Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre Articles

WINNIPEG — The cast of the upcoming “Billy Elliott The Musical” will hit the mainstage at the Manitoba Theatre Centre next week.

Two Canadian actors have been cast as the role of Billy Elliott in the new upcoming Royal Manitoba Theatre Production. "Billy Elliott The Musical" will star Ethan Ribeiro and Eamon Stocks, who will both share the demanding role as the lead actor. Elliot, a young boy...

WINNIPEG -- The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre reported a surplus at its annual general meeting Wednesday evening, but attendance to the theatre is down. About 1,500 fewer tickets were told during the 2014-15 season compared to last year. On the plus side of things,...

The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre has set the stage for its 2015-16 season, revealing the stories theatre-goers can expect to see over the next year. “It’s fate that lures a miner’s son into a ballet class, where he discovers, against all odds, that he’s a gifted...

A new comedic play thrusting the lives of lovers' quarrels into the spotlight will hit the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre. Noe?l Coward’s "Private Lives" will run January 28 to February 14 at the Tom Hendry Warehouse, showing beautiful people behaving badly. Synopsis:...

WINNIPEG -- The production of Cabaret returns to the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre mainstage this month. When aspiring American novelist Clifford Bradshaw journeys to Berlin to kick-start his flagging novel, he’s drawn into the sensuous and exhilarating underworld of...

By Tyler Sutherland Tickets and passes are now on sale for the 15th annual Master Playwright Festival. The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre is presenting 19 different offerings ranging from stagings of Noel Coward’s plays, lectures and film screenings to original...

The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre has renamed its endowment fund to honour longtime artistic director Steven Schipper. Known as the Royal MTC Endowment Fund in Honour of Steven Schipper, the fund is managed by The Winnipeg Foundation and continues to help Royal MTC...

The search is on for the next performer to play the lead role in the upcoming hit musical "Billy Elliot." The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre will begin the search for the performer in October, based on the story of a young boy’s struggle to overcome adversity and make...

A new production at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre will round out the 2013-14 season beginning next week. "Good People" by David Lindsay-Abaire opens April 17, and is the thought-provoking production that won a 2011 Tony Award for best play. Synopsis: In a...

The curtain has been pulled back on the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre's 2014-15 season -- and theatre buffs are in for a treat. A packed season of live drama, comedy and passionate character actors will grace the John Hirsch Mainstage and the Tom Hendry Warehouse. The...

A new play based on the timeless novel by Charlotte Brontë opens up at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre on January 9. "Jane Eyre" opens on the John Hirsch Mainstage, following Jane as she leaves behind a destitute childhood and finds work as a governess, only to fall...