Readers’ threesome A compatible trio of popular reading series awaits in May and June Dutch sound poet Jap Blonk at the A B Series Lying just beneath the thin crust of this city is a wash of amazing literary events that really seem to belong to a different town than the Ottawa we think of…
In pursuit of Facts Milner: “I think it’s just a question of good writing” Ottawa playwright Arthur Milner’s new political thriller touches on murder, mystery and the Middle East When you summarize the action of the new work by Ottawa playwright Arthur Milner, Facts, it sounds dreary and heavy: two policemen, one Israeli and one…
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…