August 19, 2021
FEIST, BAHAMAS, CHARLOTTE CARDIN, BRUCE COCKBURN, ESPERANZA SPALDING, AND WILLIAM PRINCE COMING IN 2021-22! August 19, 2021 – OTTAWA (Canada) – We are excited to welcome audiences and artists alike to all four NAC stages and fill them with live music! It’s been too long! We’re bringing major international super stars to Southam Hall stage for blockbuster... Read more
August 19, 2021
Ottawa, August 19, 2021 — This year, NAC French Theatre’s Enfance/jeunesse season of programming for children and youth offers some surprising experiences ranging from the touching to the unusual. Onstage, off-site and online, performances, activities and more await children, teens and their families. Among the new features: programming for teenagers, theatre for young... Read more
August 19, 2021
Ottawa, August 19, 2021 – Programmed by Brigitte Haentjens and led by incoming artistic director Mani Soleymanlou, NAC French Theatre’s 2021–22 season for general audiences explores notions of interconnection. To mark the long-awaited return to the stage, nine shows invite spectators on a sensory journey that navigates the border between reality and the... Read more
July 22, 2021
The National Arts Centre (NAC) today announced that Jillian Keiley will complete her tenure as Artistic Director of the NAC English Theatre on August 31, 2022. Ms. Keiley will program works for the 2022–2023 season, which will be presented after her departure. “MY GREATEST PRIVILEGE” Since she began her tenure in 2012, Ms. Keiley brought many exciting productions, delivering a... Read more
July 8, 2021
Christopher Deacon, President and CEO of Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC), announced today that Kondwani Mwase has been named Executive Director of Audience Engagement, effective August 16, 2021. In that capacity he will have oversight of Marketing, Digital Experience and Design, as well as Analytics and Insights. Kondwani Mwase brings extensive expertise in the fields of engaging... Read more
June 23, 2021
Today, the National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre and Facebook Canada are announcing the creation of #ReconcileThis – Indigenous Voices Online, a four-year initiative that provides hundreds of transformative Indigenous Voices with funding, production equipment, and training to share their stories, history, and to celebrate culture online. #ReconcileThis will also create four,... Read more
June 17, 2021
JUNE 17, 2021 – OTTAWA, CANADA – As the public health situation in Ontario continues to improve, and as the province moves toward a gradual re-opening, the National Arts Centre is planning to safely welcome live audiences back to the NAC for a 2021–2022 season filled with exceptional performances by a wide range of diverse artists. After many months of hard work and preparation... Read more
June 8, 2021
NAC ENGLISH THEATRE CONTINUES TO INSPIRE WITH FIVE MORE GRAND ACTS Grand Acts of Great Hope delivers new large scale works in five Canadian locations. June 8, 2021 – OTTAWA (Canada) – As we edge closer to a new normal, a powerful sense of hope is surging. To celebrate each step we take, the National Arts Centre English Theatre is bringing together some of the country’s... Read more
June 3, 2021
NAC INDIGENOUS THEATRE TAKES AUDIENCES ON A JOURNEY OF MEMORIES AND STORIES WITH INDIGENOUS CITIES Annual audio-based storytelling experience launches in three cities for inaugural year June 3, 2021 – OTTAWA (Canada) – In honour of National Indigenous History Month, the NAC Indigenous Theatre is proud to announce a new annual theatrical... Read more
June 2, 2021
Produced by the National Arts Centre with Vérité Films, the bilingual television special will celebrate the 2021 Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards laureates on November 26 JUNE 2, 2021 – OTTAWA, CANADA – The National Arts Centre (NAC), in partnership with the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Foundation and... Read more