News Releases
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The NAC Orchestra Bursary Competition opens for applications
November 30, 2023
Close to $25,000 to be awarded to talented young musicians from across Canada November 30, 2023 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) continues to nurture young musical talent in Canada’s National Capital Region with its 2024 NAC Orchestra Bursary Competition, which opens to applications on Friday, December 1st, 2023. ... Read more
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Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra announces groundbreaking recording project, commissioning four Canadian composers
November 17, 2023
New recording cycle led by Alexander Shelley sees the NAC Orchestra premiering new works by Canadian composers alongside Richard Strauss masterpieces, November 22 and 23 at Southam Hall, broadcast live on November 23 November 17, 2023 – OTTAWA – Canada's National Arts Centre Orchestra (NACO) is thrilled to unveil a pioneering music project that promises to redefine the... Read more
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Get Ready for a Breakout Hit! Showstopping Musical Prison Dancer takes over the NAC in November
November 9, 2023
GET READY FOR A BREAKOUT HIT! SHOWSTOPPING MUSICAL PRISON DANCER TAKES OVER THE NAC IN NOVEMBER All-Filipino musical marks Nina Lee Aquino’s first directed production as Artistic Director November 9, 2023 – OTTAWA (Canada). In 2007, a video featuring 1,500 inmates in a Filipino prison dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller was uploaded to YouTube, quickly becoming one of... Read more
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NAC French Theatre launches 2024 Collective activities and presents Le virus et la proie
November 6, 2023
In November, NAC French Theatre tackles politics in all its expressions and contradictions November 6, 2023 – OTTAWA (Canada) – With the 2023–24 season well underway, NAC French Theatre is preparing to present the Nouveau Théâtre Expérimental’s production of Le virus et la proie (“the virus and the prey”) and... Read more
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Margo Kane Receives National Arts Centre Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring
November 6, 2023
The National Arts Centre (NAC) is pleased to announce that Margo Kane has been awarded the 2023 National Arts Centre Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring. Ms. Kane is being recognized for her lifelong commitment to creating new performance and touring opportunities for Indigenous artists and companies, and the development of Indigenous touring networks in Canada and abroad. ... Read more
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NAC GALA : Celebrating Arts Education in Canada Over the Past 25 years
November 1, 2023
The NAC Gala in support of the National Youth and Education Trust has raised over $15 million through the years. November 1, 2023 – OTTAWA, Canada — This evening, on the occasion of its 2023 Gala featuring world-renowned soprano Renée Fleming, the National Arts Centre (NAC) and its orchestra, led by Music Director Alexander Shelley,... Read more
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Crystal Pite and Jonathon Young’s Highly Anticipated New Work Comes to the NAC
October 24, 2023
Assembly Hall, a Kidd Pivot Production, is a brilliantly orchestrated hybrid of dance and theatre October 24, 2023 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Sure to be a hot ticket this season, Assembly Hall comes to Babs Asper Theatre from November 2 to 4. From the team that created the ground-breaking, award-winning productions of Revisor and Betroffenheit — which The Guardian hailed as “the... Read more
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Theatre Icon Walter Borden Brings Highly Anticipated The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time To The NAC
October 17, 2023
THEATRE ICON WALTER BORDEN BRINGS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ONE MAN SHOW TO THE NAC Autobiographical The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time arrives after previously cancelled performances in 2022. October 4, 2023 – OTTAWA (Canada). In February of 2022, NAC English Theatre was set to present Walter Borden’s masterpiece, The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time, when protests in downtown... Read more
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Une petite fête: A Space for Freedom and Joyful Dissent
October 16, 2023
NAC French Theatre’s Enfance/jeunesse family series kicks off with festive chaos and a healthy dose of irreverence October 16, 2023 – OTTAWA (Canada) – On October 28 and 29, two performers and a dynamic musician invite children ages 4 to 8—and perhaps their parents—to a secret party, a little mischievous, a little delirious; a party where mild delinquency... Read more
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LEGENDARY CHOREOGRAPHER AKRAM KHAN’S LATEST WORK JUNGLE BOOK REIMAGINED COMES TO THE NAC
October 5, 2023
Storytelling at the heart of Khan’s signature movement style October 5, 2023 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Akram Khan’s latest work, Jungle Book reimagined, an NAC Co-Production, comes to Southam Hall for three performances, including a Saturday matinee. At the age of ten, Akram Khan played Mowgli in an Indian dance version of The Jungle Book, and decades... Read more