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“Québec’s creative genius, shaped and moulded by an originalculture, has long been making its mark on stages in the UnitedKingdom, fostering a trans-Atlantic dialogue built on a sharedpassion for the arts.”

Agnès MALTAISMinister of Culture and Communications, Québec

an exceptional partnership

in motion

A special event to spotlight Québec artists active in theUnited Kingdom and acknowledge the welcome Québecculture receives

“Québec’s second largest international trading partner, the UnitedKingdom represents one of the two great European civilisationsthat shaped contemporary Québec.”

Louise BEAUDOINMinister of International Relations, Québec

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Québec and the United Kingdom

QUÉBEC

An opportunity to celebrate the innovation and energy thatcharacterise modern-day Québec and British society

A demonstration of the importance Québec places on building institutional, economic, political, and cultural tieswith the United Kingdom

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Encounter Québec avant-garde - young and full of surprises.

> A new Scots translation for Michel Tremblay and the challenging work of PME

> A new version of that classic tale in the West End – Notre-Dame de Paris lyrics by Luc Plamondon, directed by Gilles Maheu

> Two universities, Edinburgh and Cambridge, pause to consider the Québec cultural phenomenon

> 40 events coming to 25 UK towns and cities

Welcome to Québec in Motion, a showcase of Québec arts and culture running from March to May 2000 throughout theUnited Kingdom.

Meet Québec on the move – innovative, dynamic, contemporary.

> Taut physical action from those masters La La La Human Stepsand DynamO Theatre

> New media applications to performance with Lemieux-Pilon and Les Deux Mondes

> Skill and virtuosity in music with Marc-André Hamelin, Chantal Juillet, Claire Guimond, Ensemble Arion, Louis Lortie and La Bottine Souriante

VIDEO from QUÉBEC

Video, the living medium: never ceasing to push its limits whileinvariably rejecting them, the ideal vehicle to research and exploreimage and sound. This selection of Québécois video shorts of the1990s reveals a marked interest in electronic matter translatedinto experimentation with motion and a sustained preoccupationwith texture. Yet the search for the image is not disembodied but rooted in performing bodies or bodily fragments which in theirdiversity show as many distinct experiences as there are understandings and approaches in video.

These tapes embody a fascination for the real, the daily, the banal(Manon Labrecque, Nelson Henricks), the pleasure of storytelling(Monique Moumblow), the creation of spaces for mockery andabsurdity (Pascal Grandmaison), fiction and the circulation of thehallucinatory or the whimsical (Yudi Sewraj, Diane Obomsawin).An urge to work with electronic texture, with the pixel itself,becomes progressively more apparent, along with a concern forbreaking down the image (Robin Dupuis), laying it bare (MarioCôté, Julie-Christine Fortier), even to the point of atomisation(Laura Jeanne Lefave).

Nicole Gingras

Nicole Gingras is a writer and independent curator and lives in Montréal.In collaboration with the Sadler’s Wells Arts Unit

> LondonTuesday 7 to Saturday 11 March at 6.45pmSadler’s Wells TheatreFor information 020 7863 8000www.sadlers-wells.com

LA LA LA HUMAN STEPS > Salt

For its 20th anniversary, this famous Montréal troupe, directed by Édouard Lock, presents the British premiere of their latest creation, Salt. Lock’s revolutionary language has influenced anentire generation of dancers and this work pushes his fascinationwith speed and complexity one stage further. Set at a freneticpace that never lets up, Salt is a cascading series of lyrical andintense pas de deux, choreographic phrases and sequencesunfolding at the speed of thought, stimulating the senses and confounding the perception. Four male and six female dancers,occasionally supported by evocative images of the passage fromchildhood to adolescence, barely touching the ground, float above this world as if they were their very souls.

Salt was first performed at the famous Saitama Arts Theatre inJapan on the 22nd October 1998 before going on world tour. La La La ended 1999 on a tour of 5 Japanese towns and start themillennium touring Europe, Canada and South America.

