A Remarkable Meeting with Thomas Ostermeier

In the fall of 2025, students at the National Theatre School of Canada (NTS) had the privilege of meeting Thomas Ostermeier, internationally renowned director and artistic director of the Schaubühne in Berlin. Through a rich and stimulating exchange, students were able to immerse themselves in the vision of a major contemporary theatre creator. Between reflections […]

Production Design and Technical Arts

September 27, 2025

24 Hours of Creation

As part of the 2025 Journées de la culture, Monument-National was transformed into a true creative laboratory with the National Theatre School of Canada’s (NTS) 24 Hours of Creation. In just 24 hours, students conceive, write, rehearse, and perform original shows. A demanding constraint that becomes a powerful driver of inventiveness, collaboration, and risk-taking. In […]

NTS history

September 1, 2025

Monument-National – Where History Meets Today’s Stage

In the heart of Montreal stands a place full of memory, creation, and transmission: Monument-National. Did you know that it is the oldest theatre still in operation in Canada? For over a century, its walls have vibrated with the voices, gestures, and imaginations that shape the cultural landscape here. And since 1971, this iconic venue […]

NTS history

November 9, 2023

The People’s University: The long history of public adult education at the Monument-National

Louis Lebel

Since 1976 in Quebec and 1985 in Canada, the Monument-National has been classified as a heritage site. Many people today know that this is largely due to its status as the country’s oldest theatre still in operation. However, the Quebec government’s heritage designation reminds us that “Le Monument-National is also of heritage interest for its […]

NTS history

October 3, 2023

The Monument-National before 1893

Louis Lebel

Today, the Monument-National is the oldest continuously operation theatre in Quebec, if not Canada. Belonging to the National Theatre School since 1971, centre of Yiddish theatre between the two world wars and host to the famous Eden Museum at the turn of the century, the Monument-National has seen a lot of history since it opened […]

Production Design and Technical Arts

September 19, 2023

Éric Gautron keeps the magic alive at Glyndebourne Festival Opera

Riteba McCallum

This summer, we had the great pleasure of meeting Glyndebourne's Technical Director and NTS graduate, Éric Gautron (Creation and Production, 2003), to talk about his career and find out how this Franco-Manitoban ended up in the heart of the Sussex countryside.

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