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Montreal’s Compagnie Virginie Brunelle explores extreme male-female relationships
April 1, 2014Montreal's Virginie Brunelle says, “Constantly interrupted by regret, erections make desire swell, all wet with tears.” Compagnie Virginie Brunelle is known for an extreme and unflinching take on male-female relationships in a post-romantic world. With her latest full-length work, Complexe…
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NAC Orchestra UK Tour: Remembrance, performance and education
March 31, 2014Canada’s National Arts Centre Orchestra, under the baton of its renowned Music Director Pinchas Zukerman, will undertake a performance and education tour of the United Kingdom in October 2014 to commemorate the First World War Centenary. The First World War is particularly significant to…
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UK Tour: Feet on the Ground, Remembering 1914
March 31, 2014In his beautiful composition A Ballad of Canada, the late Canadian composer Malcolm Forsyth remembered John McCrae and his infamous 1915 poem, In Flanders Fields. McCrae composed the poem in the field, his surgeon’s kit bloodied and his heart broken after seeing a school friend die in…
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Seeds: A play for thinking audiences
March 31, 2014"For me, people's spoken words are like finger prints." This line from Seeds gives the audience a clue as to the importance of words in this production. The majority of the script is taken verbatim from court transcripts and testimony. For actor Eric Peterson the play stimulates the minds…
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Statu quo - Gilles Poulin-Denis walks his town
March 28, 2014Gilles Poulin-Denis, author of teen play Statu quo, shows us where his inspiration came from. Follow him through his town. Statu quo is presented on March 28 and 29 at 8 pm in the NAC Studio.
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Ontario Government announces support for Ontario Scene
March 28, 2014Imagine 600 Ontario artists taking over theatres, concert halls, clubs, galleries and artist-run centres throughout Ottawa-Gatineau. That's Ontario Scene, the next instalment in the National Arts Centre's highly-successful series of Scene festivals. From April 28 to May 10, 2015, Ontario…
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From far and wide: NAC Foundation CEO Jayne Watson on UK Tour...
March 27, 2014Q: What role does the National Arts Centre Foundation play in planning the UK Tour? The Foundation supports the National Arts Centre's priorities, artistic and otherwise. In this case, we've helped find private funding to make the UK Tour possible. The NAC Orchestra would not be able to…
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Shining a spotlight on the laureates of the 2014 Governor General’s Performing...
March 26, 2014The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Foundation has announced this year’s recipients of Canada’s highest and most prestigious honour in the performing arts. The 2014 laureates for Lifetime Artistic Achievement are: Anik Bissonnette, O.C – Dancer, teacher and artistic…
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Why the GG Awards Matter
March 26, 2014At the National Arts Centre, Canada is our stage. And every spring we honour and say thank you to some of this country’s greatest artists at the Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Gala. The National Arts Centre Foundation raises the funds for the gala, which is presented by…
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Amanda Forsyth at Carnegie Hall: Mr. de la Renta, I’m ready for...
March 21, 2014Amanda Forsyth, the NAC Orchestra’s Principal Cellist, has always liked her finery. And last night when she made her concerto début at Carnegie Hall performing the Double Concerto by Brahms alongside her husband Pinchas Zukerman (the NAC Orchestra’s Music Director) with the Israeli…
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The 2013-14 English Theatre Ensemble A Look Back
March 21, 2014The 2013-14 Ensemble A Look Back As the artists in the 2013-14 Ensemble prepared to finish their journey, they looked back at their memories of rehearsals, readings and show performances, and how it felt to be part of this magical season. A special thank you to Petrina Bromley, Christine…
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A certain way of engaging with music
March 20, 2014Elizabeth Simpson is a musician with the National Arts Centre Orchestra – a professional horn player educated in the intricacies and richness of classical music, and dedicated to the high level of artistic excellence that is the NAC Orchestra. She is also a mom. For that combo alone, I am…
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Music, youth and the North
March 20, 2014The National Arts Centre strives to be a catalyst for performance, creation and learning in every part of the country. One of the ways we do that is through our Music Alive Program in Nunavut, which has now reached over 5,000 northern Canadians in Kugluktuk, Iqaluit, Rankin Inlet,…
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An adolescent spring at the Théâtre français
March 19, 2014Discover two shows that focus on youth issues, that shout out their dreams, aspirations and doubts. March 28-29, Statu quo by Gilles Poulin-Denis Statu quo tells the story of Sarah, a young girl who wishes to make things change in her life and in her quiet city. April 25 and 26, Ce…
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Needles and Opium - an Exceptional Collaboration at the NAC
March 18, 2014Robert Lepage’s Needles and Opium presented by English Theatre and Théâtre français in 2015 On March 11, 2014, Jillian Keiley and Brigitte Haentjens – Artistic Directors of the National Arts Centre English and Théâtre français respectively – met with the media to announce an exciting…