Produced by Michael White and Cultural IndustryBy invitation onlyProfessional encounter Édouard LockPresented in collaboration with the British Council London

> LondonTuesday 7 to Saturday 11 March at 8 pmSadler’s Wells Theatre, LondonBox Office 020 7863 8000www.sadlers-wells.com

> EdinburghFriday 17 and Saturday 18 March at 8 pmEdinburgh Festival TheatreBox Office 0131 529 6000www.eft.co.uk

CLAIRE GUIMOND > baroque flutewith the Arion Ensemble

Claire Guimond made her London debut at the Wigmore Hall in1998 and has established herself as a leading baroque flautist.She is a founding member of the Montréal Ensemble Arion, withwhom she has frequently toured North and South America andEurope. She performs regularly with Tafelmusik, features in radioand TV broadcasts and plays at many festivals in Europe andNorth America.

More recently she has been broadening her range with solorecordings and appearances with other world class musicianssuch as Monica Huggett, Suzie Leblanc, John Toll, Maggie Coleand many more. Her recordings have been praised in the international press. She appears here in two concerts in theNorth-East with the Avison Ensemble playing the Bach CoffeeCantata and music by Telemann, Avison and Handel.

> Bishop AucklandTuesday 14 March at 7.30 pmAuckland CastleBishop Auckland

> Newcastle-upon-TyneWednesday 15 March at 7.30 pmBrunswick Methodist ChurchNewcastle-upon-Tyne

For information 0191 226 0799www.early-music.com

> BathWednesday 5 April at 7.30 pmRainbow over BathMichael Tippett CentreNewton ParkBox Office 01225 463362

> LondonSunday 9 April at 7.30 pmEarly Music SeriesPurcell Room South Bank CentreBox Office 020 760 4242www.sbc.org.uk

> LondonTuesday 11 April at 1.05 pmCity Music SocietyBishopsgate Hall London EC2Information on 020 7636 5400

> StamfordWednesday 12 April at 8 pmStamford Arts CentreLincolnshireBox Office 01780 480846www.skdc.com

> CardiffThursday 13 April at 8 pmNorwegian Church Arts CentreCardiff BayBox Office 01222 228154

> SouthamptonFriday 14 April at 8 pmTurner Sims Concert HallUniversity of SouthamptonBox Office 01703 592 223

> TonbridgeSaturday 15 April 2000Tudeley FestivalTonbridge KentBox Office 01732 773322

ENSEMBLE ARION> Conversations galantes

> Musical Offering (Bach)

This baroque ensemble, last seen in the UK in 1997, will be playing pieces on period instruments by Bach, Quentin, Rameau,Telemann and Couperin. Formed in 1981 they have been consistently praised for the clarity and vivacity of their playing.Their finely expressive readings and interpretations of the baroquerepertory are most appreciated and their constant attention todetail places Arion among the current top chamber ensembles.

Arion plays in its own concert series every year in Montréal as wellas touring many towns nearby, across Canada and internationally.Their first New York appearance was in 1998. Arion has made 11compact disc recordings, including recently four concertos by theFrench composer Jean-Marie Leclair, featuring Monica Huggettand Claire Guimond.

By invitation onlyProfessional encounter Claire GuimondPresented in collaboration with the British Council London

LOUIS LORTIE > pianoRachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2

Schubert 4 Impromptus Op 90 Wandererfantasie

The 1984 prizewinner of the Leeds International PianoCompetition and a favourite at the BBC Proms, Louis Lortieneeds little introduction to British audiences. He has performed all around the world with many of the great orchestras and is particularly noted for his fresh and thoughtful interpretations ofChopin and Beethoven. A new CD by Lortie is due for release inMarch by Chandos Records. CHAN 9801 will contain works by Beethoven, Berlioz and Liszt orchestrations of Schubert andWeber.

Louis Lortie was born in Montreal and trained there with Yvonne Hubert (a pupil of Alfred Cortot). He has also trained with Beethoven specialist Dieter Weber in Vienna and LeonFleisher in the USA (a disciple of Schnabel and a specialist in the German/Viennese repertoire). Lortie has released some twentyrecordings ranging from Mozart to Ravel to Stravinsky, many of which have won international awards.

