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Limited quantity of season passes available. Sales end April 1 (or until sold out).
May 22 & 23 Rocking Horse Winner @ The Millennium Centre
August 21-25 Hansel and Gretel @ Winnipeg Art Gallery
September 18-29 Tales of Hoffmann @ Club 200
Rocking Horse Winner
“There was a woman who was beautiful, who started with all the advantages, yet she had no luck.” - D.H. Lawrence
Despite living in a beautiful house with a loving mother, young Paul can see the cracks in his family’s supposedly perfect life. He anxiously observes his mother fretting over bills and bitterly cursing her bad luck. When he discovers that his toy rocking horse enables him to divine the winners of upcoming horse races, he sees a way to save his family from ruin. But what if no amount of money will ever be enough?
Rocking Horse Winner is directed by Alissa Watson and presented at the Millennium Centre. A timely parable for our consumerist culture, this show explores what happens when we base our self-worth on what we spend rather than who we are.
Hansel and Gretel
“Next to a great forest there lived a poor woodcutter with his wife and his two children. The boy's name was Hansel and the girl's name was Gretel.” - The Brothers Grimm
You know the story: Hansel and Gretel are sent away by their mother because the family doesn’t have enough food, and they soon fall into the clutches of a wicked witch. Humperdinck’s lush romantic harmonies and some cartoonishly eye-popping projections transform the classic fairy tale into an audio-visual feast. Come and indulge your sweet tooth.
Directed by Jillian Willems and featuring projections designed by jaymez, this show is presented in the WAG’s Muriel Richardson Auditorium. It’s the perfect sweet treat to cap off your summer!
Tales of Hoffmann
“You are my life! I don’t care if I am destroyed, as long as it’s with you,” - E.T.A. Hoffmann
A mechanical doll who is incapable of real love. A beautiful songstress doomed by her own talent. A sly courtesan with an ulterior motive. We know from the start that none of Hoffmann’s great loves will result in a happy ending, but the farcical journey is more important than the unavoidable destination. Combining 18th century melodrama with contemporary drag culture, this new english adaptation embraces opera’s inherent camp factor.
MUO returns to Club 200 with this loud-and-proud, gender-bending spectacle directed by Emma Welham. Don't miss your chance to see what happens when opera collides with the weird and wonderful Winnipeg drag scene.
