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Alan Ayckbourn is back at the Gladstone—with another North American premiere! Private Fears in Public Places packed audiences in for his cheeky take on 21st-century love and neurosis. Now he’s moved on to the 22nd! You’ll laugh till you cry over his forecasts for cybernetic...
The Kemptville Youth Musical Theatre Company (KYMTC) is thrilled to announce some exciting news! The company will be staging a second musical this year- a fun filled, silly, highly praised show called Something Rotten! This fantastic show will be staged from September 26 to...
Set in the 1590s, the comedic musical follows brothers Nick and Nigel Bottom as they struggle to write a hit play while living in the shadow of Shakespeare. When a soothsayer foretells that the future of theatre involves singing, dancing and acting all at once, the brothers set...
This recent Broadway hit puts the ladies in the driver’s seat and turns the classic screwball comedy on its head!
Due to popular demand, TotoToo is bringing back our sold-out hit production of Richard O’Briens The Rocky Horror Show! Get ready to do the Time Warp again with this outrageous, iconic cult classic. After their car breaks down, sweethearts Brad and Janet find themselves stranded...
A docu-concert that moves between storytelling and performance, tracing Leonard Cohen's life through the songs that built his legend. Five performers and a live band share the stage for ninety minutes, trading off the lead from song to song, reinterpreting Cohen's classics with...
Inspired by classic horror writers like Edgar Allan Poe and Shirley Jackson, this haunting work tells the tale of a young lawyer who inherits a malevolent curse. Desperate for success, he strikes a sinister deal in exchange for wealth and status, but dark forces creep into his...
Cohen’s music sold out the Gladstone one year after his death. Ten years after losing this towering figure, we ask, “What would Cohen say today?” What songs still move you? Which words speak to our times? Leonard Cohen: Ten Years Gone revisits his songs, in all their power and...
Jonathan Harker has been warned by Dr. Van Helsing, his close friend and world-famous scientist in England, to be wary of his trip to Transylvania to close a real estate transaction with Count Dracula. But Harker is young and ambitious. He stumbles into a web of terror that...
Charlotte Brontë’s haunting novel comes to the OLT stage in a new adaptation by one of Canada’s most exciting playwrights.
Get ready for an unforgettable night where hypnosis meets improv comedy! Back by popular demand, comedy legend Colin Mochrie and master hypnotist Asad Mecci take the stage for HYPROV: Improv Under Hypnosis —a hilarious, unpredictable show where no two performances are ever the...
Middle-aged couple Daphne and Rollie and their friend Alex have found themselves out of work and out of luck. So when they come across a mistakenly rented X-rated movie, they get the idea to make their own porno film for some quick cash. The only problem is none of them want to...
The beloved holiday radio show is BACK! See how the magic of the golden age of radio comes alive on stage.
Your favourite holiday tradition returns, now in its fifth year! SNOW WHITE: THE PANTO Written by Tim Porter, with Tricia Black PLAYING NOVEMBER 27TH - DECEMBER 5TH, 2026 ADULT TICKETS: $41.00+HST SENIOR TICKETS: $36.50+HST STUDENT/YOUTH/ARTS WORKERS: $26.50+HST Groups of 10 or...
A Christmas story where the ghost isn't there to scare you, but to help you find love.
Your favourite holiday tradition returns, now in its fifth year! SNOW WHITE: THE PANTO Written by Tim Porter, with Tricia Black PLAYING DECEMBER 9TH - 19TH 2026 ADULT TICKETS: $41.00+HST SENIOR TICKETS: $36.50+HST STUDENT/YOUTH/ARTS WORKERS: $26.50+HST Groups of 10 or more...
“Safe?… don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.” Back by popular demand, 9th Hour Theatre Company brings the Deep Magic of Narnia to the Ottawa stage once again with the beloved...
The classic story of the four March sisters coming of age during the American Civil War has been given a lively new look by one of today’s most popular playwrights. With Jo’s voice at the heart of the story, each imperfect little woman must learn to balance private ambitions...
Wednesdays to Saturdays at 7:30 p.m. Matinee: Sundays at 2:30 p.m.
This contemporary retelling of the heated relationship between Henry VIII and his sixth wife Katherine Parr is a witty, powerful examination of patriarchy, sexual politics, and women’s rights. Violence and temptation loom ever closer as Kate strives for a more powerful role...
A letter to Carla from beyond the grave leads the young woman into a web of secrets, lies, and long-buried suspicions. Attempting to uncover the truth behind her mother’s conviction for the murder of her father, Carla persuades those who were there to go back 15 years and...
Warm, witty and uplifting, this play explores love, loss, and second chances in beautiful Northern Ontario. When unexpected circumstances bring a daughter home to the mother and aunt who raised her on Manitoulin Island, they must all confront their pasts in search of a hopeful...
Becca and Howie Corbett have everything a family could want, until a life-shattering accident turns their world upside down and leaves the couple drifting perilously apart. Both heartbreaking and unexpectedly funny, this Pulitzer Prize-winning drama charts their bittersweet...
When charming bumbler Lord Arthur takes a fortune-teller’s grim prophecy far too seriously, a series of wedding postponements, botched murder plots and high society shenanigans ensue involving a colourful array of fabulous characters. This adaptation brings Oscar Wilde’s...
In nineteenth-century Philadelphia, a brilliant and ambitious surgeon’s obsession with anatomy leads to grave robbing, blackmail, and murder. The circle includes his devoted daughter, medical students both keen and unscrupulous, sinister underworld characters and a persistent...
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Kanata Theatre's presentation of Tom Stoppard's Rough Crossing has pulled into harbour at the Ron Maslin Playhouse until September 19th. Rough Crossing is a lighthearted, farcical comedy set aboard the SS Italian Castle, a transatlantic cruise ship headed to New York, though the play relies a bit t…
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Death of a Salesman, Arthur Miller’s classic tragedy about a man trying to achieve the American Dream, opened at Ottawa Little Theatre this week. The play was required reading for me in high school, and I will admit that, as a teenager, I despised it.…
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Snow White: The Panto Tweed & Company Theatre (12/09-12/19) |
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Go Back for Murder Ottawa Little Theatre (6/09-6/26) |
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Lord Arthur Savile’s Crime Ottawa Little Theatre (9/22-10/09) |
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It’s a Wonderful Life: A Live Radio Play Ottawa Little Theatre (12/01-12/18) |
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Ethan Claymore’s Christmas Ottawa Little Theatre (12/02-12/19) |
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The Cottage Ottawa Little Theatre (9/23-10/10) |
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Where You Are Ottawa Little Theatre (7/14-7/31) |
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Terror by Gaslight Ottawa Little Theatre (10/27-11/13) |
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Snow White: The Panto Tweed & Company Theatre (11/27-12/05) |
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The 39 Steps Ottawa Little Theatre (3/31-4/17) |