> LondonTuesday 25 April at 7.30 pmRachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2Royal Philharmonic OrchestraConductor Marin AlsopBarbican Hall LondonBox Office 020 7638 8891www.barbican.org.uk

Monday 1 May at 1.00 pmSchubert 4 Impromptus Op 90 WandererfantasieBBC Radio 3 Lunchtime RecitalWigmore HallBox Office 020 7935 2141

MICHEL TREMBLAY> Solemn Mass for a Full Moon in Summer

This glorious new play by one of Québec’s most celebrated playwrights will receive its European Premiere at the TraverseTheatre in Edinburgh and will then transfer to London’s BarbicanCentre for a limited season as part of BITE : 00 – the BarbicanInternational Theatre Event. In a robust new Scots translation thisdrama resonates to the sound and structure of the sung mass.Eleven characters (who live in apartments in the same tenementbuilding) representing different aspects and stages of love, comeout onto their balconies on a bright moonlit night to expose theirheartbreaks and vent their rage.

Born on the rue Fabre in Montréal in 1942 Michel Tremblay is one of the pillars of the literature of Québec. His universe, peopledwith dropouts, ordinary folk, disillusioned women, lovers, is hisown universe; he speaks to us of life, our life. Winner of a multitude of awards he works variously as storyteller, novelist,adapter, screenwriter, writer of musicals, radio and televisiondramatist and songwriter.

Translated by Martin Bowman and Bill FindlayDirected by Philip HowardA Barbican and Traverse Theatre Company co-production

> EdinburghFriday 28 April to Saturday 13 May at 7.30 pmTraverse TheatreCambridge Street EdinburghBox Office 0131 228 1404www.traverse.co.uk

> LondonWednesday 17 May to Saturday 3 JuneBITE :00The Pit TheatreBarbican Centre Silk Street LondonBox Office 020 7638 8891www.barbican.org.uk

MARC-ANDRÉ HAMELIN > piano

> Marc-André Hamelin Weekend

with the Leopold String Trio

First prize-winner of the 1985 Carnegie Hall InternationalAmerican Music Competition, Marc-André Hamelin has beencalled a ‘super-virtuoso’ (Harold Schonberg, New York Times) and was described by Carol Bergeron of Montréal newspaper Le Devoir as ‘Glenn Gould’s only worthy successor’. Born inMontréal in 1961 he studied at the Vincent-d’Indy School ofMusic and subsequently in the USA: his principle teachers havebeen Yvonne Hubert, Harvey Wedeen and Russell Sherman.

Now well established in both North America and Europe, he hasgiven recitals worldwide. Blackheath Halls presents an exclusiveweekend series featuring Marc-André and the Leopold String Triofollowing his sellout performances at the Blackheath HallsPianoworks 98 Festival. In the UK Hamelin is well known for hisrecordings with Hyperion and star appearances at the WigmoreHall and the South Bank.

A Blackheath Halls Exclusive Series

> LondonAt the Blackheath Halls 23 Lee Road London SE3Box Office 020 8463 0100www.blackheathhalls.com

Friday 12 May 8.00 pmSolo recital:Schubert/Godowsky/Rachmaninov

Saturday 13 May 4.00 pmTwo piano recital with Piers Lane:Brahms/Rachmaninov/Grainger

Saturday 13 May 8.00 pmCabaret Recital with Judy KarinApplebaum

Sunday 14 May 11.30 amWith the Leopold String Trio:Schubert/Fauré/Brahms

Sunday 14 May 4.00 pmSolo Recital:Bach/Alkan/Liszt/Kapustin

> NorwichSaturday 13 May at 5.00 pmLeap Festival of DanceNorwich PlayhouseBox Office 01603 766 400

> BradfordTuesday 16 MayAlhambra Studio BradfordBox Office 01274 752 375www.bradford.gov.uk/entertainment

> AlnwickThursday 18 May Alnwick PlayhouseBox Office 01665 510 785

> KircaldyFriday 19 May Adam Smith Centre KircaldyBox Office 01592 412 929

> StirlingSaturday 20 MayMacRoberts Arts Centre StirlingBox Office 01786 467 155www.stir.ac.uk/macrobert

> BangorTuesday 23 MayTheatr Gwynedd BangorBox Office 01248 351 707www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~theatr/

> BirminghamWednesday 24 MayDormston Theatre and ArtsCentre BirminghamBox Office 01384 816 395

