Student Matinee : The Neverending Story | Feb 5-12, 2020

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Feb 5 - 12, 2020

Babs Asper Theatre 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada

© Photography by David Cooper, Creative direction by Punch & Judy Inc.

Roy Lewis as Bookseller and Jake Runeckles as Bastian. Set/Costume Design Bretta Gerecke; Lighting Design Leigh Ann Vardy © Emily Cooper

Andrew Iles as Atreyu and Andrew Robinson as Artax the Horse. Set/Costume Design Bretta Gerecke; Lighting Design Leigh Ann Vardy

Jake Runeckles as Bastian and Mamie Zwettler as The Childlike Empress. Set/Costume Design Bretta Gerecke; Lighting Design Leigh Ann Vardy © Emily Cooper

Andrew Iles (left) as Atreyu and Kim Horsman as Morla the Turtle. Set/Costume Design Bretta Gerecke; Lighting Design Leigh Ann Vardy

Jake Runeckles as Bastian. Set/Costume Design Bretta Gerecke; Lighting Design Leigh Ann Vardy © Emily Cooper

The Neverending Story. Set/Costume Design Bretta Gerecke; Lighting Design Leigh Ann Vardy

Family programming Theatre Theatre classics Youth

Performance options	Start time	Language	Availability
Wednesday, February 5, 2020	12:00 pm	English	Seats available
Wednesday, February 12, 2020	12:00 pm	English	sold out

““The Neverending Story is a triumph of theatrical imagination. Director Jillian Keiley and designer Bretta Gerecke have created a dazzling glow-in-the-dark vision of a metafictional land that delights anew each time another creatively crafted creature walks or floats on stage. Keiley has put together a show that should get kids excited about theatre with its combination of old-fashioned and newfangled.””
Globe and Mail

An NAC English Theatre Production in association with the Stratford Festival

Embark on the quest of a lifetime.

Hiding in an attic to avoid school bullies, a strangely magical book falls into the hands of ten-year-old Bastian: the tale of a hero’s quest to save the world of Fantastica from the encroaching emptiness called the Nothing. But is Bastian just a reader of this extraordinary story – or a vital part of it?

Filled with spectacle and wondrous other-worldly creatures, this beautiful coming-of-age tale of the trials of childhood and the triumph of imagination will delight and inspire your students.

Study Guide from the Stratford Festival
Quick Reference Guide for Teachers from the Stratford Festival
Ask us about our pre-show workshops with artists from the show!

12:00 NOON

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This event ended on: Feb 16, 2020

Adults & chaperones

1 Free adult per 15 students

Free admittance for special needs assistants

$ (HST included) for additional chaperons At the discretion of the National Arts Centre

Payment deadlines

3 weeks before the performance

Full payment is required by the payment deadline. The NAC reserves the right to cancel any orders submitted but not paid for by the payment deadline.

Seating

There are no reserved seats for NAC student matinee performances.

Instead of tickets you will receive a letter of admission and groups will be seated on a first-come, first-served basis at the performance.

The letter of admission will be issued upon receipt of full payment.

If you have any questions, please contact us at education@nac-cna.ca

Artists

Adapted by David S. Craig

Adapted by David S. Craig

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Directed by Jillian Keiley
Directed by Jillian Keiley

Jillian Keiley has directed and taught across Canada and internationally. She was the founding Artistic Director of Artistic Fraud. Highlights from her 27 years with the company include In Your Dreams Freud, Under Wraps, AfterImage, The Cheat, The Chekhov Variations, and Salvage: Story of a House, Oil and Water, Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, and I Forgive You, most of which were featured on tours across Canada including the NAC. Jillian assumed her role as NAC English Theatre Artistic Director in 2012 and finished her tenure in 2022. Other NAC productions include A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, Metamorphoses: Based on the Myths of Ovid and Copenhagen. She also directed Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank, and As You Like It for the Stratford Festival, as well as The Neverending Story and Alice Through the Looking-Glass, both produced as collaborations between the Stratford Festival and the NAC. Tempting Providence, her collaboration with Robert Chafe for Theatre Newfoundland Labrador, toured internationally for 12 years. Her production of Tell Tale Harbour at the Confederation Centre for the Arts was a blockbuster hit at the Confederation Centre this past summer and she looks forward to opening summer productions of Richard the Second at the Stratford Festival and Come From Away in Gander, Newfoundland. Jillian holds Honorary Doctorates of Letters from both Memorial University and York University, and she was the winner of the Siminovitch Prize for Directing in 2004 and the Canada Council’s John Hirsch Prize in 1997.

