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“Art should force us into the streets!” – André Breton
April 1, 2015We don’t say it often enough: The NAC French Theatre is an amazing space of artistic freedom. In an age where conformity and compliance are seen as desirable (which admittedly makes things easier from an accounting point of view), it is precious to have access to a few spaces, a few places…
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It Takes Two
April 1, 2015Gerda and Kay. Téqui and Téoù. Brévalaire and Lénaïque. Brice and Katia. A demiurge surrounded by his colourful creatures. Adolescents hanging out with none other than Antigone. And so on … On the French Theatre stage this season, the Other is never far away. We sense it, we bump into it…
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Nicholas Atkinson interviews Alexander Shelley
March 24, 2015The NACOcast, a classical music podcast produced by the National Arts Centre, regularly rates in the top five classical music podcasts on iTunes. Hosted by Nicholas Atkinson, Principal Tuba of the NAC Orchestra, the series explores the broad world of orchestral music and its great…
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BOUÉES DE SAUVETAGE POUR LE MONDE RÉEL
March 19, 2015This text is only available in French Par Anne-Marie Guilmaine Texte publié dans le Cahier SIX du Théâtre français Il existe de multiples noyades. Des noyades dans l’eau glacée; le corps qui ne s’accroche plus à rien, pas même à la rambarde du pont. Des noyades dans les mers…
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Molly Johnson sets the stage for Ontario Scene
March 18, 2015When Molly Johnson walked on stage at the programming announcement for Ontario Scene she had the audience in the palm of her hand. Her trademark smokey voice and sassy stage presence transported her listeners from an afternoon press launch to a late night club. Bille Holiday's music has…
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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 –…
