5 O’clock Bells, written and performed by Pierre Brault brings the artist back to the Gladstone theatre 12 years later in a show that has retained all its impeccable artistry since its world première in 2008, in the same theatre. Commissioned by the Great Canadian Theatre Company (gctc) in 2006. This powerful portrait of …
Sport is the world’s greatest connector. People from all over the world tune in to watch their country face off during the FIFA World Cup, the Winter Olympics, and more international sporting events. On the ice, field, or pitch –a team can come together, or fall apart, making for dramatic highs and even lower …
undercurrents Festival Director Patrick Gauthier and Associate Director Brit Johnston have discussed openly their curatorial strategy for this year, one which stems from an urgent problem: mid-winter Ottawa begs for joy. The city has resigned itself to being stuck squeezing as much life as possible from short, frigid days. In programming undercurrents 2020, Gauthier and …
undercurrents theatre festival, in its landmark tenth year of operation, has offered to its audiences the ultimate mid-winter treat: works-in-progress by some of Ottawa’s brightest emerging voices that have matured beyond a Fresh Meat framework but that still understand the extent to which they have room to explore. This year’s under development series featured three …
“Hair” the first Rock Musical opened in 1967 for six weeks at the New York Shakespeare Festival Theatre and moved to the Biltmore Theatre on Broadway the following year where it was a hit. The book and lyrics were written by Gerome Ragni and James Rado (both actors in the play) while the music …
The Neverending Story is a testament to the importance of imagination and the power of stories. When life seems to be closing in around us, the story reminds us that imagination can be the force needed to start anew and lift ourselves up. It makes sense, then, that director Jillian Keiley’s production for the National …
Samedi 25 janvier, L’Artchipel scène nationale Guadeloupe présentait, à l’issue d’une résidence d’artiste dont bénéficia Nathaly Coualy, la première de « Désirada », une adaptation théâtrale du roman de Maryse Condé paru en 1997. Il s’agit là de l’aboutissement d’un projet s’inscrivant dans le cadre d’une co-diffusion avec Tropiques Atrium, scène nationale de Fort-de-France.
Artsfile. ca CANADA’S NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE ORCHESTRA& MUSIC DIRECTOR ALEXANDER SHELLEY RECEIVE JUNO NOMINATION FOR THE BOUNDS OF OUR DREAMS. One of the works on the album, a world premiere recording, is Le Concerto de l’asile, which was born from a shortwaltz that Walter Boudreau wrotefor a staged production of Claude Gauvreau’s L’Asile de la …
There’s a danger to hasty reaction. To act on instinct is to perhaps ignore a bigger contextual picture; a gut-reaction, after all, is only as informed as its bearer. Sometimes that initial shock needs to be bottled – fermented within the larger scope of discourse, self-education, and reflection.
Peggy’s Song, the final production of Theatre Kingston’s 2019-20 season, provides a light-hearted respite from the serious dramas shown in the fall (the socially conscious–driven Welcome to my Underworld and Samuel Beckett’s Happy Days). To be sure, there is a serious story undergirding this play by long-time writer Jim Garrard, directed by Jacob James, making …