Ottawa 
Events Description
Past, present, and future collide in Proxima Centauri. A family drama about the fragility of life on—and of—Mother Earth.
Local playwright David Whiteman gives a secular nod to life-in-review classics like A Christmas Carol, by way of A Brief History of Time. Meet Fred, a boyhood stargazer turned astrophysicist with an almost religious faith in science. Journeying through space and time with his long-dead father, Fred confronts crises from the deeply intimate to the cosmic; from a hospital bedside to the heat death of the universe. As his mother declines, so might the whole planet.
From the closeness of nuclear family to the awe-inspiring vastness of the cosmos, he connects the dots to draw a constellation of our greatest fears. But through the darkness, Proxima Centauri shines a ray of hope. We’re reminded as we face down death—whether of a parent, or a planet—that life not only has meaning, it is the source of meaning. We are not living in the universe—the universe is living in us.
“We are the almighty universe itself, expanding, developing to the point of being able to look through the glass of a telescope, and recognize that it’s here.”
Who is it for?
Advisory: Momentary sound and lighting effects which some viewers may find intense, strong scenes touching on elder abuse
HOW MUCH
Tickets : $5.00 – $76.00
Ticket Prices
Regular: $43.00
Regular 65+: $39.00
Student/Artist/Unwaged: $26.00
Preview: $25.00
Pay What You Can Sunday & Tuesday: $5.00 – $76.00
Angel*: $76.00
How to get tickets?
Phone: 613-233-4523
Email: boxoffice@thegladstone.ca
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Wednesday March 24, 2027 to Saturday April 3, 2027
Tuesday-Saturday | 7:30 PM
Saturday & Sunday | 2:30 PM
Run time approx 80 mins, no intermission
Venue & Address
The Gladstone Theatre, 910 Gladstone Ave, Ottawa, ON K1R 6Y4, Canada
Wheelchair accessible
Paid Parking
Accessible by Public Transport
