BIG BANG Festival

Pakman

Suggested for 5-12 years old

Feb 12 - 14, 2020
Azrieli Studio Foyer 1 Elgin Street Ottawa Canada
© Robin Reynders
© Julie Charland
© Robin Reynders
© Robin Reynders
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© Dries Segers
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© Dries Segers
© Dries Segers
© Dries Segers
  • Approx. 30 minutes
Performance options Start time Language Availability
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 9:30 am bilingual Seats available
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 11:00 am bilingual Seats available
Wednesday, February 12, 2020 12:45 pm bilingual sold out
Thursday, February 13, 2020 9:30 am bilingual sold out
Thursday, February 13, 2020 11:00 am bilingual sold out
Thursday, February 13, 2020 12:45 pm bilingual sold out
Friday, February 14, 2020 9:30 am bilingual sold out
Friday, February 14, 2020 11:00 am bilingual sold out
Friday, February 14, 2020 12:45 pm bilingual sold out

Suggested for 5-12 years old

Special delivery of a spectacular package!

The stage is the size of a truck. Inside, anything can (and does!) become a drum: the walls, the table, even the ceiling! Thanks to the breathtaking beat masters running the show, theatre serves another knockout blow to the drab monotony of everyday life.

We received a box from Europe containing a whole show! You wouldn’t believe all the wild and wonderful things we found when we opened it! So we quickly closed it again so you could enjoy the same surprise. Okay, here are two clues while you’re waiting: #1: An astonishing micro-stage, like a mini-factory, a little beige, that becomes a totally infernal rhythm machine! #2: Two employees work there: one turns into a hilarious juggling musician, the other into an animal-drum. Because, let’s face it, art makes everything more fun!

The performances on Sunday, February 16 and Monday, February 17 are part of the BIG BANG Festival, two days of sound adventures and experiments for the whole family, big and small ears alike. (Full program coming soon: bigbangfestival.ca)

 

*Show without words

 

**Only 40 seats!

*** The show takes place in a secret NAC location! Meeting Point for the public: Studio Azrieli's Foyer

  • Created by Stijn Grupping Created by Frederik Meulyzer and Ine Van Baelen
  • With Stijn Grupping (circus) and Frederik Meulyzer (live music)
  • Set design Reinout Hiel
  • Choreographic consultant Karolien Verlinden
  • Costumes Linse Van Gool
  • Graphic design Vildana Memic
  • Produced by Post uit Hessdalen
  • Coproduced by Theater op de Markt and MiramirO
  • Featuring With the support of the Government of Flanders, the Province of Antwerp and the City of Antwerp

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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.