Dear friend!This coming season we are celebrating 30 years of CONTEMPORARY Classical Theatre, and we need your help to create for another 30 years. We aim to raise 30,000 into 2023! Please give the gift of theatre, of Shakespeare, of JOY. We have launched our *30 For 30* Campaign! Please WATCH OUR SPECIAL VIDEO (CLICK HERE) with testimonials from some of your favourite local actors, directors and theatre fans! 2023 is a pivotal year in our history; and we continue to journey through much uncertainty and instability in the Arts. Please stick by us during this transformative time, and help us celebrate
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We are pleased to resume our partnership with Winnipeg’s favourite booksellers, McNally Robinson, bringing you TWO exciting opportunities to learn and engage with Shakespeare as part of their Fall Community Classroom program. These classes are designed for anyone, from all levels of theatrical experiences, or simply an earnest passion or curiosity about Shakespeare’s works. If you have any questions, please reach out to Rodrigo, SIR’s Artistic Director, at ad@sirmb.ca Details for each class are below: Stratford’s long-time leading lady Seana McKenna will reveal her process of approaching the text and bringing to life some of Shakespeare’s most iconic women. Whether
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Unfortunately online ticket sales are temporarily unavailable. Please call our box office at 204-891-9160 to purchase your tickets. Our box office staff will work with your to complete your ticket purchase as soon as possible.
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  In the third episode of our webinar series Expanding the Canon – and in honour of Black History Month – SIR’s Artistic Director Rodrigo Beilfuss and actor-playwright-in-residence Jessica B. Hill discuss the transformative works of American journalist, teacher, playwright, and poet Angelina Weld Grimké, and Machado de Assis, a pioneer Brazilian novelist, poet, playwright and short story writer, widely regarded as the greatest writer of Brazilian literature – and whom Harold Bloom called “the greatest Black writer in Western literature”. Enjoy! Click HERE to watch on our YouTube channel. Expanding the Canon is a series of conversations between Jessica
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Shakespeare in the Ruins is holding auditions for our 2022 Mainstage, in-person outdoor production of Much Ado About Nothing.  All roles available. Auditions will happen online (via Zoom and self-tape)   Directed by Ann Hodges Assistant Director: Sophie Smith-Dostmohamed Rehearsals: April 25 – June 01, 2022 (five-workday weeks) Production dates: June 02 – July 02, 2022 NOTE: All actors must be hired as ‘Winnipeg local’ Roles to be cast/Audition requirements:   All roles are available. 10 actors will be cast, one of which will be exclusively an understudy. Most actors will play multiple roles (see below). SIR supports a respectful
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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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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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