FLIP Fabrique has been presenting a free show every summer since 2015. This year the circus troupe will perform a brand new show, Récréation, in parks across the city’s six boroughs.

It’s all happening between August 5 and September 4, with two performances a night, at 6 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. The 46 performances will take place rain or shine. Here’s the schedule:

• Domaine de Maizerets (in La Cité-Limoilou): August 5‒7
• Jean Guyon Park (in Beauport): Aug 10‒11
• Parc de la Commune (in Charlesbourg): August 13‒15
• Jules-Émond Park (in La Haute-Saint-Charles): August 17–18
• Maison O’Neill (in Des Rivières): August 19, 20, and 22
• Parc Saint-Benoit (in Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge): August 24–25
• Parc Kiwanis (in Sainte-Foy–Sillery–Cap-Rouge): August 26–28
• Place Jean-Béliveau (in La Cité-Limoilou): August 31–September 4

Show synopsis

The bell rings—it’s recess time! Students tear off a piece of their school gymnasium, fold it up, and head out across the city in search of adventure. Handball, badminton, volleyball, and basketball court lines criss-cross in all directions like streamers at a birthday party. It’s time to forge new paths and invent new games. No one tells us what to do at recess time. We do what we want and everyone’s invited.

The show is directed by Olivier Normand, who has staged a number of FLIP Fabrique shows: Attrape-moi, Crépuscule, Crépuscule – Raviver les braises, Blizzard, Féria, and Zéphyr.

Photo gallery - Récréation

Photos : Stéphane Bourgeois