Storytelling

April’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Ariane Bédard, Isabelle Poirier, Firdous Nizar, and the Ottawa Design Club to help create a strong community of local creative people.

In association with GCTC, the Theatre Artists’ Co-operative: the Independent Collective Series (TACTICS) present two performances for an optimistic start to this new year in their 2022 Mainstage Series: Blissful State of Surrender and Heartlines.

On Nov. 17, 2021, the Canada Council for the Arts will reveal the 2021 finalists in the Governor General’s Literary Awards (GGBooks). 70 books have been chosen as the best for publishing for this year, and these 14 winners will be announced on ggbooks.ca.

A lot of us are still tense about what might come next, and the Great Canadian Theatre Company acknowledges these uncertainties in 30-minute video episodes of the reflective series Negotiations with Existence.

Livia Belcea: “From the limitations of the ageing body to the pain of seeing all your loved ones disappear, to the isolation seniors feel due to generational gaps or simply because they live alone or far from their families, Old Fart 2021 tactfully weaves difficult elements into a cheerful and relatable narrative.”

GCTC has announced a lineup of digital concerts, plays, and hybrid mash-ups of both.

This week in the Future of Ottawa series, we’re taking a deep dive into Ottawa’s theatre scene—what it’s like now and where it’s headed. Read on for a guest post from Jacqui Du Toit on the future of storytelling in Ottawa.

Welcome to the first edition of Creative Sundays on Apt613: A monthly showcase for short fiction and creative nonfiction by local writers. This month’s theme is, of course, the holidays. We hope you enjoy these stories, real and imagined.

Welcome to the first edition of Creative Sundays on Apt613: A monthly showcase for short fiction and creative nonfiction by local writers. This month’s theme is, of course, the holidays. We hope you enjoy these stories, real and imagined.

Welcome to the first edition of Creative Sundays on Apt613: A monthly showcase for short fiction and creative nonfiction by local writers. This month’s theme is, of course, the holidays. We hope you enjoy these stories, real and imagined.

A multidisciplinary artist whose career spans theatre, dance, storytelling, and stand-up comedy, Alan Shain blends comedy with a strong flavour of honesty and truth while drawing from the lived experience of disability.

Rag & Bone Puppet Theatre has toured across Canada and the U.S. since 1978 with over 100 performances a year in schools, libraries, children’s festivals, and theatres.

Teacher, student, actor, town crier, and legend-teller are all part of Daniel Richer’s resume.

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of posts Apartment613 is hosting on behalf of MASC, showcasing the artists they work with and their programming in our community. Singer-songwriter, poet, writer, actor, radio columnist: Mehdi Cayenne is a free spirit from the Francophonie, a quick-witted chameleon who writes over, under, and outside the box. Charismatic, […]

Arts education has been a critical part of Jennifer Cayley’s life work, both as co-founder of MASC and as a teller of tales in community and educational settings. She has told stories in schools, libraries, community centres, and performance festivals across the country.