Metteure en scène primée de St. John’s, à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador, Jillian Keiley est la fondatrice de la compagnie de théâtre Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland. Elle a signé des mises en scène et enseigné partout au Canada, et elle a aussi travaillé à l’étranger. Titulaire d’un baccalauréat en Beaux-arts avec concentration en Théâtre de l’Université York, Mme Keiley a remporté le prestigieux prix Siminovitch (mise en scène) en 2004, ainsi que le prix John-Hirsch du Conseil des arts du Canada, et a reçu des doctorats honorifiques en Lettres de l’Université Memorial et de l’Université York. Jillian est entrée en poste comme directrice aretistique du Théâtre anglais du CNA en août 2012, et les productions qu’elle a mises en scène au CNA comprennent The Neverending Story, Between Breaths, The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, A Christmas Carol, Twelfth Night, Metamorphoses: Based on the Myths of Ovid, Tartuffe, Oil and Water et Alice Through the Looking-Glass. Récemment, elle a mis en scène Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank et As You Like It pour le Festival de Stratford, et ses productions de Tartuffe (CNA) et The Colony of Unrequited Dreams (Artistic Fraud) ont tourné à Terre-Neuve-et-Labrador. Tempting Providence, fruit de sa collaboration avec Robert Chafe pour Theatre Newfoundland Labrador, a tourné sur la scène mondiale pendant douze ans et a été la production inaugurale lors du lancement du Nurse Myra Bennett Theatre à Cow Head, Terre-Neuve, l’été dernier.

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Featuring Sean Arbuckle

Featuring Sean Arbuckle

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Featuring Tim Campbell

Featuring Tim Campbell

Tim has appeared in over 35 productions at the Stratford Festival, including John Proctor in The Crucible, Buckingham in Henry VIII, Chris Keller in All My Sons, and Horatio in Hamlet. Other theatre credits include Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Theatre, Washington DC); Death of a Salesman, Twelve Angry Men, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Soulpepper); and Private Lives (Chicago Shakespeare). Recent film and TV credits: Robyn Hood (Global), Under the Banner of Heaven (FX), You Can Live Forever (Prospector Films), and V/H/S/94 (Shudder).

Tim a joué dans plus de 35 productions présentées au Festival de Stratford, notamment John Proctor dans The Crucible, Buckingham dans Henry VIII, Chris Keller dans All My Sons et Horatio dans Hamlet. Parmi ses autres collaborations au théâtre, mentionnons : Midsummer Night’s Dream (Shakespeare Theatre, Washington, D.C.); Death of a Salesman, Twelve Angry Men, Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf (Soulpepper); et Private Lives (Chicago Shakespeare Theater). Au cinéma et à la télévision, on a pu le voir récemment dans Robyn Hood (Global), Under the Banner of Heaven (FX), You Can Live Forever (Prospector Films) et V/H/S/94 (Shudder).

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Featuring Laura Condlln

Featuring Laura Condlln

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Featuring Ijeoma Emesowum

Featuring Ijeoma Emesowum

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Featuring Jordin Hall

Featuring Jordin Hall

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Featuring Kim Horsman

Featuring Kim Horsman

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Featuring Andrew Iles

Featuring Andrew Iles

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Featuring Roy Lewis

Featuring Roy Lewis

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Featuring Hilary McCormack

Featuring Hilary McCormack

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Featuring Katelyn McCulloch

Featuring Katelyn McCulloch

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Featuring Andrew Robinson

Featuring Andrew Robinson

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Featuring Jake Runeckles

Featuring Jake Runeckles

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Featuring Rylan Wilkie

Featuring Rylan Wilkie

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Featuring Mamie Zwettler

Featuring Mamie Zwettler

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Designer Bretta Gerecke
Designer Bretta Gerecke
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Composer Hawksley Workman

Composer Hawksley Workman

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Sound Designer Don Ellis

Sound Designer Don Ellis

Sound design credits include The Neverending Story (NAC/Stratford Festival); Anne and Gilbert, A Christmas Carol (NAC); Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank, As You Like It (Stratford Festival); The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Oil and Water, Under Wraps, Afterimage, Fear of Flight (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland); Ann and Seamus (Shallaway); Rick Mercer's Show Me the Button, I'll Push It. Film/TV: Boom Operator: Republic of Doyle, Random Passage (CBC); Love and Savagery (Morag); Rare Birds. Production sound: Danny (NFB); Misery Harbour (UIP Denmark). Producer/engineer: Hunter Hunter, Spectators (Amelia Curran); Dardanelles, The Eastern Light (Dardanelles); The Once, We Win Some We Lose (The Once); All Will Be Well (Fortunate Ones). Musician: Boy on Bridge (Alan Doyle). Awards: JUNO for Hunter Hunter; East Coast Music Award for The Once, Duane Andrews; MUSIC NL - Industry Professional of the Year.

