New Stand-Up Course Starts January 10

New Stand-Up Course Starts January 10 Kristen Einarson believes in laughter, including at herself. Her Fringe play, Oversharer, took the 2025 Winnipeg Fringe by storm, as she explored her ADHD diagnoses at the age of 29. Einarson says her stand-up comedy show included some of the storytelling elements she learned as a student at MTYP. Einarson is teaching a Stand-Up ...

The Lightning Thief costume designer inspired by streetwear

The Lightning Thief costume designer inspired by streetwear Robin Fisher is an award-winning set and costume designer based in Hamilton. A graduate of both the Costume Studies Program at Dalhousie University and the Scenography Program at The National Theatre School of Canada, Robin has been designing productions for theatres across the country since the late 1990’s. Some of her work ...

Lighting designer make first design for renovated Richardson Studio Theatre

Lighting designer make first design for renovated Richardson Studio Theatre Winnipeg-based lighting designer Scott Henderson has been working for MTYP longer than MTYP has been in its Forks location. That’s almost three decades. Henderson has worked on 19 MTYP shows over the years, and is delighted to have his designs featured for our first-ever performance in the newly renovated Richardson ...
Three looks of the Frog in A Year With Frog and Toad

A Year With Frog and Toad designer inspired by nature

Some of Jackie Chau's inventive costumes from A Year With Frog and Toad A Year With Frog and Toad designer inspired by nature Set and costume designer Jackie Chau wants to inspire kids to have a relationship with nature. She imagines the audiences lying on their stomachs surrounded by tall grass on a hot summer day, when watching A Year ...

WELCOME BACK NATALIE!

WELCOME BACK NATALIE! Natalie Viebrock has a love affair with MTYP! From being a theatre school student, to becoming a teaching assistant for theatre school classes to starring in MTCO's Peter and the Starcatcher, Natalie has literally done it all at MTYP. Now, for her next act, she is back from her third year at Queen's University as our Associate ...

A PLAY FROM THE SALT BEDS OF HAWAI’I

A PLAY FROM THE SALT BEDS OF HAWAI’I MTYP's Mainstage season finale is The Pa'akai We Bring from April 26-May 5. Produced by Honolulu Theatre for Youth (Honolulu, Hawaii), this original production introduces young audiences to the Native Hawaiian relationship to pa’akai (salt). Pa’akai is food, medicine, a sacrament, and a treasured gift. The play follows multiple generations of salt ...
Tetris March 15-24

TETRIS CREATOR ON HOW WE FIT TOGETHER

Arch8’s Tetris TETRIS CREATOR ON HOW WE FIT TOGETHER The next show on the MTYP Mainstage is a physical theatre show inspired by the video game Tetris. Tetris leaps onto the Mainstage from March 15-24. In Tetris, four performers fit, merge, stack, and combine in various feats. The show is about fitting into a group, but also staying true to ...

THE PROBLEM WITH PINK

THE PROBLEM WITH PINK The next show on the MTYP Mainstage is a dynamic dance piece about friendship, identity, and self-affirmation. The Problem with Pink leaps onto the Mainstage from February 16-24. Playing happily on their private pink carpet, each day is full of fun for friends Alix, Sasha, Lou and Noa. From afar, the outside world seeps into their ...

THE POWER OF IMAGINATION IN POLI POP

THE POWER OF IMAGINATION IN POLI POP Doodle POP was the first international show on the MTYP stage in our 2021/22 season. We are thrilled to invite BRUSH Theatre from South Korea back to Winnipeg to delight Manitoban audiences. Sam from BRUSH Theatre chatted with us about their new show, Poli POP, and how they unlocks kids' creative potential through ...