The line-up has just been announced, and let me tell you, there are some seriously exciting shows to see! There are local favourites like les 7 doigts de la main (Patinoire, Le Cabaret 2011), Cirque du Soleil (Totem, again), and Impro Cirque, as well as shows from France, Belgium, Ireland, and Australia!
I'm terribly excited for OKIDOK's return to Montreal as I fell in love with them when they performed their show Ha Ha Ha at the Tohu six or seven years ago. But most exciting of all is that Victoria Chaplin (daughter of Charlie Chaplin) and Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée (father of immensely talented James Thiérrée)'s Cirque Invisible will be coming to Montreal for the first time!
But honestly, it isn't fair to single out any shows just yet. Even a brief tour of the different companies' websites is enough to kindle some serious anticipation for the upcoming festival. From poetry to hip hop, and folk to modern and contemporary, this year's festival certainly does seem to have it all! The only foreseeable problem is how to decide what shows to go see... they ain't cheap.
The full line up of shows is as follows:
- Wunderkammer, C!RCA, Australia.
- Tom Tom Crew, Tom Tom Crew, Australia
- L'Impro Cirque, L'Impro Cirque, Canada
- Patinoire, les 7 doigts de la main (solo show by Patrick Leonard), Canada
- Le chant du dindon, Compagnie Rasposo, France
- Totem, Cirque du Soleil, Canada
- Miroir miroir, Happés Théâtre Vertical, France
- Cirque Carpe Diem, Cirque Carpe Diem, Canada
- Le Cabaret 2011, les 7 doigts de la main, Canada
- Throw 2 Catch, Throw to Catch, Canada
- Timber!, Cirque Alphonse, Canada
- Le Cirque Invisible, Victoria Chaplin et Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée, France
- Kô Ryass, Productions Kalabante, Canada/Guinée
- Cirque de Légume, The Cirque de légume, Ireland
- Tous Cousins!, Les Zyrgomatik, Belgium
- Slips inside, OKIDOK, Belgium
- Le Carré Curieux, Compagnie Carré Curieux, Cirque Vivant!, Belgium
- Les parfaits inconnus, Les parfaits inconnus, Canada
To find out more about the shows, where they're playing and when, follow this link. I hope to see you in Montreal this summer!
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