Reduced Capacity & Masked Performance
The first Friday of the GCTC production is our reduced capacity and mask mandatory shows. This is for community members who feel supported by attending a show where all audiences and staff are masked. These shows are sold at 75% capacity and require everyone in the audience and staff to wear a mask.
What to expect:
[Image Description: A seating chart with yellow zone A, blue zone B, and green zone C seats. Two areas, area 1 has a box around it with each group of seats having brackets for space between seats. Area 2 is not distanced but still requires masking throughout the performance. ]
All staff, volunteers and audiences will be wearing masks throughout the performance.
Food and drink is permitted we ask that you take a bite/sip and put your mask back on immediately.
There are two areas in the theatre:
Area 1: Distanced seating. In this area the seats are spaced out between parities so that there is distance between different groups of people. Please book all seats in the same bubble so as to not leave empty seats in the bubble to ensure your spacing between different groups.
Area 2: In this area there is no spacing between groups of people attending the theatre.
No matter which area you book, everyone is required to wear their mask throughout the performance.
Come to these shows if you want to wear your mask and have more space between your group and others watching the show.
Want more masked performances? Our Relaxed Performances are also masked. Check them out here.
Questions?
For more information or questions about reduced capacity/masked performances at GCTC please reach out to Drea, GCTC’s Access Manager by email: drea@gctc.ca or by phone at 613-236-5196 ext 235. To purchase tickets please contact our box office: boxoffice@gctc.ca or call us at 613-236-5196.
Reduced Capacity Shows in 2024-2025
[Image description: An ink drawing of a man and a woman, bent and contorted to fit into a shoebox. The woman, left, is upside-down. Around them and between them are various articles from their tiny apartment including a teapot, broom, violin, cassette tape, and a smoking furnace. The drawing is coloured in various shades of pink.]
The Anger in Ernest and Ernestine
by Robert Morgan, Martha Ross & Leah Cherniak
directed by Geoff McBride
starring Maryse Fernandes & Drew Moore
Ernest and Ernestine are in puppy love. Then they move into a tiny basement apartment together. Can their love sustain cohabitation? A hometown team of Ottawa’s finest take on this Canadian comedy classic.
Reduced Capacity Performance Friday, Sept 27, 2024 8 pm
Learn more about the show here.
[Image description: An ink drawing of a soldier in a helmet; a notebook, pen, pencil, and paintbrush are tucked into the helmet. The soldier has a moustache and wears glasses. Words including Grendel and homesick are tattooed on his head. Around him float images including a boot, knife, moon, skull, poppies, and more. The image is coloured in various shades of green.]
Beowulf in Afghanistan
a World Premiere by Laurie Fyffe
directed by Kate Smith
A Canadian soldier harnesses the medieval Anglo-Saxon text of Beowulf as a life raft through the clash of conflict, and after. A world premiere, supported by GCTC’s Tributary Project.
Reduced Capacity Performance Friday, Nov 15, 8 pm
Learn more about the show here.
[Image description: An ink drawing of three figures with objects appearing to be thrown or floating above them in the spirit of “anything goes”! The figure to the left wears scuba goggles, a mask, and cap, their arms are raised. The central figure wears a bird head mask, standing behind an oversized microphone. The figure to the right is wearing a space helmet, their arms are raised and their mouth is open. Text across the figures reads “improv”. The image is coloured in various shades of orange.]
FLOP! An Improvised Musical Fiasco
by Ron Pederson & Alan Kliffer
directed by Alan Kliffer
starring Rob Baker, Jan Caruana & Ron Pederson
A Klif Entertainment production
The playwright quit, there’s no sheet music, the choreographer was cancelled and the director went into rehab. World-class performers scramble to create a miraculous new musical in this highwire act of skill, comedy, and desperation.
Reduced Capacity Performance Friday, Dec 13th, 8 pm
Learn more about the show here.
[Image description: An ink drawing of a female figure with bangs and shoulder-length hair. She wears a backpack with rolls strapped to her back. Her body is tattooed with images including a sun and moon, heart, house, boy and girl, as well as text including words such as love, courage, adventure, motherhood, and Covid19. The image is coloured in various shades of purple.]
Why It’s Impossible to Raise a G̶i̶r̶l̶
co-created by Sophia Fabiilli, Sarah Kitz & Zoë Sweet
by Sophia Fabiilli
directed by Evalyn Parry
starring Zoë Sweet
A SweetnFab Collective production
Beth is struggling to stay afloat as a single parent, a working professional, and the 45-year-old resident of her mother’s basement. A show about the complex relationship between mother and child, life’s transitions, and parenting in precarious times.
Reduced Capacity Performance Friday, Jan 24th, 8 pm
Learn more about the show here.
[Image description: An ink drawing in which four people, bodies not shown, are holding hands in a prayer circle. Their sleeves are patterned intricately with graphic designs of circles and waves inspired by Kuba and Super Wax Cloth. In the centre of the image is the flag of the Democratic Republic of Congo. Floating between the hands are images such as a church, cellphone, bible, lipstick, devil, and plane. The image is coloured in various shades of blue.]
Vierge
by Rachel Mutombo
directed by Dian Marie Bridge
a GCTC co-production with Black Theatre Workshop
Sixteen-year-old Divine’s only real friend is Jesus. When her family joins a new church she learns that the world around her is not as it seems. With heart and humour, Vierge follows four Congolese-Canadian girls as they navigate Christianity, virginity, and teenage hormones.
Reduced Capacity Performance Friday, Mar 21, 8 pm
Learn more about the show here.
Frequently Asked Questions
Will the performers be wearing masks?
No, the performers onstage will not be wearing masks. However all staff and audiences will be wearing masks. We also have up-to-date air filters in the space for fresh air to be filtered into the theatre throughout the performance.
What if I forget my mask?
No worries, the box office will have free surgical masks on hand in case you forget your mask!
I don’t or can’t wear a mask.
If you prefer not to wear a mask we welcome you to come to one of our other performances where masks are not required.
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