News Releases
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CANADA’S NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA RELEASES DIGITAL TEASER FOR CLARA SCHUMANN’S 200TH ANNIVERSARY
September 13, 2019
Canada’s NAC Orchestra’s fifth release with Music Director Alexander Shelley is exclusively digital and available at www.analekta.com and through music streaming and download services. Friday September 13, 2019 – OTTAWA (Canada) — Canada’s NAC Orchestra is releasing three teaser tracks, digital-only, to herald an upcoming cycle: “Clara, Robert,... Read more
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Call for nominations for the National Arts Centre Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring
September 11, 2019
Ottawa (Canada) —The National Arts Centre and the Canadian Arts Presenting Association (CAPACOA) are once again extending a call for nominations for the National Arts Centre Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring. The deadline for nominations is Friday, October 11, 2019. The National Arts Centre award will be presented at a dinner at the NAC on Wednesday, November 13, 2019 during... Read more
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French Theatre presents Bonne retraite, Jocelyne (Oct. 2-5)
September 10, 2019
October 2 to 5, 2019, 7:30 p.m. at NAC Babs Asper Theatre In French Retirement often prompts people to look back at the past, but in Jocelyne’s case it becomes a pretext for a flood of opinions, awkwardness and bitterness. In dialogue that alternates between banal odiousness and odious banality, Fabien Cloutier turns the microscope on a nuclear family trapped in a teeming vivarium. A... Read more
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SEPTEMBER 11 TO 29: MÒSHKAMO FESTIVAL KICKS OFF INAUGURAL SEASON OF FIRST INDIGENOUS THEATRE OF ITS KIND AT CANADA’S NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE
September 9, 2019
Algonquin-led Canoe Procession Down Rideau Canal to Officially Open the NAC’s Indigenous Theatre From 10 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. on Saturday, September 14 OTTAWA (Canada) The inaugural 2019–2020 season of the world’s first national Indigenous Theatre of its kind gets underway in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre (NAC) with Mòshkamo: Indigenous Arts Rising, a unique Indigenous... Read more
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September 11 to 29: Mòshkamo Festival Kicks-off Inaugural Season of First Indigenous Theatre of its Kind at National Arts Centre
September 6, 2019
The inaugural 2019–2020 season of the world’s first national Indigenous Theatre of its kind gets underway in Ottawa at the National Arts Centre (NAC) with Mòshkamo: Indigenous Arts Rising, a unique Indigenous arts and community festival featuring exciting all-Indigenous programming in the NAC’s performance and public spaces September 11-29, 2019 The festival will take... Read more
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THE UNNATURAL AND ACCIDENTAL WOMEN
September 5, 2019
NAC INDIGENOUS THEATRE/ NAC ENGLISH THEATRE CO-PRODUCTION BY MARIE CLEMENTS DIRECTED BY MURIEL MIGUEL SEPTEMBER 11 - 21, 2019 OTTAWA (Canada) – The Unnatural and Accidental Women marks the first production in the inaugural season of the NAC Indigenous Theatre. Partnering with NAC English Theatre, this powerful work begins the Mòshkamo Indigenous Arts Festival; an all-Indigenous... Read more
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NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ANNOUNCES LEADERSHIP DONATION IN SUPPORT OF ARAB-CANADIAN ARTISTIC PROGRAMMING
August 22, 2019
NAC Lantern Room Named in Honour of Toronto-based Philanthropist Mohammad Al Zaibak August 22, 2019 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre Foundation is honoured to announce a $1 million leadership gift made in support of Arab-Canadian artistic programming from a Toronto-based family who have a long history of philanthropy. The donation by Bay Tree Foundation, a family... Read more
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2019 CAPITAL PRIDE WEEK: NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE TO SHOWCASE ARTWORK OF RENOWNED ARTIST JOE AVERAGE ON ITS 3-STOREY DIGITAL LANTERN
August 19, 2019
August 19, 2019 - OTTAWA – The National Arts Centre (NAC) is celebrating Capital Pride Week by displaying the artwork of renowned Canadian artist Joe Average on its three-storey digital Kipnes Lantern. His colourful artwork will be showcased on the NAC’s digital screens throughout the week, and on the Kipnes Lantern – the largest transparent LED screen in North America –... Read more
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GENERAL AUDITIONS - TORONTO National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre Artistic Director Kevin Loring and English Theatre Artistic Director Jillian Keiley will be conducting general auditions in Toronto on Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11, 2019.
July 16, 2019
GENERAL AUDITIONS - TORONTO National Arts Centre Indigenous Theatre Artistic Director Kevin Loring and English Theatre Artistic Director Jillian Keiley will be conducting general auditions in Toronto on Saturday, August 10 and Sunday, August 11, 2019. NAC Indigenous Theatre and English Theatre are committed to inclusive casting. We encourage submissions from professional artists who... Read more
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NAC 50TH ANNIVERSARY GOLDEN GALA TO FEATURE MUSIC, DANCE, THEATRE & SPECIAL SET BY ICON SARAH MCLACHLAN
June 10, 2019
OTTAWA, June 10th, 2019 —The 23rd annual NAC fundraising Gala marking the National Arts Centre’s 50th Anniversary will take place on Saturday, October 5th, 2019.The gala-concert showcases artists from Dance, Theatre and Music and includes a performance by Grammy and Juno award winning Canadian singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan with the NAC Orchestra. Tickets go on sale to the public on... Read more