Theatre News Archive
![Female actress on stage in a split photo. One side wearing braids with green satin ribbons, a khakhi button up shirt and flowered apron. The second side she is a ghost covered in blood and holding a cup of what appears to be more blood high above her head.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Bailey-Chin-split-2024-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Arts
Theatre a safe space to learn how to fail
June 4, 2024 —
2024 graduate Bailey Chin, is grateful for the many opportunities she experienced as a theatre major. “As corny as it sounds, I truly feel like this program chose me more than I chose it,” said Chin. “Intro to Theatre quickly became the highlight of my week, and I realized it was all I wanted to spend my time doing. So, I did!”
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Faculty of Arts
‘Unforgettably poignant and hilarious’: The Comedy of Errors runs until March 31
March 24, 2024 —
The next production of the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media’s Theatre Program runs March 27 - 31. Support student theatre – get your $10 ticket today.
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Faculty of Arts
Rhinoceros opens November 29
November 22, 2023 —
The next production of the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media’s Theatre Program runs November 29 to December 2. Catch the student production of Rhinoceros from playwright Eugène Ionesco at the John J. Conklin Theatre on the University of Manitoba campus.
![Four student actors on a barren stage. Two actors lying down, one standing and one crouching.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Scorched-women-2023-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Arts
Scorched, a fiery performance
March 9, 2023 —
A brilliant tale that is equal parts riveting, suspenseful, dramatic and heartbreaking, Scorched by Lebanese-Canadian writer Wajdi Mouawad is a breathtaking tale of two twins, Janine and Simone, trying to fulfil their mother’s last wishes.
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Faculty of Arts
Scorched opens March 2
February 27, 2023 —
The next production of the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media’s Theatre Program runs March 2 to 11. Scorched is by Lebanese-Canadian writer Wajdi Mouawad and is directed by Dr. William Kerr. All are welcome to attend this free production.
![Group of actors in farming costumes on stage.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/11/Seeds-Don2-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Arts
Seeds blossoms on the stage
November 24, 2022 —
The UM Theatre Program in the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media shines in their first in-person mainstage show since 2020.
![Actress in pink dress sitting on large, plush armchair, looking through an antique telescope.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Arcadia-crop-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Arts
Explore past and present, order and disorder in this virtual murder mystery
March 22, 2022 —
The University of Manitoba Theatre program is gearing up to present their final mainstage show of the 2021-22 season – Arcadia by English playwright Tom Stoppard. Catch this student production March 30 to April 3.
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When ‘hope and history rhyme’: Joe Biden quotes an Irish poet to inspire healing in America
November 17, 2020 —
'Following president-elect Joe Biden’s victory in the United States, a campaign video of him reading Irish poet Seamus Heaney’s verse adaptation of an ancient Greek play went viral'
![Image of two actors standing. From the play Capture Me.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/Capture-Me-2020.2-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Arts
Kindergarten teacher and refugee face fear and find love
March 5, 2020 —
The University of Manitoba Theatre Program is gearing up to present their third and final mainstage show of the 2019-2020 season – Capture Me by Canadian playwright Judith Thompson.
![Three female performers with arms raised from the play Macbeth](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/Macbeth.3witches-150x150.jpg)
Faculty of Arts
Setting Macbeth in the 1980s lets characters explore toxic masculinity
January 16, 2020 —
The University of Manitoba Theatre Program is gearing up to present their second mainstage show of the 2019-2020 season – Macbeth - by the most celebrated playwright of all time, William Shakespeare.