After the good weather, the rain. Here are some ideas to forget the gray.
Do you know who you are? Where you go ? Do you trust the future? La Maison Théâtre is currently offering a hybrid show for teenagers halfway between dance and theater, but also poetry, which features six dancers aged 16 to 20. Choeur battant, a co-production of Le Carrousel (Quebec) and Le Bronks (Belgium), choreographed by Zoë Demoustier, also gives voice to a good hundred young people from Generation Z, sometimes heard in French, in English or in Flemish, in the background. A little confusing at first, the show dares to reflect frankly on the world seen by young people, social networks, the cult of appearance, the climate crisis and… low-waisted pants. Good news, there are places left for the last performance on Sunday. From 12 years old.
The documentary film La famille de la forêt will be presented for one of the last times on the big screen on the occasion of Earth Day, this Saturday, April 22 at 2:45 p.m. at the Cinéma Moderne, in Montreal. Laura Rietveld’s feature film won the Audience Award at the Vues sur mer Festival and the Kingston Canadian Film Festival, in addition to the Planet Prize at the Outaouais Film Festival. The film, which recounts the challenges of the Mathar-Jacob family faced with their choice to live in autarky in the Gaspé boreal forest, then enjoyed great success in theaters in several cities in Quebec in April 2022. The forest family is now available on DVD as well as video on demand via the F3M platform. That.
Last chance to see on stage a choreography signed by the company Créations Estelle Clareton. Indeed, after 24 years of existence and more than 20 productions to its credit, the company ceased its activities. The very last family performance of Paper Landscapes is scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. at the Beloeil Cultural Center. Here, three performers explore all the possibilities of large sheets of paper that serve as their dance partners. An origami-like show for ages 4 and up.
Contralto Marie-Nicole Lemieux joins pianist Daniel Blumenthal and actor Raymond Cloutier for a concert entitled L’invitation au voyage, based around the work Les Fleurs du mal by Charles Baudelaire. Marie-Nicole Lemieux will sing 12 poems by Baudelaire set to music over the decades by Debussy, Fauré and Léo Ferré. Raymond Cloutier will play the poet to tell his life and Paris at the end of the 19th century. April 21 at Théâtre Outremont, April 22 at Saint-Hyacinthe (Centre des arts Juliette-Lassonde) and April 23 at L’Anglicane de Lévis.
In Renfield, Nicolas Cage is Dracula, while Nicolas Hoult plays the title role. Actress and comedian Akwafina joins the cast as Rebecca Quincy, a police officer who comes to Renfield’s aid as he seeks freedom from his master. “Renfield’s viewing was more of a pleasant surprise. We laughed, we jumped, we even closed our eyes smiling a few times to avoid the sight of an exploding head or arms being ripped off. There’s a life lesson in it, and the relationship between Renfield and his master, Dracula, offers several parallels to toxic relationships in “real life.” But, above all, Chris McKay’s film is entertaining. It will delight those who love when the blood (and organs) fuse”, explains Marissa Groguhé in her review published on April 14.
The actress Eye Haïdara slips into the skin of Angèle for her first big role in the cinema. Angèle is a young Ivorian who is hired as a nanny in a chic Parisian neighborhood to try to repay creditors. “ Integrating elements of romantic comedy into his story, the filmmaker [Julien Rambaldi] has the ambition here to deal with social themes – linked in particular to immigration – by taking a lighter form. As such, his feature film is successful, insofar as it entertains and moves us by highlighting the essential role of these usually invisible women ,” journalist Marc-André Lussier tells us.
