allows for an uninhibited
                                                                            Plamondon.
                                                                                                                                       discussion about existence.
                                                                            www.notredamedeparis.co.uk
                                                                                                                                       www.movinginnovember.fi | www.parbleux.qc.ca
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CIRCUS                                                                                                                                         VISUAL ARTS                                                                          S E P – D E C 2018
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                                                                                                 Ovo                                                                                                                                            Lightwaves
                                                                                                 Cirque du Soleil                                                                                                                               Josée Pedneault
                                                                                                 19 September – 21 October                                                                                                                      & Bertrand Carrier
                                                                                                 Various venues in the UK & Ireland
                                                                                                 (see listings p.24-25 or visit website)                                                                                                        22 September – 25 November
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Street Level Photoworks
                                                                                                 Since its formation just outside Québec City in the                                                                                            Glasgow, UK
                                                                                                 early 1980s, Cirque du Soleil has wowed international
                                                                                                 audiences and revolutionised the circus sector. Based                                                                                          Lightwaves is an exhibition of new work by contemporary
                                                                                                 in Montréal, it is now the largest theatrical producer in                                                                                      photo-based artists, the result of exchange residencies
                                                                                                 the world.                                                                                                                                     between Street Level Photoworks in Glasgow and VU
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Photography Centre in Québec City. Working around themes
                                                                                                 Following dates at London’s Royal Albert Hall and arenas
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                of heritage and migration, the two artists from Québec and
                                                                                                 in the north of England, Cirque du Soleil’s OVO returns to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                their counterparts in Scotland, Mat Hay and Melanie Letore,
                                                                                                 wow audiences with its colourful depiction of the lives
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                developed new work in response to their stay in each city
                                                                                                 of insects. We see the creatures work, play, fight
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                and the dialogues which emerged during and after

                                                                                                                                                                                                      © Josée Pedneault and Nasir Salim, 2017
             © Cirque du Soleil

                                                                                                 and look for love, and display intense curiosity
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                their residencies. The project has a blog which includes
                                                                                                 when a mysterious egg appears.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                commentary on the process: www.photodialogues.net  
                                                                                                 www.cirquedusoleil.com                                                                                                                         Supported by the QC-UK Connections programme (British Council and the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Québec Government)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                www.bertrandcarriere.com

                                                                                                 VISUAL ARTS                                                                                                                                    www.joseepedneault.com
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                www.streetlevelphotoworks.org

                                                                                                                                                              Cicatrix
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Catherine
                                                                                                                                                              Catherine                                                                                                                                           Sheedy
     For Crown and Country 2018, dimensions 81cm x 142cm, technique is intaglio and collagraph

                                                                                                                                                              Farish                                                                                                                                              13 October
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  Studio du Québec
                                                                                                                                                              12 September – 3 December
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  139 Manhattan, Bow Quarter
                                                                                                                                                              Swindon Museum & Art Gallery
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  London, UK
                                                                                                                                                              Swindon, UK
                                                                                                                                                                                                         © Catherine Sheedy

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         Catherine Sheedy is a Québec artist
                                                                                                 In Cicatrix the work of Catherine Farish, an artist specialising in contemporary printmaking, is
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         working in the contemporary jewellery
                                                                                                 displayed alongside pieces by artists from the UK and across the Commonwealth. This unique
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         field. She is currently artist in residence
                                                                                                 collaboration responds to Salisbury Plain, a vast landscape where soldiers have trained since
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         at the Studio du Québec in London,
                                                                                                 WW1. Prints from the project will also be presented in an exhibition at Atelier Circulaire in
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                accompanied by her partner and their three-year-old child. As part of her residency Catherine is
                                                                                                 Montréal this November and December.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                working on conceptual and formal research about jewellery as an object of relation, especially in
                                                                                                 In her research, the artist was struck by images and stories of indigenous soldiers who came to                                                a family context. The work at this open studio event will include sculptural and 2D explorations
                                                                                                 fight in Europe. She also took inspiration from Salisbury Plain itself, and its mud and clay which                                             with different materials, photos and videos.
                                                                                                 stuck to her shoes for months after she visited.
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                www.catherinesheedy.com
                                                                                                 www.cicatrix.co.uk | www.catherinefarish.com
CINEMA & TELEVISION                                                                                  CINEMA & TELEVISION                                                                         S E P – D E C 2018
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                                                                                     Those Who Come,
                                                                                     Will Hear
                                                                                     Simon Plouffe                                             TV5Monde
                                                                                     8 September                                               TV5MONDE is available in the UK via Sky 717 and Virgin 825.
                                                                                     Open City Documentary Festival                            Please visit www.europe.tv5monde.com to check for local providers in the Nordic Countries.
                                                                                     & ORIGINS Festival                                        All timings given are for the UK.
                                                                                     Picturehouse Central
                                                                                                                                                                              Blue Moon (brand new season 2)
     Still courtesy of Border Crossings

