Category: childrens-theatre
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Here to discuss Jordan at MTYP, we have siblings Eli (11)(he-him) and William (13)(he-him). For this time we are going to stick to the questionnaire format in which I record their answers with the questions. I’m open to changing it as the season continues though! Also remember that the questionnaire is attached below. We’re always…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez We’ve all been there: a friend or a loved one has invited you to a show that they are obsessed with and you… don’t get it. Maybe the humour is off. It’s incredibly repetitive. The characters don’t speak to you. Yet somehow everyone in the audience but you is losing their minds…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez From the sanctuary of her living room at home, a young girl waits for her videographer father to come home. As she watches his footage, she dreams longingly of seeing the Arctic world and its animals he films. When he leaves again, she stows away with him to witness this wilderness for…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Four performers descend the stairs into a mysterious space full of storage crates. Some preliminary flexes with visuals cues you in to the fact that lights are going to be another actor in this show. In vibrant coloured costumes, the characters undertake a journey of discovering the mysterious space. They open one…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez This is a really hard show to describe. Utterly unique, gloriously multimedia, characters Oogie and Boogie engage in play using white boards, music, well honed physical theatre, drawing, puppetry, animation and good old fashioned audience participation. There is a loose storyline about rescuing a turtle, but if you get hung up on…
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By Daniela Smith-Fernandez Meet an utterly charming and also unlikely duo, Tad (Hera Nalam)and Birdy (Samuel Benson), and their wonderful friendship. As you can probably guess, Tad is a tadpole and birdy is, well, you can figure it out. We were lucky enough to catch the world premiere at Manitoba Theatre for Young People. This…
