The Great Canadian Theatre Company has announced a full subscription season with 5 new mainstage productions, through which five Canadian playwrights share their humourous, heartfelt, provocative, and playful visions of how we relate, what we mean to each other, and how much we need to be together. The theatre is also revamping their subscription options, creating a more accessible pricing structure to welcome more people into the live theatre experience.
Read MoreBlissful State of Surrender by Sanita Fejzić (A Blissful State Production) and Heartlines by Sarah Waisvisz (A Calalou/RAFT Theatre Projects Production), both presented by TACTICS in their 2022 Mainstage Series in association with the Great Canadian Theatre Company, are start-to-finish Ottawa creations which connect the local to the global and the past to the present in order to tell timeless human stories of struggle, resistance, and the complexities of love.
Read MoreGreat Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC) and its Board of Directors are excited to announce that Sarah Kitz will take on the role of Interim Artistic Director. Sarah succeeds Eric Coates, who announced he was leaving the company in May after nine years as Artistic Director.
Read MoreIn March 2020, Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC) opened the Canadian premiere of Sean Devine’s Daisy, only to close it the very next day due to the pandemic. This December, the play will triumphantly return to the stage as the first show of GCTC’s much anticipated 2021-22 season, and marks the theatre’s return to in-person theatre after a 20-month hiatus. It’s the first of five plays in GCTC’s 2021-22 season, which will run from December 2021 to June 2022. Find all the details below.
Read MoreA multi Dora Award-winning collaboration between Buddies in Bad Times artistic director Evalyn Parry and Inuk artist Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory, Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools is the story of two cultures coming together.
Read MoreLo (or Dear Mr. Wells) stars two of Ottawa’s most beloved actors: Geoff McBride (Goodnight Desdemona, Good Morning Juliet) and Erica Anderson (Gracie). The production reunites Anderson and GCTC’s Artistic Director, Eric Coates (Gracie, The Virgin Trial), who directs the play.
Read MoreBehaviour, a world premiere from award-winning Ottawa playwright Darrah Teitel, explores abuses of power hidden just below the surface of this sleepy government town.
Read MoreIt’s 1968. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. has just delivered a speech that is now known as “I’ve Been to the Mountaintop.” He doesn’t know it, but this will be the last night of his life.
Read MoreA heartfelt comedy about “being out” in small town Ontario, Mark Crawford’s Bed and Breakfast is bringing dozens of hilarious characters — played by only two actors — to the GCTC stage.
Read MoreOTTAWA October 10, 2018 – Ghastly. Haunting. Stunning. Three Edwardian-era ghosts rise from the clutches of their clawfoot bathtubs, drenched in water, to tell the haunting story of their murder by one man: George Joseph Smith … their husband.
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OTTAWA September 24, 2018 – After three days without power, GCTC’s power has been fully restored and the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre is fully operational.
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OTTAWA August 28, 2018 –Lauded as one of Canada’s most exciting playwrights, Kate Hennig is back at the Great Canadian Theatre Company with The Virgin Trial: the sequel to her 2016-17 smash hit The Last Wife. In The Virgin Trial, Hennig reimagines the story of young Elizabeth I as a modern day crime drama, full of political and sexual intrigue in the Tudor court.
Read MoreOTTAWA June 11, 2018 – With one preview and three gala performances under their belts, the cast of the 19th Annual GCTC/CCLA Lawyer Play have cause to celebrate. With combined gross revenue from sponsorships and ticket sales, this year’s Lawyer Play – The Rule of Three by Agatha Christie – exceeded all of its fundraising targets, raising $140,000 in funds to support GCTC and this year’s charity partner, Tungasuvvingat Inuit.
Read MoreOTTAWA May 23, 2018 – The Great Canadian Theatre Company with the County of Carleton Law Association will be presenting Agatha Christie’s The Rule of Three from June 6th to June 9th – three one act plays featuring a cast of 23 lawyers and judges for their 19th Annual Lawyer Play Fundraiser.
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OTTAWA April 10, 2018 –Hailed as “one of the most important playwrights working in Canada today”, Siminovitch Prize and Governor General’s Award-winner Joan MacLeod brings her latest work, Gracie, to the Great Canadian Theatre Company.
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OTTAWA March 24, 2018– Today the Great Canadian Theatre Company unveiled programming for its politically and socially-charged 2018-19 season.
Read MoreFOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE - OTTAWA February 20, 2018 –Trey Anthony, the acclaimed playwright of the smash hit Da Kink In My Hair, brings her newest work to the Great Canadian Theatre Company with How Black Mothers Say I Love You.
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