Yearly Archives 2021

Updates & Looking Ahead

Hello friends, I simply cannot believe that 2022 is already upon us while I’m still trying to digest the sheer weight of 2020… I hope you’re well. Being here, right now, engaging in conversations about Art, is a beautiful privilege – and one I do not take for granted. Thank you for being here for us. Shakespeare in the Ruins hasn’t played live to audiences since February 2020, and I can’t begin to describe how excited we are to be back in the Ruins next year, in your company! It has been far too long. After dealing with the ramifications
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Donate in Jim’s name!

Jim Gibbs was an enthusiastic patron of the Arts, and one of SIR’s biggest supporters over the years. We have been missing him dearly since he left us in 2017 – the Winnipeg theatre scene is undoubtedly not the same without him. To celebrate and to remember our friend Jim, SIR has set up a sub-fund through our Endowment Fund with the Winnipeg Foundation in his honour, the Shakespeare In The Ruins – The Jim Gibbs Endowment Fund. When you donate directly to this fund, a percentage of it will be donated back to SIR in Jim’s name – beautifully,
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Thank you, Lisa!

SIR would like to congratulate and to announce the departure of General Manager Lisa Nelson-Fries, who has served the company for six successful years and is now transitioning into a career in film. Lisa brought style, verve and incredible efficiency to SIR in her role as GM, and over the course of six seasons, the company has enjoyed stability and growth under her leadership. “My tenure as General Manager of Shakespeare in the Ruins (SIR) has been both the most rewarding and most challenging job of my career,” she says. “I have always been incredibly proud to be part of
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Welcome Sara Malabar!

July 22, 2021 The Board of Directors of Shakespeare in the Ruins Inc. is thrilled to announce that we have hired Sara Malabar as our incoming General Manager. Sara brings a wealth of experience in arts management to the position, including as the Arts & Entertainment Program Manager with Pride Toronto, the Managing Director of the Studio of Received Ideas, and the General Manager of Theatre Projects Manitoba under the artistic leadership of Margo Charlton (2000-2002). Sara was also the producer of the opening and Closing Ceremonies for WorldPride, Producer for the 2010 Olympic Torch Relay in Toronto, and Project Manager
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We Bring the Ruins to Your Screens!

Tickets on sale MONDAY, July 19, 2021 at 12:00 noon CST Shakespeare in the Ruins presents THE WINTER’S TALE, a digital production  Production made possible with support from Théâtre Cercle Molière. STREAMING ON DEMAND JULY 30 TO AUGUST 8 As the lonely chill of the pandemic begins to thaw, Shakespeare in the Ruins welcomes you back to the Trappist Monastery Park with their first feature film. King Leontes’s icy demeanor sets in motion this classic story of love, redemption, magic, and a pursuit by a Bear – The Winter’s Tale. Filmed on location at the Trappist Monastery Ruins Heritage Park in
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