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** Crush Improv ** celebrates 10 years of improv comedy in Ottawa by bringing the whole darn gang back together for a whole evening of shows! Saturday, December 9 - Starts at 7:00pm At the Gladstone Theatre (910 Gladstone Avenue near Preston) ...

Phoenix Players Fall Show: November 25 to December 3 ** _ WELFAREWELL _ by Cat Delaney ** Directed by Jo-Ann McCabe _ Welfarewell _ follows Esmerelda, an 80 year old Shakespearean actress, who is struggling to make ends meet. When her beloved cat, Merlin, dies, she can only bury him in the backyard but is stopped by her objectionable landlord. ...

_ (via The Gladstone Theatre) _ ** Starring Lucy van Oldenbarneveld & Pierre Brault ** Plosive Productions ** Love Letters ** ** Directed by Teri Loretto-Valentik ** ** Opening Night Friday, January 29 @ 8 PM ** CBC TV host Lucy van Oldenbarneveld & award winning actor Pierre Brault star in a revival of A. ...

[caption id=“attachment_19868” align=“aligncenter” width=“800”] Krisco (Chad Connell) and Beavertail (Cara Pantalone) from _ Freezing: The Musical _ [/caption]  Last weekend our family went to see ** _ Freezing _ ** at the Gladstone Theatre. It’s billed as “a fun-filled musical fairy tale for the whole family”, packed full of songs and bad puns. ...

Two pieces of history are being made at 910 Gladstone this week. Far from a swansong, The Norman Conquests heralds bigger and better things for many years to come at The Gladstone. This Saturday (October 10th), Plosive Productions and SevenThirty Productions will make theatre history at The Gladstone, presenting all 3 shows that make up The Norman Conquests (6 hours of stage time) in just one epic day of theatre. ...

We finally went to see Freezing at the Gladstone Theatre. It’s billed as a “witty, wintery family musical” and it certainly lived up to the billing. It’s a pun-filled interactive show full running just over 90 minutes with an intermission. The musical is set in the Snow Globe Kingdom, although it might as well be set in Ottawa for all of the references to Queensway traffic and corrupt politicians. ...

Today, on Gladstone Avenue, between Bank Street and Elgin Street, one lane in each direction has reopened to vehicular and cycling traffic. OC Transpo bus route 14 has also been reinstated to normal routing.  Traffic is allowed one-way eastbound on Gladstone Avenue, from Elgin Street to Cartier Street. ...