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What’s On
September
Taking in the sights and sounds of Ottawa and its surrounding areas
Performing Arts
First up in GCTC’s new season,I, Claudia, is a one-woman
show about the interior life of a misfit adolescent. Onstage
September 9 to 28. Call 613 236-5196 or visit www.gctc.ca
for more information.
Opera Lyra presents Mozart’s Le Nozze di Figaro
September 13, 15, 17 and 20 at the NAC. Call 613 947-7000
or visit www.operalyra.ca for the details.
On September 14,Thirteen Strings performs An Autumn
Serenade with guests Timothy Vernon, conductor,
Lawrence Vine, horn, and the Junior Thirteen Strings at St.
Andrews Church. The programme will include works by
Dvorak, Martinu, Janacek, Gershwin and others. Call 613
738-7888 or visit www.thirteenstrings.ca for more information.
The NAC English Theatre begins the season with Samuel
Beckett’s Happy Days, September 16 to 30. Telling the
story of Winnie, who is buried up to her waist in earth, the
play has been called Beckett’s indomitable celebration of
human persistence.
Later on at the NAC, the Mozart Brahms Festival,
September 26 to 28, features the Tokyo String Quartet and
a performance of The Magic Flute among other works. Call
613 947-7000 or visit www.nac-cna.ca for the details on
both the above events.
The Ottawa Little Theatre starts off its new season with On
Golden Pond, September 16 to October 4. Call 613 233-
8948 or visit www.o-l-t.com for details.
The Ottawa International Animation Festival is on at
venues all around town September 17 to 21, and features
many films from all over the world. Call 613 232-8769 or
visit www.animationfestival.ca for more information.
The world-renowned Blue Man Group brings its uniquely
clever and interactive show,How to Be a Megastar Tour 2.1,
to Scotiabank Place September 21. This is the group’s
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Ottawa debut. Call 613 599-3267 or visit www.scotiabankplace.com
for more information.
The Ottawa Baroque Consort gives a concert September
27 at St.Giles Church with special guest Adrian Butterfield,
violin. Call 613 730-2977 or visit www.ottawabaroque.ca
for more information.
Take the grandchildren to Centrepointe Theatre October 3
for Playdate with Max & Ruby, Miss Spider and
Babar, hosted by the Fairly Oddparents. This is a multimedia
musical story time featuring Treehouse Television’s
best-known characters.
Also at Centrepointe, New York City’s Paul Taylor Dance
Company’s touring arm, Taylor 2 Dance Company, performs
October 4. Call 613 580-2700 or visit www.centrepointetheatre.ca
for details on both the above events.
The Ottawa Symphony Orchestra presents a fall concert
featuring the music of Schumann, Schafer and Strauss
at the NAC, October 6. Call 613 231-2561 or visit
www.ottawasymphony.com for more information.
On October 5, head to Trinity St. Andrews Church in
Renfrew for a performance of the Ottawa Valley Music
Festival’s Symphony of Praise.Visit www.valleyfestival.ca
for details.
Museums and Galleries
Last chance to see The Greeks, closing September 28 at
the Museum of Civilization. The exhibition presents a
once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to view art and artifacts
from the world-famous Benaki Collection, dating from as
far back at 6000 BC up to the 1820s. Call 819 776-7000 or
visit www.civilization for details.
Two exhibitions are closing this month at the National
Gallery: Comic Relief, closing September 21, looks at
humour in art and features works from the Contemporary
Art and Indigenous Art Permanent Collection as well as
loaned works. Real Life: Ron Mueck and Guy Ben-Ner,