                                                                                     London, UK
                                                                                                                                                                              – Tuesdays @ 8pm from 18 September
                                                                                                                                                                              Having inherited her father’s company, Blue Moon, Justine Laurier
                                                                                     According to UNESCO, a language ceases to be                                             quickly realises that its activities are unclear and that she has no choice
                                                                                     spoken in the world every fifteen days. Documentary                                      but to infiltrate activist Thylan Manseau’s gang.
                                                                                     film Those Who Come, Will Hear brings together the        © Véro Boncompagni/2015

                                                                                     speakers of several indigenous languages of Québec                                       Les pays d’en haut (brand new season 2)
                                                                                     whose dialects face extinction.                                                          – Tuesdays @ 8pm from 23 October
                                                                                                                                                                              This acclaimed series takes viewers on a journey to rural Québec in the
                                          Québec director Simon Plouffe combines sensitive, observational portraits of daily life in remote
                                                                                                                                                                              late 19th century against a backdrop of collusion between the church
                                          communities with field recordings that reveal the rich musicality of the languages and the
                                                                                                                                                                              and politicians and the difficult living conditions of the day.
                                          cultural importance of these venerable oral traditions. A vital, urgent archival project, the film   © Encore Télévision/Sovimage

                                          serves as a profound reflection on the consequences of the erosion of linguistic diversity. This
                                          European Premiere will be followed by a Q&A session with the director.
                                                                                                                                                                              L’Épicerie – Tuesdays @ 8.30am
                                                                                                                                                                              L’Épicerie is the place to be for anyone interested in what they put on
                                          www.opencitylondon.com | www.bordercrossings.org.uk | www.simonplouffe.com                                                          their plate. Enjoy recipes, surveys, taste tests, audience participation and
                                                                                                                                                                              simple but effective cooking tips. Presented by Denis Gagné and Johane
                                                                                                                                               © ThinkStock                   Despins.

                                          World of Film                                                                                                                       Elles Pêchent – Fridays @ 8am (series ends 23 November)
                                                                                                                                                                              Enthusiastic anglers Suzanne Beaudet and Louise Laparé go fishing in

                                          International                                                                                                                       Québec’s generous waters. They are keen to share their passion and
                                                                                                                                                                              show that this hobby is accessible to all.
                                          Festival Glasgow                                                                                     © ECHO MEDIA TV

                                                                                                                                                                              Électrons Libres – Sundays @ 7.30am
                                                                                                                                                                              Pierre Chastenay, Rabii Rammal and Marianne Desautels-Marissal
                                          4 – 7 October                                                                                                                       make science more entertaining, understandable and exciting! Includes
                                          Glasgow, UK                                                                                                                         reports, experiments and scientific news.
                                                                                                                                               © Pixcom
                                                                                               Let the sea wonder, courtesy of WoFF
                                          For its fifth edition, the World of Film
                                          International Festival Glasgow (WoFF) celebrates
                                          animation from Britain and beyond, with the first
                                          Animation Day in Glasgow on 6 October.

                                          Through its long standing collaboration with the
                                          Montréal International Animation Film Festival,
                                          WoFF will host a selection of the best short films
                                          from Québec, along with a special screening of
                                          the iconic 1981 animated sci-fi film Heavy Metal
                                          by British-Québécois director Gerald Potterton.

