By Cassandra Szklarski A long-awaited musical from playwright Tomson Highway, a ’90s take on “Macbeth” and skateboarding stunts are among the spectacles bound for the National Arts Centre. Canada’s multidisciplinary home for the performing arts released a 2025-26 lineup Thursday that includes the return of holiday favourites including Handel’s “Messiah” by the NAC Orchestra and the Royal Winnipeg Ballet’s “Nutcracker” in December. In between are dance, orchestral, pop music and drama productions from new voices and established veterans. Here’s a look at some of the highlights. THEATRE Highway brings the third instalment of his “Rez Cycle” to NAC’s Indigenous Theatre program, with the world première of his musical “Rose.” The 2003 play is set on the Wasaychigan Hill Reserve in 1992, and revisits several characters from “The Rez Sisters” and…
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