Notification
11 mins ago
Notification
11 mins ago
Natalie Tannous, or as I like
to refer to her, my TV Wife, has been a very close friend for over a decade.
From our first scene together I could tell that I had been given the rare
opportunity to work alongside a very dedicated, talented and generous partner.
There were no emotions she couldn’t convincingly convey, sometimes with very
little or no text at all. It’s been a joy to watch her career take off and
reach new heights as directors from all branches of our industry – television,
film, commercial and stage – have come to realize what I’ve known for years:
Natalie is an incredibly gifted and natural performer! No matter the production
genre, be it comedy or drama, or anything in between, having Natalie be part of
your cast can only make it better! Seems like everyone has been made aware of
that fact because she’s very busy and I don’t get to see her as much as I’d
like to! But hey, my loss is Quebec audiences’ gain…
-Written by Joseph Antaki, actor
Les chambres rouges, Film by Pascal Plante
https://www.joblo.com/red-rooms-fantasia-review/
“[...] Natalie Tannous’s Maître Chedid – Couronne starts the film off perfectly with her opening statement. I could have just watched her talk about the trial for the entire movie; it was so captivating. ”
Rose and the Machine, Porte-Parole Theatre
https://www.ottawalife.com/article/rose-in-the-machine-at-the-nac/
This two-person play stars Julie Trépanier as Maude and Natalie Tannous, who brilliantly takes on the multitude of people Maude meets on her journey. Tannous is phenomenal, whether it is as the unsympathetic bureaucrat, disengaged principal, beaten-down discouraged father or as the supportive and spaced-out social workers. She even pulls off adult autistic characters with incredible accuracy.
‘Audience member, NAC, spring 2024’ (Hannah Warner: must ask permission for name!)
To be honest I had been kind of nervous about seeing the show... I wasn't sure just how autism would be portrayed. [...] the play was amazing! It was better than I could have imagined. I was particularly blown away with the portrayals of the two autistic adults near the end of the play! If you are talking to the woman who played all the different characters (the not-Maude-actor), I would like if you could pass on a very sincere thank you to her. It felt genuine- not overblown or stereotyped.
Jheniffer M. from Cuba
(Got her OK on November 29th 2024 at 2:36 pm)
I simply just want to thank you.
A foe from Red River once said: “My people will sleep for one hundred years, but when they awake, it will be the artists who give them their spirit back.”
It is artists like you, Natalie, who are slowly awakening the privileged few that get to attend such works. It is artists like you who replenish our fragile spirits.
Thank you for reviving my soul that night.
You will never be a distant memory.
AlterNatives, Centaur Theatre
https://curtainsup.tv/a-dinner-to-remember-at-centaurs-alternatives/
When everyone arrives, the banter starts to wind up. [...] Michelle gets progressively drunk (Ms. Tannous plays the best drunk I’ve seen in a long time!) [...] The cast is splendid and they complement each other very well.
http://lametropole.com/arts/arts-de-la-scene/alternatives-au-centaur/
Natalie Tannous delivers a stellar performance as Michelle. Her portrayal adds a layer of authenticity to the story, making it more relatable to the audience.
Natalie Tannous livre une performance exceptionnelle dans le rôle de Michelle. Son interprétation ajoute une couche d’authenticité à l’histoire, la rendant plus accessible pour le public.
Mama, Théâtre Duceppe
https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/theatre/756544/critique-theatre-mama-pregnante-peinture-familiale
Au sein de cette imposante distribution, bien qu’un peu inégale, émergent des tempéraments forts. Telles les compositions savoureuses de Natalie Tannous ou de Mireille Tawfik, pour ne nommer que celles-là.
https://www.lapresse.ca/arts/theatre/2022-09-09/mama/d-une-bouleversante-humanite-9-10.php
Mado, qui traîne une pharmacie complète dans son sac (redoutablement comique Natalie Tannous) [...]Ces femmes résilientes au verbe vif ne sont pas sans rappeler d’autres femmes qui ont marqué à jamais le théâtre québécois : les belles-sœurs de Michel Tremblay. Il y a dans Mama la même façon de partir de l’intimité des personnages pour raconter l’universel.
The Baklawa Recipe, Centaur Theatre
http://cultmontreal.com/2018/02/the-baklawa-recipe/
But Rafie and Tibaldo have turned these archetypes into three-dimensional women whose struggles are clearly grounded in the social pressures they face. This nuance is expertly teased out by the Tannous sisters, both of whom turn in fantastic performances. Natalie Tannous in particular is a tour-de-force as Rita — she has the audience laughing one minute and crying the next.
Review: THE BAKLAWA RECIPE at Centaur Theatre Company
Natalie Tannous has a standout performance with her touching, deeply personal and authentic representation of Rita. She provides much-needed levity at times and performs a breathtaking monologue towards the end of her character's story arc.
Nadia’s harrowing story is just one of the ingredients in Rafie’s intriguing if under-baked play, which offsets the bitterness of Nadia’s predicament with the sweetness of her friendship with fellow immigrant and sister-in-law, Rita. That the friends are played by real-life siblings Natalie and Christina Tannous only adds to the warm glow, with Rita’s brisk, maternal big-heartedness contrasting nicely with Nadia’s flighty, sometimes sung non-conformism
