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Richard III: Colossal venture by Brigitte Haentjens a huge success
March 17, 2015After nearly three years of hard work, Shakespeare’s Richard III was at last on the stage of the Théâtre du Nouveau Monde in Montreal, and will soon be presented at the NAC’s Théâtre français in April. In staging this monumental piece, director Brigitte Haentjens worked closely with…
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Creative insights
March 13, 2015Attending pre-rehearsal chats and open rehearsals are one of the many benefits donors receive when they support performance, creation and learning across Canada through the National Arts Centre Foundation. Recently, on two separate occasions, composer Mark Neikrug and theatre director…
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Canada’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival: Bringing together Canadian artists one festival at...
March 10, 2015Canada’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival has the distinction of being Canada’s only national theatre festival. Co-presented by the National Art Centre’s English Theatre, Magnetic North travels to a new host community in Canada every second year from their base in Ottawa, helping to support…
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2015 Annual General Meeting
March 4, 2015On Canada Day 2017, the re-imagined NAC will open its doors. The architectural rejuvenation project includes improved performances spaces, spectacular public areas for education and events, improved accessibility for people with mobility challenges, and a magnificent glass entrance. The…
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De plain-pied is getting ready!
March 3, 2015Warning: a teenage tsunami will submerge the NAC on May 14, 15 and 16! A creation cell composed of youth aged 14 to 20 is currently imagining creative spaces and fun activities that will populate the NAC. Imagine a forest growing within the walls, a labyrinth leading through an existential…
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A new kind of ice dancing
February 12, 2015NAC Dance steps from the concert stage to centre ice! Le Patin Libre is a Canadian collective of professional skaters who are breathing new energy into skating by bringing urban street dance and high-level artistic expression to contemporary skating. Vertical Influences, co-produced by NAC…
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Stuff Happens: powerful political theatre
February 12, 2015In the play Stuff Happens playwright David Hare examines the events leading up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq. For actor Stuart Hughes, Stuff Happens is a history play, and as such, goes far beyond mimicking the television personas of the play’s characters, who include Colin Powell, George…
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Mémé est morte, vive Mémé !
February 9, 2015This article is only available in French par Karine Cellard et Sylvain Schryburt On ne peut pas parler « grand-mère » sans aussi parler « petits-enfants » : les deux sont indissociables. Après tout, c’est leur naissance qui confère le titre de grand, sinon d’arrière, et qui fait se…
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Director David Ferry on Stuff Happens
February 5, 2015Award-winning actor and director David Ferry describes Stuff Happens by legendary British playwright Sir David Hare as a cautionary tale of Shakespearean proportions. "It's like Richard III, or Henry V,” he said. “It deals with huge issues of power, of access to power, and how power can be…
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Meet the two-wheeled Associate Producer of NAC Presents
January 29, 2015Meet Xavier Forget. He’s the Associate Producer of French Programming for NAC Presents, the National Arts Centre’s Canadian music series. Since its creation in 2011, not only has Xavier programmed some of Canada’s biggest Francophone artists – Ariane Moffat, Pierre Lapointe, Jean Leloup –…
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Jill Barber: Music and motherhood
January 29, 2015Singer-songwriter Jill Barber is a repeat performer at NAC Presents, a concert series showcasing Canada’s best singer-songwriters. Inspired by many musical styles, she deftly combines a Motown groove with sophisticated retro pop on her sixth album Fool’s Gold. Music and motherhood,…
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Face to face with new dance
January 28, 2015Cathy Levy, the National Arts Centre’s Executive Producer of Dance, has brought some of the world’s very best dance artists to Canada, such as Germany’s Tanztheater Wuppertal Pina Bausch who recently performed two sold-out shows in the NAC’s Southam Hall. As she travels the globe looking…
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Following the tracks of Pierre-Guy B.
January 27, 2015Creators Philippe Soldevila, Christian Essiambre and Pierre Guy Blanchard talk about the creation of the bio-fiction show Le long voyage de Pierre-Guy B.
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Une cerise sur le sundae
January 24, 2015This article is only available in French Anne-Marie Guilmaine MATIÈRE : GÂTEAU Le goût d’un processus moelleux Le projet des Grands-mères mortes a germé dans un nid de cœur tendre, là où se déposent les événements de la vie. Une grand-maman qui meurt. La nécessité d’inventer un…
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Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra receives NAC Award for Distinguished Contribution to Touring
January 22, 2015Touring has been an essential part of life at the NAC since the beginning. For example, the Orchestra has toured to every province and territory, and 18 countries around the world. Most recently, the UK Tour, which marked the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War and…