                                          www.woffglasgow.com                                  40 Weeks, courtesy of WoFF
M U LT I D I S C I P L I N A R Y A R T S                                                                                                                                                     BRITISH COUNCIL FOCUS                                                 S E P – D E C 2018
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                                                                                                 Annie Roy & Pierre Allard                                                                                                                                   QC–UK Connections
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             The British Council, the Québec Ministère de la Culture et des
                                                                                                 14 September
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Communications and the Québec Ministère des Relations
                                                                                                 IETM Satellite Wales                                                                                                                                        internationales et de la Francophonie are pleased to invite you to
                                                                                                 Llandudno, UK                                                                                                                                               submit an application for financial support to carry out a cultural
     While Having Soup, photo © Jean-François Lamoureux

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             cooperation project between Québec and the UK in 2019 and 2020.
                                                                                          ATSA is a Montréal organisation which creates transdisciplinary                                                                                                    Through funding and support, the scheme encourages a cultural
                                                                                          works and events for the public realm. It has made its mark in the                                                                                                 dialogue leading to better mutual understanding between the
                                                                UK with public engagement piece While Having Soup.                                                                                                                                           two societies.

                                                                At IETM’s upcoming Satellite in Llandudno ATSA’s founders Annie Roy and Pierre Allard will be                                                                                                This partnership will favour projects promoting

                                                                                                                                                                  Dance East & Festival Quartiers Danses, Carte Postale performance at the
                                                                leading a workshop on confronting preconceived ideas, encouraging attendees to take a critical                                                                                               digitally-based cultural development, through the

                                                                                                                                                                  Place des Arts in Montréal, September 2017. Photo © Jackie Hopfinger
                                                                look at and question their own practice. The session will challenge assumptions about culture                                                                                                support of the joint creation or dissemination of
                                                                in rural areas, the hierarchy of the arts depending on the size / centrality of the settlement,                                                                                              digital cultural content initiatives, or innovative
                                                                expectations regarding audiences, and participatory work.                                                                                                                                    initiatives allowing the cultural sector to adapt to
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             new digital realities. Projects whose focus is not
                                                                www.ietm.org | www.atsa.qc.ca                                                                                                                                                                on digital concerns are also accepted for this call.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             Please note that the call for proposals covers a two

                                                                Milieux: Institute for Arts,                                                                                                                                                                 year period, therefore the projects must take place
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             during 2019 and 2020. The financial support will be

                                                                Culture and Technology                                                                                                                                                                       granted in two separate payments, following the
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             reception of the mid-project report. Each organisation
                                                                Always Waiting                 VIBE: The Art of Transatlantic Inclusion                                                                                                                      can apply for £5,100 or CAD$10,000 for each year.

                                                                27 October		                   1 December                                                                                                                                                    To find out more, and to apply, please visit
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                             www.britishcouncil.ca. The deadline is 30 September 2018.
                                                                London Borough of Newham
                                                                (exact venues to be confirmed) London, UK
         Street art project, photo courtesy of Together! 2012

                                                                This collaboration between East London’s Together! 2012 CIC and Milieux: Institute for Arts,
                                                                Culture and Technology, at Concordia University in Montréal, brings together Disabled artists

                                                                                                                                                                  Théâtre PàP, Hôtel-Motel & The National Theatre of Scotland, First Snow / Première neige
                                                                and their communities to co-produce new digital art works and experimental sound sources
                                                                which can be experienced through vibrational tactility as well as aurally and visually.

                                                                Always Waiting is a street art premiere, while VIBE: The Art of Transatlantic Inclusion is a
                                                                symposium and exhibition which showcases tactile sound and video works. Both events
                                                                showcase the work of Disabled artists in Montréal and East London.
                                                                                                                                                                  at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, August 2018. Photo © Sally Jubb

                                                                Supported by the QC-UK Connections programme (British Council and the Québec Government)

                                                                www.together2012.org.uk | www.milieux.concordia.ca
FESTIVALS & EVENTS IN QUÉBEC 2018 – 2 019
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                         See below a selection of the 400 festivals and events hosted in Québec each year
                         They all welcome international delegates and industry professionals.
                                                                                                                                                                                  Festival
                                                                                                                                                                               Salon       TransAmériques
                                                                                                                                                                                     du Livre  de Montréal                                              EM15             Salon du TransAmériques
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          Festival Livre de Montréal                                 MUTEK
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 POP Montreal

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                Salon du livre de Montréal. Photo © Jean-Guy Thibodeau EM15. Photo © Caroline Hayeur Festival TransAmériques. Photo © Youngmo Choe POP Montreal. Photo © 2014 Dominick Mastrangelo
                                                                                                                                                                                     13 – 16 November 2018                                     14 – 17 November 2018                                    17 January – 2 February 2019

