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ADAPTING PUSHKIN
A Pre-Show Chat
the Text and its Mutations
DATE:
TIME:
VENUE:
Wednesday September 27th (preceding the performance of Onegin)
6:30 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
National Arts Centre, 1 Elgin StreetAtrium Staircase (Elgin Street entrance)
NAC English Theatre Artist-in-Residence Sarah Waisvisz brings together local experts for a dynamic
conversation that will enrich our experience of Onegin. This Pre-Show Chat will shed light on the
context, urgency, and relevance of Alexander Pushkin’s original work Eugene Onegin as well as
Tchaikovsky’s opera by the same name. The panelists will also discuss the challenging work of
adapting a novel in verse for the stage. Join us!
FEATURING
Prof. Dana Dragunoiu (Dept. of English, Carleton University)
Prof. Yana Meerzon (Dept. of Theatre, University of Ottawa)
Prof. Natalia Vesselova (Dept. of Modern Languages and Literatures, University of Ottawa)
