The Magnetic North Theatre Festival, slated to open in Ottawa this June, has been cancelled. Mike Hawkes, chair of the Canadian Theatre Festival Society, which produces Magnetic North told Artsfile that the Festival has been cancelled for this year. He said it is uncertain if it
For Petr Cancura, building the program of the annual TD Ottawa International Jazz Festival is always a question of who is available in the annual late June time slot all the while staying true to the identity of the 37 year old event. So it is
It's not often that a early music concert features an actor portraying a character from the 17th century, the era of the Baroque. Olivier Henchiri, the artistic director of the Ottawa Baroque Consort explains to Artsfile's Peter Robb more about the group's concert on Saturday March
In 2007, NAC Dance announced the National Arts Centre Associate Dance Artist (ADA) program. The initiative was intended to give talented Canadian dancers and choreographers an opportunity to interact with some of the best in the world. This year the program will celebrate its 10th anniversary with performances
Steven Heighton is a novelist, short story writer and Governor General Award winning poet. For the first time he’ll participate in VERSeFest in Ottawa on March 26 and later this spring he’ll be taking part in the Ottawa Writer’s Festival. In advance of his VERSeFest appearance
It’s tricky business when, say, an actor stands before the public as, say, a musician. Does the actor have the musical talent to make us see them as a musician, to make us temporarily forget they’re an actor? Visitors to Art is Art, an exhibition of
The Ottawa Choral Society presents it's take on Ludwig Van Beethoven this Friday. To offer a sense of what to expect from this concert, music director Jean-Sebastian Vallée answered some questions emailed by Artsfile's Peter Robb. Q. This is your "debut" in a large orchestral setting with the
Angela Hewitt’s Bach Odyssey — her globetrotting, four-year exploration of Bach’s complete works for solo keyboard — brought the pianist to Dominion Chalmers this past week, co-presented by Chamberfest and NACO. The first installments contained some attractive scenery, familiar features, and one or two surprises.
Every year putting together the performers coming to the world's largest chamber music festival is puzzled out by artistic director Roman Borys. Much depends on squaring the availability of artists with ensuring Chamberfest stays true to its mandate. Case in point Chamberfest 2017, which runs from July 22
University of Ottawa professor Dina Salha has been haunted by memories of her great-aunt who died alone and mysteriously in Lebanon in 1983. So, captured by the desire to know more, Salha made a film about her search. That documentary, Lady in the Garden, was first screened in