                                                                                                                                                             MUSIC
                           12 – 22 September 2018                        3 – 14 October 2018                            8 – 18 November 2018
     CINEMA

                           Festival de cinéma de la ville                Festival du Nouveau Cinéma                     Rencontres Internationales du                                Mundial Montréal                                          M pour Montréal                                          Igloofest
                           de Québec                                     www.nouveaucinema.ca                           Documentaire de Montréal                                     World Music                                               Indie Rock Showcase                                      Electronic Music
                           www.fcvq.ca                                                                                  www.ridm.ca                                                  www.mundialmontreal.com                                   www.mpourmontreal.com                                    www.igloofest.ca

                           20 February – 2 March 2019                    13 – 17 March 2019                             July – August 2019 (dates TBC)                               June 2019 (dates TBC)                                     June 2019 (dates TBC)                                    27 June – 6 July 2019

                                                                                                                                                             MUSIC
     CINEMA

                           Les Rendez-vous du cinéma                     Regard sur le court métrage au                 Le Festival international de films                           Festival de Musique                                       Festival Suoni Per il Popolo                             Festival International
                           québécois                                     Saguenay                                       Fantasia                                                     de Chambre Montréal                                       Experimental Music                                       de Jazz de Montréal
                           www.rvcq.com                                  International Short Film Festival              www.fantasiafestival.com                                     www.festivalmontreal.org                                  www.suoniperilpopolo.org                                 www.montrealjazzfest.com
                                                                         www.festivalregard.com

                                                                                                                                                                                     28 – 30 June 2019                                         August 2019 (dates TBC)                                          5 – 15 September 2018

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                              PERFORMING ARTS
                           4 – 14 July 2019                                         May – June 2019 (dates TBC)         June – July 2019 (dates TBC)

                                                                                                                                                             MUSIC
     CIRCUS

                                                                DIGITAL ARTS

                           Montreal Complètement                                    IX 2019                             ELEKTRA                                                      Chants de Vielles Festival                                Osheaga & MEG                                                    Festival Quartiers Danses
                           Cirque                                                   International Symposium on          www.elektrafestival.ca                                       Traditional Music                                         www.osheaga.com                                                  www.quartiersdanses.com
                           www.montrealcompletementcirque.com                       Immersive Experiences                                                                            www.chantsdevielles.com
                                                                                    www.ix.sat.qc.ca

                           August 2019 (dates TBC)                                  14 – 19 November 2018               10 – 14 April 2019                                           12 – 17 November 2018                                     22 May – 5 June 2019                                     Winter 2019 (dates TBC)

                                                                                                                                                             PERFORMING ARTS
     DIGITAL ARTS

                                                                LITERATURE

                                                                                                                                                                                     CINARS                                                    Festival TransAmériques                                  Parcours Danse
                           MUTEK                                                    Salon du Livre de Montréal          Salon du Livre de Québec                                                                                               Theatre & Dance
                           www.mutek.org                                            www.salondulivredemontreal.com      www.silq.ca                                                  Peforming Arts Biennial                                   fta.qc.ca                                                www.ladansesurlesroutes.com
                                                                                                                                                                                     www.cinars.org
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               May – June 2019 (dates TBC)
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               OFFTA
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               Live Art Festival
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               www.offta.com

                                                                                                                                                                                     6 – 10 March 2019                                         May – June 2019 (dates TBC)                              August 2019 (dates TBC)
                                                                MULTIDISCIPLINARY

                                                                                                                                                             THEATRE
                           April 2019 (dates TBC)                                   12 – 14 November 2018               February 2019 (dates TBC)
     LITERATURE

                           Metropolis Bleu                                          HUB – Rendez-vous                   Mois Multi                                                   Le Festival de Casteliers                                 Carrefour international de théâtre                       Festival du théâtre de rue
                           www.bluemetropolis.org                                   international des industries        Multidisciplinary Digital Arts                               Puppetry                                                  www.carrefourtheatre.qc.ca                               de Lachine
                                                                                    créatives                           www.mmrectoverso.org/fr/mois-multi                           www.festival.casteliers.ca                                                                                         www.theatrederue.ca
                                                                                    www.hubmontreal.com                                                                                                        10e
                                                                                                                                                                                                             FESTIVAL de
                                                                                                                                                                                                             CASTELIERS
                                                                                                                                                                                                             MARIONNETTES
                                                                                                                                                                                                             POUR ADULTES ET ENFANTS
     MULTIDISCIPLINARY

