Are you looking for a cultural outing to brighten up your weekend? Here are the activity suggestions proposed by our journalists.
Miss Agnes at the Green Curtain
Sylvie Drapeau reprises her role as Agnès in this brilliant rereading of the Misanthrope of Rebekka Kricheldorf baptized Miss Agnes. Her character as a cultural critic who spares no one, not even her own children, is certainly one of her most striking roles in recent years. Around her, a solid cast of actors, including Éric Bernier, Stéphanie Cardi and Félix Lahaye. Louis-Karl Tremblay signs the Quebec adaptation and staging of this play created at the Prospero in 2022.
At the Green Curtain until 1er June
Jean Siag, The Press
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Music and humor in Sainte-Thérèse
PHOTO MARTIN TREMBLAY, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
The Karkwa group
The heart of the town of Sainte-Thérèse will host, from Thursday to Sunday, the Santa Teresa music festival. Headlining, we find Karkwa (Friday), Ziak (Saturday) and Daniel Bélanger (Sunday). New this year: Thursday evening will be mainly devoted to humor, with the presentation of Soly Teresa, a sort of gala hosted by Arnaud Soly, who invited Pierre-Yves Roy-Desmarais, Maude Landry, Mona de Grenoble and several others to join him on stage. On the music side, over the next three days, dozens of artists are expected including Thierry Larose, Arielle Soucy, Loud Lary Adjust, Muzion, Robert Robert and Bibi Club. For Montreal festival-goers, shuttles are offered from Berri-UQAM and Jean-Talon stations, at a cost of $18 for a round trip.
Marissa Groguhé, The Press
In Sainte-Thérèse from May 9 to 12
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A Cabaret for globe-trotters over two evenings
PHOTO ALAIN ROBERGE, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Samuel Larochelle
The author and journalist Samuel Larochelle has prepared a new literary show entirely devoted to travel stories, this Thursday and Saturday evening at the Lion d’or. For this Cabaret des globe-trotters, he brought together the author of Kukum, Michel Jean, the comedian Yves P. Pelletier, the radio host and writer Andrée-Anne Brunet, the bicycle traveler Jonathan B. Roy, the journalist and author Hugo Meunier, one of the pioneers of travel journalism, Ariane Arpin -Delorme, the comedian and screenwriter of the series Indefensible Émilie Ouellette, as well as the writer and professor Marie Demers. Two evenings not to be missed between readings of texts and intimate chronicles.
At the Lion d’or this Thursday, 7 p.m., and this Saturday, 6 p.m.
Laila Maalouf, The Press
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Japanese double at the Museum
PHOTO DENIS FARLEY, PROVIDED BY THE MMFA
Exhibition view Dream Landscapes by Andō Hiroshige
We’re in the middle of Japan Week in Montreal, so there’s no better time to visit the Andō Hiroshige exhibition at the Museum of Fine Arts. The 55 prints describe the stops that travelers made on the Tōkaidō road, in as many stories. We see real productions which eloquently tell the story of Japan at the time (1834) and sometimes show landscapes dreamed of by the master. The institution has a lot of ideas since the Cinéma du Musée is hosting the first edition of the Japan Film Festival in Montreal this Thursday. We highly recommend a Japanese double!
The exhibition Dream Landscapes by Andō Hiroshige is presented at the MMFA until September 8. The Japan Film Festival runs from May 9 to 12.
Stéphanie Bérubé, The Press
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The party at Lyndz Dantiste at Jamais Lu
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Lyndz Dantiste receives her friends at Aux Écuries for a show-event.
The 23e Festival du Jamais Lu ends this Saturday at the Théâtre Aux Écuries with an event show centered around the actor Lyndz Dantiste. The man who acted this year as co-artistic director of the festival brought together at his side – on a stage that reproduces his apartment – friends who have marked his artistic career. Tatiana Zinga Botao, Chanel Mings, Étienne Lou, Claudia Chan Tak, Sarya Bazin and several others will be part of this party which unfolds around an intriguing theme, that of luminescent pleasures.
At the Stables on May 11, 8 p.m.
Stéphanie Morin, The Press
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Asia in the spotlight
PHOTO PROVIDED BY THE ACCESS ASIA FESTIVAL
Exposure Fingerprintsby Mana Rouholamini
An event with a very varied program, the Accès Asia festival continues until June 2 in the metropolis. Throughout the month, many creators from the Asian continent will shine their art through different events. This weekend, concerts are in the spotlight. Festival-goers will be able to discover the electronic music of Anqi Sun and the Amwaj collective this Friday at Sala Rossa. The next day, the public is invited on a journey through time thanks to the ancient music show Carmina Nisibena, at Gesù. Visual arts also occupy a good place in the programming, particularly through the exhibition Fingerprintsby Mana Rouholamini, also presented at Gesù.
Véronique Larocque, The Press
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