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Writing in his blood Kevin Loring brings award-winning play Where the Blood Mixes and some high praise to the NAC Loring: One country, many nations Over the past few years, Kevin Loring has acted at the NAC in powerful productions like Copper Thunderbird and The Ecstasy of Rita Joe. For him, the city serves as…
Walk the bloodline d’bi.young embodies myth and the power of storytelling in her one-woman tour-de-force blood.claat: one oomaan story Born performer d’bi.young continually hones her technique to connect with all audiences – photo: Paula Wilson “I have a suggestion,” a photographer grumbled during a media photography session at the Great Canadian Theatre Company space. “Could…
Fight the power Edmonton-based Chris Craddock and Nathan Cuckow charm us with hip-hop style in Bash’d! A Gay Rap Opera The GCTC’s production of Bash’d! A Gay Rap Opera was born out of a 2007 Fringe Festival, and the organism that’s been ported to the GCTC professional stage absolutely retains the frenetic, frantic, performer-centric genetics…
Cold front and centre Theatre comes to Ottawa in all its forms, no matter the weather The NAC’s English Theatre starts the winter theatre season aptly with Night (to Jan. 16), a Canadian-themed dialogue that straddles the divide between mainstream and native culture. From Jan. 12 to 30, Bertolt Brecht’s incomparable Mother Courage plays on…
Group dramatics The newly formed National Arts Centre resident company begins to bond with a monumental play The year 2009 brought with it a resurrection of an old idea for our city – a good one too, whose original tumble into death was a tragedy: the idea of repertory theatre. A large amount of Canadian…
A sense of purpose Denise Chong’s Egg on Mao recalls a powerful act of defiance Egg on Mao is the memoir of Lu Decheng, a story so intricately twisted and rich that it almost defies the idea of plot and seems to unfold as the vagaries of life do. A spirited bus mechanic in rural…