News Releases
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National Arts Centre announces $25M National Creation Fund
December 1, 2016
The National Arts Centre today announced the National Creation Fund, a $25 million fund that will support ambitious new Canadian work in theatre, dance and music by artists and arts organizations across Canada. The National Creation Fund will invest in research and development, workshopping and residencies of significant new works. It will also invest in new work that has had a first run, but that... Read more
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NAC Launches 2016-17 Share the Spirit Program for Deserving Children and Families
November 30, 2016
The National Arts Centre (NAC), with the help of Presenting Sponsor Sun Life Financial and generous partners and donors, is bringing the magic of live performing arts this holiday season and throughout the year to hundreds of deserving children and their families in the Ottawa-Gatineau region. This is the eighth year for Share the Spirit, an initiative aimed at families who, for economic or... Read more
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NAC ENGLISH THEATRE PRODUCTION A CHRISTMAS CAROL BY CHARLES DICKENS ADAPTED AND DIRECTED BY JILLIAN KEILEY FEATURING ANDY JONES AS SCROOGE DECEMBER 13 - 31, 2016
November 29, 2016
News Release NAC English Theatre Production A Christmas Carol By Charles Dickens Adapted and Directed by Jillian Keiley featuring Andy Jones as SCrooge December 13 - 31, 2016 November 29, 2016 – OTTAWA (Canada) – “Keep Christmas in your own way and let me keep it in mine.” Ebenezer Scrooge A Christmas Carol is as well-known as any work can be. All that has to be... Read more
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NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE SHARING THE BEST OF THE PERFORMING ARTS WITH CANADIANS IN 2017 Celebrating Canada’s 150th Birthday with Cross-country Orchestra and Theatre Tours, a Major Canada Scene Festival in the Nation’s Capital, and More!
November 23, 2016
OTTAWA (Canada) – At the National Arts Centre (NAC), Canada is our stage. That will be truer than ever in 2017 as the NAC celebrates our country’s 150th birthday by presenting a number of ambitious projects to mark Canada’s milestone year. The NAC’s plans include orchestra and theatre tours, a massive arts festival, and a Canada Day weekend extravaganza featuring the 25th... Read more
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Paul Tanguay Receives the 2016 NAC Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring in the Performing Arts
November 21, 2016
The National Arts Centre (NAC) is pleased to announce that Paul Tanguay has been awarded the 2016 National Arts Centre Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring in the Performing Arts. Mr. Tanguay is being recognized for his life-long commitment to arts touring and presenting in Canada and abroad, and in particular his work with a number of the country’s leading dance, theatre and... Read more
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NAC Congratulates Adrian Burns on Her Appointment to the Order of Ottawa
November 17, 2016
The National Arts Centre (NAC) today congratulated Adrian Burns, the Chair of the NAC’s Board of Trustees, on her appointment to the Order of Ottawa. The Order of Ottawa celebrates outstanding citizens in our community. The prestigious civic award recognizes exceptional citizen contributions in many areas of city life including arts and culture, business, philanthropy, health care,... Read more
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Birks Named New Presenting Sponsor for the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala at the NAC
November 17, 2016
Birks, Canada’s leading jeweller since 1879, has signed a multi-year deal as the new Presenting Sponsor for the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala, which takes place annually at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa. The sponsorship begins with the 25th anniversary edition of the Gala on June 29, 2017 – during Canada's 150th birthday year – and continues for... Read more
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STATEMENT: National Arts Centre Mourns the Loss of Leonard Cohen
November 10, 2016
The National Arts Centre (NAC) lowered its flag this evening to pay tribute to the extraordinary life, career and artistic achievement of Canadian singer-songwriter and poet Leonard Cohen. Cohen last performed in 2009 at the National Arts Centre in a moving concert. In 1993, he received Canada’s highest lifetime achievement in the performing arts, the Governor General’s Performing... Read more
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René Cormier, Artistic Director of Zones Théâtrales to leave the NAC on March 31, 2017
November 7, 2016
As a result of his recent appointment to the Senate of Canada by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, René Cormier, the Artistic Director of the Zones Théâtrales biennial, will be stepping down on March 31, 2017. “In order to be able to devote myself fully to my new duties as an independent non-partisan senator, while continuing my efforts to defend and promote the arts and... Read more
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The NAC Recruits First Artistic Director of Indigenous Theatre
November 3, 2016
The National Arts Centre (NAC) has opened a national competition to recruit its first Artistic Director of Indigenous Theatre. The creation of a new Department of Indigenous Theatre was announced on March 24, 2016 when the NAC unveiled details of its Strategic Plan entitled Canada is Our Stage: 2015-2020. The NAC is Canada’s largest multi-disciplinary performing arts organization and is... Read more