By now there must be few adult Canadians who are unaware of what residential schools did to so many First Nations children, to their families and to the generations that have followed. But awareness and visceral understanding are two different things. Children of God, the
Tiffany Ayalik may be a contemporary adult actor from Yellowknife, NWT but she can relate to what nine-year-old Yvette Wong experienced in mid-20th-century Saskatchewan. Ayalik plays Yvette and 11 other characters in Café Daughter, the one-woman show by Cree playwright Kenneth T. Williams that’s about to open as
This may be the first time Russell Braun has sung the role of Louis Riel, but he has more of a connection to the seminal Canadian opera than one might assume. "One of my father's best friends, Cornelis Opthof, was the first to sing John A. Macdonald. And
The 2oth anniversary of the Ottawa Fringe Festival is now underway. Covering a massive undertaking like the Fringe requires some agility. ARTSFILE's theatre writer Patrick Langston is covering as many bases as he can over the next few days offering his takes on up to
The NAC Presents concert series is about to truly go "national." In the 2017-18 season, NAC Presents Across Canada will help partners in 10 cities put on up to 40 concerts featuring emerging and established Canadian artists. The outreach idea is Heather Gibson's. She is the executive
The opera Louis Riel was a Centennial gift. It was written by two giants: the composer Harry Somers and the librettist Mavor Moore. It was commissioned by the Floyd S. Chalmers Foundation in 1966 and premiered by the Canadian Opera Company. But save for performances in
For contemplation, consider the water court at the National Gallery of Canada, where the soft motion and flickering light of the pool mediates the art of two very different cultures. On one side are historic figures sculpted by Alfred Laliberté, an artist of European descent, and
On June 28, the Canada Scene festival at the National Arts Centre presents a new bilingual version of the performance 26 lettres: An ABC of words that are losing their meaning directed by 2014 Siminovitch Prize winner Olivier Choinière. The play involves 26 individuals, each one given a word by Choinière.
Four women and one man are on the shortlist for the $110,000 2017 Sobey Art Award. The winner, who will receive $50,000, will be selected from a group of young contemporary artists, each representing a region of Canada. The shortlist includes: [caption id="attachment_6578" align="aligncenter" width="501"] Ursula Johnson[/caption] Atlantic: Ursula
Silvie plays the piano and Bryan the cello. Together the Ottawa siblings make up Cheng² Duo and together they are touring the world. On June 22, (invite only) and June 23 (ticketed event), they'll present a specially developed performance of music that they have commissioned that will
