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Jack Charles’ story of resilience and reconnection
January 14, 2016Jack Charles' experience as a stolen child echoes the plight of Canada's own Indigenous people. This was made clear when he and director Rachael Maza were invited to speak at the Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health in Ottawa. "It's exactly the same story. It actually started so much earlier…
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Q & A: Algonquin Elder Annie Smith St-Georges and Metis André-Robert St-Georges
January 11, 2016Q. You’ve been welcoming NAC English Theatre audiences to traditional Algonquin Nation Territory since last season. How do you go about this? A. On opening nights, before the play begins, we greet people with a message of peace in a way that acknowledges our presence together on Indigenous…
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Adventures Behind the Scenes and on the Stage
October 30, 2015On October 22, 2015, National Arts Centre Foundation supporters attended a pre-chat featuring English Theatre Artistic director Jillian Keiley in conversation with playwright and director Djanet Sears. They spoke about Djanet’s emotionally charged play, The Adventures of a Black Girl in…
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Behind the scenes with English Theatre
April 30, 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. On Thursday, March 26, members of the Donors’ Circle were treated to a Q&A between…
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Experience Ontario’s best artists at the Scene
April 27, 2015At the National Arts Centre, we like to say that “Canada is our stage,” a statement that underlines our commitment to work with artists and arts organizations across the country to build a national stage for the performing arts. The Scene festivals are a perfect illustration of that…
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“A huge, summital moment”: Annabel Soutar on collaborating with English Theatre
July 4, 2014In the spring of 2014 NAC English Theatre presented Annabel’s docudrama Seeds on the NAC’s national stage. Annabel is currently collaborating with English Theatre on her most recent work The Watershed, and spoke to us about the importance of the collaboration. Q: Your play Seeds was…
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Canada is our stage : The Tale of a Town
June 2, 2014Toronto theatre artist Lisa DiLiberto was driving across Canada on her way home from a tour when she became fascinated with main streets. Many had become less vibrant, many stores were gone, while on the outside of towns big-box stores were thriving. DiLiberto, who is Artistic Producer…
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Annabel Soutar: Life on Stage
April 10, 2014NAC English Theatre presents some of the most dynamic theatre artists and companies from across Canada on the national stage. On March 27, members of the National Arts Centre Foundation Donors’ Circle were treated to a pre-show chat with playwright Annabel Soutar who discussed her…
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The Collaborations Report
March 12, 2014As part of the NAC English Theatre 2014-15 season launch, Associate Artistic Director Sarah Garton Stanley showed off her skills as Chief Collaboratorlogist to speak about the some of The Collaborations. The goal of The Collaborations is to place different components of English Theatre…
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ENRON - A scorching exposé of corporate madness
February 20, 2014This fast paced and fantastical production portrays the deception and greed that led to the collapse of a hugely powerful corporation and the financial ruin of thousands of people. Although the characters are as familiar as a 19th century snake oil salesmen the magnitude of the deception…
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Interview with Canadian playwright Ins Choi
January 29, 2014Canadian actor and playwright Ins Choi speaks about his play Kim's Convenience which has made the journey from the Toronto Fringe Festival to touring across Canada and is now being presented at the National Arts Centre. The story speaks to many Canadians who have immigrated to build a new…
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The Sound of Music sets all-time attendance record!
December 19, 2013The National Arts Centre is thrilled to announce that the English Theatre production of the classic musical, The Sound of Music, has now sold the most tickets of any NAC-programmed performance in the organization’s 44-year history. Tickets sales are now over 24,800 (and counting!), well…
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NAC’s The Sound of Music – Captain von Trapp meets the Martas...
December 16, 2013Dmitry Chepovetsky, who is playing Captain von Trapp in the NAC English Theatre production of The Sound of Music, sits down and chats with Madison Elizabeth Bellini and Petra Ginther, who are sharing the role of Marta, and Clara Silcoff and Hana Woo, who are sharing the role of Gretl. In…
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A sneak peek from ‘The Sound of Music’
December 12, 2013Actor Eliza-Jane Scott speaks about how she approached portraying the iconic character of Maria in the NAC English Theatre production of The Sound of Music. The NAC English Theatre Ensemble had three weeks to master the music, choreography and text which required a huge amount of focus and…
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NAC’s The Sound of Music – Captain von Trapp meets the Martas...
November 28, 2013Dmitry Chepovetsky, who is playing Captain von Trapp in the NAC English Theatre production of The Sound of Music, speaks with Madison Elizabeth Bellini and Petra Ginther, who are sharing the role of Marta, and Clara Silcoff and Hana Woo, who are sharing the role of Gretl. In this video, the…
