PHOTO JOSIE DESMARAIS, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Fred Pellerin will have spent a good part of 2023 on the road. We see him here as he prepares to go on stage in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield last February. His tour The descent into business continues at least until December… 2024!
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
The Press was able to go behind the scenes of a historic gala: the final Just for Laughs gala, which featured none other than the great Yvon Deschamps, last July.
PHOTO CHARLES WILLIAM PELLETIER, SPECIAL COLLABORATION LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Musicians from Salebarbes agree before entering the stage. The fraternal warmth that we perceive when seeing the quintet in performance is also evident behind the scenes, testifies our journalist Josée Lapointe, who followed the group on tour in Abitibi.
PHOTO CHARLES WILLIAM PELLETIER, SPECIAL COLLABORATION, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Every week for 15 seasons, Live from the universe is broadcast – as its title indicates – live, after two days of intensive rehearsals at Studios Grandé, in the Sud-Ouest arrondissement. To achieve this ambitious challenge, the France Beaudoin team applies a “zero energy waste” policy, which is based around a reduction in unnecessary agitation.
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
The musical director of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Rafael Payare, a few minutes before going on stage on September 21
PHOTO MARTIN CHAMBERLAND, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Stéphane Rousseau during a visit to the film set of STAT, the daily series from ICI Télé. The sets of the medical drama occupy an area of 15,000 square feet, spread over two studios at MELS, in the borough of Saint-Hubert.
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
The big names in comedy all came together for the ultimate Just for Laughs gala last July. Louis-José Houde, Normand Brathwaite and Laurent Paquin took the stage for this historic event. We see them here in a moment of relaxation.
PHOTO JOSIE DESMARAIS, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Sitting on a chair, Ginette Reno addresses an audience of journalists kneeling in the press room of the ADISQ gala. She has just delivered an opening number (with FouKi) that everyone is talking about, but also received the Félix for album of the year (popular success).
PHOTO EDOUARD PLANTE-FRÉCHETTE, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Moment of complicity between Katherine Levac and Phil Roy who have just rehearsed the number they will perform in the evening during the Laurent Paquin gala at the ComédiHa Fest! Quebec.