Shara Weaver, Propeller Dance Co-director and Choreographer of FRAME OF MIND discusses how the show’s choreography conveys lived, bodily experiences of mental health.
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Lo (or Dear Mr. Wells) stars two of Ottawa’s most beloved actors: Geoff McBride (Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet) and Erica Anderson (Gracie). The production reunites Anderson and GCTC’s Artistic Director, Eric Coates (Gracie, The Virgin Trial), who directs the play.
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Many audience members wonder, how do actors deal with kissing or otherwise being intimate with a colleague, night after night?
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Behaviour, a world premiere from award-winning Ottawa playwright Darrah Teitel, explores abuses of power hidden just below the surface of this sleepy government town.
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During the winter of 2018, I was a sleep-deprived new mom with a 6-month-old baby girl struggling with the stress of filling our days with fun while simultaneously not wanting to leave the house.
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It’s 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has just delivered a speech that is now known as “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” He doesn’t know it, but this will be the last night of his life.
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Mark Crawford and Ashlie Corcoran discuss theatre, life, and Bed & Breakfast. The production hits the GCTC stage on December 4, 2018.
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A heartfelt comedy about “being out” in small town Ontario, Mark Crawford’s Bed and Breakfast is bringing dozens of hilarious characters — played by only two actors — to the GCTC stage.
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The GCTC has helped to spawn a hit! Raising Stanley/Life With Tulia (RS/LWT), a totally accessible play about the journey from puppy to working guide dog for the blind, debuted to eight sold out audiences at the GCTC in July 2018.
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OTTAWA October 10, 2018 – Ghastly. Haunting. Stunning. Three Edwardian-era ghosts rise from the clutches of their clawfoot bathtubs, drenched in water, to tell the haunting story of their murder by one man: George Joseph Smith … their husband.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OTTAWA September 24, 2018 – After three days without power, GCTC’s power has been fully restored and the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre is fully operational.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OTTAWA August 28, 2018 –Lauded as one of Canada’s most exciting playwrights, Kate Hennig is back at the Great Canadian Theatre Company with The Virgin Trial: the sequel to her 2016-17 smash hit The Last Wife. In The Virgin Trial, Hennig reimagines the story of young Elizabeth I as a modern day crime drama, full of political and sexual intrigue in the Tudor court.
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Bronwyn Steinberg is the Director for Raising Stanley / Life with Tulia in the GCTC Studio.
I am a total dog person. We always had dogs growing up, usually three at a time. I was even born in the Year of the Dog. And I’ve always been a theatre person.
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OTTAWA June 11, 2018 – With one preview and three gala performances under their belts, the cast of the 19th Annual GCTC/CCLA Lawyer Play have cause to celebrate. With combined gross revenue from sponsorships and ticket sales, this year’s Lawyer Play – The Rule of Three by Agatha Christie – exceeded all of its fundraising targets, raising $140,000 in funds to support GCTC and this year’s charity partner, Tungasuvvingat Inuit.
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Co-director of The Rule of Three, Pamela Feghali tells us about her journey through the Annual Lawyer Play Fundraiser.
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OTTAWA May 23, 2018 – The Great Canadian Theatre Company with the County of Carleton Law Association will be presenting Agatha Christie’s The Rule of Three from June 6th to June 9th – three one act plays featuring a cast of 23 lawyers and judges for their 19th Annual Lawyer Play Fundraiser.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OTTAWA April 10, 2018 –Hailed as “one of the most important playwrights working in Canada today”, Siminovitch Prize and Governor General’s Award-winner Joan MacLeod brings her latest work, Gracie, to the Great Canadian Theatre Company.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OTTAWA March 24, 2018– Today the Great Canadian Theatre Company unveiled programming for its politically and socially-charged 2018-19 season.
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A Q&A with the playwright of Still/Falling, Rachel Aberle.
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OTTAWA February 20, 2018 –Trey Anthony, the acclaimed playwright of the smash hit Da Kink In My Hair, brings her newest work to the Great Canadian Theatre Company with How Black Mothers Say I Love You.
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