> NewburyThursday 25 MayCorn Exchange Newbury Box Office 01635 582 666

> ColchesterFriday 26 MayMercury Theatre ColchesterBox Office 01206 577 006

> WellingburghSaturday 27 MayThe Castle WellingboroughBox Office 01933 229 022www.thecastle.org.uk

DYNAMO THEATRE > Mur-Mur (The Wall)

A wall, with its graffiti and its secrets, alternates as a playgroundand a refuge from the world for five characters. It echoes the whispers and murmurings of earlier times. Mur-Mur (The Wall)speaks of the friendships among two teenage couples and apesky and incorrigible younger brother. With humour and sheerinnocence, these five characters are swept up in an air-boundacrobatic ballet. Their flirting, teasing and fearlessness become amoving and scintillating reflection of a very special time in life, aworld of young love and discovery.

DynamO Theatre performs for audiences of all ages and from allcultural backgrounds. Since its beginnings in 1981 over 900000people have enjoyed more than 2100 performances in North andSouth America, Europe and Asia. In Mur-Mur (The Wall) dialogue iskept to a bare minimum, leaving way for soaring and explosivegymnastics. Telling of quarrels, shared schemes and stolen kisses,the acrobatic choreography allows the performers to unleash theirenergy as well as their acrobatic virtuosity in the exploration of theexuberant elqouence of movement.

By invitation onlyProfessional encounter with Robert Dion and Jacqueline GosselinPresented in collaboration with the British Council London

> BathSunday 21 MayBath FestivalBox Office 01225 463 362www.bathfestivals.org.uk

> WarwickWednesday 24 MayWarwick Arts CentreBox Office 01203 523 734www.warwick.ac.uk/artscentre

> BasingstokeThursday 25 MayThe Anvil BasingstokeBox Office 01256 844 244

> EdmundstonSaturday 27 MayBury St Edmunds FestivalBox Office 01284 769 505www.theatreroyal.org

> BradfordSunday 28 MayBradford FestivalBox Office 01274 309 199www.bradfordfestival.yorks.com

> La Bottine Souriante

On 7 February 2000 legendary La Bottine Souriante performed at the inaugural BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards to win the award for Best Live Band. With years of touring successes and numerous Platinum and Gold awards to their credit this bandoffers a gloriously global and eclectic sound - a unique blend of Celtic and Anglo influences, the sexy drive of Salsa, a hint ofCajun, funk or reggae and the smooth jazzy swing of New Orleanshighlighted by an airtight brass section.

La Bottine Souriante played live at the BBC awards alongside folk stars Joan Baez, Kate Rusby, Youssou N’Dour and ElizaCarthy. Starting off the new Milllennium in style, the band performed at Edinburgh’s Millennium Hogmanay Celebrationsmaking a sensational impact in front of 300,000 reeling revellersbefore leaving on a hugely successful UK tour which included sell-out performances at the Celtic Connections festival inGlasgow and the Queen Elizabeth Hall, London

Twenty-five years on and there’s still a zest and freshness about LaBottine Souriante that keeps the audience howling for more

The IndependentBy invitation onlyProfessional encounter La Bottine SouriantePresented in collaboration with the British Council London

PME> En français comme en anglais,

it’s easy to criticise

Tentative incessante de communication et de ’traduction’, cetterencontre Montréal-Toronto explore nos attitudes en matièred’analyse critique, tant personnelles qu’artistiques, voirethéoriques. Criticism is a way we can express our deepestthoughts and feelings while at the same time maintaining a certainobjectivity and distance. And it’s easy. For people who like thefilms of Hal Hartley and Leos Carax, the music of Pavement andSerge Gainsbourg, the novels of Nicholas Moseley and GeorgesPerec. And for people who hate name dropping. Tout en créant unrapport désinvolte et convivial avec le public, nous admettonsqu’un contact véritable est perturbateur.

As much in the theme as in the form the relation between Montréaland Toronto is at the heart of this production which sees itself asan incessant translation - sometimes correct, sometimes not –between French and English, between two different universes. If it is easy to criticise, it is difficult to act. Since 1990 PME hasbeen calling on artists from a variety of disciplines to create ratherbizarre and preposterous theatre. This is a collaboration withToronto writer-director Jacob Wren whose world may bedescribed as the Bermuda Triangle of metaphor.

