News Releases
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The National Arts Centre Unveils a Stirring New Season for 2024-2025
May 8, 2024
Get your calendars ready for an epic journey of stage performances and beyond. MAY 9, 2024 – Ottawa, Canada – The National Arts Centre today revealed its programming for the 2024-2025 season. Building on the success of the current season featuring some of the most diverse and creative Canadian and international artists, the 2024-2025 season will take audiences on breathtaking... Read more
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Together under the sun: Spend your summer with us at the National Arts Centre
April 9, 2024
Introducing the NAC's third summer programming season with exciting new offerings April 9, 2024 – OTTAWA (Canada) – The NAC welcomes locals and visitors alike to gather 'Together under the Sun' from July 2nd to August 30th, 2024, for its third summer programming season. Visitors are invited to enjoy interactive exhibits, music, dance, and theatre... Read more
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CELEBRATING CANADIAN TALENT: 2024 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS LAUREATES ANNOUNCED
February 22, 2024
NEWS RELEASE CELEBRATING CANADIAN TALENT: 2024 GOVERNOR GENERAL’S PERFORMING ARTS AWARDS LAUREATES ANNOUNCED OTTAWA, February 22, 2024 – The Governor General’s Performing Arts Awards Foundation is pleased to announce this year’s recipients of Canada’s highest honour in the performing arts. The laureates of the 2024 Governor General’s Performing Arts... Read more
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Get Ready for a Breakout Hit! Showstopping Musical Prison Dancer takes over the NAC in November
November 9, 2023
GET READY FOR A BREAKOUT HIT! SHOWSTOPPING MUSICAL PRISON DANCER TAKES OVER THE NAC IN NOVEMBER All-Filipino musical marks Nina Lee Aquino’s first directed production as Artistic Director November 9, 2023 – OTTAWA (Canada). In 2007, a video featuring 1,500 inmates in a Filipino prison dancing to Michael Jackson’s Thriller was uploaded to YouTube, quickly becoming one of... Read more
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Theatre Icon Walter Borden Brings Highly Anticipated The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time To The NAC
October 17, 2023
THEATRE ICON WALTER BORDEN BRINGS HIGHLY ANTICIPATED ONE MAN SHOW TO THE NAC Autobiographical The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time arrives after previously cancelled performances in 2022. October 4, 2023 – OTTAWA (Canada). In February of 2022, NAC English Theatre was set to present Walter Borden’s masterpiece, The Last Epistle of Tightrope Time, when protests in downtown... Read more
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Hip Hop Culture Takes Centre Stage with the NAC Hip Hop Theatre Festival
October 4, 2023
Hip Hop Culture Takes Centre Stage with the NAC Hip Hop Theatre Festival An eleven-day festival celebrates the power of words in the convergence of hip hop and theatre, January 31 – February 10 OTTAWA (Canada) – Hip hop is a highly theatrical form. Why then couldn’t it be part of English Theatre’s season? When the NAC English Theatre team explored this question, it... Read more
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Fiery and Explosively Operatic: The Queen In Me Opens NAC English Theatre’s 2023-2024 Season
September 1, 2023
Fiery and Explosively Operatic: The Queen In Me Opens NAC English Theatre’s 2023-2024 Season An electrifying performance by Teiya Kasahara 笠原貞野 launches Nina Lee Aquino’s first season as Artistic Director August 31, 2023 – OTTAWA (Canada) – NAC English Theatre is proud to open Artistic Director Nina Lee Aquino’s inaugural curated... Read more
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ENGLISH THEATRE GENERAL AUDITIONS September 12-15, 2023
July 21, 2023
ENGLISH THEATRE GENERAL AUDITIONS Audition Dates: September 12-15, 2023 Deadline to submit: Friday, August 25, 2023 at 5:00pm Eastern National Arts Centre English Theatre Artistic Director Nina Lee Aquino will be conducting general auditions at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa, as an invitation to meet the local acting community with an eye to casting upcoming seasons of... Read more
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Your Stories, Your Stage: The National Arts Centre Unveils its 2023-2024 Season
May 11, 2023
YOUR STORIES, YOUR STAGE: THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE UNVEILS ITS 2023-2024 SEASON Time to mark your calendars—a wide variety of music, dance and theatre will fill up any wish lists of live performances MAY 11, 2023 – OTTAWA, CANADA – The NAC’s artistic leaders have created a line-up packed with a blend of powerful new works and treasured classics for the 2023-2024 season,... Read more
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Cheryl Foggo’s Pioneer Love Story Heaven Closes out NAC English Theatre’s 2022-2023 Season
April 21, 2023
Cheryl Foggo’s Pioneer Love Story Heaven Closes out NAC English Theatre’s 2022-2023 Season Revival of Citadel Theatre production marks the latest Black Theatre Workshop’s Co-Curation work with the NAC April 20, 2023 – OTTAWA (Canada) – As Black pioneers fled the southern United States, Canadian settlements weren't just the last stop; they were considered... Read more