Eight plans for the weekend | When December returns…

Robert Charlebois is back at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier for three evenings, the 1^erDecember 2 and 3, with his concert Robert en CharleboisScope. According to our journalist Josée Lapointe, who saw a performance of it in June 2019, the singer-songwriter puts “full eyes, full ears, full heart, full guts” in this show where he does not skimp not with the means.

For the second year, the Petit Théâtre du Nord, located in Boisbriand, presents its Festive vigils. On the menu of this show that sets the table (and garlands) for the Holidays: tales, songs, memories of yesteryear and stories of the Laurentians. This year, seven authors got their hands dirty to sign unpublished texts, including Rébecca Déraspe, Luc Bourgeois and Martin Bellemare. Carried by a cast of four performers and a musician, this new edition unfolds on the theme Trace his path. Presented from 1^er to December 17.

Stephanie Morin, The Press

After a stint at the Diamant de Québec, the Franco-Norwegian company Plexus Polaire is coming to the Outremont Theater with its adaptation of the novel Moby-Dick, by Herman Melville. This imposing multidisciplinary production will bring together on stage seven puppeteers, fifty puppets, an orchestra and a life-size whale. Several video projections are added to the show for ages 14 and up. For two evenings only, the 1^er and December 2.

Stephanie Morin, La Presse

The Center du Théâtre d’Aujourd’hui hosts the play The virus and the prey from November 30 to December 2. This text by the author Pierre Lefebvre is an indictment addressed to the powerful of this world to denounce injustices and social inequalities. On stage, Tania Kontoyanni, Alexis Martin, Ève Pressault and Madani Tall challenge a certain “Monsieur” representing power. This speech, directed by Benoît Vermeulen, was performed earlier this year at the Festival TransAmériques and at the Carrefour international de théâtre de Québec. One last opportunity to see the quartet on stage in Montreal before the end of the year.

Jean Siag, The Press

The popular retrospective 2022 revised and corrected returns to the Green Curtain. However, ticket availability is limited for November 30, 1^er and December 2. “There is something for everyone at the traditional end-of-year review of the Rideau Vert, which strings sketches (and costume changes!) at lightning speed. A very varied menu, tasteful overall, with a few remarkable dishes, safe bets and meatballs (a bit heavy),” Jean Siag told us on 29 November.

For a Christmas concert like no other, that of Les Petits Violons is certainly a classic. Directed by Marie-Claire Cousineau, the young musicians in training perform pieces by Bach, Bartók and Fiorillo, but also of course reels and Christmas classics arranged by the founder Jean Cousineau. On stage, the Petits Violons are accompanied by an ensemble of professional musicians (Orchestre métropolitain, I Musici), and will welcome a special guest, the jigger and percussionist Olivier Arseneault. What more can I say except that it’s free!
Sunday, December 4, 4 p.m., Saint-Pierre Apôtre Church in Montreal.

Josee Lapointe, The Press

According to journalist Marc-André Lussier, “Steven Spielberg offers us a very rich, very moving film (mention to Michelle Williams, formidable in the role of the mother), full of winks, from which transpires in each shot a love of unfailing cinema. And unalterable. » The Fabelmans represents a real lesson in cinema.

The Menu stars Ralph Fiennes, Anya Taylor-Joy and Nicholas Hoult and is directed by Mark Mylod, best known through directing the series Succession. According to Marc-André Lussier, the director managed to “create a tense atmosphere by making the most of the unique space in which the plot takes place. And in which the characters constantly evolve. It emanates first of all a good suspense, as well as a fierce satire of the upper middle class and the culinary elite. »