                                                                                                                                                                                     August 2019 (dates TBC)                                            14 February – 21 April 2019                     April 2019 (dates TBC)

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       VISUAL ARTS
                                                                                                                                                             THEATRE

                           21 February – 3 March 2019                    August 2019 (dates TBC)                             30 August – 2 September 2018
                                                                                                                     MUSIC

                           Montréal en Lumière                           Montréal First Peoples Festival                     Festival de musique                                     Dramaturgies en Dialogue                                           Manif d’art 9                                   Foire d’art Papier de Montréal
                           www.montrealenlumiere.com                     www.presenceautochtone.ca                           émergente en                                            (CEAD)                                                             www.manifdart.org                               www.papiermontreal.com
                                                                                                                             Abitibi-Témiscamingue                                   www.dramaturgiesendialogue.
                                                                                                                             www.fmeat.org                                           com

                           6 – 8 September 2018                          12 – 16 September 2018                         26 – 30 September 2018                                       September & October 2019                                           11 – 18 November 2018                           13 – 16 November 2018

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       YOUNG AUDIENCE
                                                                                                                                                             VISUAL ARTS
     MUSIC

                           Envol et Macadam                              Conférence Trad Montréal                       Pop Montréal                                                 (dates TBC)                                                        Les Coups de Théâtre                            FOCUS Québec
                           Emerging Music                                & La Grande Rencontre                          www.popmontreal.com                                          Momenta – biennale de l’image                                      www.coupsdetheatre.com                          www.maisontheatre.com
                           www.envoletmacadam.com                        www.espacetrad.org                                                                                          www.momentabiennale.com

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     AUDIENCE
E V E N T S S E P T E M B E R 2018 – J A N UA RY 2019
Confirmed dates at time of publication, see websites for more details.
                                                                                                                                                                          Notre Dame de Paris                         Martin Messier                           Tess Roby

