News Releases
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Sink Your Teeth into Some Fierce Music at NACO’s WolfGANG Sessions
November 19, 2015
OTTAWA (Canada) –Sink your teeth into some fierce music on Saturday November 21 at 10:00 p.m., when members of the NAC Orchestra perform chamber music with a wild side for an unforgettable night at Mercury Lounge in the Byward Market. WolfGANG Session No. 4, the first of the season, is again co-presented with our friends at the Mercury Lounge, in partnership with... Read more
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Gilbert loves Anne of Green Gables and So Will You! Anne & Gilbert : The Musical - National Arts Centre Theatre December 1 - 19
November 17, 2015
NAC english theatre production Anne & Gilbert: The Musical Music by Bob Johnston and Nancy White Book by Jeff Hochhauser Lyrics by Nancy White, Bob Johnston and Jeff Hochhauser Based on the Novels “Anne of Avonlea” and “Anne of the Island” by L.M. Montgomery Directed by Martha Irving Choregraphy by Brittany Banks featuring the2015/16 Ensemble and guest artists December... Read more
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MINISTER JOLY WILL ATTEND NAC/INSTAGRAM EVENT ON WEDNESDAY
November 17, 2015
OTTAWA (Canada)— As Canada prepares to celebrate its 150th Anniversary in 2017, the National Arts Centre is partnering with Instagram in a special project that will feature beautiful photography of the architectural detail of the NAC and other leading Canadian arts institutions. The NAC and Instragram will be welcoming the new Minister of Canadian Heritage, Mélanie Joly and more than... Read more
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MINISTER JOLY WILL ATTEND NAC/INSTAGRAM EVENT ON WEDNESDAY
November 17, 2015
OTTAWA (Canada)— As Canada prepares to celebrate its 150th Anniversary in 2017, the National Arts Centre is partnering with Instagram in a special project that will feature beautiful photography of the architectural detail of the NAC and other leading Canadian arts institutions. The NAC and Instragram will be welcoming the new Minister of Canadian Heritage, Mélanie Joly and more than... Read more
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THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE JOINS THE GUGGENHEIM, THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART AND THE LOUVRE IN AN EXCLUSIVE INSTAGRAM EVENT
November 16, 2015
OTTAWA (Canada)— As Canada prepares to celebrate its 150th Anniversary in 2017, the National Arts Centre is partnering with Instagram in a special project that will feature beautiful photography of the architectural detail of the NAC and other leading Canadian arts institutions. More than 30 Ottawa based Instagrammers are coming to the NAC early on November 18, 2015 to photograph the hidden... Read more
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Five Kings: L'histoire de notre chute
November 12, 2015
There are five of them. They succeed one another, detest one other, love and betray each other, and share the same blood. They have risen from the mists of time, yet remain quite contemporary. They spend their lives waiting to be at the top, but once they reach the summit their downfall begins. Richard II, Henri IV, Henri V, Henri VI and Richard III are the component elements of... Read more
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The NAC's Music Alive Program with Inuk Singer/Songwriter Saali Keelan Come to Cape Dorset this Weekend
November 11, 2015
Inuk singer/songwriter Charles "Saali" Keelan will be leading community workshops and coaching young performers at the Kinngait Performing Arts Club clubhouse and Sam Pudlat School in Cape Dorset, Nunavut, as part of the National Arts Centre’s Music Alive Program from Friday November 13 to Sunday November 15. On Saturday, November 14, at 10 a.m. and 1 p.m., Saali will lead workshops for... Read more
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Taiwanese U-Theatre to present an impressive mix of martial arts, dancing, and drumming at the National Arts Centre on November 24
November 10, 2015
The powerful sound of drums will resonate through Southam Hall on November 24, as the NAC audience is treated to an exclusive Canadian performance of Sword of Wisdom by the celebrated Taiwanese U-Theatre company. Magnificent tableaux will be revealed through a combination of rhythmic dancing, martial arts, meditation, theatre and drumming, gracefully executed by an ensemble of 15 dancers and... Read more
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Pinchas Zukerman, Amanda Forsyth and the NAC Orchestra Capture the Beauty of Brahms in New Album
November 5, 2015
OTTAWA (Canada) – Audiences across Canada and worldwide will be able to revel in the beauty of Brahms’ grandest concerto as Pinchas Zukerman, a phenomenon on the music scene for over forty years, Amanda Forsyth, one of North America’s most dynamic cellists, and the National Arts Centre Orchestra, present their magnificent new album, Brahms: Double Concerto, Symphony No. 4... Read more
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NAC English Theatre production The December Man (L’homme de décembre) by Colleen Murphy NAC Studio November 16 - 28
November 3, 2015
NAC english theatre production The December Man (L’homme de dÉcembre) by Colleen Murphy Directed by Sarah Garton Stanley November 16 - 28, 2015 November 5, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – “…no (one) should miss the chance to see this.” – Vancouver Sun On December 6, 1989, a young man by the name of Marc Lépine entered a college classroom... Read more