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REVIEWS from #Undercurrents. Iteration 2013.

Little Orange Man @ Undercurrents 2013

All right, Ottawa. There’s still one week left for you to catch any or all of the six shows running at the Great Canadian Theatre Company as part of their Undercurrents: Theatre Below The Mainstream Festival. If you’re not sure what you want to see yet, here’s what you can expect from this line-up. Should you see them?

Undercurrents 2013: Do you have your tickets?

The 2013 iteration of Undercurrents: theatre below the mainstream.

On February 5th, the Great Canadian Theatre Company launches their third annual Undercurrents: Theatre Below The Mainstream festival celebrating independent theatre from across the line-up. They’ve got six shows running in their studio through February 17th and that means something for everybody. Check out the full line-up.

REVIEW: Carmen Aguirre’s Blue Box

Review for Carmen Aguirre's Blue Box

The Great Canadian Theatre Company is heating up a chilly Ottawa January with a show about love and revolution. Carmen Aguirre’s Blue Box is their second show in a row that’s touring the country and originates from Vancouver. Should you see it?

The Great Canadian Theatre Company presents Carmen Aguirre’s Blue Box

Nightswimming Theatre and the GCTC present Carmen Aguirre's Blue Box

Hot off of a sold out run at the 2012 Undercurrents festival with a workshop version of Carmen Aguirre’s Blue Box, Carmen Aguirre started a cross country tour with her show about unconditional love. Next stop on the tour, the Great Canadian Theatre Company.

Six reasons why the Great Canadian Theatre is the place to be in February!

The 2013 iteration of Undercurrents: theatre below the mainstream.

Celebrating theatre below the mainstream, the third annual Undercurrents festival recently announced it’s line-up and solidified the Great Canadian Theatre Company as the place to be for innovative and original theatre in February.

REVIEW: Fly Me To The Moon

Photo from Fly Me To The Moon, photo by Andrew Alexander

Fly Me To The Moon is the second Irish comedy written by Marie Jones and directed by John P Kelly to hit Ottawa stages this season. The difference this time is it’s a two-woman show instead of a two-man show. Should you see it?

GCTC announces Ottawa playwright Lawrence Aronovitch as Playwright in Residence.

The Great Canadian Theatre Company

The Great Canadian Theatre Company (GCTC) welcomes Ottawa playwright Lawrence Aronovitch as Playwright in Residence. This position, integral to the company’s new play development mandate, is funded by the Ontario Arts Council’s Playwriting Residency program.

The Great Canadian Theatre Company presents Fly Me To The Moon

Frances and Loretta in Fly Me To The Moon

John P. Kelly brings more Irish comedy to another Ottawa stage as Marie Jones’s latest opens at the Great Canadian Theatre Company.

Put On a Mask at the GCTC for Culture Days

The Great Canadian Theatre Company

On September 29th, Great Canadian Theatre Company will celebrate Culture Days by hosting a free Mask Making workshop at the Irving Greenberg Theatre Centre.

REVIEW: The Secret Mask

Review: The Secret Mask, presented by the Great Canadian Theatre Company

The Great Canadian kicks off it’s 2012/13 season with, The Secret Mask, a play about a reconciliation between an estranged father and son after the senior has a stroke and is left with aphasia. Should you see it?