Month: March 2013

Viewpoint: Developing mid-sized venues key to Ottawa’s music scene

When Pressed, one of Centretown’s most buzzed-about establishments, announced its dining room would soon be hosting live theatre on weekends, it was a welcome, yet not unprecedented, addition to the local arts scene. Its eclectic calendar of trivia nights, arts events and live music aligns the Gladstone Avenue hangout with a swelling roster of businesses around town that double as small performance venues.

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Local café sets the stage for monthly theatre nights

Matthew Lee, Centretown News
Matthew Lee, Centretown News
Jacqui Du Toit is the head of the group 8th Generation Performance, and organizer of theatre nights at Pressed. The coffeehouse is hosting monthly theatre nights in an effort to create more performance space for artists in Ottawa.
It’s still early evening on Feb. 22, but the small venue on Gladstone Avenue is already packed with about 40 people. They fill every seat at the small, dimly lit sandwich bar’s wooden tables. New arrivals have to stand huddled near the door, stage left.

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