                                                                                                                                                6         Digital Arts    Tim Hecker                     Barbican Hall             London, UK          020 7638 8891
 SEPTEMBER                                                                                                                                                                & Kara-Lis Coverdale                                                         www.barbican.org.uk
 Tuesdays    Cinema &         L’Épicerie                      TV5Monde               UK & Nordic            Sky 717 & Virgin 825                6         Music           Voivod                         Rebellion                 Manchester, UK      01612 369 732
 @ 8.30am    Television                                                              Countries              www.europe.tv5monde.com                                                                                                                    www.rebellion.club
 Fridays     Cinema &         Elles Pêchent                   TV5Monde               UK & Nordic            Sky 717 & Virgin 825 europe.        7         Music           Voivod                         Underworld                London, UK          02074 821 932
 @ 8am       Television                                                              Countries              www. tv5monde.com                                                                                                                          www.theunderworldcamden.co.uk
 Sundays     Cinema &         Électrons Libres                TV5Monde               UK & Nordic            Sky 717 & Virgin 825 europe.        7         Music           Tess Roby                      The Hope and Ruin         Brighton, UK        01273 325793
 @ 7.30am    Television                                                              Countries              www.tv5monde.com                                                                                                                           www.hope.pub
 7           Music            Chilly Gonzales                 Cadogan Hall           London, UK             020 7730 4500                       8         Theatre         Théâtre À l’Envers,            Merlin Theatre            Frome, UK           01373 465949
                                                                                                            www.cadoganhall.com                                           Une grenouille qui s’appelle                                                 www.merlintheatre.co.uk
                                                                                                                                                                          Woânda
 8           Music            Chilly Gonzales                 Grand Theatre          Leeds, UK              0844 848 2700
                                                                                                            www.leedsgrandtheatre.com           8         Digital Arts    Martin Messier, Field @        Attenborough Centre for Brighton, UK
                                                                                                                                                                          Brighton Digital Festival      the Creative Arts                             www.brightondigitalfestival.co.uk
 8           Music            Gerald Finley @ The Last        Royal Albert Hall      London, UK             020 7589 8212
                              Night of the Proms                                                            www.royalalberthall.com             10        Theatre         Théâtre À l’Envers,            The Hawth                 Crawley, UK         01293 553636
                                                                                                                                                                          Une grenouille qui s’appelle                                                 www.parkwoodtheatres.co.uk
 8           Cinema &         Those Who Come, Will Hear       Picturehouse Central   London, UK                                                                           Woânda
             Television       @ Open City Documentary                                                       www.opencitylondon.com
                              Festival & ORIGINS Festival                                                                                       10 - 14   Circus          Cirque du Soleil, OVO          3Arena                    Dublin, Ireland     +353 1819 8888
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       www.3arena.ie
 10          Music            Chilly Gonzales                 Southbank Centre       London, UK             020 3879 9555                       13        Visual Arts     Catherine Sheedy               Bow Quarter               London, UK
                                                                                                            www.southbankcentre.co.uk                                     Open Studio                                                                  www.catherinesheedy.com
 11          Music            Chilly Gonzales                 RNCM                   Manchester, UK         0161 907 5555                       14        Music           Voivod                         Pumpehuset                Copenhagen,
                                                                                                            www.rncm.ac.uk                                                                                                         Denmark             www.pumpehuset.dk
 12          Visual Arts      Catherine Farish participation Swindon Museum          Swindon, UK                                                15        Music           Voivod                         Klubb Nalen               Stockholm,
                              in Cicatrix                    & Art Gallery                                  www.cicatrix.co.uk                                                                                                     Sweden              www.voivod.net
 14          Multidisciplinary Annie Roy & Pierre Allard                             Llandudno, UK                                              16        Theatre         Théâtre À l’Envers,            Riverhead Theatre         Louth, UK           01507 600350
                               @ IETM                                                                       www.ietm.org                                                  Une grenouille qui s’appelle                                                 www.louthriverheadtheatre.com
 From 14     Theatre          Jennifer Tremblay’s The List    The Finnish National   Helsinki, Finland                                                                    Woânda
                                                              Theatre                                       www.kansallisteatteri.fi            17        Music           Voivod                         Tavastia                  Helsinki, Finland
             Theatre                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   www.tavastiaklubi.fi
 15                           Change Your Life’ - Plays from The Finnish National    Helsinki, Finland
                              Québec                         Theatre                                        www.kansallisteatteri.fi            17 - 21   Circus          Cirque du Soleil, OVO          SSE Arena                 Belfast, United     028 9073 9074
             Cinema &         Blue Moon                                                                                                                                                                                            Kingdom             www.ssearenabelfast.com
 From 18                                                      TV5Monde               UK & Nordic            Sky 717 & Virgin 825
 September   Television       (brand new season 2)                                   Countries              europe.tv5monde.com                 18        Theatre         Théâtre À l’Envers,            Stamford Arts Centre      Stamford, UK        01780 763 203
                                                                                                                                                                          Une grenouille qui s’appelle                                                 www.stamfordartscentre.com
 19 - 23     Circus           Cirque du Soleil, OVO           first direct arena     Leeds, United          0844 248 1585                                                 Woânda
                                                                                     Kingdom                www.firstdirectarena.com
                                                                                                                                                18        Music           Voivod                         Klubi                     Tampere, Finland
 22 Sep -    Visual Arts      Josée Pedneault & Bertrand      Street Level Photoworks Glasgow, UK           0141 552 2151                                                                                                                              www.tullikamari.net/fi/klubi
 25 Nov                       Carrier, Lightwaves                                                           www.streetlevelphotoworks.org
                                                                                                                                                18 - 21   Dance           Le Patin Libre, Threshold @    Alexandra Palace          London, UK
 23          Literature &     Louise Penny @ Bloody           Albert Halls           Stirling, UK                                                                         Dance Umbrella                 Ice Rink                                      www.danceumbrella.co.uk
             Publishing       Scotland                                                                      www.bloodyscotland.com
                                                                                                                                                20        Music           Voivod                         John Dee, Rockefeller     Oslo, Norway
 24          Literature &     Dany Laferrière, The World      Institut Français      London, UK             020 8670 1920                                                                                                                              www.rockefeller.no
             Publishing       Is Moving: A Celebration of                                                   www.festivalamerica.co.uk
                              French Caribbean Culture                                                                                          21        Theatre         Théâtre À l’Envers,            Hartlepool Town Hall      Hartlepool, UK      01429 860 663
                              @ Festival America                                                                                                                          Une grenouille qui s’appelle                                                 www.hartlepooltownhalltheatre.com
                                                                                                                                                                          Woânda
 25          Literature &     Andrée Michaud, Canadian        Marlborough House      London, UK             020 8670 1920
             Publishing       women from West to East                                                       www.festivalamerica.co.uk           22        Music           Helena Deland                  The Poetry Club           Glasgow, UK         0141 357 7246
                              @ Festival America                                                                                                                                                                                                       www.thepoetryclub.net

