Cast of Up to Low. © Sarah Hoy
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Chris Ralph, Brendan McMurtry-Howlett, Attila Clemann © David Hou
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Brendan McMurtry-Howlett, Megan Carty © David Hou
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Theatre Drama Comedy
  • English
Performance options Start time Language Availability
Wednesday, May 16, 2018 12:00 pm English Seats available

““Up to Low is captivating, heart-warming, and above all, magical… definitely a show worth seeing for the whole family.” ”

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$13 + HST | Two acts with intermission
An NAC English Theatre Production

Heart-stirring dramatic comedy
Curriculum connections in Literature, Drama, Music, Social Sciences, Geography, Humanities

Based on the novel by Ottawa’s beloved Brian Doyle, Up to Low is the magical and mystical tale of a young boy’s journey to manhood. Twelve-year-old Tommy is on the road with his father and his boozy Uncle Frank, heading back to the cabin they haven’t visited since Tommy’s mother died. But Tommy also remembers Bridget, whose eyes are the deep green of the Gatineau Hills. Filled with deserted farms, smoky taverns and midnight rows upriver, Up to Low captures 1950s Ottawa Valley in a way that is both familiar and brand new.

  • By Brian Doyle
  • Adapted for the stage and directed by Janet Irwin
  • Music Director Ian Tamblyn
  • Featuring Pierre Brault, Megan Carty, Attila Clemann, Brendan McMurtry-Howlett, Paul Rainville, Chris Ralph, Doreen Taylor-Claxton, Kristina Watt
  • Musicians Ian Tamblyn, Ellen Daly, Pat Maher
  • Sets and Props Designer Brian Smith
  • Costume Designer Sarah Waghorn
  • Lighting Designer Martin Conboy
  • Assistant Director Attila Clemann
  • Dramaturg Amanda West Lewis
  • Stage Manager Laurie Champagne
  • Assistant Stage Manager Jane Vanstone Osborn

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Learning and engagement at Canada’s National Arts Centre is made possible through the support of many generous individuals and organizations from across the country. Arts Alive is generously supported by the Azrieli Foundation, the Government of Nunavut, Canadian North, Calm Air, The River Philip Foundation, The Turnbull Family Community Building Foundation, and The Thomas Sill Foundation. Thank you also to Grant and Alice Burton, Canada Life, A Donor-Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Ottawa, Friends of the NAC Orchestra, Donors to the NAC Foundation's Future Fund, The Janice and Earle O’Born Fund for Artistic Excellence, and the donors and sponsors of the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust, the primary resource for youth and education funding at the National Arts Centre.