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THE GLADSTONE THEATRE

480 Avalon Place, Ottawa, Ontario K1G 0W4, CANADA
Ottawa, ON K1R 6Y4

Upcoming Shows

New Life
New Life
Sep 23 – Sep 26, 2026

Lost Baggage Musical Theatre is proud to present New Life, an original jazz-rock musical by composer and writer James McGowan. Set in 2011, the dramedy unfolds...



Review: Orpheus Musical Theatre's Presentation of SINGIN' IN THE RAIN


by Courtney Castelino - June 04, 2026

What did our critic think of ORPHEUS MUSICAL THEATRE'S PRODUCTION OF SINGIN' IN THE RAIN at Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe?...

Review: THE PERFECT TIME at Almonte Old Town Hall


by Courtney Castelino - May 25, 2026

What did our critic think of THE PERFECT TIME at Almonte Old Town Hall?...

Review: FUN HOME at The Gladstone Theatre


by Courtney Castelino - May 23, 2026

What did our critic think of FUN HOME at The Gladstone Theatre?...

Review: THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD at Kanata Theatre


by Courtney Castelino - May 21, 2026

What did our critic think of THE HEART OF ROBIN HOOD at Kanata Theatre?...

Review: MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at National Arts Centre


by Courtney Castelino - May 15, 2026

What did our critic think of MOULIN ROUGE! THE MUSICAL at National Arts Centre?...

Review: THE BIRDS AND THE BEES at Ottawa Little Theatre


by Courtney Castelino - May 10, 2026

What did our critic think of THE BIRDS AND THE BEES at Ottawa Little Theatre?...

Review: WENWEN DU AND IAN BOSTRIDGE IN RECITAL at the Carlton Dominion-Chalmers Centre


by Courtney Castelino - May 11, 2026

What did our critic think of WENWEN DU AND IAN BOSTRIDGE IN RECITAL at Carlton Dominion-Chalmers Centre?...

Review: THE INVISIBLE at National Arts Centre


by Courtney Castelino - May 03, 2026

What did our critic think of THE INVISIBLE at National Arts Centre?...

Review: National Ballet of Canada's PROCESSION at the National Arts Centre


by Courtney Castelino - April 25, 2026

What did our critic think of PROCESSION at National Arts Centre?...

Review: Lightwire Theater's DINO-LIGHT at Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe


by Courtney Castelino - April 12, 2026

What did our critic think of DINO-LIGHT at Meridian Theatres @ Centrepointe?...

Past Shows

FUN HOME
FUN HOME
May 14 – May 23, 2026

When her father dies unexpectedly, graphic novelist Alison dives deep into her past to tell the story of the volatile, brilliant, one-of-a-kind man whose temperament...

CRACKERS & Debate Debacle
CRACKERS & Debate Debacle
Apr 24 – May 2, 2026

Crackers A story of two parrots who are definitely not “birds of a feather.”Eric, a fifty-year-old scarlet macaw enjoys reading the paper that lines his cage...

Pride and Prejudice : A clownish romp through a beloved tale
Pride and Prejudice : A clownish romp through a beloved tale
Apr 8 – Apr 18, 2026

In this delightful adaptation of Jane Austen’s classic, tradition collides with impulse in a riotous reimagining of love, pride, and courtship. Our play follows the...

Antigone
Antigone
Mar 18 – Mar 21, 2026

Dans l’adaptation célèbre de Jean Anouilh du drame grec antique de Sophocle, créé il y a près de 2500 ans, Antigone prend une décision simple...

Blood Relations
Blood Relations
Mar 4 – Mar 14, 2026

Two Resident Companies teaming up to bring you great theatre!Lizzie Borden took an axe,And gave her mother forty whacks;When she saw what she had done,She...

Sherlock Holmes and the Locked Room
Sherlock Holmes and the Locked Room
Feb 18 – Feb 28, 2026

The great  detective Sherlock Holmes and his friend Dr. Watson wake up to find themselves locked in a strange room, but not alone.  Lying alongside...

August: Osage County
August: Osage County
Feb 4 – Feb 14, 2026

A Pulitzer Prize-winning masterpiece, August: Osage County is a darkly comic and unflinchingly raw exploration of family dysfunction at its most explosive. When the  sharp-tongued, pill-addicted matriarch...

