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Funding for the performing arts | Cry from the heart of the artists of Vernon Subutex
Since Tuesday, performances of the play Vernon Subutex at Usine C end differently than what the theater has accustomed us to: the show team delivers a plea for more funding…
We demand total risk for the performing arts
Considering that our living culture is a source of inestimable wealth of sensitivity, poetry, creativity and people of heart who carry it at arm’s length. Considering that the people of…
In Paris, Mathieu Lacombe evokes “new amounts” for the performing arts
At the opening of the Paris Book Festival, where Quebec is in the spotlight, Mathieu Lacombe praised Thursday evening the “great benefits” that the event promises to the Quebec literary…
The weight of humor in the cultural offering in the performing arts
The hosts of the Les Olivier gala trumpeted that the comedians had sold a million and a half tickets during the year. They were right to rejoice: demand is strong…
The performing arts go green
This text is part of the special World Theater Day notebook The Quebec arts community, including theater, is moving towards more sustainable modes of creation, scenography, production and distribution. With…
Quebec Budget 2024 | The performing arts sector worried, the audiovisual sector happy
Quebec grants culture, heritage and the French language a sum of 187 million over five years. A budget which worries the performing arts community, which will have to share a…
Sinead O’Connor’s estate calls on Trump to stop performing her songs
(London) The estate of Sinead O’Connor formally asked Donald Trump on Monday to no longer play her music at election rallies, saying that the late singer considered the former US…
Performing arts | Ten shows that intrigue us
A show by Robert Lepage merging wrestling and circus art. The journey of migrants danced to music by Sting. The stage adaptation of one of Marie-Claire Blais’ final creations. The…
“I made a childhood dream come true,” confides singer Isabelle Georges, after performing on Broadway
Welcome Culture Music Published on 12/22/2023 5:06 p.m. Update on 12/22/2023 5:37 p.m. Video length: 8 min Music 1: “I made a childhood dream come true”, confides singer Isabelle Georges,…
How to continue to export the performing arts in the inflationary post-pandemic?
Allusion, illusion. The company Les 7 Fingers de la Main is currently offering seven shows, in Quebec and abroad. The president and CEO of the circus troupe, however, asks not…
The performing arts are still struggling to come back to life after the pandemic
The performing arts are still paying the price of the pandemic. The country’s companies are unable to regain their touring rhythms, neither in Canada nor abroad. This is what a…
“A lot of burn-out”, Vianney reflects on his decision to stop performing
On November 10, 2023, Vianney will release her fourth albumbaptized At 2 to 3in which he offers eighteen new titles that he shares with numerous artists on the music scene:…
The spinning pulse of the performing arts
The image of the sacrificial artist ready to do anything to honor the creation that pulses under his wing is tenacious. Especially in the world of performing arts, where performing…
Children, teenagers and performing arts, the importance of being contagious
I reassure you right away, this is not a column on the increase in COVID cases, nor on the barrier gestures which should now be part of our lifestyle. Rather,…
Alanis Morissette explains her uncontrollable energy while performing
(Toronto) Alanis Morissette knows her jerky body movements in concert are unorthodox, but she explains that it’s because she has so much pent-up energy in her body that she “can…
While performing in Avignon, actress Catherine Jacob was rushed to hospital!
If JoeyStarr made people talk about him for his premiere at the Off d’Avignon festival, Catherine Jacob also made the event news… not just for good news. Indeed, the 66-year-old…
Travis Scott banned from performing at the Egyptian pyramids
(Cairo) The union of Egyptian musicians on Tuesday banned the concert planned for July 28 by American rapper Travis Scott at the pyramids of Giza, arguing that it contravened respect…
a professional performing arts union warns of a “ghost season” in 2023-2024
According to the professional union Les Forces musicales, which brings together 51 opera houses and orchestras, “nearly 200,000 spectators were lost” last year. Affected by budgetary restrictions, the performing arts…
Back to normal in the performing arts in 2024, at best
The performing arts should return to a normal, post-pandemic rhythm of activity, at best in the spring of 2024. This is one of the data that emerges from the survey…
COVID-19 | The performing arts come out of the water
The performing arts sector should return to its pre-pandemic level of activity by the spring of 2024, according to a survey conducted by the Institut de la statistique du Québec.…