VIRTUAL ARTS PROGRAMMING BRINGS LIGHT TO NORTHERN MANITOBA

VIRTUAL ARTS PROGRAMMING BRINGS LIGHT TO NORTHERN MANITOBA MTYP is set to start a new series of performing arts workshops in Thompson and Flin Flon this January. Thompson’s Mall of the Arts, in partnership with the Flin Flon Arts Council and MTYP, is set to offer virtual interactive theatre classes, starting on January 9, 2021. Thompson resident Andria Stephens contacted ...

EAT ICE CREAM AND SUPPORT MTYP

EAT ICE CREAM AND SUPPORT MTYP Fête Ice Cream & Coffee and MTYP are partnering in a delicious new way. During the month of December, enjoy a scoop of Candy Cane Bark in one of Fête's house made waffle cones. It's a smooth candy cane ice cream with bits of crunchy candy cane chocolate bark. Every scoop sold helps support ...
Egg Lake in the winter

FEELING THE WARM GLOW OF EGG LAKE

Photo by Angela Chalmers FEELING THE WARM GLOW OF EGG LAKE In late October, Angela Chalmers set off north, towards Egg Lake, Manitoba. It’s a seven and a half hour drive from Winnipeg. As she got further away from the city the radio stopped picking up signals, so it was a good thing she had downloaded forty hours of podcasts ...
The young performers of Native Youth Theatre

NYT STUDENTS TELL THEIR STORIES ON CTV

Two of the young performers of NYT NYT STUDENTS TELL THEIR STORIES ON CTV On Thursday, November 19, some of the talented Native Youth Theatre students were on CTV Morning Live to talk about their experience taking NYT classes. These includes Alexis and Adara Abraham, Ashton Hasson, Darian Sutherland and NYT graduate Denae Petti, who is now studying in Vancouver. ...
Eight of the artists involved in Frozen River

FROZEN RIVER ROUNDS BEND TO WORLD PREMIERE

Screen shot of virtual workshop for Frozen River FROZEN RIVER ROUNDS BEND TO WORLD PREMIERE For four days this October, the playwrights, co-directors, actors, and MTYP artistic staff involved in creating Frozen River, worked together virtually, to fine tune the script before the show moved into its design phase. Frozen River will make its world premiere in February 2021, and ...
11 year old Dakota

YOUNG ACTOR PROVES TO BE “CLEVER WITH STORY”

11 year old Dakota YOUNG ACTOR PROVES TO BE “CLEVER WITH STORY” This summer, eleven year old Dakota tried out some of MTYP’s online classes, including Musical Theatre and Script to Screen. It was Dakota’s first time taking classes with MTYP. One of his instructors, Cheyenne Schroeder, remarked, “Dakota was an amazing student! He was very clever with story. He ...
Young actors from Teulon show off what they learned all year

MTYP BRINGS DRAMA TO TEULON

Teulon drama students, with teacher Angela Chalmers MTYP BRINGS DRAMA TO TEULON Every Wednesday night, Teulon comes alive with the magic of theatre. For the past eight years, MTYP has been running drama classes through a satellite program at the Green Acres Art Centre. Lana Knor, Executive Director of the GAAC, believes these classes are great for young people because ...