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Welcome to the NAC’s first radio play series: Irresistible Neighbourhoods
September 9, 2024When NAC English Theatre Associate Producer Judi Pearl approached me about co-producing a series of radio plays, I was thrilled. My love for radio drama dates back to my teenage years, when I first tuned into CHUM Radio to listen to Theatre of the Mind. What makes radio drama so…
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Irresistible Neighbourhoods: Preparing and recording Ottawa 2044
June 16, 2024You are invited to cast your mind 20 years into the future of the place where you live. What would make your neighbourhood… irresistible? In 2023, we asked emerging local playwrights to walk through their neighbourhoods and offer possible futures in the form of a radio play. Welcome to…
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Irresistible Neighbourhoods: Introducing our Ottawa 2044 playwrights
April 22, 2024The Future is Hyper-Local You are invited to cast your mind 20 years into the future of the place where you live. What would make your neighbourhood… irresistible? In 2023, we asked emerging local playwrights to walk through their neighbourhoods and offer possible futures in the form of a…
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Considering Environmental Issues from the Perspective of Artistic Practice
April 19, 2024In September, 2023, the National Arts Centre released its Environmental Sustainability Action Plan titled Walking Gently on the Land. As a national leader in the performing arts, the NAC has a vital role to play in the fight against climate change. As part of that commitment, English…
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Irresistible Neighbourhoods: Ottawa 2044
May 5, 2023Radio play series coming Summer 2024 An NAC English Theatre / NAC Digital Experiences & Design co-production The Future is Hyper-Local You are invited to cast your mind twenty years into the future of the place where you live. What would make your neighbourhood… irresistible? We asked…