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Meet the Next Artistic Director of NAC French Theatre: Mani Soleymanlou
August 18, 2020Theatre director, playwright and actor Mani Soleymanlou will be the next Artistic Director of NAC French Theatre, effective September 1, 2021. Mani will take over from Brigitte Haentjens at the conclusion of her nine-year term. NAC audiences will have already seen some of…
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Les ballets de ci de là
May 22, 2020Ultimately, we strive to share the things that consume us: love, death, fear, solitude.” — Alain Platel (2005) An exclusive online screening: LES BALLETS DE CI DE LÀ* (click here to watch) directed by Alain Platel Belgium | 2006 | 110 minutes *In French and Flemish with French…
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A continent to explore
May 21, 2020Trees are vertical, overhanging and solid, somewhat like adults. But a child is not only small in the forest: he can also see himself as a giant, discovering the microscopic abundance all around. - Ariane Voineau and Josué Beaucage GREAT EXPLORERS Activities based on the show Sous…
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From “Je n’y suis plus” to “Dans le bleu”: a correspondence between...
May 6, 2020We must learn how to lend ourselves to dreaming when dreams lend themselves to us. —Albert Camus Guy Warin (GW): From the original production in September 2013 of Marie‑Claude Verdier’s monologue Je n’y suis plus to the stage premiere of your very first play, the road you have…
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Q&A: Mani Soleymanlou, director, playwright and actor
November 7, 2019Q. You’ve written a cycle of plays, titled from 1 to 9, which deal with identity. Your latest work is titled Zéro. What prompted this choice? A. Another word for zero in Persian and Arabic is “sefr”, which means “void”. I explored this idea in my first creations: Un, Deux and Trois. With…
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Chloé Lacasse performs her show LUNES at the NAC Fourth Stage
April 8, 2016Montreal based singer and songwriter Chloé Lacasse has been active on the Quebec music scene for almost a decade now. She presents a rich and purposeful fusion of indie, folk, classical and ambient rock influences to create her alternative pop music. Xavier Forget, NAC Presents Associate…
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L’Ontario de notre tête
September 22, 2015**** Text available in French only ***** Depuis des mois, en préparation du happening À quoi ça sert d’être brillant si t’éclaires personne, deux têtes chercheuses sillonnent le territoire franco-ontarien via sa littérature, sa musique, ses artistes. Quête passionnante que la leur,…
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Sharing the Dream: Klô Pelgag
September 24, 2014NAC guest blogger Guillaume Moffet is an avid fan of Canadian music and a respected journalist known for his reviews of a multitude of music artists. He is the former editor in chief of Voir Ottawa‑Gatineau and the Ottawa Xpress, and the former editor in chief of BRBR for TFO. He has served…
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Cadieux is a sensual “tour de force” as Molly Bloom
September 22, 2014Molly Bloom, the famous monologue that marks the conclusion of James Joyce’s masterpiece Ulysses is presented this week in a translation by Jean-Marc Dalpé, with staging by Brigitte Haentjens. Alone onstage, Anne-Marie Cadieux is Molly Bloom. In a performance space that leaves room for the…
