NAC Orchestra Brass Trio in Pangnirtung

The NACO Brass Trio Tour to Pangnirtung and Rankin Inlet, an initiative of the NAC Music Alive Program (MAP) and the Northern Tour, has only just begun and I think it was already more eventful than we could have ever dreamed of. Our evening flight from Iqaluit to Pangnirtung was…

The power of music to transform lives

Meet Jeff Schwager of the NAC English Theatre Company

Grupo Corpo is sex. Grupo Corpo is spectacle. Grupo Corpo is South...

I 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…

Two Classic Plays…Two Separate Periods…Two Different Cities…One Opening Night Part II

10:06 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…

Two Classic Plays…Two Separate Periods…Two Different Cities…One Opening Night

When 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…

An Uncompromising Love

Rochelle and David Greenberg: Supporting the NAC gives couple the chance to...

When 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…

Meet Martha Irving of the NAC English Theatre Company

Closet Raiding Marie Antoinette’s Wardrobe

An Hommage to Nothern Music Makers

Meet Francine Deschepper of the NAC English Theatre Company

Kidd Pivot rehearsing The Tempest Replica at the NAC rehearsal hall

NAC English Theatre is Getting Around Canada!

This 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'…

ArtsAlive.ca: bringing the performing arts to life in Canadian classrooms

For 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,…