Ottawa Culture
Catch Canada's top performing art talent on stage at the National Arts Centre, 53 Elgin Street at Confederation Square (tel: (613) 947 7000; website: www.nac-can.ca). Local theatre productions can be found in English at the Ottawa Little Theatre at 400 King Edward Street (tel: (613) 233 8948; website: www.o-l-t.com), Centrepointe Theatre at101 Centrepointe Drive (tel: (613) 580 2700; website: www.centrepointetheatre.com) and the Great Canadian Theatre at 910 Gladstone Avenue (tel: (613) 236 5192; website: www.gctc.ca), and in French at La Maison de la Culture de Gatineau at 855 Boulevard La Gappe, Gatineau, Québec (tel: (819) 243 2525; website: www.ville.gatineau.qc.ca/mcg), Le Théâtre de la Nouvelle Scène at 333 King Edward Avenue (tel: (613) 241 2727; website: http://nouvellescene.com) and Le Théâtre de l'Ile at 1 Wellington Street, Hull, Québec (tel: (819) 243 8000; website: www.ville.gatineau.qc.ca/theatredelile.htm). Le Groupe Dance Lab, at 2 Daly Avenue (tel: (613) 235 1492; website: www.legroupe.org), pushes the boundaries of artistic expression in innovative ways. See native Aboriginal dancers perform at the Turtle Island Tourism Company's summer village on Victoria Island, under the Portage Bridge (tel: (613) 564 9494; website: www.aboriginalexperiences.com). During the summer the Odyssey Theatre (tel: (613) 232 8407; website: www.odysseytheatre.ca) performs professional outdoor theatre at Strathcona Park, on the west bank of the River Rideau.
The Arts Court at 2 Daly Avenue (tel: (613) 564 7240; website: www.artscourt.ca) is home to four public visual art galleries, and is the region's centre for performing, visual and literary arts. The Ottawa opera company, Opera Lyra (tel: (613) 233 9200; website: www.operalyra.ca), performs at the National Arts Centre. Capital Music Hall at 128 York Street (tel: (613) 789 9922; website: www.capitalmusichall.ca) is a year-round host to live music entertainers.
Check Ottawa's online arts and entertainment guide at The Humm (website: www.thehumm.com).
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