Theatre MRU

Student actors. Established playwrights. Welcoming theatre. Discover a new theatre experience this year with Theatre MRU.

The Department of Theatre, Speech and Music Performance provides real-world theatre training both onstage and behind the scenes. Students gain experience through practical, hands-on courses and projects. Production work is a key component of the program, and each year, students mount and perform three plays by renowned authors. Change your entertainment mix by checking out these exciting public performances.

Theatre MRU also presents Have Theatre Will Travel, an in-school tour program.

2011/2012 Theatre Season

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
By Tom Stoppard
Directed by Glenda Stirling
November 17 - 19, 22 - 26, 2010
Wright Theatre, Mount Royal University

Acclaimed as a modern dramatic masterpiece, Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead is the fabulously inventive tale of Hamlet as told from the worm’s-eye view of the bewildered
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, two minor characters in Shakespeare’s play. In Tom Stoppard’s best-known work, this Shakespearean Laurel and Hardy finally get a chance to take the lead role, but do so in a world where echoes of Waiting for Godot resound, where reality and illusion
intermix, and where fate leads our two heroes to a tragic but inevitable end.

Twelfth Night
By William Shakespeare
Directed by Jean-Pierre Fournier
March 29 - 31, April 3 - 7, 2012
Nickle Theatre, Mount Royal University

Shipwrecked on the shore of Illyria,Viola believes her twin brother Sebastian to be drowned. She disguises herself as a boy and enters the service of the love-sick Duke, Orsino, who proceeds to send her to woo Olivia on his behalf. This plan creates a chaos of mistaken identities and confused desires.Even the pompous Malvolio, duped by Sir Toby Belch and his ebullient companions, dons his yellow stockings in pursuit of a dream.
 

Reserve your tickets by calling 403.440.8889
$15 adult
$10 student/senior/alumni
2 for 1: Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday (Nov. 22, 23 & 24) (Apr. 3,4 & 5)