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END OF YEAR ACTIVITIES
The 2011 English section's graduating class show, Arctic Ocean, is taking shape at the Monument-National, whereas the entire French section of the NTS, including the 2011 cohort, is caught in an immense gridlock of cars, buses and words, at Hangar 16 in Montreal's Old Port. Their show, embouteillageS, opens on Thursday, April 21. But that's not all. The end of any NTS school year is a hive of activity and this year is no exception: Directing students Yevgeniya Falkovich (our photo) and Sophie Gee burned the midnight oil with their end of year directing projects. After Miss Julie, by Patrick Marber, was directed by Sophie, while Yevgeniya chose to direct Sarah Kane's Phaedra's Love; performances were given with professional actors on April 15 and 16. (+) Read more |
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ARCTIC OCEAN A NEW WORDS FESTIVAL EVENT Arctic Ocean, written by 2011 graduating playwright Jill Connell, directed by Denise Clarke, Associate Artist at Calgary's One Yellow Rabbit, and performed by the 2011 graduating acting class, will take place at the Hydro-Québec Studio of Montreal's Monument-National, from April 26 to 30. Arctic Ocean is a compressed mythology, a rhapsody embracing the birth and death of a rock star, the making of centaurs, the blooming of pear trees and the suicide of houses. Connell has created a world of magic realism inhabited by characters who desire permanence in a world that is make-shift, who are alien even where they are indigenous, in a story that is by turns touching, tragic, hilarious, and bewitching. (+) Read more |
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THE NTS AT RIDEAU HALL
On April 6, 2011, His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, hosted a reception at Rideau Hall in honour of the National School of Canada's 50th anniversary. In his heartfelt speech, His Excellency paid tribute to the School's founders, saying: "I want to acknowledge at the outset those who worked so hard to establish the School back in 1960 and who nurtured it through those early years. The vitality of Canadian theatre and its presence on the world stage today is thanks in no small part to their pioneering efforts." Speaking on behalf of the School were Jodi White, Chair of the NTS Board of Governors, Simon Brault, the School's CEO, and Guy Nadon, a 1974 graduate of the French Acting program. (+) Read more |
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EXHIBITION AT THE THÉÂTRE D'AUJOURD'HUI
2ND YEAR SET AND COSTUME DESIGN STUDENTS :: APRIL 15 - MAY 9 The 2nd year Set and Costume Design program students are presenting an exhibition of paintings and etchings done during workshops led by painter François Vincent. Works by Gabrielle Bossé-Beal, Evita Karasek, Joëlle Péloquin, Adam Provencher, Kim L. Rouchdy and Jeong Hwa Ryoo are on display, and for sale, in the foyer of Théâtre d'Aujourd'hui, from April 15 to May 9. Concurrently, Atelier circulaire will also exhibit the same series of etchings for three weeks, from April 18 to May 9. |
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ATTENDS-MOI The Patient Hour Danièle Lévesque (Set & Costume Design, 1983 – our photo), Director of the Set and Costume Design/Scénographie Program, designed the set for Attends-moi, the French version of Kristen Thomson's (Acting, 1993) The Patient Hour, translated by Olivier Choinière (Écriture dramatique, 1996) and directed by Marie Charlebois (Interprétation, 1986). Other NTS alumni involved in the show are Marie-Hélène Dufort (Production, 2001), assistant director; Mylène Chabrol (Scénographie, 2010) costume designer; Claude Cournoyer (Production, 1982), lighting designer; Francis Farley-Lemieux (Scénographie, 2005), props; and actors Valérie Blais (Interprétation, 1990) and Rachel Graton (Interprétation, 2010). Produced by Théâtre de La Manufacture and presented at Espace Go, from May 3 to 28, 2010. |
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GRADUATION CEREMONY
Forty-nine students from both the English and French sections will receive their much-awaited diplomas on Sunday, May 1, 2011, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Ludger-Duvernay Theatre of the Monument-National. (+) Discover our 2011 cohort: Production Set and Costume Design Playwriting and Acting |
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CONGRATULATIONS
Elizabeth Kantor, a first-year Production student, has won the 2011 Theatre Arts Award from the Zonta Club of Ottawa. In 2010, the award was presented to Emily Thorne, who is currently completing her second year in the Production Program. This scholarship is awarded annually to talented young women from the National Capital Region who are enrolled in post-secondary theatre programs, to support them in achieving their professional goals. |
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ALUMNI NEWS
The following is a brief sampling of the news you can find in the ALUMNI NEWS section of our website. Click here for more news on NTS alumni, their performances, projects, awards, etc. Mariam Bernstein (Acting, 1986) will be playing the role of Mrs. Lovett in Dry Cold's production of Sweeney Todd, at the CanWest Performing Arts Centre, from May 13 to 15, 2010. Set design by Brian Perchaluk (Set and Costume Design, 1983). Pippa Mackie (Acting, 2009) will tour the Toronto, Saskatoon, and Vancouver Fringe Festivals with The Progressive Polygamists, written and performed by Pippa and her comedy partner, Jessie Award winner Emmelia Gordon. The show is a satirical comedy about two sister wives. Bruce Dinsmore (Acting, 1988 and our photo) performs in Schwartz's, The Musical, by Rick Blue and George Bowser, directed by Roy Surette, at Montreal's Centaur Theatre, from March 29 to April 24, 2011. Set and props designed by John C. Dinning (Set and Costume Design, 1980); Stephanie Link (Production, 2008) is the assistant stage manager. Megan Coles' (Playwriting, 2009) play, The Battery, directed by Emma Tibaldo (Directing, 2003) and featuring Bridget Wareham (Acting, 2008), ran April 13 to 16, 2011, upstairs at The Republic (St. John's, NL). Shannon Hawes (Production, 2007) was the Production Manager. Co-produced by the RCA Theatre Company and Poverty Cove Theatre Company. The Battery was first performed by the 2009 graduating class in Montreal in April of the same year; it was Megan's NTS graduating play. (+) Click here for the company's Facebook page. Brandon Coffey performs in Bullet for Adolf, co-written and directed by two-time Academy Award nominee Woody Harrelson. The show runs from April 19 to May 7, 2011, at the Hart House Theatre, University of Toronto. To submit information for the NTS ALUMNI NEWS section, kindly contact Andrée McNamara Tait at the NTS Alumni Office: alumninews@ent-nts.ca. |
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MONUMENT-NATIONAL HUMANI AFRIKA EXHIBITION The Scène Financière Sun Life of Montreal's Monument-National presents the exhibition Humani Afrika, un autre visage de l'Afrique until May 29, 2011, as part of the Rallye-expos Vues d'Afrique. This show features photos taken by photo-reporters Marc-André Pauzé and Nathalie Sentenne over the course of their explorations and travels, from the Tunisian Sahara to Madagascar's rice paddies, from the Niger River to the Maasaï people of Kenya. Admission is free on show nights. |
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EASTER HOLIDAY
The School's administrative offices (Saint-Denis Street campus) and the Bleviss Family Library will be closed from Friday, April 22 to Monday, April 25, inclusively. Regular hours resume on April 26, 2011. (+) Library schedule |
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Next e-bulletin :: end of May 2011
PHOTO CREDITS Maxime Côté (Danièle Lévesque) Christian Blais (2010 Graduation Ceremony - 2010 Set & Costume Design Alumni) Philip Litevsky (Yevgeniya Falkovich) Joëlle Péloquin (etching) Laurent Pinabel (poster, Arctic Ocean) Public Domain Sgt Serge Gouin, Rideau Hall - © 2011 Office of the Secretary to the Governor General of Canada |
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