News Releases
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Le grand méchant loup at the NAC Studio
December 9, 2013
Ottawa, le 9 décembre 2013 – Pour le temps des fêtes, le Théâtre français du CNA propose aux familles Le grand méchant loup de Jacqueline Gosselin. Dans ce spectacle clownesque, trois cancres font un exposé oral sur la présence du loup dans les contes. Madame La Noire, Madame La Blonde et Monsieur Le... Read more
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Petit Bonhomme en paper carbone at the NAC Studio
November 18, 2013
Ottawa, le 18 novembre 2013 - Le Théâtre français du CNA est heureux de présenter son premier spectacle jeunesse de la saison : Petit bonhomme en papier carbone, mis en scène et interprété par Francis Monty. Éthienne a 56 frères, une mère frivole et un père ruminant. Quelle famille! Vrai ou pas,... Read more
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NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ONLINE SUBSCRIPTION SALE NOVEMBER 22 AND 23 ONLY!
November 18, 2013
On Friday, November 22 and Saturday, November 23, subscriptions purchased online to NAC Orchestra, English Theatre, French Theatre, Dance and Variety Pack are 50% off the regular Box Office ticket price! The Online Subscription Sale will be held from 10 a.m. Friday November 22 to midnight on Saturday November 23 – ONLINE ONLY! Subscriptions to the National Arts Centre 2013-2014 programming... Read more
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Ta douleur at the NAC Studio
November 13, 2013
Ottawa, November 21, 2013 – Director/choreographer Brigitte Haentjens and performers Anne Le Beau and Francis Ducharme invite the audience to explore the dramaturgy of sorrow in all its forms with Ta douleur – a physical performance with very little dialogue that appeals to fans regardless of their linguistic background. It will be... Read more
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Cendrillon at the NAC Theatre
October 28, 2013
Ottawa, 25 October 2013 – The Théâtre français of the NAC is pleased to present in a North American exclusivity the play Cendrillon directed by Joël Pommerat, which has enjoyed phenomenal success across Europe since 2011. Théâtre français audiences discovered this exceptional artist last year with La... Read more
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Pomme at the NAC Studio
October 24, 2013
Ottawa, le 21 octobre 2013 – Le Théâtre français du CNA a le plaisir d’ouvrir sa saison Enfance/jeunesse cette semaine avec le spectacle Pomme d’Isabelle Payant et Patrick Conan, pour les enfants de trois ans et plus. Cette pomme a de beaux et grands rêves : elle voudrait bien défier les lois de la nature pour marcher, nager, aimer.... Read more
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Visage de feu at the NAC Studio
October 18, 2013
Ottawa, 18 October 2013 – The NAC’s Théâtre français is proud to present Visage de feu (Fireface) by German playwright Marius von Mayenburg, directed by Joël Beddows. At the heart of this incendiary play, a “normal” nuclear family lives together under the same roof: an engineer father, a stay-at-home mother... Read more
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Moi, dans les ruines rouges du siècle
September 19, 2013
OTTAWA, 19 SEPTEMBER 2013 – The Théâtre français will be presenting a performance that tells the tale of an extraordinary destiny. Moi, dans les ruines rouges du siècle is the story of Sasha Samar, who grew up in Ukraine amidst the massive upheavals that split the Soviet Bloc. A story as red as the skies over Chernobyl, as the iron-rich soil, as... Read more
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Thomas Hellman Sings Roland Giguère
September 11, 2013
OTTAWA, 11 SEPTEMBER 2013 – The singer-songwriter Thomas Hellman will be putting the poems of Roland Giguère into song at the National Arts Centre, ten years after the passing of the great Quebec poet. Seduced by the luminous imagery of the anthology entitled L’âge de la parole, Thomas Hellman decided to set the words to music, making... Read more
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Je n'y suis plus presented by the NAC French Theatre
September 6, 2013
Ottawa, 3 septembEr 2013 – Are you feeling adrift? Adrift in the workaday world, at sea as regards relations with others? Ariane is a pleasant young woman who gives voice to her slipping and sliding in a torrent of words as she describes a life that is fraying at the seams. She is a vessel that is taking on water, plunging headlong toward an unpredictable, savage state. Between her... Read more