OTTAWA, November 4, 2011 — On Saturday, November 19 and Sunday November 20, subscriptions to most NAC Orchestra, English Theatre, French Theatre, and Dance series are on sale at 50% off the regular Box Office ticket price! The Subscription Seat Sale will be held from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in person at the NAC on Saturday only and online on both Saturday and Sunday. Free parking is provided on Saturday for patrons buying subscriptions.

 Subscriptions can be purchased:

• online (www.nac-cna.ca/subscribe) – 7 a.m. Saturday until midnight on Sunday
• by telephone at 613-947-7000, ext. 620 -- Saturday only from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
• in person in the main foyer of the NAC – Saturday only from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Subscriptions to popular National Arts Centre series have been on sale since the spring – and some events are already sold out! -- but seats still remain for hundreds of thrilling performances by acclaimed artists from across Canada and around the world. The Subscription Seat Sale offers a great way to sample new art forms or new repertoire and to share the excitement of the live performing arts with friends or family at an extremely attractive price. During the Subscription Seat Sale, NAC staff will be available to help patrons decide what they’d like to see and to guide them through the subscription process.

The Subscription Seat Sale discount applies to subscription series – including all multi-disciplinary Variety Pack Subscriptions -- not to individual events, and subscriptions are subject to seating availability. This offer is not available in conjunction with any other promotional offer. Patrons who purchase a subscription at the sale price may add on single tickets to events at the usual discounted subscriber rate (some restrictions apply).

The following subscription series and events are NOT eligible for the Subscription Seat Sale discount:

• ENGLISH THEATRE: Oliver!; Monster Makers; Wit’s End III: Love Life (Sandra Shamas)
• FRENCH THEATRE: Série Jeunesse ; Série Enfance
• NAC ORCHESTRA: Kinderconcerts, including Special Kinderconcert A Christmas Carol; TD Bank Group Family Adventures with the NAC Orchestra; Andrew Craig’s Gospel Christmas with the NAC Orchestra; Music for a Sunday Afternoon, Handel’s Messiah; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra; Royal Philharmonic and National Arts Centre Orchestras; Yundi Plays Chopin; Toronto Symphony Orchestra; all CTV Pops Saturday night performances
• DANCE: George Balanchine’s The Nutcracker; Bolshoi Ballet; Tango Pasión; Vertical Road by the Akram Khan Company; Dance Works Rotterdam/André Gingras; Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater
• All NAC Presents, Fourth Stage, and “rental” shows, such as Broadway Across Canada

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Information:   
Gerald Morris
Marketing and Media Relations, NAC
613-947-7000, ext. 335
[e-mail]  gerald.morris@nac-cna.ca