Cultural revival | Four comedy shows to watch

Quebec comedians will soon be back on stage. Here are some suggestions for shows to add to your cultural calendar.

Dominic Late
The Press

Detour, by Guillaume Pineault

Did Guillaume Pineault invoke bad luck when he titled his first show Detour ? The title, a nod to the many professional detours he took before arriving at humor, could hardly have been more prophetic: from confinement to confinement, his media premiere was postponed twice. The storyteller can console himself by remembering that his tour has already sold 25,000 tickets, and that the big day – that of the judgment of journalists and his peers – is at our doorstep.

March 7 and 8 at the Gesù

My feelingsby Virginie Fortin

Virginie Fortin has a knack for many things, especially for titles. After noise in the cosmosthe comedian returns to the stage in a second beautifully titled solo My feelings, in which she reflects, among other things, on the reasons why “it’s weird to be somebody”. And if we deduce from this that she remains faithful to this philosophical-literary tone that she masters marvelously, let’s not lose sight of the fact that she is also one of the purest comic talents of her generation.

March 8, 9 and 10 at the National

Rude – Forgive me if I love you, by Mariana Mazza

After holding the title role in the film mariaby Alec Pronovost, and having gone to play in Andy Warhol’s flowerbeds with his exhibition Queso y Papa, the actress and today painter Mariana Mazza subverts an adjective – impolite – that is hurled at her each time she has the misfortune to say a swear word at prime time. In order to avoid the exhaustion experienced during his first tour, the comedian intends to offer “only” (note the quotation marks) 100 performances of this second solo performance. Rude, perhaps, but also wise.

March 25, 26 and April 26 at the Olympia

Zephyrby Richardson Zephir

A young veteran of improv rinks and comedy cabarets, Richardson Zéphir has been one of the favorites of those who regularly attend comedy evenings in the city for more than 10 years. He would have had to enter the house of Big Brother Celebrities in 2021 in order to be revealed to the general public. Both poet and buffoon, capable of wacky characters as fine social critics, the comedian is ready to show that the title of “master joker” that he has attributed to himself is not boastful.

May 10 at the Olympia