Tom Hendry News

To stop a prophecy from coming true, The King allows Princess Solima to hide herself away in a far off tower. With Klezmer music performed by the cast. Suitable for ages 5-14.

The multi-talented musicians of The Fourth Wall are well-known to Winnipeg Fringe audiences. With sold-out shows at each of the past two festivals (2016, 2017), the trio is often nicknamed 'The Fruit Flies,' after their award-winning variety show Fruit Flies Like a Banana. Fringe fans may be surprised to learn that, rather than return with a new version of the Fruit Flies... format, The Fourth Wall will be bringing a new show to the 2018 festival, entitled Fallen From the Toy Box.

After a provocative first season, Chimera Ensemble is launching into Season Two with the world premiere of CAM BABY, an unsettling comedy written by Jessica Moss, a Lila Acheson Wallace Playwriting Fellow at The Juilliard School. Jesse Roth, renowned in Chicago for her direction of WORLD BUILDERS at First Floor Theater and THE TERRIBLE at the New Colony, will direct.

The CASA Award, a new playwriting award for women in South Africa, was announced at Playwrights Guild of Canada's Tom Hendry Awards this past Sunday at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto.

Last night, the winners of the Carol Bolt Award, RBC Emerging Playwright Award, Stage West Comedy and Musical Awards, Robert Beardsley Award, and PGC's Lifetime Membership Award were announced at the Tom Hendry Awards ceremony at The Arts and Letters Club of Toronto.

Playwrights Guild of Canada (PGC) proudly announces the shortlists for its 2017 Tom Hendry Awards. The shortlists for the Carol Bolt Award, the RBC Emerging Playwright Award, the Robert Beardsley Award as well as the Stage West Pechet Comedy & Musical Awards have been released by their respective juries.

Following the success of their past original productions, the Segal Centre for Performing Arts is proud to present the World Premiere of a new Canadian musical inspired by the incredible, true story of Marc Hall, the Ontario teenager who took his Catholic School Board to court when they refused to let him attend prom with his boyfriend. A refreshingly fun and heartfelt story about a community coming together and being true to yourself, Prom Queen: The Musical will premiere at the Segal from October 27 to November 20, 2016.

David Mirvish is pleased to present Pulitzer Prize-nominee Theresa Rebeck's comedy SEMINAR, a sparkling cocktail of ambition, power and lust-and one with an unexpected kick. Fresh from his his role in the celebrated new film ROOM (winner of the People's Choice Award at TIFF and considered a frontrunner for the Oscars), Stratford Shakespeare Festival Tom McCamus stars in SEMINAR .

David Mirvish is pleased to present Pulitzer Prize-nominee Theresa Rebeck's comedy SEMINAR, a sparkling cocktail of ambition, power and lust-and one with an unexpected kick. Fresh from his his role in the celebrated new film ROOM (winner of the People's Choice Award at TIFF and considered a frontrunner for the Oscars), Stratford Shakespeare Festival Tom McCamus stars in SEMINAR .

Can we rewrite the past? In her compelling and provocative new play, Manitoba playwright Alix Sobler contemplates the life Anne Frank may have lived had she survived the Holocaust, and explores what would happen to her now-famous diary.

PK Productions, by arrangement with R&H Theatricals Europe, present the London premiere of DOCTOR SELAVY'S MAGIC THEATRE, from 28th January - 1st February 2014 at New Wimbledon Theatre. The official press performance is Wednesday 29th January 7.45pm.

A headstrong southern belle, a fledgling courtroom lawyer, the long-­suffering wife of Odysseus - these are just some of the passionate characters that will be treading the boards at the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre next season.

Rounder Records has just released the digitally restored, first complete recording of the landmark 1972 musical DOCTOR SELAVY'S MAGIC THEATRE, with music by Stanley Silverman, lyrics by Tom Hendry, and conceived by Richard Foreman. DOCTOR SELAVY is available on CD through Amazon.com, and digitally through iTunes and various outlets. Stage rights to DOCTOR SELAVY are licensed by R&H Theatricals, an Imagem Company.

After leaving 2007 Winnipeg Fringe Festival audiences in stitches, GIRLS ONLY - The Secret Comedy of Women returned to the hometown of one of its authors for a triumphant return engagement. The hit comedy was created by Winnipegger Barbara Gehring (formerly Melnyk) and Colorado native Linda Klein, both of whom will star in the Winnipeg production. GIRLS ONLY will play at the Tom Hendry Theatre at the Manitoba Theatre Centre Warehouse through April 3, 2010. The Denver production of the show will continue to play its regular schedule at Denver's Garner Galleria Theatre.

After leaving 2007 Winnipeg Fringe Festival audiences in stitches, GIRLS ONLY - The Secret Comedy of Women will return to the hometown of one of its authors for a triumphant return engagement. The hit comedy was created by Winnipegger Barbara Gehring (formerly Melnyk) and Colorado native Linda Klein, both of whom will star in the Winnipeg production. GIRLS ONLY will play at the Tom Hendry Theatre at the Manitoba Theatre Centre Warehouse March 18-April 3, 2010. The Denver production of the show will continue to play its regular schedule at Denver's Garner Galleria Theatre.

After leaving 2007 Winnipeg Fringe Festival audiences in stitches, GIRLS ONLY - The Secret Comedy of Women will return to the hometown of one of its authors for a triumphant return engagement. The hit comedy was created by Winnipegger Barbara Gehring (formerly Melnyk) and Colorado native Linda Klein, both of whom will star in the Winnipeg production. GIRLS ONLY will play at the Tom Hendry Theatre at the Manitoba Theatre Centre Warehouse March 18-April 3, 2010. The Denver production of the show will continue to play its regular schedule at Denver's Garner Galleria Theatre.

Manitoba Theatre Centre is excited to continue the 2009-10 Tom Hendry Theatre season with the Tarragon Theatre production of EAST OF BERLIN, by up-and-coming Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch.

Manitoba Theatre Centre is excited to continue the 2009-10 Tom Hendry Theatre season with the Tarragon Theatre production of EAST OF BERLIN, by up-and-coming Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch.

Manitoba Theatre Centre is excited to continue the 2009-10 Tom Hendry Theatre season with the Tarragon Theatre production of EAST OF BERLIN, by up-and-coming Canadian playwright Hannah Moscovitch.

The 2009/10 season at the Manitoba Theatre Centre opens with thecritically acclaimed 5 O'C LOCK B ELLS at the Tom Hendry Theatre from October 8 to 24.