Comédie

Boucar Diouf (Québec) 

 

Thursday, February 20th – 7 p.m.

Jules-Verne School Auditorium  

 

 

Boucar Diouf hails from Senegal, and has lived in Quebec since 1991. Before immigrating to Canada, Boucar had done a Masters degree and Advanced Study diploma in the Faculty of Science and Technology at the University of Dakar. He received a scholarship to pursue a doctorate in oceanography at the Université du Québec à Rimouski (UQAR), and got his Ph. D. in 1998. For eight years, Boucar was a lecturer in biology at the UQAR. His students, who recognised his comedic talent, encouraged him to sign up for Juste pour rire. He was selected as discovery of the year in 2005 at the Festival Grand Rire de Québec, and he was awarded the Jacques Couture prize in 2006, presented by the Quebec Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities in recognition of his contribution toward promoting intercultural relations. In 2004, Boucar Diouf played a major role (the character Momar) in the film Le bonheur c’est une chanson triste by François Delisle. In 2005, to his list of accomplishments as an actor, comedian and storyteller, he added the role of science chronicler for the program Des kiwis et des hommes, on Radio-Canada television network, which he has co-hosted since 2007 in collaboration with Francis Reddy. Since then, Boucar has become one of the most beloved stand-up comedian in Quebec and French-speaking Canada. In Vancouver in 2014, he will present his brand new show, “Pour une raison X ou Y”, where he strays from his most familiar themes of immigration in Canada, and picks up on his role as a university professor. The stage is transformed into a classroom where Boucar entertains us with the “scientific” explanations behind the differences in the way men and women think and behave.