Ten comedians will officially unveil their new show this winter. While three are at their baptism and three others are at their second effort, four of them undoubtedly deserve the seasoned label. The environment could well be reconnecting with the cruising speed it had before the pandemic.
Let’s start with those who are at the crucial stage of the first solo. It’s at Maude Landry the honor of breaking the ice. In Involution, the 31-year-old comedian, winner of the Olivier de la Découverte de l’année in 2018, should answer questions with other questions, take a funny look at the world around him and tackle the vast issues of existence with a disarming nonchalance. At the Gesù on January 24 and at the Grand Théâtre de Québec on February 22.
After touring the province with Marie-Lyne Joncas, the second half of the duo Les Grandes Crues, Eve Cote, is about to hit the boards solo. In Side Eve, a show directed by Joël Legendre, the Gaspésienne, a graduate of the National School of Humor in 2014, will certainly rely on her undeniable qualities as a storyteller. At the Olympia on 1er February and at the Salle Albert-Rousseau on February 21. Until then, you will be able to see the comedian at the animation of the 5e season of Roast Battle: the great duela program presented on Thursdays at 9 p.m. on channel Z.
Associated to The evening is (still) youngduring 10 years, Jean-Sebastien Girardis about to live a first solo experience. Thanks to his show called A boy like no other, the radio man hopes to become “a comedian in his own right”. Between great tenderness and pure wickedness, Girard revisits his childhood and adolescence, admits his sense of drama and his appetite for fame, in short welcomes his precious singularity. At the Olympia on March 15 and at the Salle Albert-Rousseau on March 27.
Second effort
Talkative dandy always ready to defend the British crown, dressed to the nines and endowed with an incredible sense of self-mockery, the comedian and comedian Philippe-Audrey Larrue-St-Jacques is the first to recognize that he was born three centuries late. We bet that this fertile gap between eras and cultures, which was at the heart of his first opus, Alas, it’s just a comedy showwill also play a key role in the second: child of the century. At the Gesù on March 9 and at the Grand Théâtre de Québec on April 6.
The second solo show of Pierre-Luc Pomerleau is called Northern Mockingbird. This time, the comedian and impersonator, who graduated from the National School of Humor in 2010, intends to arouse laughter by cheerfully drawing on his personal stories. At the Olympia on April 4 and at the Salle Albert-Rousseau on May 9. Until then, we recommend PLP’s little findsvideo capsules in which Pomerleau comments in a hilarious way on the ridiculous classified ads unearthed on Marketplace.
For the versatile Fabien Cloutier, the time has come to present his second comedy show. With Delicate, the 47-year-old man from Beauce, recognized for his outspokenness, intends to demonstrate that it is still possible to say everything. At Salle Albert-Rousseau on April 17 and 18, then at Théâtre Maisonneuve at Place des Arts on May 11 and 12. To wait, we recommend that you read The allegory of the utensil drawera collection of chronicles and monologues published by Lux Éditeur last November.
The seasoned
In Nomo sapienshis fifth show in fifteen years of career, Boucar Diouf, the most scientific of our comedians, continues to make people laugh while instructing. This time it is a question of human intelligence and bullshit: “The human is the animal that constantly pushes back the frontiers of knowledge while proving to the rest of creation that stupidity is limitless. At the Étoile de Brossard on February 2 and at the Grand Théâtre de Québec on February 18.
Graduated from the National School of Humor in 2007, but revealed to the general public ten years later thanks to a hilarious and now legendary number on the ravages of crossfit, Simon Gouache is on his third solo show. Dad since last October, the comedian believes that his new opus, simply titled Live, is “rhythmic, honest, mature and colorful”. At the Olympia on February 21 and at the Salle Albert-Rousseau on March 14.
At 67, to mark 40 years of career, Daniel Lemire back on stage with his famous alter ego. Yvon Travaillé, Ronnie Dubé, Edmond Ratté, Uncle Georges and the others will provide their point of view on the news. That promises. At the Salle Albert-Rousseau on April 4 and at the Studio-Cabaret of Espace St-Denis on April 26.
Born in France, settled in Quebec since 2005, Jeremy Demay is about to present his third solo show, Natural. As evidenced by the poster, where we can see him soar over a lake in his simplest device, the comedian affirms that he reveals himself this time like never before, not hesitating above all to exploit the comic dimension of the situations he experienced. At the Olympia on May 17 and at the Salle Albert-Rousseau on May 1er June.