Plosive Productions

03/05/2026

Wishing broken legs to all the cast & creative team of Blood Relations, opening tonight at The Gladstone Theatre! A stellar team behind a stellar show, not to be missed! 💐💐💐

http://www.thegladstone.ca/shows/blood-relations/

12/20/2025

Got plans for tomorrow night? Now you do! Plosive's dynamic duo of David Whiteley and Vivian Burns (both featured in our last show, Private Fears in Public Places) are joining with the Gladstone's other resident companies and frequent collaborators to offer you Songs for a Winter's Night: A Solstice Fundraiser for the Gladstone at The Gladstone tomorrow evening at 7:30!

Vivian is reprising a past role as one of the Gladstone Sisters from our beloved annual Radio Shows. David, meanwhile, will share that quintessential Canadian Christmas story, "Dave Cooks the Turkey" and will also dust off his violin, viola and cello for the occasion. They join with other actors and singers you may know and love: Nicholas Amott, Rachel Eugster, Robin Guy, Andrew Mah, Scott Richardson, and Doreen Taylor-Claxton, hosted by the indefatigable Teri Loretto. Together we're offering a wide array of songs, stories, and poetry, to make the season a little warmer—and to raise funds for the Gladstone.

Read more about the event (and buy tickets) at https://thegladstone.ca/shows/songs-for-a-winters-night/. We hope to see you there!

11/01/2025

Looking forward to this legendary show coming to The Gladstone courtesy of the ever-inspiring 9th Hour Theatre!

10/29/2025

This Playbill article about the relevance today of Tartuffe has got us thinking: is it time to revive the Whiteley translation (with its satifically biting American accent) as a Plosive project?
https://playbill.com/article/tartuffe-is-a-weapon-in-this-dark-age-of-misinformation-and-fake-news

…Or do you have other titles/themes/styles/priorities you'd like to see Plosive focus on as we contemplate future programming?

Tony winners André De Shields and Matthew Broderick are leading two different Off-Broadway productions, showing how Molière’s farce is unfortunately timely.

10/10/2025

Can't wait for TotoToo Theatre's production of Rocky Horror at The Gladstone! Here's some handy info to help you be ready…

06/28/2025

Two last chances to catch Private Fears: 2:30pm matinee and 7:30pm evening show. Last night's audience were howling before we'd even started Scene 1—par for the course—and through to curtain call. Come join the laughs on our last day at The Gladstone! Tix at https://thegladstone.ca/shows/private-fears-in-public-places/

06/27/2025

Wait, PINEAPPLE Day is a thing? And it's TODAY?!? Celebrate with an Ambrose Special! As featured in Scene 43 of Private Fears. In the play, Ayckbourn gives it the English-sounding alternate name "Mad Dog" but really it's clearly a Blue Hawaiian. Ambose focuses on the booze and downplays the fruit, mixing fresh cream with the coconut cream in this recipt: https://www.culinaryhill.com/blue-hawaiian/ -recipe-container-111913 4 oz of liquor! No wonder Imogen struggles with it!

This tropical Blue Hawaiian cocktail is made with pineapple, coconut, rum, vodka, and Blue Curaçao (for that lovely blue color).

06/27/2025

2 last days, 3 last chances (tonight + 2 shows tomorrow) to catch Private Fears at The Gladstone! Join our packed houses laughing at loneliness of life in the big city. Tick… Tick… Tick…
Tix: https://thegladstone.ca/shows/private-fears-in-public-places/

06/24/2025

Burned through the Ottawa Fringe? Now that it's over, come cool down at The Gladstone for the final week of Private Fears. Catch tonight's Pay-What-You-Can at Fringey pricing (starting at just $5). OR, Fringe artists, volunteers, patrons and staff can claim 10% off of any other performance with discount code "10OFF!". Tickets at https://thegladstone.ca/shows/private-fears-in-public-places/

06/22/2025

Private Fears is Pay-What-You-Can on Tuesday! Missed our opening night, filled with top-to-tail laughter from a packed house that lept to its feet at curtain call? Catch our hilarious and sometimes heartbreaking romp on our cheapest night THIS TUESDAY at The Gladstone. Tickets start at $5! Buy now before it's sold out! Tix at

Written a year after Love Actually and echoing some of it's best elements, but better: where Love Actually is all heart and belly laughs, Private Fears has heart, belly and brain. Sir Alan has previously tickled Gladstone audiences with his well-known early hits How the Other Half Loves, Bedroom Far...