Get your culture on at Homecoming
While Homecoming is often associated with football games and tailgate parties (who doesn’t love a tailgate party?) this annual celebration is also a terrific opportunity to tap into the music, theatre,...
View ArticleCurtains up!
The Black Hole Theatre Company raises its curtains on the 2015-16 season on November 17. The company is performing a double-bill from November 17-21st and the 24-28th . The Bald Soprano tells the story...
View ArticleBig show about small town life
The Black Hole Theatre Company presents Middletown from January 26 through to February 6, 2016. The play is about growing up in a place that never changes; where everyone knows each other but you still...
View ArticlePlaywright Ian Ross debuts new work for theatre’s grand opening
National award-winning playwright and alumnus Ian Ross has created a new play that kicks off the grand opening of the John J. Conklin Theatre on March 15. “Now we have a world-class stage,” said Ross,...
View ArticleIan Ross – In his own words
Ian Ross is a consummate storyteller able to unfurl oceans of serious and humorous stories to immerse audiences. His work includes fareWel, which won the Governor General Award for English Drama in...
View ArticleHead to the Fringe
The Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival is underway and Associate Professor Neil McArthur from the department of philosophy has written and directed his own show. Let Me Freeze Your Head is a one-man...
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$2M gift to U of M supports performing arts community
Announced today with a resounding celebration of the arts, a $2 million gift to the University of Manitoba from prominent philanthropists Gail Asper and Michael Paterson will impact students, faculty...
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Black Hole Theatre Company opens new season
Two years ago Robert Smith, senior instructor in the Department of English, Film and Theatre in the Faculty of Arts, was with his wife in the Port of Calais preparing to take the ferry to England when...
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The Black Hole Theatre Company is raising the curtains on 2017 with Translations. The play is set in 1833 in the rural townland of Ballybeg/Baile Beag (literally, “small town”) in county Donegal in...
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Fringing around town
The 30th Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival runs July 19-30 in the Exchange District. This year, close to 200 shows are part of the celebration of theatre. University of Manitoba students, staff and...
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University of Manitoba’s upcoming community events
The University of Manitoba invites you to a variety of public events on campus and in the community from September to November, 2017. Bison Football The University of Manitoba Bison Football team will...
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Supporting the Arts means actually going to see stuff
The following is an op-ed written by Neil McArthur, associate professor of philosophy and director of U of M’s Centre for Professional and Applied Ethics. I often have conversations with my friends...
View ArticleNothing Sacred launches Black Hole Theatre Company season
The Black Hole Theatre Company raises the curtain on their 2017-18 season starting with George F. Walker’s Nothing Sacred. The play is a re-imagining of Ivan Turgenev’s novel Fathers and Sons. The show...
View ArticleLights up on Pith!
The Black Hole Theatre Company presents Pith! Jan. 17-27, 2018 at the John J. Conklin Theatre at the Gail Asper Performing Arts Hall. The show is written by Winnipeg-born playwright, Stewart Lemoine....
View ArticleUniversity of Manitoba’s upcoming community events
The University of Manitoba invites you to a variety of public events on campus and in the community from January to February, 2018. THE BLACK HOLE THEATRE COMPANY PRESENTS: PITH! It is the summer of...
View ArticleUniversity of Manitoba Community Events – March 2018
Take in a variety of events this March on campus and in the community! INDIGENOUS AWARENESS MONTH Join the University of Manitoba for Indigenous Awareness Month this March, as we celebrate Indigenous...
View ArticleInspired events meet theatre
The Black Hole Theatre Company presents their final show of the 2017-18 season starting March 21. The Persecution and Assassination of Jean-Paul Marat as Performed by the Inmates of the Asylum of...
View ArticleFringe Fest fun
It’s curtains up on the 2018 Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival. Nearly 200 shows are being presented between July 18-29 in the Exchange District. Several University of Manitoba students, faculty, staff...
View ArticleCatch a one-of-a-kind staged radio production of Under Milk Wood
Join the Black Hole Theatre for their unique production of Under Milk Wood, an intriguing play that follows the ordinary, day-to-day life of the people within a small Welsh fishing village. The...
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