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  1. NAC DANCE WRAPS UP THE SEASON WITH CANADIAN PREMIERE OF SÃO PAULO COMPANHIA DE DANÇA

    April 18, 2016

    NAC Dance is extremely proud to present the Canadian Premiere of São Paulo Companhia de Dança (SPCD) on April 26 in Southam Hall. For one night only, the company will perform 3 outstanding works: The Seasons, by Édouard Lock, Mamihlapinatapai by Jomar Mesquita, and Gnawa by Nacho Duato. Founded in 2008, this young company has quickly become one of Brazil’s leading... Read more

  2. MICHAEL BUBLÉ RECEIVES 2016 NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE AWARD

    April 14, 2016

    April 14, 2016 – MONTREAL (Canada) – Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) is delighted to announce it is awarding the prestigious 2016 National Arts Centre Award to Michael Bublé. An internationally acclaimed, Grammy and Juno Award-winning singer, Bublé will be honoured during the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala at the National Arts... Read more

  3. ACTOR AND DIRECTOR ALBERT MILLAIRE TO MENTOR QUEBEC PLAYWRIGHT BENJAMIN PRADET IN 2016 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM

    April 14, 2016

    ACTOR AND DIRECTOR ALBERT MILLAIRE TO MENTOR QUEBEC PLAYWRIGHT BENJAMIN PRADET IN 2016 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS MENTORSHIP PROGRAM April 14, 2016 – MONTREAL (Canada) – Canada’s National Arts Centre (NAC) is delighted to announce that the veteran actor, director and arts advocate Albert Millaire has to chosen to mentor the Quebec playwright Benjamin Pradet... Read more

  4. The Cotton Club is swinging again at the NAC, April 28-30

    April 14, 2016

    OTTAWA (Canada) – From April 28-30, let the NAC Orchestra guide you on a journey back to the 1920’s, to New York City’s iconic “Cotton Club,” where Jazz legends Duke Ellington, Cab Calloway, Ella Fitzgerald and Count Basie debuted some of the greatest jazz hits of all time. This Fidelity Investment Pop’s concert will showcase the NAC Orchestra performing these... Read more

  5. Belles Soeurs: The Musical April 27 - May 14 NAC Theatre. NAC English Theatre Presentation

    April 12, 2016

    NAC English Theatre Presentation Belles Soeurs: The Musical Based on the Play Les Belles-Sœurs by Michel Tremblay Book, Lyrics and Direction by René Richard Cyr Music by Daniel Bélanger English Book Adapted by Brian Hill English Lyrics, Musical adaptation and Additional Music by Neil Bartram Orchestrations and Musical Direction by Chris Barillaro A Copa de Oro Productions Ltd... Read more

  6. Multimedia Exhibition Échos – André Brassard at the NAC April 12 to May 28

    April 12, 2016

    The National Arts Centre (NAC) is pleased to present an adaptation of the exhibition Échos – André Brassard, produced and created by Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec (BAnQ) and Montreal-based creation studio Artificiel and presented at Montreal’s Grande Bibliothèque in 2014–15. A tribute to legendary stage director... Read more

  7. STATEMENT: National Arts Centre Flag flies at Half-Staff in Honour of Canadian playwright Marcel Dubé

    April 8, 2016

    Less than a week after the death of actress Rita Lafontaine, the National Arts Centre (NAC) is saddened to have learned the loss of another Canadian theatre legend, playwright Marcel Dubé. Over the course of its history, the NAC has been proud to present some of Marcel Dubé’s most important works, including the plays Zone, Un simple soldat and Les Beaux Dimanches. In 2005 he... Read more

  8. Vernissage of the multimedia exhibition "Échos –André Brassard" Tuesday April 12 at the NAC

    April 6, 2016

    Legendary stage director André Brassard will make a rare appearance at the vernissage of the multimedia exhibition Échos –André Brassard, Tuesday, April 12 at 1:30 p.m. at the National Arts Centre (NAC). The former artistic director of NAC French Theatre (1982–90) will be joined by the current artistic director, Brigitte Haentjens, and two... Read more

  9. STATEMENT: National Arts Centre Flag Flies at Half-staff in Honour of Canadian Theatre Icon Rita Lafontaine

    April 5, 2016

    It was with great sadness the National Arts Centre (NAC) has learned of the death of actress Rita Lafontaine, one of Canada’s greatest French-language artists. The prolific actress performed in more than a dozen works at the NAC, including Lysistrata, the very first French-language theatre play presented at the NAC in June 1969, as well as the world premiere of the seminal Albertine, en cinq... Read more

  10. FAMOUS CATALAN CONTEMPORARY DANCER MARÍA MUÑOZ PERFORMS BACH, APRIL 14 TO 16 AT THE NAC STUDIO

    April 5, 2016

    NAC Dance is pleased to welcome for the first time at the National Arts Centre, María Muñoz, a prominent figure of the Spanish contemporary dance scene. From April 14 to 16, she will perform her solo entitled Bach, accompanied to Johann Sebastian Bach’s The Well-Tempered Clavier, interpreted by famed Canadian pianist Glenn Gould. “I created this solo quite late in my... Read more