Looking for fun in the sun with the whole family this month? Look no further than Mooney’s Bay at the Pirate Life stage for Chris Marlow Liv’s Theatre Company and their pantomime performance of Robin Hood. Every Sunday in June, you can catch this classic tale full of puppets, sword fights, and lots of laughter.
While the Fresh Meat Fest won’t return to the Arts Court Studio until the fall, Director and Producer of the festival, Cullen Elijah McGrail says that the 14th iteration of Fresh Meat is now accepting submissions until July 4.
Psychotherapist Dana Truelove will be offering a unique mental health event that incorporates theatre in the Glebe. Starting June 8, and continuing every Sunday this month, Truelove will be hosting a Drama Therapy Group from 10-11:30am. She has been practicing for the past ten years, working with folks to develop their self confidence, social relationships, and personal growth and healing.
From June 6-8, audiences can enjoy the all-ages performance of Anne of Green Gables from the Ottawa School of Theatre (OST) at the Harold Shenkman Hall.
With the 2025 Fringe Festival just around the corner, the city will soon be taken over by some of the most unique theatrical performances local, national, and international artists have to offer. But did you know that there are so many more things to do at Ottawa’s Fringe Festival?
The Gladstone Theatre has been a hub of local theatre since 2011, becoming a shared-use space for indie theatre productions. The Gladstone has made both local and professional theatre companies accessible to audiences across the city, and their 2025-25 season promises even more spectacles, with a few new faces joining the stage.
Fans of classic musicals rejoice – Orpheus Musical Theatre has The Music Man on until June 8 at Meridian Theatres at Centrepointe. One of Orpheus’s best productions, you won’t want to miss it.
We’ve been hearing songs from the Ride the Cyclone musical at Broadway Nights Ottawa over the last year or so, but before that, we weren’t familiar with this show about Canadian high schoolers stuck in limbo after a tragic roller coaster accident.
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 Instagram and Facebook. It’s showtime, Ottawa! The ghost with the most has landed at the National Arts Centre, as Broadway Across Canada brings us a taste […]
After solidifying their comeback to live performance last year, the Ottawa Improv Festival is ramping up the energy, presenting some of the best improv in the city from May 29-31 at Arts Court.
“When the truth cannot be agreed on, war is inevitable” is something all characters act upon and accept as truth in Mahabharata. Mahabharata is an adaptation of the more than 4,000 year foundational Sanskrit epic, showcasing the story behind the war between two big families.
This year’s programming theme from NAC (National Arts Centre) English Theatre was inspired by a single question — “what if?” The 2025-26 was announced late last week, and Aquino is excited to be bringing fantastical, new, and exciting works to Ottawa audiences.
It’s just another day at The Gladstone as Elevator Theatre Company (ETC) wraps up their first season with the Tony and Pulitzer Prize-winning musical Next to Normal. Exploring topics of mental health, grief, loss and family dynamics, it presents the story of a modern family navigating an emotional journey.
La Maison des arts littéraire (MAL) will be performing their season opener with a first — a bilingual performance of La belle-mère / The Stepmother. On May 17 the show will perform in French, and then in English on May 18. In an interview with Apt613, the Artistic Director of La Maison des arts littéraires, […]
The 2025 Fringe Festival marks 28 years since it began in Ottawa, and remains the biggest theatre festival in the city. From June 12-22, there will be 58 shows this year that will run across nine different venues in downtown Ottawa, which will culminate into around over 350 unique single performances throughout the festival’s duration.
