If you’re familiar with Baz Luhrmann’s 2001 pop-culture hit movie Moulin Rouge!, then you’re in for a treat with the musical version from @bactouring at the @nac.cna , which follows the same fantastic story, but has updated music and songs and some spectacular staging, immersing audiences into the Parisian tale!
Check out our review at the link in bio!
📸Photo by Matthew Murphy and Evan Zimmerman for @murphymade@apt613
Fun Home, the Tony Award-winning Best Musical, explores the author’s childhood, family dynamics, and sexuality. @tototootheatre brings this emotional, funny, and ambitious production to the Gladstone, opening May 14. Read our full interview with director Rebecca Russell (@rebmrus ), to learn more about the Ottawa premiere production at the link in our bio!
April showers have brought May flowers - but also in bloom are some incredible shows this week!
May 11 - @broadwaynightsottawa 's sold-out show is a villains theme tonight! Be sure to subscribe to their mailing list and follow on socials to get your tickets before they sell out next time!
May 12 - Fly Nina Fly - A Tribute to Nina Simone in support of the @gctclive
May 12 to 17 - Bohemians rejoice! Moulin Rouge from @bactouring is at the @nac.cna
May 13 to 23 - @kanatatheatre presents The Heart of Robin Hood
May 14 to 23 - @tototootheatre presents Fun Home at @thegladstoneottawa
May 16, 23, 30 - @waywardimprov brings us Wanderlust: Tales of Travel, Love and Longing at @artscourt
What if a group of female operatives had the opportunity to have a bigger role in WWII? That is the story that A @catalysttheatre Production of The Invisible: Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare brings to the stages of the @nac.cna . Inspired by countless stories of female operatives who broke the mold, saved lives, and whose desire for change created a better world. Read our full review at the link in our bio.
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📸: Curtis Perry
There are some fantastic theatre events on this week! Where will we see you?
🔎 Until May 9 - The Invisible: from @catalysttheatre on at the @nac.cna (head to our link in bio to see our review!)
🎟️ Until May 10 - Jade Circle on at the @gctclive
💐 May 9 - Flower arrangement workshop fundraiser for @@foolsottawa
🧳 May 9 - @waywardimprov brings us Wanderlust: Tales of Travel, Love and Longing at @artscourt
Ottawa's theatre scene is ending April with a bang!
🎫 Until May 2 - Phoenix Players presents CRACKERS & Debate Debacle, a comedy double bill, at the Gladstone
🎉 Apr 27 - Gladstone Theatre’s season launch party
🎭 Apr 28 to May 10 - Jade Circle on at the GCTC
🫥 Apr 29 to May 9 - The Invisible at the NAC
🗡️ Apr 30 to May 3 - Let’s Murder Marsha from Lakeside Players
As the weather attempts to warm up, grab your theatre buddies and check out these great activities this week!
🎟️ Apr 24 to May 2 - @phoenixplayerstheatre presents CRACKERS & Debate Debacle, a comedy double bill, at the @gladstonetheatre
✈️ Apr 25, May 2, 9, 16, 23, 30 - @waywardimprov brings us Wanderlust: Tales of Travel, Love and Longing at @artscourt
🎭 Apr 25 & 26 - @odysseytheatreottawa is holding botanical-themed mask-making workshops!
There is so much great theatre on this week! Where will we see you?
🤡 Until Apr 18 - @matheatreco presents Pride and Prejudice, a clownish romp through a beloved tale, at the @gladstonetheatre (check out our review at the link in bio!)
👵 Until Apr 18 - @theottawalittletheatre presents the play of Kimberly Akimbo
🚔 Until Apr 19 - @lostbaggagemt presents Bonnie & Clyde at @artscourt
💛 Apr 13 - @broadwaynightsottawa 's theme tonight is Oldies but Goldies - always a blast and almost sold out!
☠️ Apr 13 - @matheatreco , WildAnd Co present Dead Siblings Society at @gladstonetheatre for one night only
👩⚖️ April 15 to 18 - It's the annual Lawyer Play at @gctclive put on by local lawyers. This year, the show is Our Town and is in support of @UpstreamOttawa
👩⚖️ April 17 & 18 - @ottawapops presents Materia Symphony: Inspired by Final Fantasy VII at @cu_cdcc
Pride and Prejudice may be one of the most known and beloved enemies to lovers’ tales. Jane Austen’s novel has stood the test of time inspiring countless stories, retellings and adaptations. If you think you’ve seen this story in every form, you are in for a surprise with @matheatreco new creation, as they present their first full stage production with Pride and Prejudice at the @gladstonetheatre until April 18. Read the full review now at the link in our bio!
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📸: Adele Jackson
April is kicking off with some great shows this week - see you there?
Until Apr 18 - @theottawalittletheatre presents the play of Kimberly Akimbo
Until Apr 18 - @matheatreco presents Pride and Prejudice, a clownish romp through a beloved tale, at @gladstonetheatre
April 11 - Wanderlust: Improvised Tales of Travel, Love & Longing is on at @artscourt from @waywardimprov
Apr 11 to 19 - @lostbaggagemt presents Bonnie & Clyde at @artscourt
Get ready, Broadway nerds— Show Tune Showdown is back! Last year marked the end of Tone Cluster’s run of the beloved event, but they passed the conductor’s baton to @orpheusmusicaltheatre ! We chatted with Orpheus Managing Director J.T. Morris to learn more. Read the full interview at the link in our bio.
Rose has its world premiere at the @nac.cna as part of the Indigenous Theatre program. It highlights the story of three women named Rose, in very different stages of life, and the various struggles, joys, and ultimately, their legacies for the people around them. Equally joyful and funny as emotional and deep, this is a story of people coming together to protect what is important to them. Read our full review now at the link in our bio.
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📸: Curtis Perry