One Small Misstep
One Small Misstep
Jan 28 – Jan 31, 2026

One Small Misstep is a sci-fi musical comedy that follows a ragtag crew of misfits stranded on an unknown planet. Their mission to repair a...

Twelfth Night What You Will: A Comedy of Disguise, Desire, and Delightful Disorder
Twelfth Night What You Will: A Comedy of Disguise, Desire, and Delightful Disorder
Dec 3 – Dec 6, 2025

Twelfth Night is a spirited Shakespearean comedy about love, identity, and disguise. It follows Viola, who, shipwrecked and separated from her twin brother, disguises herself as a...

Les Belles Soeurs
Les Belles Soeurs
Nov 21 – Nov 29, 2025

Written in 1965, Les Belles Soeurs portrays 15 Québécois women expressing their anger, desperation and frustration loudly, rudely and audaciously. Germaine Lauzon has won a...

Babette’s Feast
Babette’s Feast
Nov 6 – Nov 15, 2025

This 2018 adaptation conceived and developed by Abigail Killeen and written by Rose Courtney reimagines the classic tale by Isak Dinesen (born Karen Blixen) as...

Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Richard O’Brien’s THE ROCKY HORROR SHOW
Oct 23 – Nov 1, 2025

In this cult classic, sweethearts Brad and Janet, stuck with a flat tire during a storm, discover the eerie mansion of Dr. Frank-N-Furter. As their...

Angels and Demons
Angels and Demons
Oct 10 – Oct 18, 2025

Halloween is a special time of the year when the Iron Cabaret gets together and celebrates all the things that go Bump in the Night....

A Midsummer Night’s Dream
A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Oct 2 – Aug 4, 2025

Come and join us for some October fun as A Midsummer Night’s Dream meets All Hallow’s Eve!There are strange things afoot on the night of the new...

The Awakening
The Awakening
Dec 18 – Dec 21, 2024

The Awakening is an evocative and thought-provoking one-woman cabaret and two hander play. This spellbinding theatrical piece, featuring a small musical ensemble, takes the audience...

Sleeping Beauty - An Annual Panto
Sleeping Beauty - An Annual Panto
Dec 27 – Jan 7, 2024

Ottawa, ON — After three eagerly awaited years away from the spotlight, Sarah and Matt Cassidy, the creative forces behind OttawaMusicals, are thrilled to announce...

Robin Hood
Robin Hood
Dec 28 – Jan 5, 2020

Robin Hood and his band of merry friends will take on the Evil Prince John and his Sheriff in this zany, madcap pantomime filled with...

The Taming of the Shrew
Apr 19 – May 5, 2013

Shakespeare's most outrageous comedy, like you've never seen it before. First comes love, then comes marriage? Not according to William Shakespeare. First you've got to...

Murder at the Howard Johnson's
Apr 5 – Apr 13, 2013

This superb piece of theatrical fluff is designed to leave you chuckling over the ironies of life as you watch the antics of Arlene Miller,...

Absurd Person Singular
Mar 6 – Mar 23, 2013

It's four seasons now since The Gladstone burst onto the Ottawa scene with Sir Alan's classic How the Other Half Loves. Absurd Person Singular is...

Videos


Snow White: The Panto in Ottawa Snow White: The Panto
Tweed & Company Theatre (12/09-12/19)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in Ottawa The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Tweed & Company Theatre (7/08-7/19)
Appearing This Evening... in Ottawa Appearing This Evening...
Ottawa Little Theatre (7/15-8/01)
Menopause The Musical in Ottawa Menopause The Musical
The Arena at Pickering Casino Resort (10/22-10/22)
The Cottage in Ottawa The Cottage
Ottawa Little Theatre (9/23-10/10)
Fiddler On The Roof in Ottawa Fiddler On The Roof
Tweed & Company Theatre (8/19-9/06)
Pressure in Ottawa Pressure
Ottawa Little Theatre (6/10-6/27)
The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee in Ottawa The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee
Tweed & Company Theatre (6/26-7/05)
R&J and Joni in Ottawa R&J and Joni
St. Lawrence Shakespeare Festival (7/16-8/08)
Legends in Ottawa Legends
The Gladstone Theatre (6/19-6/27)