Eight plans for the weekend

From Friday to Sunday, nearly 2,500 free activities will be offered across Quebec on the occasion of the 26^are Culture Days. There is something for everyone and for all ages, face-to-face or online. The event site also suggests 27 circuits to follow by region (a cultural weekend in La Sarre, unforgettable encounters in Drummondville or even a trip to the museums of Montreal, etc.) so as not to miss anything among the quantity of visits, exhibitions and workshops, wherever you are.

Laila Maalouf

The cantor of Cap-Chat, who lugs around his Big disorganized trip everywhere in Quebec for more than a year, is performing in Sainte-Thérèse on the 1^er october. “One of the most solid singer-songwriters in Quebec – we write without embarrassment – ​​has once again demonstrated that he knows how to reconcile the codes of pop and sound or language experimentation,” wrote our journalist Charles -Éric Blais-Poulin in his review published in November 2021.

The Théâtre du Nouveau Monde opens its 2022-2023 season with Shakespearean comedy Twelfth night. The play, delivered in the form of a musical tale, is presented until October 15. “By dint of seeing great dramas play out on our stages, we end up forgetting these little gems that are comedies (especially when they hit the mark). Twelfth nightstaged with humor and inventiveness by Frédéric Bélanger, clearly belongs to this category. “says our critic Jean Siag.

On September 29 and 30, at 8 p.m., the literary show Country women: our forests, by Véronique Côté, takes place at Théâtre Outremont. This show “was born from the encounter between two works published last year: the collection of poetry by Hélène Dorion My forests and the novel by Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette forest woman. The actresses Eve Landry and Lise Roy share the stage to tell these two universes made of skies, lands and seasons, while Florence Blain Mbaye signs the music on stage” writes our journalist Laila Maalouf.

It’s the return of the Falla at TOHU, this great family celebration inspired by the carnival celebrations in Valencia, Spain, which ends with the burning of a huge structure made of wood and paper, made for months by young people from the Saint-Michel district. The symbolism? What we managed to build once, we are able to do it again. Among the artists invited to the party, which begins on Friday, let us mention the presence of the funk group The Brooks, the transcultural group Ayrad and the Innu singer-songwriter Shauit.

John Siag

The McCord Stewart Museum presents the exhibition Incipit – COVID-19 which stems from an order placed in 2020 with photographer Michel Huneault to document the first wave of the pandemic in Montreal. “The result is 150 images, sensitive, representative, moving, which speak of us: confined, hospitalized, survivors, hospital staff, members of the armed forces. Without forgetting all those who have unfortunately fallen in combat,” writes our art critic Éric Clément.

In See How They Run, the competent but jaded Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell) and the (too) enthusiastic new recruit Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) lead the investigation into a murder committed in the theater where an Agatha Christie play is presented. “Watching this film, we become guardians of the secret it contains. The process is clever. Intriguing and well put together, See How They Run is delightful to watch and satisfying to finish,” writes our journalist Marissa Groguhé.

Moonage Daydreamthe title of which is taken from a famous song by The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars, is aimed as much at Bowie diehards as at those who only know him through his best-known songs. “It’s a tremendous whirlwind of images, ideas and unforgettable songs, from an immense and immortal artist. Coolest to ever set foot on Earth or Mars,” writes our reviewer Marc Cassivi.