Les conceptions sonores signées Don Ellis comprennent : The Neverending Story (CNA/Festival de Stratford); Anne and Gilbert, A Christmas Carol (CNA); Bakkhai, The Diary of Anne Frank, As You Like It (Festival de Stratford); The Colony of Unrequited Dreams, Oil and Water, Under Wraps, Afterimage, Fear of Flight (Artistic Fraud of Newfoundland); Ann and Seamus (Shallaway); Show Me the Button, I’ll Push It de Rick Mercer. Il a été perchiste au cinéma et à la télévision, dans Republic of Doyle et Random Passage (CBC), Love and Savagery (Morag) et Rare Birds. On lui doit la sonorisation de Danny (ONF) et de Misery Harbour (UIP Danemark). Il a agi comme producteur et ingénieur du son dans : Hunter Hunter, Spectators (Amelia Curran); Dardanelles, The Eastern Light (Dardanelles); The Once, We Win Some We Lose (The Once); All Will Be Well (Fortunate Ones). Comme musicien, on l’a entendu dans Boy on Bridge (Alan Doyle). Don a également remporté plusieurs prix, dont un prix JUNO pour Hunter Hunter, le East Coast Music Award pour The Once, Duane Andrews et un prix MUSIC NL comme Professionnel de l’année dans l’industrie.

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Movement and Puppetry Director Brad Cook

Movement and Puppetry Director Brad Cook

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Associate Director Mikaela Davies

Associate Director Mikaela Davies

Mikaela Lily Davies is an actor, director and creator. She is a 2020 graduate of the prestigious CBC Canadian Film Centre's Acting Conservatory. She has performed in eight shows with Soulpepper Theatre (Two Dora Mavor Moore nominations for Best Ensemble) and spent four seasons at The Stratford Festival, playing Katherine of France in Breath of Kings, Irma in The Madwoman of Chaillot and Beatrice-Joanna in The Changeling. She is a graduate of the Michael Langham Workshop for Classical Direction and the inaugural recipient of the Jon Kaplan Canadian Stage Performer Award. She holds a Elizabeth Sterling Hayes Award nomination for Outstanding Comedic Performance for the titular role Miss Bennet at The Citadel Theatre and a Montreal English Theatre Award nomination for Outstanding Supporting Performance for her work as Bess in The Last Wife at The Centaur Theatre. She has directed and created a handful of plays with Polly Phokeev including the award-winning How We Are, and The Mess. You can see her on this season's Murdoch Mysteries and hear her on Audible, voicing Lila in Camilla Gibb's beautiful novel, The Relatives. Most recently, she directed and co-created a new original musical adaptation of Master and Margarita created with Phokeev and Hailey Gillis, that received a workshop production at Crow's Theatre.

Mikaela Lily Davies est comédienne, metteure en scène et créatrice de nouvelles œuvres. Elle joué dans huit spectacles au théâtre Soulpepper et a passé quatre saisons au Festival de Stratford (Katherine de France dans Breath of Kings, Irma dans The Madwoman of Chaillot et Beatrice-Joanna dans The Changeling). Elle est comme comédienne et membre du Michael Langham Conservatory for Classical Direction. Mme Davies est la première lauréate du Jon Kaplan Canadian Stage Performer Award, et a été mise en nomination pour un prix Elizabeth Sterling Haynes pour sa prestation dans Miss Bennet, ainsi qu’un Montreal English Theatre Award pour sa prestation dans The Last Wife.

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Stage Manager Brian Scott

Stage Manager Brian Scott

Brian is happy and grateful to return to the NAC. Thank you’s to Jillian, Andy, Samira, the Copenhagen Company, and all the staff at NAC English Theatre. Previous productions at the National Arts Centre include the just-before-the-pandemic-hit The Neverending Story, Alice Through The Looking-Glass (both produced in association with the Stratford Festival) and Frida K.

The original stage manager on this production of Copenhagen is Kai Yueh Chen. Brian would like to thank Kai for all of his help and assistance on this second rehearsal/performance process.

Brian lives in Stratford, Ontario.

Brian est heureux et reconnaissant de revenir au CNA. Merci à Jillian, Andy, Samira, à la Copenhagen Company et à tout le personnel du Théâtre anglais du CNA. Parmi ses précédentes productions au Centre national des Arts, citons The Neverending Story, Alice Through The Looking-Glass (toutes deux produites en association avec le Festival de Stratford) et Frida K.

Le régisseur original de cette production de Copenhagen est Kai Yueh Chen. Brian souhaite remercier Kai pour toute son aide et son assistance lors de ce deuxième processus de répétition/spectacle.

Brian habite à Stratford, en Ontario

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Assistant Stage Manager Jacki Brabazon

Assistant Stage Manager Jacki Brabazon

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Assistant Stage Manager Loreen Gibson

Assistant Stage Manager Loreen Gibson

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Based upon the novel by Michael Ende
Adapted by David S. Craig
Directed by Jillian Keiley
Featuring Andrew Iles, Jake Runeckles, Sean Arbuckle, Tim Campbell, Laura Condlln, Ijeoma Emesowum, Jordin Hall, Kim Horsman, Roy Lewis, Hilary McCormack, Katelyn McCulloch, Andrew Robinson, Rylan Wilkie, Mamie Zwettler
Designer Bretta Gerecke
Lighting Designer Leigh Ann Vardy
Composer Hawksley Workman
Sound Designer Don Ellis
Movement and Puppetry Director Brad Cook
Associate Director Mikaela Davies
Stage Manager Brian Scott
Assistant Stage Manager Jacki Brabazon
Assistant Stage Manager Loreen Gibson

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