Zoofest | Mona de Grenoble will put Mathieu Dufour on the grill

The most benevolent of viper’s tongues will receive Math Duff on July 15 on the occasion of the BitchFest, a well-cooked meal during which no one skimps on the spices, which promises to be a highlight of the 14^e Zoofest edition.

Wicked, Mona de Grenoble? No way ! ” A roast, for it to be pleasant, it must be done in friendship. It must be sent and received with love, ”thinks the popular drag queen personified by Alexandre Aussant.

“Last year, there was an electric atmosphere in the room, like in a wrestling gala”, recalls the self-proclaimed aunt about this event during which no one watches her language too much, no matter how it unfolds. , as it is this year, in the hallowed grounds of St. James United Church.

After having teased her friend Christine Morency in July 2022 during the first edition of her BitchFest, the flamboyant host, who loves well and punishes even better, has found in Mathieu Dufour a muse of choice. If he is allergic to real fine steps, the guest of honor of the BitchFest 2023 is “able to take it”, he promises, without knowing which of his relatives will pay his head.

“My father taught me very early on the importance of the phrase, ‘If you’re not worth a laughing stock, you’re not worth much,'” says the comedian who offered himself the Bell Center last summer. and who will embark in July on a tour of the major outdoor amphitheaters in the province – Québec, Alma, Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Trois-Rivières – entitled Good weather Bad weather. The opportunity for him to reconnect, he says with a laugh, “with more intimate contexts… even if good, there will be thousands of people in front of me. »

Closely linked to the American comic tradition, the concept of roast has had happy days in Quebec for a few years thanks to the Z Roast Battle: the great duelon the radio talk show Johnny BBQ hosted by Jean-Sébastien Girard on ICI Première, as well as at the Grands bien-cuits du ComediHa! Fest-Quebec. How does Madame de Grenoble explain the enthusiasm for these events during which all truth is good to say, as long as it is sent with spirit?

“It gives people the impression of having access to an evening among the best boyfriends. There is no limit, or very little, to what one can say in a roastbecause the guest becomes roaster by close friends. And the roast makes it possible to de-dramatize many situations, because we are inspired by the failures and the difficult moments that the person has experienced, “replies the one whose stand-up show, My first heathas become one of the highlights of many Zoofest subscribers in 2022. She will resume it in a few weeks, on June 7, on the occasion of the D^r Mobilo Aquafest.

Even more Zooparty

Although its full schedule will only be revealed at the beginning of June, the Zoofest team lifted the veil on Monday on part of its programming which, from July 13 to 29, will once again be an opportunity to get to know the next generation. comic fauna.

Among the shows already on our agenda, let’s note Jess or Suzie (July 13 and 17 at the Théâtre Sainte-Catherine), presented by Jessica Chartrand and Suzie Bouchard, two comedians who frankly don’t look that much alike, but just enough so that their colleagues often confuse them, it seems. They nevertheless share the undeniable point in common of being among the most brilliant new figures of Quebec laughter.

If he hasn’t been seen on the small screen, or more generally in the so-called traditional media, Tommy Néron is an absolute star on the other small screen, the one you hold in the palm of your hand. Thanks to TikTok and Instagram, the young comedian managed to fill Club Soda and MTelus last October and January. He will improvise from A to Z his evenings of July 13 and 14 at the Café Cléopâtre, with as his only springboard the subjects that the spectators will have recorded at the entrance on small pieces of paper.

The cousin event of the Just for Laughs festival — cousin as in tanning little cousin — will also receive a large contingent of European artists, including Laura Felpin (July 21 and 22 at the Gesù), who won the prestigious Molière de l humor for his only-in-stage It goes.