The moribund Magnetic North Theatre Fesitval might not be finished after all. A new board of directors has embarked on a mission to revive the 15 year old festival which was suspended this past March because of a financial crisis. The new board will include
Odyssey Theatre picked up three major awards for its production of The Servant of Two Masters at the annual Rideau Awards for theatre in the national capital region. Theatre writer Patrick Langston called it a "well-oiled and vastly entertaining production" when he reviewed it in
Imagine composing a piece of music and having it premiered by your talented piano-playing son. John Gordon Armstrong will experience that rush on Nov. 5, when his son Patrick will debut the piece Remember in a concert Sunday that features John Gordon's music and celebrates the
Grey Gritt is one half of the JUNO Award winning dup Quantum Tangle with Tiffany Ayalik. The duo is part of a concert on Nov. 4 featuring musicians, artists, storytellers, dancers and Dene and Inuit athletes from Northern Canada. The show is called From The North. In
There is nothing quite like the energy of the Toronto-based Lemon Bucket Orkestra. The ensemble is set to launch a brand new CD in Ottawa on Nov. 1 at École secondaire publique De La Salle. Before the party, trumpeter/flugelhorn player, Michael Louis Johnson, answered questions from
It doubtless started out as a viable, if overstuffed, idea. Write a comedy about the erosion of Chinese culture and tradition when it’s transplanted to contemporary America. Illustrate the resonant theme of cultural identity by making the two main characters the likeable Larry Yee, a 60-year-old
For Eric Coates, and possibly for Ottawa theatre-goers, Ordinary Days came along at just the right time. Coates, who’s directing the musical by Adam Gwon when it opens at the Great Canadian Theatre Company Oct. 31, first saw a clip of the original production the night
In Confederation's 150th year, Sir John A. Macdonald has become a focus of much interest. Teachers have tried to obliterate his name off schools across Ontario. ManyIndigenous peoples revile him. Others elevate him to the lofty status of Father of the Nation. Plays have been written. A
What a difference five years can make
The 2017 Sobey Art Award has been won by a 37-year-old Mi'kmaw artist from Halifax. Ursula Johnson, who was born in Sydney, N.S., has won the $50,000 prize which is given annually to a Canadian artist under 40 by the Sobey Art Foundation. The award was
