October 26, 2012

Theatre Projects Manitoba Season & Theatre Salon


Theatre Projects Manitoba (TPM) is thrilled to announce the Prairie premieres of two incredible plays from Quebec and to launch our Theatre Salon, where Manitoba artists and audiences can explore Quebec theatre in both official languages!

TPM’s Theatre Salon will be a monthly theatre mash up featuring performances inspired by theatre in translation and exploring Fréchette and de la Chenelière’s respective oeuvres.  Our colleagues at Le Théâtre Vice Versa Theatre (TVVT) will present readings of John and Beatrice and Bashir Lazhar in French.  We invite you to encounter the plays in their original language. 
The monthly salons will feature music and performances from la belle province.  


John and Beatrice
November 1 - 11
Rachel Browne Theatre

The season opens with an imaginative and subversive comedy written by Governor General and Siminovitch award winning playwright, Carole Fréchette and translated by John Murrell. Directed by TPM Artistic Director Ardith Boxall the production features Kevin Klassen and Tracy Penner as the couple.


Bashir Lazhar
March 14 - 24
Rachel Browne Theatre 

A poetic story of the immigrant experience by Evelyne de la Chenelière and translated by Morwyn Brebner.  This solo performance will be directed by Ann Hodges.  In 2011, Bashir Lazhar was adapted as a film entitled Monsieur Lazhar which won a Genie for Best Canadian Motion Picture and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Film.

Theatre Projects Manitoba, 204-245 McDermot Avenue 
Ardith Boxall, Artistic Director                                           
Rea Kavanagh, General Manager
204-989-2400 or Email

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