Live Theatre in Ottawa
GREAT CANADIAN THEATRE COMPANY
The Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC) was founded and incorporated in 1975 by professors and students at Ottawa's Carleton University to produce Canadian plays.
Mandate "To foster, produce and promote excellent theatre that provokes examination of Canadian life and our place in the world."
GCTC is incorporated as a non-profit organization with charitable status.
THE NATIONAL ARTS CENTRE (NAC)
The National Arts Centre (NAC) raised its curtains for the first time in 1969. Created by the Parliament of Canada as a Centennial project during the 1960s, the NAC has become Canada's foremost showcase for the performing arts.
Today, the NAC works with countless artists, both emerging and established, from across Canada and around the world, and collaborates with scores of other arts organizations across the country.
The NAC is strongly committed to being a leader and innovator in each of the performing arts fields in which it works - classical music, English theatre, French theatre, dance, variety, and community programming. It is at the forefront of youth and educational activities, supporting programmes for young and emerging artists and programmes for young audiences, and producing resources and study materials for teachers.
The NAC is the only multidisciplinary, bilingual performing arts centre in North America, and one of the largest in the world.
THIRD WALL THEATRE CO.
The mandate of Third Wall Theatre Co. is to present the well-known stories of the world repertory, shaped by imagination and told without pretention. We strive to produce a wide variety of plays, from ancient comedies to modern classics, all linked by the common thread of greatness.
As a company, we also maintain a firm vision for expansion, and aim to move from semi-professional to fully professional status within the next few years. In the long term, we hope to eventually move into our own theatre space, and become a major part of Ottawa's professional theatre community.
We are supportive of all the arts in Ottawa, and believe that in order to foster a positive environment for cultural growth in the city, artists and companies must work together for mutual gains.
ODYSSEY THEATRE
Odyssey is strongly committed to creating and producing original Canadian work. We provide a forum for writers, designers, mask makers, musicians, performers and artists of diverse cultural traditions from across the country. We work with top national and international guest artists. The opportunities we offer are often not available elsewhere in Canada.