“O that I were a man!”

Gender, Evolution, and Adaptation in Shakespeare’s Plays By Lauren Chochinov   Heather Russell-Smith gender-occupies the role of Hamlet, 2019 (photo by Leif Norman)   During Shakespeare’s lifetime, women were famously not allowed to act on stage. This is not to say that women didn’t act at all – there are records of aristocratic women performing in private pantomimes, for example – but women could not be paid actors in public venues. Curiously, no law existed that outright banned women from public performance. Yet it was a rule socially enforced throughout the period. This is, perhaps, due to the homosocial environs
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We’re Hiring!

  Box Office & Volunteer Coordinator   This is a term position between April 22 and July 7 (an 11-week contract). Renumeration is $600/ per week for (on average) 35 hours per week. Hours of employment will vary and include Weekdays, Evenings and Weekends. Locations include working remotely, at the SIR offices in downtown Winnipeg, and at Trappist Monastery Provincial Heritage Park   Job Description The Box Office & Volunteer Coordinator is an integral part of our Front of House team. This is a contract/seasonal position which reports directly to the General Manager. The Box Office & Volunteer Coordinator is
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Meet & Greet 2024

Dear Actors & Directors, We are trying to re-imagine what “general auditions” are all about this year. So here’s what we have planned: an informal gathering with our Artistic Director, Rodrigo Beilfuss, so that we can get to know you a bit more, and artists can mingle and connect with each other in a more meaningful way. It’s our 2024 Meet & Greet! Happening on Friday, February 16, from 2 – 4pm at Prairie Theatre Exchange (PTE) – third floor of Portage Place Mall. At this gathering, you’ll be able to: introduce yourself and share your thoughts and ideas about
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To the great Variety of Readers

Hello my dear friend,The final Act of 2023 is upon us: the Holiday season. We hope you are surrounded by love and joy and delicious treats. We hope this time of the year gifts you the opportunity and space to reflect and to recharge, and to rekindle with passions and pleasures, big and small. We hope your 2023 was filled with discoveries and adventures, and good health!SIR turned 30 this year, and – with your support and enthusiasm – we had a gloriously busy year for such a tiny outfit. Not many people know this, but we have only TWO
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…From The Artistic Director

The last three years have been chaotic for so many of us. We have grown accustomed to disruption, and our sense of Time seems to be…out of time. But this last Summer, while at the beach, watching my kids play happily in the water, I was struck by the thought, “This is it.” Slowing down, being present in the moment, absorbing the light, colours and sounds that are all around us, is Life. I then realized that I hadn’t slowed down in quite a long while, and the thought made me a tad melancholy. I realized that for the last
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