 26          Literature &     Christian Guay-Poliquin,        Canada House           London, UK             020 8670 1920                       23        Music           Helena Deland                  The Castle                Manchester, UK      0161 237 9485
             Publishing       Myths, moods and melodies                                                     www.festivalamerica.co.uk                                                                                                                  www.thecastlehotel.info
                              @ Festival America
                                                                                                                                                From 23   Cinema &        Les pays d’en haut             TV5Monde                  UK & Nordic         Sky 717 & Virgin 825
 26          Literature &     Heather O’Neill, Leading        Canada House           London, UK             020 8670 1920                       October   Television      (brand new season 2)                                     Countries           www.europe.tv5monde.com
             Publishing       Canadian prize-winning                                                        www.festivalamerica.co.uk
                              authors @ Festival America                                                                                        24        Music           Helena Deland                  Sebright Arms             London, UK          020 7729 0937
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       www.sebrightarms.com
 Previews    Theatre          Alex Gaumond, Company           Gielgud Theatre        London, UK             0844 482 5151
 from 26                                                                                                    www.delfontmackintosh.co.uk         24        Theatre         Théâtre À l’Envers,            Square Chapel Arts        Halifax, UK         01422 349 422
                                                                                                                                                                          Une grenouille qui s’appelle   Centre                                        www.squarechapel.co.uk
 26 - 30     Circus           Cirque du Soleil, OVO           Manchester Arena       Manchester, UK         0844 847 8000                                                 Woânda
                                                                                                            www.manchester-arena.com            27        Multidisciplinary Always Waiting               Newham                    London, UK
 27          Literature &     Eric Plamondon, Liberated by Canada House              London, UK             020 8670 1920                                                                                                                              www.together2012.org.uk
             Publishing       invention @ Festival America                                                  www.festivalamerica.co.uk           27        Music           Le Vent du Nord                Smeltedigelen             Mo i Rana,
 27          Literature &     Guillaume Morissette &        Québec Government        London, UK             020 8670 1920                                                                                                          Norway              www.smeltedigelen.no
             Publishing       Christian Guay-Poliquin,      Office                                          www.festivalamerica.co.uk           28        Music           Le Vent du Nord                Dokkhuset                 Trondheim,
                              Investigating language as the                                                                                                                                                                        Norway              www.dokkhuset.no
                              basis of culture @ Festival
                              America                                                                                                           28 & 29   Theatre         Théâtre À l’Envers,            Lincoln Drill Hall        Lincoln, UK         01522 873894
 27 & 28     Theatre          Théâtre À l’Envers,             Queen’s Hall Arts Centre Hexham, UK           01434 652477                                                  Une grenouille qui s’appelle                                                 www.lincolndrillhall.com
                              Une grenouille qui s’appelle                                                  www.queenshall.co.uk                                          Woânda
                              Woânda                                                                                                                      Music           Le Vent du Nord
                                                                                                                                                31                                                       Kungsbacka teater         Kungsbacka,         +46 300 83 45 95
 27 & 28     Literature &     Isabelle Arsenault @                                   Gothenburg,            +46 31 708 84 00                                                                                                       Sweden              www.kungsbackateater.se
             Publishing       Gothenburg Book Fair                                   Sweden                 www.goteborg-bookfair.com
 30 Sep      Theatre          Théâtre À l’Envers,             The Exchange           North Shields, UK 0191 258 4111                            NOVEMBER
 & 1 Oct                      Une grenouille qui s’appelle                                             www.attheexchange.info
                              Woânda                                                                                                            1         Music           Le Vent du Nord                Riksscenen                Oslo, Norway
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       www.riksscenen.no
 OCTOBER                                                                                                                                        2         Music           Le Vent du Nord                Victoria Theater          Malmö, Sweden       +46 40 10 30 20
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       www.victoria.se
 1           Music            Tess Roby                       Shackwell Arms         London, UK             020 7249 0810
                                                                                                            www.shacklewellarms.com             2&3       Theatre         Théâtre À l’Envers,            Arts Centre               Washington, UK      0191 561 3455
                                                                                                                                                                          Une grenouille qui s’appelle                                                 www.artscentrewashington.com
 2           Music            Tess Roby                       The Louisiana          Bristol, UK                                                                          Woânda
                                                                                                            www.thelouisiana.net
                                                                                                                                                6-8       Dance           Benoît Lachambre / Par         Cable Factory             Helsinki, Finland
 2           Music            Gerald Finley                   Middle Temple Hall     London, UK                                                                           B.L.eux, Lifeguard @ Moving                                                  www.movinginnovember.fi
                                                                                                            www.templechurch.com                                          in November Festival

