Category: Arts

“I think that in the future, clocks won’t say three o’ clock anymore. They’ll just get right to the point and call three o’ clock, ‘Pepsi.’”

The kids know it; the amateurs know it; even the NHL knows it: there’s nothing quite so fundamentally Canadian as a game of hockey.

Between the old stone walls and wooden rafters of the Byward Market’s Courtyard Restaurant, women in medieval ball gowns and men in masks and tights mingle to the sound of harpsichord and violin.

A new Ottawa theatre company is re-imagining the work of Robert Service, the famous Canadian poet known for “The Cremation of Sam McGee” and “The Shooting of Dan McGrew” and converting his memorable lines into a dramatic recital performed by 10 characters.