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The trio composed of Marie Denise Pelletier, Marie Carmen and Joe Bocan offer an additional performance of their show For a one night stand March 8, 2 p.m. According to columnist Mario Girard on March 2, 2020, a few days before Quebec is put on hold due to COVID-19, you will have a good time there. “Try to get your hands on tickets. Nostalgia is a great pleasure. But finding an intact talent, years later, is even more so. »

If you want to see comedian Simon Gouache on stage, here’s your chance, because he’s presenting two extras from his third show, Live, at the Olympia, March 9 and 10, at 8 p.m. Hurry to get tickets. According to journalist Dominic Tardif, “Simon Gouache is therefore reconnecting with the modus operandi of his first two tours: perfecting a classic, almost conventional humor, but embodying the best possible version of it. »

After Montreal and Saint-Casimir, it will be the turn of the cities of Chicoutimi, this Thursday, and Quebec City, this Friday, to hear the most recent pieces by Valaire. The group formed in Sherbrooke nearly 20 years ago launched its fifth album last month, Futons, which is somewhat reminiscent of the music of his debut. A nod to its title, the new opus was described as “particularly finished furniture” by colleague Dominic Tardif who recently spoke with the quintet. Other performances elsewhere in Quebec are also planned in the coming weeks.

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Waiting for the return to television of Revolution for a fifth season, fans of the show can see on stage some of the dancers they have followed over the past few years, including Team White, Sunny Boisvert and Mikaël St-Hilaire. The tour stops at the Théâtre Capitole de Québec this Thursday, until March 19, before heading back to Gatineau, Trois-Rivières and Sherbrooke.

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Looking for a family outing? From March 9 to 18, TOHU presents Essence, a show in which five characters who play and dream lead the public through their adventures. Created by the Spanish company Vaivén Circo, Essence offers acrobatic and juggling acts in a staging inspired by Waldorf’s rainbow, this children’s game made up of pillars and arches.

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It will be necessary to hurry this week to see the piece Manikanetish presented at Duceppe. There are still tickets for the performance on Saturday, March 11, in the afternoon. The play, inspired by the novel by author Naomi Fontaine, is presented from March 8 to April 8. “This piece will break down barriers. People have prejudices about us that don’t match us. They will be able to enter our home to meet us. Young Innu have the right to exist as they are, with the language and clothing they like. They have the right to go into the woods, but also to do theatre…”, mentioned the author Naomi Fontaine to the journalist Stéphanie Morin.

The fourth feature film by director Guy Édoin, Borders, tells the story of Diane (Pascale Bussières) who feels constantly threatened since a tragic accident occurred in her life. His sisters Carmen (Christine Beaulieu) and Julie (Marilyn Castonguay) will come as reinforcements, along with their mother (Micheline Lanctôt). ” Borders, which takes the form of a thriller nourished by true anecdotes that occurred in the filmmaker’s family, stands out thanks to this way of exploring the notion of territory in all its forms, physical and mental. Marked by a remarkable performance by Pascale Bussières, who here holds one of her finest roles, Borders adds a beautiful stone to the singular work that Guy Édoin is building,” mentioned journalist Marc-André Lussier in his review published on March 3.

Emily transports us to the time of author Emily Brontë (Emma Mackey) who, before she breathes her last, is questioned by her sister Charlotte (Alexandra Dowling) who wants to understand how she wroteThe Wuthering Heights, convinced that she is hiding something from him. “Of the two and a few hours of the film, at no time will we have had the impression that the story stretches in length. Quite the contrary. We would have stayed even longer contemplating the poetic landscapes of Yorkshire which stretch as far as the eye can see, and through which we follow a young woman who dared to defy what was expected of her to live her short life. as she saw fit,” explains journalist Laila Maalouf in her review published on February 24.