Top ideas Must-see plays this summer

Seeing a comedy in a summer theater is the height of summer! In some places, you can even enhance the experience by combining it with a meal. Discover the comedies that will make us laugh out loud this summer!

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Saint-Michel-de-Bellechasse Moutarde forte

Théatre Beaumont St-Michel

For years, Gilles, a successful entrepreneur, has been living in a beautiful house overlooking the river. He’s desperately trying to win back his wife, who’s about to leave him, risking revealing a secret he’d rather keep to himself for some time to come.

WHEN WE GO

June 17 to August 23, 2025
Extras possible from August 26 to 29

Saint-Jean-Port-Joli Voleurs d'occasion

La Roche à Veillon

To pay off his gambling debts, garage owner Denis risks the ultimate gamble: defrauding insurance companies by faking a car theft. All would have been well… if he hadn’t entrusted the task to Jambon and Patpou, two clumsy and inexperienced garage owners. Denis realizes that in the game of crime, love, burglary and seduction don’t mix!

WHEN WE GO

June 19 to August 31, 2025

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Point de vue

Théâtre de l’Hôtel de Ville

In the absence of his boss, Martin, a clumsy radio host, has to run the station on his own for the next two days. For her part, Christina, the intractable director of a major marketing firm, also has free rein in the absence of the president. But there’ll be plenty of mischief, clumsiness, surprises and hilarious guests. After a chaotic day, Martin and Christina will experience something out of the ordinary as their lives mysteriously change.

WHEN WE GO

June 19 to July 5, 2025

Thetford Mines Sitcom « Bistouri & Zizanie »

Théâtre Les Bâtisseurs de montagne

It’s a crucial shooting day for the sitcom “Bistouri & Zizanie”. The crew absolutely must finish the episode before the end of the day, or risk having the show pulled off the air!

All MUST go well…EXCEPT that the hairdresser/make-up artist must leave without notice.
EXCEPT that her friend, Audrey, who is replacing her, is an accountant. EXCEPT that the accountant knows nothing about hairdressing. Or make-up. Or even filming. EXCEPT that the accountant is shy, awkward and can’t keep a secret. EXCEPT that the actors have big egos.

WHEN WE GO

June 27 to August 23, 2025

Lévis Recette du désordre

Vieux Bureau de Poste

Christian and his wife Maude have just finished renovating their family home. Everything is ready to welcome their first child, a baby adopted from China. To celebrate this new stage in their lives, the couple invite Christian’s sister Josée and her new boyfriend Rémi to dinner. But the evening soon takes a disastrous turn. As memories, old grudges and jealousies resurface between Christian and Josée, Maude and Rémi realize that the past isn’t so easy to shake off.

WHEN WE GO

July 3 to August 23, 2025

Saint-Simon-les-Mines Le Procès de Maggie

Site historique de Cumberland Mills

Inspired by a true story, “The Trial in the Maggie Smith Case” takes us back to April 11, 1944, when a woman’s body is found lifeless. But what happened? Accident, suicide or murder? The investigation begins!

WHEN WE GO

Fridays in July and August at 7:30 p.m.

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Les Moineau ches Les Pinson

Théâtre de l’Hôtel de Ville

A bourgeois couple, the Pinsons, are troubled and worried by their son, who is soon to marry a girl of much lower rank. The daughter’s colorful parents, the Moineau family, show up unexpectedly at the Pinsons’ home to meet them. The two couples are not at the end of their tether when they discover that, in addition to getting married, they are already expecting a child. Madame Pinson, distraught at seeing her son snatched away by another woman, is very resistant to the idea of marriage. And so the obstacles on the road to the ceremony pile up. Will the wedding take place, and under what conditions?

WHEN WE GO

From July 10 to 26, 2025

Saint-Joseph-de-Beauce Pleine Lune

Théâtre de l’Hôtel de Ville

In an apartment where the real tenant is absent, Sylvie awaits her surprise appointment with a young poet, Pleine Lune. They’ve been corresponding for some time, and Sylvie’s father, the building’s concierge, has lent her the apartment for the occasion. Sooner than expected, there’s a knock on the door: it’s Sylvie’s ex-boyfriend! The encounter stirs up unexpected emotions. But there’s no time to argue, as this surprise is the first in a series of unexpected and incongruous arrivals from characters who have come to the wrong door and even the wrong window!

WHEN WE GO

From July 31 to August 16, 2025

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