             Theatre          Théâtre À l’Envers,                                                                                               7&8       Theatre         Needles and Opium              Theatre Royal             Plymouth            01752 267222
 2&3                                                          Alphabetti Theatre     Newcastle                                                                                                                                                         www.theatreroyal.com
                              Une grenouille qui s’appelle                           upon Tyne, UK          www.alphabettitheatre.co.uk
                              Woânda                                                                                                            9         Music           Steve Hill                     Floral Pavilion Theatre   Wirral, UK          01516 660 000
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       www.floralpavilion.com
 3           Music            Voivod                          The Joiners            Southampton, UK
                                                                                                            www.voivod.net                      10        Music           Steve Hill                     Bude Blues Festival /     Kilkhampton, UK
                                                                                                                                                                                                         Penstowe Park Holiday                         www.stevehillmusic.com
 3           Music            Voivod                          The Globe              Cardiff, UK                                                                                                         Village
                                                                                                            www.globecardiffmusic.com
                                                                                                                                                10 & 11   Digital Arts    Lucas Paris, Antivolume IN/  Watermans Centre            Brentford, UK       020 8232 1010
 3           Music            Tess Roby                       The Soup Kitchen       Manchester, UK         0161 236 5100                                                 EXT, Myriam Boucher &                                                        www.watermans.org.uk
                                                                                                            www.soupkitchenmcr.co.uk                                      Pierre-Luc Lecours, Elements
                                                                                                                                                                          @ Digital Performance
 3-7         Circus           Cirque du Soleil, OVO           Barclaycard Arena      Birmingham, UK                                                                       Weekender
                                                                                                            www.arenabham.co.uk
                                                                                                                                                13        Music           Steve Hill                     The Half Moon             London, UK          020 8780 9383
 4           Music            Voivod                          Temple Of Boom         Leeds, UK                                                                                                                                                         www.halfmoon.co.uk
                                                                                                            www.voivod.net                      30        Music           Steve Hill                     Chiddingstone             Chiddingstone
 4           Music            Tess Roby                       Oslo                   London, UK             020 3553 4831                                                                                Causeway Arts and         Causeway, UK        www.causewayhall.co.uk
                                                                                                            www.oslohackney.com                                                                          Social Centre

 4-7         Cinema &         World of Film International                            Glasgow, UK                                                DECEMBER
             Television       Festival                                                                      www.woffglasgow.com
                                                                                                                                                1         Multidisciplinary VIBE: The Art of Transatlantic Newham                  London, UK
 5           Music            Voivod                          Cathouse               Glasgow, UK            0141 248 6606                                                   Inclusion                                                                  www.together2012.org.uk
                                                                                                            www.cathouse.co.uk
                                                                                                                                                7 - 16    Digital Arts    HUB, SPECTRUM @                Salford Quays             Manchester, UK      0161 876 2106
 5           Music            Tess Roby                       Bodega                 Nottingham, UK         01159 505 078                                                 Lightwaves 2018                                                              www.quaysculture.com
                                                                                                            www.bodeganottingham.com
 6           Theatre          Théâtre À l’Envers,             Market Theatre         Ledbury, UK                                                JANUARY
                              Une grenouille qui s’appelle                                                  www.themarkettheatre.com
                              Woânda                                                                                                            23 - 27   Theatre         Notre Dame de Paris            Coliseum                  London, UK          www.notredamedeparis.co.uk

Notre Dame De Paris. Photo © Alessandro Dobici        Martin Messier. Photo © Martin Messier        Tess Roby. Photo © Fatine-Violette Sabiri
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