News Releases

  1. CELEBRATING CANADIAN TALENT: 2015 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S PERFORMING ARTS AWARD LAUREATES ANNOUNCED

    April 9, 2015

    MONTREAL, April 9, 2015 – The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Foundation is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of Canada’s highest and most prestigious performing arts awards. The 2015 laureates of the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards (GGPAA) for Lifetime Artistic Achievement are: • Walter Boudreau, C.M. Composer, conductor and... Read more

  2. NAC French Theatre 2015-2016 season launch

    April 9, 2015

    Art should force us into the streets ! - André Breton - Ottawa, 9 April 2015– Last night before an enthusiastic audience the Théâtre français unveiled its program for the 2015-16 season at the NAC Studio. For her 4th season as artistic director, Brigitte Haentjens has selected plays from here and elsewhere, works by both emerging artists and... Read more

  3. Noeuds Papillon

    April 7, 2015

    Ottawa, 2 April 2015 - Marie-Eve Huot is a highly talented young artist, and in her play Nœuds papillon, the writing and staging are very personal, rich with the desire to evoke dreams, pluck and courage. All of these the young heroine at the heart of the tale will need as she copes with the absence of her father, who died too young. This is the small story of Amélie, age 11, plus the... Read more

  4. NAC English Theatre Artistic Director Jillian Keiley Shines a Light on the Stories for the 2015/16 Season. Important Stories. Canadian Stories. Our Stories.

    March 31, 2015

    News Release NAC English Theatre Artistic Director Jillian Keiley Shines a Light on the Stories for the 2015/16 Season. Important Stories. Canadian Stories. Our Stories. March 31, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – Theatre. Humanity. Canada. These three words helped NAC English Theatre Artistic Director Jillian Keiley shape the stories of the 2015/16 English Theatre season. “I believe... Read more

  5. ALICE TUMBLES DOWN THE RABBIT HOLE IN 6 PERFORMANCES OF THE NATIONAL BALLET OF CANADA’S EYE-POPPING ALICE’S ADVENTURES IN WONDERLAND AT THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ON APRIL 9-12

    March 30, 2015

    Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland is wildly inventive and outrageously entertaining – an instant 21st-century ballet classic. The production enthralled audiences when it premiered in 2011 with its mind-boggling stagecraft, excellent choreography and perfect blend of classical dance and sheer entertainment. Having performed to sold-out houses in Toronto, London, New York City, Los... Read more

  6. AWARD-WINNING TELEVISION PRODUCER VIRGINIA THOMPSON WILL EXECUTIVE PRODUCE THE GOVERNOR GENERAL’S PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS GALA AT THE NAC

    March 30, 2015

     March 30, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre (NAC) is pleased to announce that Virginia Thompson, one of Canada’s most gifted television producers has been named the new Executive Producer of The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala. The annual Gala will take place at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on May 30, 2015 when six of... Read more

  7. Earth Hour at the National Arts Centre

    March 25, 2015

    The National Arts Centre (NAC) will join millions of citizens around the world in support of the environment during Earth Hour on Saturday March 28, 2015. From 8:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m., the NAC will switch off all non-essential lighting and ventilation. Staff will be reminded to turn off their computers and desk lamps before they leave for the weekend. As for patrons of the NAC’s le... Read more

  8. National Arts Centre Congratulates JUNO Award Winners Angela Hewitt and NAC Orchestra

    March 16, 2015

    The National Arts Centre congratulates Canadian pianist Angela Hewitt who won the JUNO Award for Best Classical Album of the Year (Large Ensemble or Soloist(s) with Large Ensemble Accompaniment) for Mozart’s Piano Concertos Nos. 22 & 24 (Hyperion), recorded with the National Arts Centre Orchestra and conducted by Hannu Lintu. The recording was captured in July 2013 in Ms. Hewitt’s... Read more

  9. Zones Théâtrales to Return in 2015, 2017 and 2019 Thanks to a New Partnership Agreement

    March 9, 2015

    The sixth edition of Zones Théâtrales, the biennial showcase of professional theatre from Francophone communities across Canada and the Quebec Regions, will be held September 14–19, 2015, at various venues in Ottawa-Gatineau. Funding for the 2015, 2017 and 2019 editions of Zones Théâtrales is provided under a new Memorandum of Understanding has been... Read more

  10. BENJAMIN MILLEPIED’S L.A. DANCE PROJECT BRINGS A DAZZLING TRIPLE BILL TO THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ON MARCH 11

    March 5, 2015

    Canadian premiere of an exclusive Canadian engagement! Co-founded in 2012 by celebrated dancer-choreographer Benjamin Millepied (the new Director of the Paris Opera Ballet), the enormously successful L.A. Dance Project makes its Canadian premiere at the NAC. A highlight of the evening is two new works by Millepied: Moving Parts, a series of sharp, sophisticated scenes, and Hearts and Arrows, the... Read more