Created by PME in collaboration with Tangente, MontréalBy invitation onlyProfessional encounter Sylvie Lachance PME and Jacob WrenPresented in collaboration with the British Council London

> BrightonMonday 22 MayGardner Arts Centre BrightonBox Office 01273 685 861www.interact.online.org.uk

> ManchesterFriday 2 JuneThe Green Room ManchesterBox Office 0161 950 5900

> LondonTuesday 6 to Thursday 8 JuneICA The Mall LondonBox Office 020 7930 3647www.ica.org.uk

> CardiffSaturday 10 to Sunday 11 JuneChapter Arts Centre, CardiffBox Office 02920 304 400www.chapter.org

LES DEUX MONDES > LeitmotivLove War Fate

A woman writes to her daughter and reveals why she abandonedher at birth, leaving her country behind, torn apart by a war whichfirst made an enemy out of her lover, then a deserter at the samemoment as she was joining the resistance. But the war catches upwith them, wounding them both, each fleeing reality as they may,now become unbearable since restored to what is awkwardlycalled peace. In a continually changing environment, generated byshadow play, video projection and the ingenious use of props andlighting, two actors and a mezzo-soprano play out this musicaldrama: the birth of desire and the rise of a murderous conflictwhich crushes individual lives.

Since 1973 Les Deux Mondes has given some 4000 performanceson all five continents. Language, culture and the peoples of theEarth are the global village which Les Deux Mondes’ particularstyle works to discover in all its richness of fable, struggle andquery. The point of departure in the creation of Leitmotiv was therich musical score and sound environment of Michel Robidoux towhich was added video and the text of Normand Canac-Marquis.Daniel Meilleur directs.

By invitation onlyProfessional encounter Daniel MeilleurPresented in collaboration with the British Council London

> BrightonTuesday 23 and Wednesday 24 May at 7.45 pmBrighton FestivalTheatre Royal New Road BrightonBox Office 01273 709709www.brighton-festival.org.uk

> SwanseaFriday 26 to Saturday 27 May Taliesin Arts Centre SwanseaBox Office 01792 295 438www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk

> LondonSaturday 3 to Sunday 11 JuneRiverside StudiosBox Office 020 8237 1000www.riversidestudios.co.uk

> Notre-Dame de ParisLyrics by Luc Plamondon

Directed by Gilles Maheu

This musical spectacular has taken Europe and Canada by storm.Based on The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo themusic is by Richard Cocciante and lyrics by Luc Plamondon. The show is directed by Gilles Maheu, artistic director of Montréalcompany Carbone 14. English lyrics are by Will Jennings, Oscar-winner for My Heart Will Go On from the film Titanic (and abig hit for Celine Dion). The album of the English adaptation is onColumbia Records.

The cast in London is headed by the Australian recording star Tina Arena making her West End stage debut as ‘Esmerelda’.Steve Balsamo, recently seen in the West End in the title role ofJesus Christ Superstar appears as ‘Phoebus’ while famous singerDaniel Lavoie plays ‘Frollo’ as he did in Paris and Montréal. The cast also includes Robert Marien, seen previously in the West End in ‘Les Misérables’.

Notre-Dame de Paris first opened in Paris in September 1998 to rave reviews and a massive public response, selling over600,000 tickets in six months and a subsequent four-month tourof Canada sold out more than 300,000 tickets. A further sellouttour of France, Belgium and Switzerland brought in ticket salesexceeding one million. 3.5 million copies of the original cast studioalbum have been sold, with the album staying at No 1 in Francefor 17 weeks.

A Michael White Production

> LondonPreviewing from Monday 15 May at 7.45 pmOpens Tuesday 23 May at 7.45 pmDominion Theatre LondonBox Office 0990 405040 / 020 7656 1888www.ndpofficial.com http://geocities.com/Broadway/Stage/9590/Nddp.html

Édouard Lock, artistic director (La La La Human Steps)

Claire Guimond, director (Ensemble Arion)

Sylvie Lachance, artistic director (PME) and Jacob Wren

Robert Dion, co-artistic director (DynamO Theatre)Jacqueline Gosselin, co-artistic director (DynamO Theatre)

La Bottine Souriante

Daniel Meilleur, co-artistic director (Les Deux Mondes)

professional encounters

PROFESSIONAL ENCOUNTERS

In this exclusive programme, The British Council and the QuébecGovernment collaborate to encourage a meeting of minds, heartsand arts between selected artists from Québec and the UnitedKingdom.

