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Meet Jeff Schwager of the NAC English Theatre Company
October 23, 2012 -
Grupo Corpo is sex. Grupo Corpo is spectacle. Grupo Corpo is South...
October 22, 2012I don't want to shock you, gentle blog-reader, but sometimes (rarely) a publicist has to use a tiny touch of hyperbole to describe a show. You know: steak vs. sizzle. But here's the thing: there is no exaggeration required when it comes to describing the explosive pyrotechnics of Brazil's…
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Two Classic Plays…Two Separate Periods…Two Different Cities…One Opening Night Part II
October 19, 201210:06 p.m. Ottawa - Audiences head out from the opening of The Glace Bay Miners' Museum (a co-production with Neptune Theatre) and enter the NAC Salon for the after party. 8:06 p.m. Calgary - Audiences are getting ready for Pride and Prejudice to open at Theatre Calgary. Two plays…
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Two Classic Plays…Two Separate Periods…Two Different Cities…One Opening Night
October 19, 2012When the 2012 -13 English Theatre season was announced, there was much excitement around the first two productions in the Theatre, Wendy Lill's The Glace Bay Miners' Museum (a co-production with Neptune Theatre) and Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice - in a co-production with Theatre Calgary…
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An Uncompromising Love
October 19, 2012 -
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Rochelle and David Greenberg: Supporting the NAC gives couple the chance to...
October 18, 2012When Rochelle and David Greenberg went to see the National Arts Centre Orchestra that night they weren’t expecting anything out of the ordinary. Then suddenly a hush fell over the audience. Canadian politician and patron of the arts, the Hon. Mitchell Sharp was walking across the stage…
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Meet Martha Irving of the NAC English Theatre Company
October 18, 2012 -
Closet Raiding Marie Antoinette’s Wardrobe
October 18, 2012 -
An Hommage to Nothern Music Makers
October 17, 2012 -
Meet Francine Deschepper of the NAC English Theatre Company
October 16, 2012 -
Kidd Pivot rehearsing The Tempest Replica at the NAC rehearsal hall
October 15, 2012 -
NAC English Theatre is Getting Around Canada!
October 12, 2012This was a very interesting week for English Theatre at the NAC. The first three productions of the 12-13 season were all in rehearsal, but all in different cities, with Pride and Prejudice working hard in Calgary, thirsty beginning rehearsals this week in Toronto, and The Glace Bay Miners'…
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ArtsAlive.ca: bringing the performing arts to life in Canadian classrooms
October 12, 2012For students in Amanda Baker’s grade 3 French immersion class at Mary Honeywell Elementary Public School, it’s one of their most favourite activities. “Students are very excited to use the NAC’s ArtsAlive.ca website. As soon as I turn on the computer during our “Music block” of the day,…
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An Exchange of Musical Ideas
October 12, 2012When an orchestra goes on tour, the music is the first priority – selecting repertoire, shipping the instruments, tuning in a new space. But that music very quickly evolves into friendships, in an exchange of music. Between October 26 and November 4, the National Arts Centre Orchestra will…
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Political Pawn. Teenage Queen. Lover. Victim. Marie Antoinette.
October 12, 2012Villain or victim? Haughty free-spending queen or impetuous naive girl? In his full-length ballet Marie -- an ambitious storytelling extravaganza -- Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch offers a new perspective on the controversial and always fascinating life of Marie Antoinette.…
