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[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. ...

What: FREEZING opens Tonight and its bigger, bolder…colder than ever! Celebrate the season with FREEZING - a fun-filled musical fairy tale for the whole family. Following the opening night performance media are invited to join the cast, creative team, producers, sponsors and charitable partners at Trattoria Café Italia for complimentary bites! ...

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. ...

The celebrity haircuts given by Figaro in the Byward Market this month are simply the beginning the fun for Opera Lyra’s rollicking production of The Barber of Seville. Opera Lyra’s internationally acclaimed twist on the classic comedy runs from Saturday, September 26 to Saturday, October 3 at the National Arts Centre. ...

** ** Final box office tallies are expected to confirm record-breaking numbers at the Ottawa Fringe Festival: * 40 sold out performances * Artists paid more than $107,000 * Attendance over 13,500 Two world premieres by Ottawa artists sold 100 per cent of their available tickets during their six-show runs. ...

This morning’s box office report has confirmed what audiences, artists, volunteers and staff have felt to be the Ottawa Fringe Festival’s greatest opening weekend to date. Just over 5,000 attended shows this weekend, including a record-breaking 13 sold out performances. ...

[caption id=“attachment_14591” align=“aligncenter” width=“580”] Experience the inspiration of The Global Savages. Photo credit: Peter van Beek[/caption] Canada’s ** Magnetic North Theatre Festival ** features 10 days of thought-provoking theatre and fun audience encounters from June 4-13 in Ottawa. One of the highlights of the festival is a pay-what-you-can outdoor performance of _ ** The Global Savages ** _ at the Rideau Canal Locks (below the Bytown Museum near the Ottawa River). ...

Easy Street Productions and The Ottawa Children’s Theatre are joining forces to present Up to Low , based on the book by celebrated Ottawa author Brian Doyle. Magnetic North Theatre Festival (MNTF) announced today that the play will be included as part of the Festival from June 4 to 6, 2015. ...

Three Sisters mandate is to produce shows that not only have strong female roles, but offer opportunities for the considerable female talent in the Ottawa theatre community to collaborate with one another: the perfect formula for passing the Bechdel Test. What is now known as the Bechdel test was introduced in a comic strip by Alison Bechdel. ...

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. ...