News Releases

  1. Instructions pour un éventuel gouvernement socialiste qui souhaiterait abolir la fête de Noël

    November 27, 2015

    (Instructions to Any Future Socialist Government Wishing to Abolish Christmas) December 9 to 12 at 8 p.m. Additional performance: December 13 at 2 p.m. Performed in French “Michael Mackenzie does not condemn the model of high finance that is his subject. He addresses dehumanization, individualization, and the depository of individual and social values, but he never... Read more

  2. MATINEES TO BE CANCELLED OR MOVED AS OF JANUARY 2016

    November 23, 2015

    November 23, 2015 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The National Arts Centre (NAC) announced today that it will begin renovations of its 46 year-old building in December 2015, earlier than originally anticipated. The impacts of this shift are being felt across the entire organization, specifically resulting in the moving or cancellation of daytime performances, including student matinees.... Read more

  3. 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

  4. Petit Pierre Hop on the Merry-go-Round

    October 29, 2015

    Born in a small farming community at the turn of the last century, Petit Pierre, a wee slip of a man with a funny smile, was deaf and partially blind. One day for Fleurette – his favourite cow – he built an unusual beet distributor. That was the first in a slew of inventions that Petit Pierre enjoyed building. With scrap materials gleaned from the roadside, he constructed the work of a... Read more

  5. Septembre

    October 8, 2015

    Today, September 12, a woman is at work. Today, September 12, she is interrupted by a phone call from school; her daughter has a stomach ache. Today, September 12, the woman gets into her car, parks in front of the school and gazes out at the school yard. She observes children at play, imagining all sorts of possible scenarios, from the hilarious to the terrifying.  Written and performed by... Read more

  6. Raising of the Franco-Ontarian Flag at the NAC this Friday

    September 22, 2015

    OTTAWA – The President and CEO of the National Arts Centre (NAC), in conjunction with French-speaking artists and representatives of Franco-Ontarian associations, will be raising the Franco-Ontarian flag to celebrate three anniversaries: the 40th anniversary of the first raising of the flag, the fifth annual Franco-Ontarian Day and the 400th anniversary of the French presence in Ontario.... Read more

  7. À quoi ça sert d’être brillant si t’éclaires personne? A festive and incisive happening

    September 15, 2015

    On September 25 the Francophones of Ontario will be celebrating three anniversaries at once! This festive day marks the 40th anniversary of the first raising of the Franco-Ontarian flag, the fifth annual Franco-Ontarian Day and the 400th anniversary of the French presence in Ontario. The NAC’s Théâtre français will be marking the occasion with a festive and mordant... Read more

  8. A Dazzling Season Indeed!

    June 22, 2015

    On May 23, the 2014-15 NAC Théâtre français season concluded with the Robert Lepage masterpiece Les aiguilles et l’opium, with all five performances sold out. A brief recap of our theatre season: 2  This season the NAC audience discovered two major works directed by Brigitte Haentjens.  Alone onstage in Molly Bloom, Anne-Marie Cadieux gave a magnificent... Read more

  9. Needles and opium back at the NAC !

    May 12, 2015

    Ottawa, 12 May 2015 - Twenty-four years after its première at the NAC, the Robert Lepage masterpiece Les aiguilles et l’opium will be back at the Théâtre français after enjoying worldwide success. “This new version revisits the past,” Lepage explained. “The perspective of maturity adds more sensuality, emotion and humanity to the piece. The show... Read more

  10. De plain-pied : trois jours d’occupation adolescente

    May 8, 2015

    (News release only available in French) Ottawa, le 4 mai 2015 – Pendant trois jours, le CNA appartiendra aux adolescents ! Du 14 au 16 mai, ils seront nombreux à occuper les lieux, à peindre les murs de leur présence et à se faire entendre haut et fort. Avec De plain-pied, le Théâtre français ouvre grand les portes du CNA aux 14-20... Read more