By invitation onlyPresented in collaboration with the British Council London

> EdinburghFriday 5 and Saturday 6 MayEdinburgh UniversityFor information and registration Colin Coates 0131 650 8428

> CambridgeSaturday 20 MayGonville & Caius CollegeCambridge UniversityFor information and registration Inès Molinaro 01223 74 0063

CONFÉRENCE I> Scotland-Québec an evolving comparison

Speakers: Linda Cardinal, Alain Gagnon, François Rocher

A two-day conference on Québec and Scotland to be held on 5 and6 May at the University of Edinburgh. Writers, academics and artistsfrom Scotland and Québec will explore common issues in history,culture, society and politics.

Taking part in the event will be, among others: David McCrone(University of Edinburgh), Ged Martin (University of Edinburgh),Alain Gagnon (McGill University), Linda Cardinal (University ofOttawa), and François Rocher (Carleton University).

CONFÉRENCE II> Culture in QuébecSpeakers: Pierre Nepveu, Pierre Larrivée, Craig Moyes

A one-day conference focusing on Québec culture and society to be held on 20 May at the University of Cambridge.

The Conference is organised by Inès Molinaro, a Cambridge specialist of Québec. Writer and university professor Pierre Nepveu, Pierre Larrivée (Aston University) and Craig Moyes (King’s College, London) will be among the speakers taking part.

This conference will also feature Visages de l’écriture a fascinating photographic exhibi-

tion by Ludovic Fremaux. Over the past three years he has taken portraits of nearly one

hundred Québec writers, pictures taken during their everyday life. The writers cover all

aspects of literature: novels, short stories, essays, poetry and theatre.

conferences

marchTuesday 7 to Saturday 11 MarchVideo from QuébecPolyvision ScreenSadler’s Wells TheatreFor information 020 7863 8000

Tuesday 7 to Saturday 11 MarchLa La La Human Steps: “Salt”Sadler’s Wells Theatre, LondonBox Office 020 7863 8000www.sadler’s-wells.com

Tuesday 14 MarchClaire Guimond, fluteAuckland CastleBishop AucklandFor information 0191 226 0799www.early-music.com

Wednesday 15 MarchClaire Guimond, fluteBrunswick Methodist ChurchNewcastle-upon-TyneFor information 0191 226 0799www.early-music.com

Friday 17 and Saturday 18 MarchLa La La Human Steps: “Salt”Edinburgh Festival TheatreBox Office 0131 529 6000www.eft.co.uk

aprilWednesday 5 AprilEnsemble ArionRainbow over BathMichael Tippett CentreNewton ParkBox Office 01225 463362

Sunday 9 AprilEnsemble ArionEarly Music SeriesPurcell RoomSouth Bank CentreBox Office 020 7960 4242www.sbc.org.uk

Tuesday 11 AprilEnsemble ArionCity Music SocietyBishopsgate HallInformation 020 7638 4674

Wednesday 12 AprilEnsemble ArionStamford Arts CentreLincolnshireBox Office 01780 480846www.skdc.com

Thursday 13 AprilEnsemble ArionNorwegian Church Arts CentreCardiffBox Office 01222 228154

Friday 14 AprilEnsemble ArionTurner Sims Concert HallUniversity of SouthamptonBox Office 01703 592 223

Saturday 15 AprilEnsemble ArionTudeley FestivalTonbridge KentBox Office 01732 773322

At a glance: Québec in Motion March to May 2000

Tuesday 25 AprilLouis Lortie, pianoRachmaninov Piano Concerto No 2Royal Philharmonic OrchestraConducted by Marin AlsopBarbican HallBox Office 020 7638 8891www.barbican.org.uk

Friday 28 April to Saturday 13 MayMichel Tremblay: “Solemn Massfor a Full Moon in Summer”Traverse TheatreEdinburghBox Office 0131 228 1404www.traverse.co.uk

mayMonday 1 MayLouis Lortie, pianoSchubert 4 Impromptus Op 90WandererfantasieBBC Lunchtime RecitalWigmore HallBox Office 020 7935 2141

