Share the Spirit!

Last night the National Arts Centre launched Share the Spirit, an annual program that brings deserving children and their families from the National Capital Region to witness the magic of live performance at the NAC. This year, we are thrilled to annouce our new Honourary Chair of Share the…

Meet David Francis of the NAC English Theatre Company

Vivaldi Plays the Steam Iron

Herbaceous smoked Qualicum sea scallops

Herbaceous smoked Qualicum sea scallops chorizo kale crumble | green olive and roast garlic whip Everyone loves scallops! In this recipe, these jewels of the sea get the respect they deserve thanks to a cold thyme-infused smoking technique prior to being pan-fried. Once you’re ready to…

NAC Orchestra rehearses Take the Dog Sled

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