Laura and Samara spend their days as non-profit unicorns and fill every spare minute exploring the world of musical theatre as BFFs (that’s Broadway Friends Forever). Follow @bffs613 on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. What happens when five young people are trapped together after the world has been destroyed by nuclear war? Written by Harley Wegner, […]
May 3 marked the opening night of the 24th annual Youth Infringement Festival (YIF), presented at Arts Court Theatre. Run entirely by young people throughout its history, YIF has presented over 150 new plays by writers under 25 years old.
Barb Popel: “I was eager to see Calpurnia. So too, obviously, was the audience on opening night. It was the first night of the “Rolling Thunder Ottawa” motorcycle convoy and the NAC building was in the middle of the police “Red Zone”. Nevertheless, there were quite a few people in the audience. Most of the audience laughed at the funny bits, especially in the second act, and almost all of the audience gave the actors a standing ovation.”
The Youth Infringement Festival is back! The 2022 Festival marks 18 more successful mentorships in playwriting, directing, and stage management for Ottawa’s youth.
A little less than a year ago, CBC news anchor Lucy Van Oldenbarneveld stepped away from her steady gig at the evening news to pursue other projects. This month, her play “Me, Vivien Leigh and The Roller Rink” is on stage at Arts Court as part of the undercurrents festival.
In this Cart Before the Horse Theatre production, musician Martin Dawagne (aka Yarns) and actor Magan Carty join forces to present a musical storytelling experience in this unique performance of YARNS.
Exciting theatre news! Ottawa’s favourite indie theatre festival is returning live and in person this spring. Undercurrents: theatre below the mainstream will run from April 20–30 at Arts Court.
Not all heroes wear capes. Some wear t-shirts, camouflage, and body armour. Some wear skirts or pants and have artistic skills that are tested by extraordinary circumstances. Playwright Sarah Waiswisz’s Heartlines demonstrates that heroism can have unlikely beginnings.
Ottawa writer Sanita Fejzić’s Blissful State of Surrender is her first play but it doesn’t seem like one. Its world premiere at GCTC is impressive for a number of reasons. It accomplishes something rather rare in the theatre — it’s a drama that tackles “heavy” topics but which also successfully delivers flashes of comedy and […]
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.
With the interruption of many art events, Apt613 thought it could be a good moment to reflect on our local cultural scene from a francophone point of view.
Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier is a parody musical from the point of view of Ja’far, whom you might remember as the bad guy from the Disney version. It takes the classic story and spins it on its head, giving audiences an alternate reading on what could have actually happened.
Daisy is the story of a TV ad that ran during the American presidential election of 1964. The Democrat incumbent, Lyndon Johnson, was squaring off against Republican Barry Goldwater.
Local theatre company Spicy Day returns to the stage with their 2019 Ottawa Fringe Festival hit production, A Period Piece, presented as part of the TACTICS Mainstage series, a local theatre series that provides support for independent theatre artists.
W(We), God, that’s funny, Unmatched, GOREgeous and Be/Loved are playing at Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Ave) from Oct. 21-23, 2021.
