BIG BANG Festival

Ages 6 to 12

© Wouter Van Looy
© Julie Charland
© Dries Segers
© Dries Segers
© Dries Segers
© Dries Segers
© Dries Segers
© Dries Segers
© Dries Segers
© Dries Segers
© Dries Segers
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© Dries Segers
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Performance options Start time Language Availability
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 9:45 am bilingual Seats available
Wednesday, February 13, 2019 12:30 pm bilingual Seats available
Thursday, February 14, 2019 9:45 am bilingual Seats available
Friday, February 15, 2019 9:45 am bilingual Seats available
Thursday, February 14, 2019 12:30 pm bilingual sold out
Friday, February 15, 2019 12:30 pm bilingual sold out

“Groove to the tunes of jazz legend Miles Davis, performed by three brilliant musicians. But, fair warning, you might get called on stage to participate! It’s a clever and interactive show like you’ve never experienced before.”

Warning: Jazz rhythms ahead!

It’s raining notes. The trumpet is laughing, the piano is crying. Three laid-back virtuosos mix music like dough. Their instruments spout all the colours of the great Miles Davis, while hypnotic videos draw you into the mix. You may even be invited to jump on stage to become a conductor or beatboxer.

This is the third visit from our Belgian friends Zonzo, after Slumberland and Listen to the Silence. Don’t give them a hard time for forgetting (again!) to pack boredom in their luggage!

This show is part of the Big Bang Festival, two days of fun musicolourful experiments for the whole family, big and small ears alike. At the NAC, Sunday, February 17 and Monday, February 18, 2019 (full program to be announced).

* Interactive musical show without words 

Only 160 seats available!

Artists

  • Music Miles Davis
  • wouter-van-looy-credit-mirjamdevriendt
    Artistic direction and stage design Wouter Van Looy
  • Music Fulco Ottervanger
  • bert-bernaertscdries-segers
    Trumpet and double bass Bert Bernaerts
  • seppe-gebruers-cgeert-vandepoele
    Piano Seppe Gebreurs
  • simon-segers-credit-natascha-vanmechelen
    Drums Simon Segers
  • With With Bert Bernaerts (trumpet and double bass), Seppe Gebreurs (piano) et Simon Segers (drums)
  • Video Johan Cosijns
  • Costumes Evelyn Demaertelaere
  • Technical Director and Stage Manager Pieter Nys
  • Set Construction Luc Cools
  • Produced by Zonzo Compagnie
  • Coproduced by De Beren vzw, Belém Cultural Center, De Werf Arts Centre, Rataplan Arts Centre and Jeunesses Musicales Flandre (Belgium)

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Learning and engagement at Canada’s National Arts Centre is made possible through the support of many generous individuals and organizations from across the country. Arts Alive is generously supported by the Azrieli Foundation, the Government of Nunavut, Canadian North, Calm Air, The River Philip Foundation, The Turnbull Family Community Building Foundation, and The Thomas Sill Foundation. Thank you also to Grant and Alice Burton, Canada Life, A Donor-Advised Fund at the Community Foundation of Ottawa, Friends of the NAC Orchestra, Donors to the NAC Foundation's Future Fund, The Janice and Earle O’Born Fund for Artistic Excellence, and the donors and sponsors of the NAC’s National Youth and Education Trust, the primary resource for youth and education funding at the National Arts Centre.