Friday 5 and Saturday 6 MayConference I: Québec-ScotlandSpeakers: Linda Cardinal, Alain Gagnon, François RocherEdinburgh UniversityFor information: Colin Coates 0131 650 8428

Friday 12 MayMarc-André Hamelin - WeekendSolo Recital: Schubert –Godowsky – Rachmaninov Blackheath Halls LondonBox Office 020 8463 0100www.blackheathhalls.com

Saturday 13 MayMarc-André Hamelin - WeekendWith Piers Lane: Brahms – Rachmaninov – Grainger With Judy Karin Applebaum:Cabaret Recital Blackheath Halls LondonBox Office 020 8463 0100www.blackheathhalls.com

Sunday 14 MayMarc-André Hamelin - WeekendSolo Recital: Bach – Alkan-Liszt - KapustinWith Leopold String Trio: Schubert – Fauré - BrahmsBlackheath Halls LondonBox Office 020 8463 0100www.blackheathhalls.com

Saturday 13 May at 5.00 pmDynamo Theatre: “Mur Mur”Leap Festival of DanceThe Norwich PlayhouseBox Office 01603 766 400

Previewing from Monday 15 MayLuc Plamondon: “Notre Dame de Paris”Gilles Maheu etcDominion Theatre LondonBox Office 0990 405040 / 020 7656 1888www.ndpofficial.com

Tuesday 16 May at 7.30 pmDynamo Theatre: “Mur Mur”Alhambra Studio BradfordBox Office 01274 752 375www.bradford.gov.uk/entertainment

Wednesday 17 May to Saturday 3 JuneMichel Tremblay: “Solemn Massfor a Full Moon in Summer”BITE :00The Pit TheatreBarbican Centre LondonBox Office 020 7638 8891www.barbican.org.uk

Thursday 18 MayDynamo Theatre: “Mur Mur”Alnwick playhouseBox Office 01665 510 785

Friday 19 MayDynamo Theatre: “Mur Mur”Adam Smith Centre KircaldyBox Office 01592 412 929

Saturday 20 MayDynamo Theatre: “Mur Mur”MacRoberts Arts Centre StirlingBox Office 01786 467 155www.stir.ac.uk/macrobert

Saturday 20 MayConference II: Culture in QuébecSpeaker: Pierre Nepveu Gonville & Caius CollegeCambridge UniversityFor information: Ines Molinaro 01223 740 063

Sunday 21 MayLa Bottine SourianteBath FestivalBox Office 01255 463 362www.bathfestival.org.uk

Monday 22 May PME: En français comme enanglais, it’s easy to criticiseGardner Arts Centre BrightonBox Office 01273 685 861www.interact-online.org.uk

Tuesday 23 MayDynamo Theatre: “Mur Mur”Theatre Gwynedd BangorBox Office 01248 351 707www.users.globalnet.co.uk/~theatr/

Tuesday 23 & Wednesday 24 MayThéâtre des Deux Mondes:“Leitmotiv”Brighton FestivalTheatre RoyalBox Office 01273 709709www.brighton-festival.org.uk

Opening Tuesday 23 MayLuc Plamondon: “Notre-Dame de Paris”Gilles Maheu etcDominion Theatre LondonBox Office 0990 405040 / 020 7656 1888www.ndpofficial.com

Wednesday 24 MayDynamo Theatre: “Mur Mur”Dormston Theatre BirminghamBox Office 01384 816 395

Wednesday 24 MayLa Bottine SourianteWarwick Arts CentreBox Office 01203 523 734www.warwick.ac.uk/artscentre

Thursday 25 MayDynamo Theatre: “Mur Mur”Newbury Corn ExchangeBox Office 01635 582 666www.newburynews/cornexchange.co.uk

Thursday 25 MayLa Bottine SourianteThe Anvil BasingstrokeBox Office 01256 844 244

Friday 26 MayDynamo Theatre: “Mur Mur”Mercury Theatre ColchesterBox Office 01206 577 006

Friday 26 & Saturday 27 MayThéâtre des Deux Mondes:“Leitmotiv”Taliesin Arts Centre SwanseaBox Office 01792 295 438www.taliesinartscentre.co.uk

