News Releases
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Cie Käfig/CCN Créteil et Val-de-Marne presents an explosive, athletic program of fusion hip-hop on April 19 & 20, 2012 at the NAC
April 13, 2012
France’s fusion hip-hop company Käfig presents a powerfully physical program on April 19 & 20, 2012 at 7:30 pm in the NAC Theatre. In the complementary pair of works Correria (running) and Agwa (water), internationally renowned choreographer Mourad Merzouki, Artistic Director of Le Centre Chorégraphique National Créteil et Val-de-Marne, combines hip-hop, capoeira,... Read more
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S’EMBRASENT (ages 14+)April 25 to 28, 2012
April 12, 2012
Jonathan kisses Latifa in the schoolyard. It is love at first sight and a shock wave for all who witness it – the girls and boys, the teachers and the principal – a passion that, like an eclipse observed with the naked eye, leaves them stunned, dazzled by the impact. Combining elements of the video clip and the oratorio, this incandescent presentation boldly blends poetry, dance and... Read more
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Alvin Ailey® American Dance Theater at the NAC on April 17, 2012
April 11, 2012
Preeminent modern dance company Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater returns to the NAC’s Southam Hall, April 17, 2012 to present an evening of mixed repertoire, drawn from the company’s more than 50-year history. The occasion marks their first Ottawa appearance since the July 2011 appointment of Robert Battle as the company’s new Artistic Director. The program will feature two of... Read more
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Extended – One Additional Performance Sunday, April 15 at 2 p.m.WIT’S END III: LOVE LIFEWritten, directed and performed by Sandra ShamasTickets for Extension Go On Sale Wednesday at Noon!
April 10, 2012
Due to overwhelming demand, the NAC English Theatre has extended with one additional performance for Sandra Shamas’ WIT’S END III: LOVE LIFE, Sunday, April 15 at 2 pm. One of Canada’s most celebrated comic artists, Sandra Shamas came into her own as a performer, writer and producer in the mid 1980s with My Boyfriend's Back and There's Gonna Be Laundry. Two... Read more
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The National Arts Centre English Theatre presents Communionby Daniel MacIvordirected by Linda MooreProduced by KAZAN Co-op (Halifax, NS)April 10 - 21, 2012NAC Studio
April 2, 2012
Ottawa, ON, April 2, 2012 – In this riveting play from Daniel MacIvor, one of Canada’s most respected playwrights, three women are at a turning point - a mother, a daughter and a therapist - desperately search for meaning and connection. Leda has a secret. When her psychotherapist does the unthinkable and offers concrete advice, Leda acts on it – before it’s too late.... Read more
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The National Ballet of Canada presents The Seagull at the NAC from April 12 to 14, 2012
March 29, 2012
Celebrating their 60th anniversary season, The National Ballet of Canada presents choreographer John Neumeier’s critically acclaimed narrative ballet The Seagull, in NAC’s Southam Hall from April 12 to 14, 2012. An adaptation of Anton Chekhov’s brilliant play by the same name, the Russian writer’s classic work lends itself to the language of dance – the world of... Read more
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WIT’S END III: LOVE LIFEWritten, directed and performed by Sandra ShamasLimited Engagement!NAC Theatre April 10 – 14, 2012
March 29, 2012
Sandra Shamas is at her wit's end, but her show must go on... Sandra Shamas returns to the NAC for the first time since 2004 with her latest production, WIT’S END III: LOVE LIFE for five performances only! One of Canada’s most celebrated comic artists, Sandra Shamas came into her own as a performer, writer and producer in the mid 1980s with My Boyfriend's Back and... Read more
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MARGUERITE(18 months to 4 years)April 11 to 15, 2012
March 29, 2012
“When I was a little tiny boy… when I was a little tiny girl… when I was a little tiny fish in the sea… a little tiny fish in my mother… I was just a wee bit of a boy… a wee bit of a girl.” Thus begins the play, the words spoken by a chorus telling the tale of a life, the before and after, back when Marguerite was but a glimmer, a tiny promise of a... Read more
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The National Arts Centre is thrilled to announce the appointment of Jillian Keiley as the new Artistic Director of English Theatre
March 27, 2012
Ottawa (Canada)—The National Arts Centre (NAC) is delighted to announce that Jillian Keiley, an award-winning Director from St. John’s, Newfoundland and the founder of the “Artistic Fraud” Theatre Company will be the next Artistic Director of the NAC’s English Theatre Department. “Jillian Keiley is a brilliant theatrical artist who is rooted in... Read more
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PHOTO-ROMANCEApril 4 to 7, 2012, at 8 p.m.
March 26, 2012
A play that met with great acclaim at the Avignon Festival in July 2009, Photo-Romance is a comic and critical evocation of contemporary Lebanon presented in the form of an animated photo story. Born in the late 1960s, the artists Lina Saneh and Rabih Mroué grew up during the civil war. In this piece, which is making its North American début at the NAC, they are “both the same... Read more