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YOU, FACEBOOK AND THE SCHOOL
Stay on top of School news and events – share your love of theatre, post comments on our students' public performances, put forward your questions, find out who's at the School and what they're doing, and much, much more. The NTS is open 24/7 on Facebook. |
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2011 GRADUATING CLASS CVS NOW ON LINE
The 2011 Acting and Playwriting graduate CVs are now available online. ACTING 2011 Ishan DAVÉ Brett DONAHUE Matthew DONOVAN Katy GRABSTAS Curtis HENSCHEL Sophie HOLDSTOCK Adrian MORNINGSTAR Philip NOZUKA Alexandra ORDOLIS Hugh PORTMAN Jackie ROWLAND Samantha WAN (+) To view their resumes, click here PLAYWRITING 2011 Jill CONNELL (+) To view Jill's resume, please click here NOTE :: 2011 Production CVs will be available online next week. 2011 Set and Costume Design CVs will be online at the beginning of May. |
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THE 2011 ENGLISH GRADUATING CLASS IN kAdMos
The 2011 English graduating class is presenting kAdMos, Damned Be the Hands that Did this Thing, from February 22 to 26 at the Monument-National's Ludger-Duvernay Theatre. kAdMos is an adaptation by Yael Farber (our photo) of The Theban Plays by Sophocles. Farber also uses extracts from the writings of internationally renowned journalist Mark Danner. This is the first NTS public performance directed by South African-born Farber since she was appointed head of the School's Directing Program in May 2010. (+) Read the press release (+) Buy tickets |
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THE 2011 FRENCH GRADUATING CLASS IN PLUS QUE TOI
The 2011 French graduating class is presenting Plus Que Toi, written by 2010 French Playwriting graduate Rébecca Déraspe (our photo) and directed by Martin Faucher. Presented from February 14 to 19 at the Studio Hydro-Québec of the Monument-National. (+) Read the French press release |
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REVEALING TALENT TOUR
The 2011 graduating class of actors leaves on March 2 for the NTS REVEALING TALENT TOUR! Part of the National Theatre School's 50th anniversary celebrations, they will travel to Toronto (2), Calgary (3), Vancouver (5) and Halifax (8), ending the tour in Montreal, home to the NTS on March 15. They will perform a collage of short theatrical texts from both the classical and contemporary repertoire, one hour before curtain, in the lobbies of the following 5 Canadian theatres: Jane Mallet Theatre, EPCOR Center (Theatre Calgary), Arts Club, Neptune Theatre, Centaur Theatre. Follow the tour with Simon Brault, CEO, on Twitter. Simon will speak at the invitation of the Alliance for Arts and Culture on March 6 in Vancouver. (+) Read the press release |
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THE CONSUL, OUR 7TH COLLABORATION WITH THE ATELIER LYRIQUE
For the seventh consecutive year, the young singers of The Atelier lyrique de l'Opéra de Montréal are collaborating on their annual production with the National Theatre School of Canada and the Monument-National. This year, they will perform The Consul, music and lyrics by Giancarlo Menotti, directed by Oriol Tomas. The production will be presented from March 5 to 12 at the Monument-National's Ludger-Duvernay Theatre. Over the years, the School's participation has always consisted of high quality design and production values for the operas presented by Atelier lyrique. The Consul's sets and costumes have therefore been designed by Mylène Chabrol and Laurence Mongeau respectively; both are 2010 graduates of our Set and Costume Design Program. Also participating in this production are Émilie Martel (Assistant Director and Stage Manager), Francis Hamel (Lighting Designer) and J-F Piché (Technical Director), all 2011 graduates of the French Production Program. Also involved in the production are over 20 first-, second- and third-year NTS students. (+) Read more |
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OUR REVEALING TALENT FUNDRAISING CAMPAIGN
