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Inner Elder: A journey of resilience through laughter
Gemini Award-winner Michelle Thrush unveils her life with remarkable honesty and humour in her one-woman show, Inner Elder,…
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2024-2025 Season
Kidadisokaninan Mashkikíwanon
Our Stories are Medicine.
Welcome to Indigenous Theatre’s 2024-25 season! Embrace the richness of Indigenous stories, traditions, and resilience. This season honours the heart of our communities, the matriarchs who raise us with love, impart wisdom, and hold our communities in their caring hands. Join us in celebrating their vibrant spirit resonating through each performance on our stages.
Packages and series
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Create your own
Indigenous Theatre
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Join us as we celebrate Indigenous leaders, artists, and storytellers—sharing stories, histories, and perspectives. Awe-inspiring...
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A $15 ticket welcoming the Indigenous community
We are committed to opening our doors and creating a place where the Indigenous community feels a sense of belonging and a connection to us and our work.
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Indigenous Cities | The stories here.
A unique audio storytelling experience based on memories from Indigenous community members interpreted by Indigenous artists.
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#ReconcileThis
A social media initiative to uplift and amplify Indigenous voices online by activating and sharing stories, languages, cultures and perspectives through provocative digital performances and conversations.
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Dancing the Land
Indigenous Theatre invited artists from coast to coast to coast to create brief digital works using the land as their source of inspiration.
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podcast
Our Stories: Indigenous book club
Our book club is back as a podcast! Dive into the myriad of ways Indigenous writers are sharing their stories, from plays to poetry and everything in between.
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resources
Mental health resource list
It is critical to safeguard your mental wellness. We have gathered a collection of mental health resources aimed at maintaining and improving mental health and well being.
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activity
Indigenous words colouring pages
Colouring pages featuring artwork created by Indigenous artists from the regions where these languages are spoken. Join us in colouring in these pages and share your work!
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Story
What is a Spirit Horse?
The co-creators of The Spirit Horse Returns share stories and history of small Indigenous horses and their cultural significance to First Nations and Métis people.
Recent stories
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The Spirit Horse Returns: A Fun Afternoon of Artmaking with…
The NAC’s Canal Lobby was a creative playground for audience members of all ages on February 11, preceding the NAC Orchestra and… -
What is a Spirit Horse?
The NAC Orchestra and NAC Indigenous Theatre join forces to present The Spirit Horse Returns in Southam Hall Do you know about… -
Fur-ocious satire flipping the script of Canadian history
Frances Končan’s Women of the Fur Trade is a comedic and playful look at Canadian history, re-examining the narratives of Treaty… -
Veteran’s Week at the NAC
Over a hundred years ago, the ‘war to end all wars’ came to an end. This Veterans’ Week, November 5-11, in honour of the brave… -
Gnoondoon, Gwaabmin: I hear you, I see you.
“It’s invisible, eh… this sickness in our hearts. It’s just a thought, really, a thought that makes us sick. It was someone… -
Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer’s Journey to the NAC Stage
Some things are worth waiting for. Over the past 18 months, NAC Indigenous Theatre Artistic Director Kevin Loring’s satirical… -
Kevin Loring’s Little Red Warrior and His Lawyer arrives at…
A contemporary twist on Indigenous Trickster tales As a proud Nlaka’pamux from the Lytton First Nation, Kevin Loring is deeply… -
Eskasoni Theatre Camp: Sparking a passion for theatre
Helping young people find their passion through theatre is the aim of a partnership between the National Arts Centre Arts Alive… -
Ngii-noondam, Niwaabamaa: I hear you, I see you.
“It’s invisible, eh… this sickness in our hearts. It’s just a thought, really, a thought that makes us sick. It was someone… -
Indigenous Art Market: Where culture and community meet
NAC Indigenous Theatre is thrilled to announce that our next Indigenous Art Market (June 12th) will be in-person! This will be… -
World Theatre Day: Irdens Exantus
A return to playfulness as a driver of change I have no real idea what the future holds I don’t pretend to know either But…
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