Theatre

BFFs: “Make sure to pack your tissues because Dear Evan Hansen is an emotional roller coaster ride and will have you holding on tight from beginning to end.”

Under new artistic leadership, Horseshoes & Hand Grenades is calling out to Ottawa and Gatineau-based theatre creators.

Initially set to play the NAC in April 2021, the highly anticipated Tony Award-winning show Dear Evan Hansen is finally here! The BFFs got to sit down with Micaela Lamas, who plays Alana Beck, and Nikhil Saboo as Connor Murphy, to talk about what the show means to them and why now might be the moment everyone needs this story.

One of Ottawa’s best and brightest theatre companies, Orpheus Musical Theatre, recently offered a sneak peek of its 2022–23 season in the streets of Wellington West—and get ready Ottawa, some big hits are coming our way!

After a long wait of over two years, Broadway Across Canada’s touring production of Hamilton has arrived at the National Arts Centre.

Here, we have the full list of winners, which were announced on the closing night of Ottawa Fringe.

It’s been two long years, but a Company of Fools is back with its Torchlight Shakespeare in the Park summer tour. Until mid-August audiences can catch The Tempest at more than 40 local parks throughout the city and beyond.

Ryan Pepper: Velvet Wells is an entertainer in the truest sense of the term. Over the course of (Re)Tired Magical Black Man, Velvet plays dJerald the Djinn, whose wish-granting abilities set the action for the show; four puppets; a couple of inanimate talking objects; and they sing as well.”

Bruce Burwell: “Ted Hall was definitely a pleasure to keep up with. Jem told us this little-known spy story of the war and asked the biggest possible question there is: What is right and what is wrong?”

Colin Noden: “We are drawn in, to Ed and a world which is interesting and quirky … he appears to be taking a chance on art.”

Julia Bueneman: “Combining skilled magic, 1930s grit, time travel, standup and audience participation, Dirk Darrow: Future Past Magic is a compelling and energized play that had me giggling, stunned and picking my jaw up off the floor.”

Gauthier and Caplan: “Whether you are well versed in Noël Coward’s work, or just recognize his name, this cabaret-style show will pull you into his life, his vast catalogue, and his impact on the world of theatre and pop culture.”

Brian Carroll: “Did your teenagers complain bitterly after the derecho ripped through Ottawa leaving 170,000 households without power? Take them to see Eleanor’s Story: An American Girl in Hitler’s Germany.”

Colin Noden: “Arthur Bampot and the Case of the Kept Man is a full assault on reason. Or… an enthusiastic defense of it. On stage with Detective Arthur Bampot, chaos reigns in a way which seems quite logical to him and his cast.”

Bruce Burwell: “The thing that keeps us engaged throughout is John Michael’s sincerity. You don’t run around a stage in your underwear holding a picture of your dead mother unless you really miss her. So we do believe that he needs her back.”