The NTS has launched a fundraising campaign to coincide with its 50th anniversary and to 'set the stage' for the next decade. With two well-respected business leaders as the campaign co-chairs, the NTS is poised to reach its goal of $12 million. Gerry McCaughey, President and CEO of CIBC has joined with Louis Vachon, President and CEO of Banque Nationale, to lead the NTS in this Revealing Talent Campaign. As these remarkable individuals join us in this challenge, we are thrilled to note that we are almost at the halfway point of our total goal and that this support will result in even greater accomplishments for the School. (+) Read more |
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CULTURAL CITIES DEBATE AT THE SEGAL
NTS CEO Simon Brault will participate in a debate on city building and the future of culture in Montreal, above and beyond the Quartier des Spectacles partnership, with Witold Rybczynski, author of Makeshift Metropolis, University of Pennsylvania professor, and Slate architecture critic; and La Presse columnist and Radio-Canada broadcaster, Nathalie Petrowski on March 30, 2011 at 6 p.m. The event is titled The Walrus McGill Debate at the Segal Centre – If You Build It, Will They Come? and will take place at the Segal Centre in Montreal. (+) Read more |
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LIAR BY BRIAN DRADER PERFORMED IN FRENCH, IN MONTREAL
The play Liar by Brian Drader, Director of the School's Playwriting Program, will be performed for the first time in French and in Montreal. Mea Culpa Théâtre presents Menteur, translation by Émile Beaudry, Co-artistic Director of this Montreal theatre company, from February 23 to March 12, 2011, at Espace 4001. The production features Emmanuel Reichenbach (Interprétation, 2007), among others. Liar, published in 2004 by Scirocco Drama, examines the power and influence of human interaction and the perils of presumptions, as it challenges our ideas about intimacy. (+) Read more |
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THEY'VE BEEN AT THE SCHOOL End of January and February 2011 Production Terri Gillis, production and facility manager at Calgary's Vertigo Theatre, is presently coaching 2nd and 3rd year Production students in technical direction. Terri has recently td'd on Ronnie Burkett's Billy Twinkle: Requiem for a Golden Boy. Canadian lighting designer Steve Ross is lighting design coach for kAdMos – Damned Be the Hands that Did this Thing and Sally Goodwin is stage management coach for said production. Acting Steven Page (our photo), former front man for the Barenaked Ladies, was here as music mentor for 2nd year actors. Jonathan Goad is giving 1st year actors their Shakespeare bath this month. David Latham, Stratford Festival Theatre Training Consultant, is directing the 2nd year actors in Shakespeare's King Lear. From now on, you will find all teacher, coach, mentor and dramaturg news on our Facebook page. (+) Read More |
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ALUMNI NEWS
The film Incendies, directed by Denis Villeneuve and based on the play by Wajdi Mouawad (Interprétation, 1991) is raking in the awards and nominations. It won an audience award at the Rotterdam Film Festival and is up for a 2011 Oscar award for best-foreign language film. It received 10 Genie Awards nominations as well as 10 nominations for the Jutra, Quebec's film awards. Chris Shore (Acting, 1989) is the Executive Director of Theatre Nova Scotia. Charlotte Corbeil-Coleman (Playwriting, 2008) co-created and directed Highway 63: The Fort Mac Show, produced by Theatre Passe Muraille, from February 3 to 26, 2011. Co-Created and performed by Greg Gale (Acting, 2007) and Jonathan Seinen (Acting, 2007), among others. Meilie Ng (Acting, 2010 – our photo) performs in Nisei Blue, by Mieko Ouchi, at Alberta Theatre Projects, from February 3 to March 5, 2011. Tuled Giovanazzi (Production, 2008) is the Assistant Stage Manager. Ardon Bess (Acting, 1968) stars in Joe Louis: an American Romance, by David Sherman, at Infinitheatre, from January 25 to February 20, 2011. |
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Next e-bulletin :: end of March 2011
PHOTO CREDITS Maxime Côté (Yael Farber, Rébecca Déraspe, Brian Drader, Simon Brault, Canada Tour – front of photo: Adrian Morningstar) Tim Leyes (Meilie Ng) Orangetango & Marc Montplaisir (The Consul) P.D. |
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