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Consider yourself warned: If you attend the National Arts Centre’s new musical, Anne & Gilbert, you may develop a uncontrollable case of toe-tapping, brought on by the catchy and charming songs.
There’s not much that audience members could do about it Friday, except head to the NAC Salon for the opening night reception.
There, they could tap, tap, tap away until their hearts were content as the play’s cast and crew, along with their friends and family members, eventually turned the party into a lively East Coast-style jam session.
Jillian Keiley, artistic director of the National Arts Centre’s English Theatre, played accordion at the opening night party for the NAC’s new musical, Anne & Gilbert, alongside her husband and sound designer, Don Ellis.
NAC artistic director Jillian Keiley was there squeezing the accordion next to her guitar-playing husband, sound designer Don Ellis. Cast member Dave Whiteley played the fiddle and the saw (not at the same time) while young girls step-danced up a storm.
From left, Kate Macdonald Butler, granddaughter of Lucy Maud Montgomery, with her sister-in-law Vivian Macdonald and Montgomery’s great-granddaughter, Allison Hodge, from Ottawa.
In the audience that night were relatives of Lucy Maud Montgomery, who so famously penned Anne of Green Gables. “I think it’s fantastic,” granddaughter Kate Macdonald Butler of Toronto said of the production. “I think it’s a really fun show.”
Butler has previously seen the play in Prince Edward Island and the Thousands Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, but there’s something “pretty special”, she said, about seeing it on the national stage. “I wouldn’t miss it.”
The cast includes 12 local young children with a passion for theatre, song and dance. Among the bright young stars is Clara Silcoff, 11. You may recall her from her stellar performance as Gretl in the NAC’s The Sound of Music a couple of years back.
“Tonight is such a special night,” Silcoff, a student of Chelsea Elementary School, told Around Town at the reception. “Just being on that stage in front of the opening night audience is exhilarating. It’s a thrill to have that energy from the crowd.”
The music was written by Nancy White, Bob Johnston and Jeff Hochhauser, all of whom attended, as did the director, Martha Irving, and the play’s producer, Campbell Webster.
There were some really nice holiday touches worth mentioning, from seven-year-old Naomi LeBlanc dressed as Anne Shirley and passing out red-and green-wrapped chocolates in the lobby, to the tiny gifts hidden under select seats in the NAC Theatre to the late-night live music in the Salon, where the artists performed arguably the greatest Christmas song of all time, Fairytale of New York, by the Pogues.
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Photos: Celebrating Anne and Gilbert
There was almost a kitchen party to celebrate the opening of Anne & Gilbert, The Musical, at the NAC on Dec. 4, 32015.
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There’s not much that audience members could do about it Friday, except head to the NAC Salon for the opening night reception.
There, they could tap, tap, tap away until their hearts were content as the play’s cast and crew, along with their friends and family members, eventually turned the party into a lively East Coast-style jam session.
Jillian Keiley, artistic director of the National Arts Centre’s English Theatre, played accordion at the opening night party for the NAC’s new musical, Anne & Gilbert, alongside her husband and sound designer, Don Ellis.
NAC artistic director Jillian Keiley was there squeezing the accordion next to her guitar-playing husband, sound designer Don Ellis. Cast member Dave Whiteley played the fiddle and the saw (not at the same time) while young girls step-danced up a storm.
From left, Kate Macdonald Butler, granddaughter of Lucy Maud Montgomery, with her sister-in-law Vivian Macdonald and Montgomery’s great-granddaughter, Allison Hodge, from Ottawa.
In the audience that night were relatives of Lucy Maud Montgomery, who so famously penned Anne of Green Gables. “I think it’s fantastic,” granddaughter Kate Macdonald Butler of Toronto said of the production. “I think it’s a really fun show.”
Butler has previously seen the play in Prince Edward Island and the Thousands Islands Playhouse in Gananoque, but there’s something “pretty special”, she said, about seeing it on the national stage. “I wouldn’t miss it.”