Saturday 27 MayLa Bottine SourianteBury St Edmunds FestivalBox Office 01284 769 505www.theatreroyal.org

Saturday 27 MayDynamo Theatre: “Mur Mur”The Castle WellingboroughBox Office 01933 229 022www.thecastle.org.uk

Sunday 28 MayLa Bottine SourianteBradford FestivalBox Office 01274 309 199www.bradfordfestival.yorks.com

juneFriday 2 JunePME: En français comme enanglais, it’s easy to criticiseThe Green Room ManchesterBox Office 0161 950 5900

Saturday 3 to Sunday 11 June Théâtre des Deux Mondes:“Leitmotiv”Riverside Studios LondonBox Office 020 8237 1000www.riversidestudios.co.uk

Tuesday 6 to Thursday 8 JunePME: En français comme enanglais, it’s easy to criticiseICA The Mall LondonBox Office 020 7930 3647www.ica.org.uk

Saturday 10 to Sunday 11 JunePME: En français comme enanglais, it’s easy to criticiseChapter Arts Centre, CardiffBox Office 02920 304 400www.chapter.org

Sunday 11 JuneAujourd’hui au QuébecContinuum EnsemblePurcell Room South BankCentreBox Office 020 7960 4242

Wednesday 14 JuneMontréal Électronique Groove LondonFor information 020 7766 5930In association with the BritishCouncil

Whilst every effort has been made to check the accuracy of this information you are advised tocontact the venue for confirmation.If you wish to bring future events to our attention please contactCatriona Jones in the CulturalDepartment, Délégation générale duQuébec à Londres.

Telephone 020 7766 5930 Fax 020 7930 7938 e-mail:catriona.jones@mri.gouv.qc.ca

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Québec is on the move

into June already so watch out

for these coming events

MICHEL LEMIEUX & VICTOR PILON “ORFEO”¬ A SPECTACULAR REWORKING IN VIRTUAL REALITY OF THE ORPHEUS MYTH, ON NATIONAL TOUR

AUJOURD’HUI AU QUÉBEC¬ AN EVENING OF CONTEMPORARY MUSIC FROMSIX QUÉBEC COMPOSERS OFFERED BY THECONTINUUM ENSEMBLE AT THE SOUTH BANK

MONTRÉAL ÉLECTRONIQUE GROOVE LONDON¬ A HOT ELECTRONIC MUSIC NIGHT IN A CENTRAL LONDON CLUB FEATURING URBANSOUNDS FROM PARIS, LONDON AND MONTRÉAL

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Special thanks go toAdam Smith Centre KircaldyAdastraAlnwick PlayhouseAuckland Castle Bishop AucklandBarbican Centre LondonBlackheath Halls London Bradford AlhambraBradford FestivalBrighton FestivalBrunswick Methodist Church

Newcastle-upon-TyneBury St Edmunds FestivalCambridge UniversityChapter Arts Centre CardiffCity Music Society London

Dominion Theatre LondonDormston Theatre and Arts Centre

BirminghamEdinburgh Festival TheatreEdinburgh UniversityGardner Centre BrightonGeorgina Ivor AssociatesGreen Room ManchesterICA LondonIntermusicaJames TaylorJohn Good HolbrookJudy AdamMacRoberts Arts Centre Stirl ingMercury Theatre ColchesterNewbury Corn ExchangeNigel HindsNorwegian Church Arts Centre

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Québec Ministries and OfficesPhilip PickettRainbow Over BathRiverside Studios LondonSadler’s Wells Theatre LondonSally CowlingSouth Bank Centre LondonStamford Arts CentreTaliesin Arts Centre SwanseaThe Castle WellingboroughThe Anvil BasingstrokeTheatr Gwynedd BangorTheatre Royal BrightonTraverse Theatre EdinburghTudeley Festival TonbridgeUniversity of SouthamptonWarwick Arts CentreWigmore Hall London

PromotersDélégation générale du Québec à Londres Ministère de la Culture et des CommunicationsMinistère des Relations internationalesSupported byConseil des arts et des lettres du QuébecVisiting ArtsThe British CouncilProducersCultural IndustryDi Robson ManagementMichael White ProductionsUK Arts – Fifth Amendment

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