From October to June, seven different shows.
Tickets are available at the door, or from our online box office here.
Tickets $10, or four for $32.
Ideal for families with children age 4 and up. The shows are about 50 minutes long.
Please read our theatre and ticket policies here.
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Zoom at Sea
October 21 at 1:30 & 3:30; Shenkman Arts Centre
The Nightingale
November 4 at 1:30 & 3:30; Shenkman Arts Centre
November 18 at 1:30; Irving Greenberg Centre
The Story of Holly & Ivy
Nov. 23 at 7:00, Nov. 24 & 25 at 1:30 & 3:30, Centrepointe Theatre
Dec. 7 at 7:00, Dec. 8 & 9 at 1:30 & 3:30, Shenkman Arts Centre
Felicity Falls
January 13 at 1:30 & 3:30, Shenkman Arts Centre
January 27 at 1:30 , Irving Greenberg Centre
The Flying Canoe
February 9 at 11:30 & 1:30, Shenkman Arts Centre
The Wind in the Willows
March 10 & 11 at 1:30 & 3:30, Shenkman Arts Centre
A Promise is a Promise
April 21 & June 9 at 1:30 , Irving Greenberg Centre
April 28 at 1:30 & 3:30, Shenkman Arts Centre
Thanks to generous support from the Trillium Foundation, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Ottawa, the ARTicipate Endowment Fund and OYP Theatre School.
October 21
Zoom at Sea
From the Zoom books by Tim Wynne-Jones
Maria and Zoom the cat travel to the sea, the Arctic, and mysterious ancient Egypt.
Tickets are available at the door, or from our online box office here.
November 4 & 18
The Nightingale
Ancient China. A small bird teaches the Emperor the value of friendship.
Tickets are available at the door, or from our online box office here.
November 23, 24 & 25 and Dec. 7, 8 & 9
The Story of Holly & Ivy
From the book by Rumer Godden
This is a story about wishing. Holly is a toy who wishes for a child. Mrs. Jones and her policeman husband wish they had a little girl. And an orphan girl named Ivy wishes for a Christmas doll, a grandmother, and a place to go for Christmas.
Rumer Godden’s beautiful story is brought to life with toys, puppets, carols sung by local school choirs, and a real live girl.
Tickets are available at the door, or from our online box office here.
January 13 & 27
Felicity Falls
Funny family stories about pioneer animals somewhere in the Ottawa valley.
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Tickets are available at the door, or from our online box office here.
Tickets $10, or four for $32.
February 9
A fantastic and fun introduction to the culture, music and language of the first Francophones in Canada—the voyageurs, the loggers, the trappers and farm families—whose humour, imagination and courage helped found our very own community. Tickets $10, or four for $32. They're available at the door (cash only), or from our online box office here.
March 10 & 11
The Wind
in the Willows
From Kenneth Grahame's classic book.
The adventures of Mole, Ratty, Toad and Badger.
Tickets $10, or four for $32. They're available at the door(cash only), or from our online box office here.
April 21, 28 & June 9
A Promise is a Promise
WELCOME TO PANGNIRTUNG. Meet Allashua, who lives in the town, and the Qallupilluit who live under the sea ice.
Tickets are available at the door, or from our online box office here.
The Shenkman Arts Centre
The Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Boulevard, is 15 minutes from downtown, and a 5-minute walk from OC Transpo’s 95 Orléans stop at Place d’Orléans. Parking is free.
Visit the Shenkman's site here.
Centrepointe Theatre
Centrepointe Theatre is located at 101 Centrepointe Drive in Ottawa’s west-end. It is a 10-minute drive from downtown and just a few minutes walk from OC Transpo’s Baseline Station. Parking is free.
Visit the Centrepointe site here.
Irving Greenberg Theatre
Irving Greenberg Theatre is located at 1233 Wellington St. West, at the corner of Holland Ave. That's the Wellington West & Holland stop for the #2, #16, #86 & #176 bus routes; 2 blocks north of the Tunney's Pasture transit way stop.
For more information visit the GCTC site page here.