The cast includes 12 local young children with a passion for theatre, song and dance. Among the bright young stars is Clara Silcoff, 11. You may recall her from her stellar performance as Gretl in the NAC’s The Sound of Music a couple of years back.
“Tonight is such a special night,” Silcoff, a student of Chelsea Elementary School, told Around Town at the reception. “Just being on that stage in front of the opening night audience is exhilarating. It’s a thrill to have that energy from the crowd.”
The music was written by Nancy White, Bob Johnston and Jeff Hochhauser, all of whom attended, as did the director, Martha Irving, and the play’s producer, Campbell Webster.
There were some really nice holiday touches worth mentioning, from seven-year-old Naomi LeBlanc dressed as Anne Shirley and passing out red-and green-wrapped chocolates in the lobby, to the tiny gifts hidden under select seats in the NAC Theatre to the late-night live music in the Salon, where the artists performed arguably the greatest Christmas song of all time, Fairytale of New York, by the Pogues.
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Photos: Celebrating Anne and Gilbert
There was almost a kitchen party to celebrate the opening of Anne & Gilbert, The Musical, at the NAC on Dec. 4, 32015.
In case you were wondering, Ellen Denny, who plays Anne Shirley with co-star Alex Furber as Gilbert Blythe, in Anne & Gilbert, is not a natural redhead, as revealed at the opening night party on Friday, December 4, 2015, for the new musical at the National Arts Centre. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Choreographer Brittany Banks at the National Arts Centre on Friday, December 4, 2015, for the opening of the NAC's new musical, Anne & Gilbert. Surrounding Banks are local children who perform in the show. In the front row, from left, are Ry Prior, Auden Larratt and Kelsey Warren. From top left is Kelty O'Brien, McKenna Mellon, Maureen O'Brien, Charlotte Van Barr, Sam Ashe Arnold, Jake Hamilton, Petra Ginther, Mikayla Wills and Clara Silcoff. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Bennett Van Barr was the youngest fiddler in the group at a musical jam session that broke out during the opening night party. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Local step dancer Kelsey Warren, who is part of the cast of the musical play Anne & Gilbert at the National Arts Centre, performed for partygoers during a musical jam session at the opening night reception on Friday, December 4, 2015. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Jillian Keiley, artistic director of the National Arts Centre's English Theatre, at the opening night party for Anne & Gilbert, with cast member David Whiteley, of Ottawa, and his wife Fiona Currie on Friday, December 4, 2015. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Kate Macdonald Butler, granddaughter of Lucy Maud Montgomery, with her sister-in-law Vivian Macdonald and Montgomery's great-granddaughter, Allison Hodge, from Ottawa. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Young fiddle player Ry Prior, who's in the cast of the National Arts Centre's new musical, Anne & Gilbert, participated in a musical jam session, along with Ottawa actor Pierre Brault on guitar, during the opening night party. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Jillian Keiley, artistic director of the National Arts Centre's English Theatre, played accordion at the opening night party for the NAC's new musical, Anne & Gilbert, alongside her husband and sound designer, Don Ellis. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Seven-year-old Naomi LeBlanc, seen with her mom, NAC senior marketing manager Bridget Mooney, dressed as Anne Shirley and offered chocolates to guests arriving to the National Arts Centre for the opening night of the new musical Anne & Gilbert, on Friday, December 4, 2015. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
Fiddler James Stephens was part of a large jam session that broke out in the NAC's Salon on Friday, December 4, 2015, during the opening night party for the National Arts Centre's new musical, Anne & Gilbert. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
From left, Bennett Van Barr, Charlotte Van Barr, Reid Warren and Sandra Van Bar were part of a larger musical jam session that took place Friday, December 4, 2015, during the opening night party for the new musical Anne & Gilbert at the National Arts Centre. Caroline Phillips / Ottawa Citizen
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