2012
Odyssud, the multidisciplinary cultural space of Blagnac in the Midi-Pyrénées, is celebrating its twenty-fifth season. The programming gives pride of place to Canadian artists. Singer Kellylee Evans, who has a crystal-clear and sensual voice, will be the guest of Big Band...
2013
Salle Gaveau, Paris. Dans le cadre de la série Gaveau Intime, Nancy Huston présente une adaptation pour la scène de son roman “Instrument des Ténèbres“, l’un de ses plus grands succès, Goncourt des Lycéens en 1996 et Prix du livre...
2013
Théâtre L’Etoile du Nord – Paris 18ème Directed by Mariana Lézin with actors Ludovic Chasseuil, Perrine Demartres, Caroline Stella and Paul Tilmont. Le sourire de la morte is an original play by Quebec playwright André Ducharme that questions the impartiality...
2013
The storyteller and actress Céline Espardelier tells the traditional Inuit stories of Greenland, Canada and Alaska. Her show evokes the stories of the land of cold and the North Star, of the territory of polar bears and seals. Tales that...
2013
Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris Combining theatre and the visual arts, La Belle et la Bête – the new show created and directed by Quebec artists Michel Lemieux and Victor Pilon – reinterprets the Jean Cocteau classic to immerse us...
2013
Le Moulin à Marseille Not taking ourselves seriously and making us laugh. That is their watchword. Here comes Les Trois Accords, a band with great comic potential. Formed in 1997, the band has become a must on the Quebec musical...
2013
Les 7 doigts de la main at Casino de Paris. Séquence 8, or how artists look at the role of “the Other” and how, through him or against him, one defines oneself. It is through their active imaginations that the...
2013
Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris After the success of the Blood of Promises trilogy, Wajdi Mouawad chose to direct himself in a polyphonic show featuring video projections. A performance in which it is no longer the words, but the body...
2013
(Français) À 20h au Théâtre de lOdéon (Ateliers Berthier Paris 17e) Les jeux de cartes ? Un ensemble de règles, de mythes, de personnages. Mais aussi, pour Robert Lepage, le jeu, le poker, le monde politique, laddiction et toute lhistoire...
2013
In Ravel, Jean Echenoz explores and improvises on the last ten years of the French composer’s life and retraces his career, both glorious and tragic. Director Anne-Marie Lazarini paints a portrait of a Ravel as captured by literature and stages...
2013
Théâtre de la Colline Célie Pauthe adapts the play by the young Quebec author Sarah Berthiaume. Four characters lost in the immense spaces of the Yukon, in the very north of Canada, at the border with Alaska, get on with...
2013
Théâtre National de Chaillot, Paris Vitality, generosity, and the depth and finesse of her writing characterize Ginette Laurin, one of the most prolific artists on the Quebec contemporary choreography scene. With Khaos, her latest choreographic work, Ginette Laurin examines our...
2013
Théâtre National de Chaillot Paris Leaving one’s country and sexiling is felt as a tear but with time, it becomes more complicated when one gradually discovers the gap between what one has become and those who continue to live in...
2013
An artistically committed festival of contemporary dance, Les Rencontres Chorégraphiques Internationales de Seine-Saint-Denis will be presenting, from May 14 to June 13, 2013, a panorama of twenty-three remarkable choreographic works from around the world. These include works by two Quebec...
2013
Théâtre Artistic Athévains – Paris 11 The day that Madeleine discovers the liberation, after 17 years in prison, of a Chinese journalist accused of having thrown paint at a portrait of Mao, her life collapsed. The Quebec playwright Carole Fréchette...
2013
At Maison des Auteurs SACD – Paris On the occasion of her visit to Paris for the revival of Je pense à Yu, directed by Jean-Claude Berutti, at Théâtre Artistic Athévains, the Quebec playwright Carole Fréchette will be reading four...
2013
Espace Fraternité – Aubervilliers (93) The new edition of the Festival d’Aubercail 2013 will feature a cross-cultural celebration of music. Well-known, fringe and independent singers will be there to share their passion for words with us. They will include the...
2013
Fête de la Musique – Esplanade des Invalides Friday, 21 June 2013 – 6.30 pm to midnight In association with partners and sponsors, the Embassy of Canada in France and the Canadian Cultural Centre will bring top Canadian talents to...
2013
Directed by Robert Carsen July 11–26, 2013, Théâtre de L’Archevêché – Festival d’Aix-en-Provence This year, the Festival d’Aix-en-Provence celebrates the bicentennial of Verdi’s birth. On this occasion, the Canadian opera director Robert Carsen will offer up his version of the famous...
2013
La Rochelle The big names of chanson française and today’s talents will meet up once again during Les Francofolies de la Rochelle, July 1–16. They include leading Canadian artists and groups who will be presenting their latest albums: Rufus Wainwright,...
2013
Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer, Calvados From August 8–15, 2013, Saint-Aubin-sur-Mer will host the eighth edition of La Semaine Acadienne for the leading festival of the Calvados region. This event will pay homage to the Acadian soldiers of the North Shore Regiment of New...
2013
Nice When youth, sports and the arts share the same stage and bear witness to Francophone solidarity, the result is the Jeux de la Francophonie, which bring together 3,000 artists and athletes from around the world. Canadian teams Canada-Quebec and...
2013
Saint-Germain-en-Laye Ce festival de passionnés, créé il y a 26 ans, a pour objectif de promouvoir la chanson francophone sous toutes ses formes, de donner un coup de projecteur sur des artistes confirmés et encourager l’émergence de nouveaux talents. À l’affiche...
2013
Alternately at Théâtre les Déchargeurs, Paris Both harsh and funny, these self-portraits are universal. As always in the work of Michel Tremblay, the language is strong, the themes various and dense, the descriptions astute and precise. Everyone can relate. The...
2013
Opéra Bastille – Paris The Canadian Robert Carsen will be directing the new production of Elektra at the Opéra National de Paris for the 2013–14 season. Richard Strauss’ one-act tragedy revisiting the tragic story of the Atreides by Sophocles is...
2013
Mercredi 4 (12h-18h) et jeudi 5 décembre (11h-20h) A loccasion des fêtes de fin dannées, lassociation Inuksuk vous propose son « Comptoir inuit » (expo-vente de sculptures, bijoux, livres, photos, cartes, tisanes inuit ). Au cours de ces deux journées de festivités, les...
2013
Directed by Robert Carsen Théâtre du Châtelet – Paris The Théâtre du Châtelet has decided to renew its ties with the past next season and will be presenting My Fair Lady, directed by Canadian Robert Carsen. A first-rate cast, superb...