Quebec City and the regions surrounding it are offering a range of plays for summer 2024, here are 10 that are worth taking a look at.
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The great heat
Promotional poster for the play “The Great Heat”.
Image taken from the Dam-en-terre Summer Theater website.
Recently widowed, Gisèle is happy as a fish in water with her young boyfriend of 20 years, Yannick. Their escapade at the family chalet, however, takes a strange turn when the lady’s children, who are unaware of her relationship, show up unexpectedly and the neighbor begins to act up.
Location: Dam-en-Terre Summer Theater, 1385 chemin de la Marina, Alma.
Dates: July 4 to August 31
Cast: Linda Laplante, Gill Champagne, Étienne d’Anjou, Maureen Roberge, and David Boily.
For tickets: www.damenterre.qc.ca/fr/theatre-dete
Call me Stéphane
Promotional video for the piece “Call me Stéphane”.
Screenshot taken on the website of the Maison des arts Desjardins de Drummondville.
Classic from the 1980s by Claude Meunier and Louis Saia, Call me Stéphane highlights five students in an evening theater class who are challenged by their teacher, Stéphane, to create a play. As the latter attempts to break through their shells, he creates something dramatic and rather perilous in the group dynamic.
Location: Maisons des arts Desjardins, 175 rue Ringuet, Drummondville
Dates: June 28 to August 17
Cast: Patrice Bélanger, Véronic DiCaire, Bernard Fortin, Dominic Paquet, Tammy Verge and Caroline Bouchard.
For tickets: www.artsdrummondville.com/spectacles-drummondville/spectacles/monarque-presente-/appelez-moi-stephane/04-08-2024-15-00
Maestro
Promotional poster for the play “Maestro”.
Image provided by Resto Théâtre La Roche in Veillon.
In the midst of a breakup, Maude realizes that it’s time for her to get the job she deserves. She can’t stand being second violin anymore, she wants to become a soloist. She therefore decides to invite a great conductor to her home to convince him to hire her, but the capricious conductor has something else in mind. The situation becomes even more complicated when Maude’s ex, also a musician, invites himself to dinner.
Location: Resto Théâtre La Roche in Veillon, 547 avenue de Gaspé Est, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli
Dates: June 20 to 1er september
Cast: Pierre-Yves Charbonneau, Amélie Laprise and Antoine Paré-Poirier
For tickets: www.rocheaveillon.com/restaurant/theatre/
A hotel called Désir
Promotional poster for the play “A Hotel Named Desire”.
Image taken from the Théâtre Beaumont-Saint-Michel website.
A minister, an MP from a remote region, stays with his wife in a small hotel called “Désir”, located on the South Shore of Quebec. Claiming to have a lot of work at Parliament, he then asks his new attaché to reserve another room for him incognito so that he can see his mistress; no chance of this plan working like clockwork.
Location: Beaumont-Saint-Michel Theater, 51 route 132 West, Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse
Dates: June 20 to August 16
Cast: Guillaume Champoux, Véronique Chaumont, Fred-Éric Salvail, Frédérique Proulx, Paul Fruteau de Laclos and Sophie Thibeault.
For tickets: www.theatrebeaumontstmichel.com/page/1/spectacle-de-l-ete
The Intruder
Promotional poster for the play “The Intruder”.
Image taken from the website of the Nouveau Théâtre de l’Île d’Orléans
Florence, the only daughter of two very well-off parents from the Sillery district, introduces them to her new punk boyfriend, named Charles. While Florence’s mother welcomes him with open arms, it is quite the opposite on the side of her father, a great professor of literature.
Location: New Théâtre de l’Île d’Orléans, 1721 chemin Royal, Saint-Pierre-de-l’Île-d’Orléans
Dates: June 26 to 1er september
Cast: Frédérique Bradet, Alex Desmarais, Éric Leblanc and Catherine Simard.
For tickets: www.nouveautheatredelile.com/lintrus/
The Margot tornado
Promotional poster for the play “La tornado Margot”.
Image taken from the website of the Old Post Office of Lévis
Insulted that her husband offers to look elsewhere to rekindle the flame of their relationship, Margot decides to take him at his word by seducing one of his former employees and even goes so far as to invite him to live in the house that the two already share with the husband’s brother.
Location: Old Post Office, 2172 chemin du Fleuve, Lévis.
Dates: July 4 to August 24
Cast: Melissa Iguer, Pierre Maestracci and Luka Provost
For tickets: www.vieuxbureaudeposte.com/spectacles/theatre-d-ete
To insanity!
Promotional poster for the play “À la Folie!”.
Image taken from the Théâtre des Grands Chênes website
An eternal adolescent whose only talent is to make people laugh by imitating old singers learns, to his great dismay, that he will have to take care of his mother suffering from Alzheimer’s. Through this, he will also have to negotiate with his insolent young daughter and a nurse like no other.
Location: Théâtre des Grands Chênes, 356 boulevard Marie-Victorin, Kingsey Falls.
Dates: July 18 to 1er september
Cast: Guy Richer, Louise Deschâtelets, Sandra Dumaresq and Charlotte B. Reichhold
For tickets: www.sallekingsey.com/spectacles/a-la-folie/
Last cut of scissors
Promotional poster for the play “Last Cut of Scissors”.
Image taken from the Théâtre Petit Champlain website
Back all summer in Quebec after a triumph last year, this classic detective comedy offers the public the opportunity to dive with the actors into the heart of a murder investigation and even to intervene alongside them.
Location: Théâtre Petit Champlain, 68 rue du Petit Champlain, Quebec.
Dates: June 7 to August 10
Cast: Charles-Étienne Beaulne, Emmanuel Bédard, Laurence Champagne, Miguel Fontaine, Israel Gamache and Marie Michaud.
For tickets: www.theatrepetitchamplain.com/spectacles/dernier-coup-de-ciseaux/
The lemon
Promotional poster for the play “Le Citron”.
Image taken from the Théâtre Les Bâtisseurs de Montagnes website
What a frustrating situation to be stuck with an accountant’s lemon, especially when you have just been appointed head of a company and a big contract is on the table. Talk to André Duquette from Moquettes Duquette.
Location: Les Bâtisseurs de Montagnes Theater, 800 rue Saint-Alphonse Sud, Thetford Mines.
Dates: June 28 to August 23
Cast: Louis-Étienne Nadeau, Suzanne Bradet-Girard, Réal Poulin and David Poulin.
For tickets: www.lepointdevente.com/billets/lecitron
Crazy hotel
A new hotel owner receives a visit from an inspector. Everything is going well until a suspicious bag is thrown out of the window, which will attract strange customers to the establishment.
Location: Saint-Pierre-Baptiste Summer Theater, 1051 rue Principale, St-Pierre-Baptiste.
Dates: July 5 to September 7
Cast: Louca McCutcheon, Maxime Fortin, Véronique Laroche, Joël Daigle-Morin, Kate Kendall, Michael Dulac, Pascal Naud, Maëva Naud and Katy Matteau.
For tickets: 418-335-8030
