Originally from Calgary, Cristina moved to Ottawa to pursue a masters in history at Carleton University. While hitting the books, she also likes to hit the streets of Ottawa, discovering the local arts scene one block at a time.
Steel Magnolias will be performing at The Gladstone Theatre from Feb. 29–March. 9, and Apt613 has all the details. We sat down with director Gabriella Gadsby to hear more about her own vision for this piece and how her real life experiences of the women in her life inspired this performance.
For the First Time in Forever, Broadway Across Canada’s touring production of Disney’s Frozen, is causing a chill over Ottawa’s National Arts Centre. The musical adaptation of the Oscar-winning movie opened Feb. 22 for an extended run until March 3, with additional shows and matinees to ensure kids young and old can visit Frozen’s Arendelle.
J.P. Chartier’s new take on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale is a contemporary musical retelling of The Emperor’s New Clothes that premiers at the Gladstone Theatre on Jan. 31. With an all-local cast and 18 original songs, Just Say the Word is bound to get audiences in the groove and on their feet.
Joys and Splendors is a thriller audio drama that follows the story of a soldier and a spy caught up in the fallout of a total war with the United States. Playwright Kate Werneburg spoke more about this piece and why she chose to set it in Ottawa.
One small step for Shohini Ghose, one giant leap for women in STEM. She will speak at the 2023 Ottawa International Writers Festival about her book, Her Space, Her Time: How Trailblazing Women Scientists Decoded the Hidden Universe.
The Ottawa Canadian Film Festival is back for their seventh year at the Bytowne Cinema playing comedy, drama, animation, and various short films from Nov. 2-4.
Playwright Lawrence Aronovitch and the local performing arts community are organizing a staged reading of The Laramie Project: Ten Years Later at the Carleton Dominion-Chalmers Centre.
An abortion procedure is the structure that drives The Supine Cobbler, but the intimacy between characters and the is a central force that this production emphasizes. Playwright Jill Connell sat down with Apt613 to share more about this production.
The story of preserving Shakespeare’s famous works is told in The Book of Will playing at the Ottawa Little Theatre from September 20th to October 7th. Read more about how this historical comedy came to life.
