If there’s one thing Michelle Thrush wants you to know, it’s to live life to the fullest. This message shines through her one-woman show, Inner Elder, as she recalls key moments of her life growing up as a Cree woman. Inner Elder ran at the National Arts Centre from April 11-13.
The Spirit Horse Returns was an engaging and educational production by Jodi Contin, Ken MacDonald, the NAC Orchestra and NAC Indigenous Theatre.
Bear Grease is an Indigenous reimagining of the classic 1978 musical Grease, and the result is comedic gold.
Join Apt613 in attending a one-night-only live concert at the National Arts Centre (NAC) for Papakanje, a #ReconcileThis concert, celebrating Indigenous voices.
Alright 613ers, we’ve all gotten a taste of summer, but let’s not rush spring yet! There are so many great events taking place all weekend and throughout the city. Let us know what you get up to!
Matriarchs Uprising: Samantha Sutherland & Aria Evans (Program B) is one of three dance programs by Indigenous women presented by the National Arts Centre (NAC) Dance and NAC Indigenous Theatre last week, aimed at showcasing contemporary Indigenous dance and storytelling. In the emotionally evocative Program B, the audience was carried through rich transformations via two solo dance performances.
The Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC) today announced its 2023–24 subscription season with five new mainstage productions, through which five Canadian playwrights share their humourous, heartfelt, provocative, and playful visions of how we relate, what we mean to each other, and how much we need to be together.
The Quebec Bridge was designed to be the most advanced in the world but in 1907, it collapsed during construction. 75 ironworkers tragically died, including 33 Mohawk men from the Kahnawake Indigenous community. The dance theatre show, Sky Dancers, explores the grief, strength, and resilience of the people impacted by this event.
Welcome to the weekend folks! Hopefully you’ve recovered from Bluesfest because we’ve got a jam packed weekend up ahead!
NAC Indigenous Theatre’s Indigenous Art Market is back for its first in-person event since December 2019.
After a short week, we have arrived at what looks to be yet another nice weekend! Things are opening up a bit here in Ottawa and we can finally do things like see friends (outdoors, and at a distance), kick a ball around the soccer field, or play a few rounds of golf. There are also some other events taking place this weekend and Apt613 has the details for you below.
After what has been a rainy week, we are fortunate to have dry skies this weekend and to be able to make the most of one of the final (dare we say it?) weekends of fall. We may not get to enjoy some of the liberties we had before returning to Stage 2 of city shutdowns amidst this global pandemic, but we folks are creative and there is still plenty going on in this fine city.
Take a breath this weekend. This year especially, Thanksgiving is the perfect time for some reflection, gratitude and re-calibration of goals and expectations.
Multi-award winning Twin Flames is led by Jaaji, an Inuk Mohawk man from Nunavik, and Chelsey June, an Algonquin Cree Métis woman from Ottawa. Their newest single “Battlefields” speaks to ending the stigma associated with mental health. Jaaji and Chelsey June speak about life as touring musicians and arts educators adapting to COVID-19.
Ryan Pepper: “One question this show raises is: why does it have to be performed by two people? And more importantly, why couldn’t it just have been an Inuit show? The answer to that actually lies in the show.”
