Already mid-April and the sun’s rays are becoming more and more present. And cultural events are just as important. Here are some suggestions.
Roxane Bruneau at the Bell Center
“I didn’t want to know anything about a 9 to 5 / I wanted glory and rocking scenes”, sings Roxane Bruneau in I’m not stressed, but we bet that she is still a little bit closer to her first Bell Center, a scene that requires a lot of energy from those who aspire to rock it. The singer presented last week at the Videotron Center in Quebec City the penultimate performance of her tour Acrophobia, which will conclude on Friday in the house of CH. Flamboyant lighting, giant screens, video vignettes, jets of flames and a medley of her favorite songs by other artists: it’s much more than modest little bits of herself that the young thirty-year-old promises to offer her faithful friends . Welcome to his circus, take a seat, sit down, you’ll see it’s magnificent.
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The Ten Commandments by Dorothy Dix in recovery
PHOTO YANICK MACDONALD, PROVIDED BY ESPACE GO
Julie Le Breton brilliantly delivers the very first solo of her career.
You’ll have to hurry to see the room The Ten Commandments by Dorothy Dix at Espace Go. A few tickets are still on sale for the performances on April 12 at 7 p.m., as well as that on April 13 at 8 p.m. “In a dazzling text by Stéphanie Jasmin, Julie Le Breton delivers possibly the greatest performance of her career. She is imperial in the role of this nameless woman, ”says journalist Stéphanie Morin in her review published on February 11, 2022.
Daniel Lavoie on tour
PHOTO MARTIN CHAMBERLAND, ARCHIVES LA PRESSE
Daniel Lavoie
Singer-songwriter Daniel Lavoie will be in the greater Montreal area as part of his tour highlighting the 40 of his album Voltage Caution. It will stop on April 13 at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier, at 8 p.m. It will continue its route to the Desjardins Theater in LaSalle on April 14, also at 8 p.m., and will go to the Juliette-Lassonde Arts Center in Saint-Hyacinthe on April 15, again at 8 p.m. He will also give a performance on April 16, at 3 p.m., at the Festival de la Voix, at the Auditorium Serge-Nolet in Dorval.
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The Mad Hatter — Mad Hatter at Place des Arts
PHOTO HUGO-SÉBASTIEN AUBERT, THE PRESS
Alexandre Da Costa, conductor of the Orchester symphonique de Longueuil
The Orchester symphonique de Longueuil and its conductor Alexandre Da Costa offer a trip to Lewis Carroll’s wonderland this Sunday with the brand new Broadway musical The Mad Hatter — Mad Hatter. Presented as a world premiere and in a concert version, this creation tells the story of the mad and crippled hatter, Franklin Magellan, from his childhood to the end of his life. Tragic circumstances lead him to Wonderland—long before Alice arrives—and he will do whatever he can to get back there when he is accidentally thrown back into reality. With actresses Éléonore Lagacé and Brittney Johnson. Sunday, at 3 p.m., at the Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts.
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Rita Baga at the Zenith of Saint-Eustache
PHOTO FRANÇOIS ROY, THE PRESS
Rita Baga
Popular drag queen Rita Baga continues her tour Creature. This time, it stops in Saint-Eustache on Saturday, April 15, at 8 p.m. “Quebec’s new queen did not disappoint with her first ‘one drag show’. Nothing seems to want to slow down the glorious rise of Rita Baga in the world of showbiz, ”says journalist Luc Boulanger in his review published in October 2021.
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The exhibition Van Gogh Distortion extended at OASIS Immersion
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Signed Normal Studio (Memory City), Van Gogh Distortion is presented at OASIS Immersion, at the Palais des congrès de Montréal.
There is still time to see Van Gogh Distortion at OASIS Immersion. The exhibition is extended until May 21. Lasting 65 minutes, visitors travel to the heart of the 225 works by the Dutch artist. A unique experience, created 100% by a Quebec team.
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At the movie theater : The Super Mario Bros. movie And Bungalow
Chris Pratt (Mario) Anya Taylor-Joy (Princess Peach) Jack Black (Bowser) and Keegan-Michael Key (Toad) lend their voices in the animated film The Super Mario Bros. moviedirected by Aaron Horvath and Michael Jelenic (Teen Titans Go!). “The colors, the textures, the movement, everything is flawless. We visit several places during the adventure and they are all very well detailed. Although The Super Mario Bros. movie is aimed at children, the beauty of its animations as well as the messages of courage and determination conveyed can warm all hearts. Otherwise, Lumalee, the depressive and nihilistic little blue star, should at least make the grown-ups smile, ”explains journalist Pascal LeBlanc in his review published on April 4.
Sarah (Sonia Cordeau) and Jonathan (Guillaume Cyr) buy a bungalow that needs a lot of renovations. Lack of money, decisions taken quickly and an unexpected event will shake the couple. “For his second feature, Lawrence Côté-Collins (The discarded) offers a fierce satire of the consumer society, while displaying a deep empathy for the people who get caught up in it. Sonia Cordeau and Guillaume Cyr always find the right note, without overloading. In their supporting role, Geneviève Schmidt (a friend of Sarah), Eve Landry (a renovator who has a crush on Sarah), Benoît Mauffette (a friend of Jonathan) and Martin Larocque (bar owner) also each have the right to their moment. “, mentions the journalist Marc-André Lussier in his review published on April 7.