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The Village Conservatory for Music Theatre

The ViC provides responsive and dynamic post-secondary training in Manitoba for performing artists at any stage of their career, empowering them to become catalysts for a sustainable and thriving arts culture.

<p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" id="isPasted" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Village Conservatory &amp; the Centre Culturel Franco Manitobain are proud to present:</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A LOT of Night Music/Musique de la nuit!</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A bilingual music theatre curated open mic taking place in the heart of Saint-Boniface at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Boulevard, Antoine-Gaborieau Hall.</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">This month&rsquo;s theme:</strong> Pop Goes Broadway! Whether your favourite song is in a jukebox musical, or you have a strong case for why it SHOULD be - we want to hear your most dramatic takes on a karaoke fave.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Votre rendez-vous pour un open mic de th&eacute;&acirc;tre musical au c&oelig;ur de Saint-Boniface au Patio 340 chez le Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain. </p>

A Lot of Night Music: Pop Goes Broadway

<div data-block-type="2" data-sqsp-block="text" fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-sqsp-text-block-content="" fr-original-style="" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Calling all musical theatre nerds: it&#39;s the Big Broadway Trivia Night! Test your &quot;theatre kid&quot; cred with five brain-busting rounds of questions, spanning the Golden Age to present.</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Enter as individuals or teams of up to 6 people and compete for amazing prizes, bragging rights, and the honour of being crowned &quot;Prince of Broadway!&quot;</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Funds from this event will support our 2025/26 charitable programming. </p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">With thanks to our incredible prize partners:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Across the Board</li><li fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Canadian Museum for Human Rights</li><li fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Devil May Care</li><li fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Drop In Dance</li><li fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Dry Cold Productions</li><li fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Festival du Voyageur</li><li fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">F&ecirc;te ice cream</li><li fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Get Out Escape Rooms</li><li fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Leopold&#39;s Tavern</li><li fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Manitoba Opera</li><li fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">Manitoba Theatre for Young People</li><li fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">McNally Robinson</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Prairie Theatre Exchange</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Puppy Sphere</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Rainbow Stage</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Rogue Vinyasa</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Shakespeare in the Ruins</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">True North Sports &amp; Entertainment</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Winnipeg Film Group</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Winnipeg Fringe Festival</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Winnipeg Studio Theatre</li></ul></div></div>

Big Broadway Trivia Night

<p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">Support the ViC, Score Some Goodies!</strong></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join our nonprofit&#39;s raffle for a chance to win big while supporting our mission too! Your participation is not only a chance to win prizes, but also plays a vital role in supporting our mission. Each ticket you purchase directly contributes to our efforts in making a meaningful impact in our community. 🎟️</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Enter for your chance to win any of our prize packages, generously supported by local businesses and community partners.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><img src="https://res.cloudinary.com/hxn9dbuhd/image/upload/v1765998921/wysiwyg/vmejm01una49gsmq805s.jpg" style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center; position: relative; max-width: 100%; cursor: pointer; padding: 0px 1px; user-select: none; box-sizing: inherit;" fr-original-style="width: 600px; display: block; vertical-align: top; margin: 5px auto; text-align: center;" fr-original-class="fr-draggable"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">Prizes include:</strong></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Favourite Things</em></strong> <strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">Package A</strong> - gift certificates courtesy of Fete Ice Cream, Leopold&#39;s Tavern, and Puppy Sphere</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Favourite Things</em> Package B</strong> - gift certificates courtesy of Get Out Escape Rooms, Leopold&#39;s Tavern, and Puppy Sphere</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">When You&#39;re a Jet&nbsp;</strong>-&nbsp;</em>signed photos of Winnipeg Jets and Manitoba Moose players courtesy of True North Sports &amp; Entertainment</li></ul>

Luck Be a Lady Fundraising Raffle

<div data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1755877286337" fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-block-type="2" data-sqsp-block="text" fr-original-style="" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-sqsp-text-block-content="" fr-original-style="" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Producing 101? More like Producing 10-FUN!</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">There&rsquo;s a lot that goes into making stuff happen: from budgeting, granting, contracting, project timelines, supporting production and artistic personnel - the list goes on! In this workshop, Tanner will share some tools, ideas, and stories from producing intimate performances to new large-scale productions. With some hands-on exercises, this workshop will endow you with skills to start getting your projects in motion: taking that inkling of a concept and journeying to find the way to make it happen.&nbsp;</p><h3 fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">ABOUT THE ARTIST</h3><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Tanner Manson is a queer theatre/dance artist and arts/events manager based in Winnipeg, MB. He is passionate about nurturing relationships and long-term collaboration while creating new and exciting work.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">He is Co-Artistic Producer of One Trunk Theatre devising new work across the province and artistic disciplines. He has made some raucous work with Walk&amp;Talk and was the recipient of Prairie Theatre Exchange&rsquo;s Cherry Karpyshin Arts Management Prize in 2024. Tanner is a frequent collaborator with many fellow prairie-dwelling artists and organizations including Theatre Projects Manitoba, F&ecirc;te Jockey, Young Lungs Dance Exchange, and Weather Parade Dance Theatre.&nbsp;</p></div></div></div>

Masterclass: Producing 101 with Tanner Manson

<div data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1755877286337" fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-block-type="2" data-sqsp-block="text" fr-original-style="" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-sqsp-text-block-content="" fr-original-style="" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-block-type="2" data-sqsp-block="text" fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-sqsp-text-block-content="" fr-original-style="" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Do you hate auditioning? Well, join the club.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Do you want to hate it a little less? Well, this is the class for you!</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Stephanie walks you through the prep, the waiting room, the audition, and the &lsquo;aftermath&rsquo; to give you helpful tools to form a healthy relationship with the audition process, and maybe even learn how to enjoy it a little!</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">ABOUT THE FACILITATOR</strong></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Stephanie Sy is a Filipino-Chinese artist raised on Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg. Her twenty-year career began on stage, predominantly in musical theatre, working all across North America. Selected theatre credits include: the first National Tour of <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">We Will Rock You</em>; <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Next to Normal</em> (Mirvish/Musical Stage Company/Dora Mavor Moore Award Nominee); <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Peter&rsquo;s Final Flight</em> (Ross Petty Productions); <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Vietgone</em> (RMTC); <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Disney&rsquo;s Beauty and the Beast</em> (Rainbow; <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Disney&rsquo;s The Little Mermaid</em> (Globe Theatre); and world premieres of <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Prairie Nurse</em> (Blyth Festival); <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">A History of Breathing</em> (Persephone); and <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Prom Queen</em> (Segal Centre). Stephanie was one of the 2021 recipients of the The Harold Greenberg Fund where she wrote, directed, and produced her very first short film, <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Knots</em>, that was screened in film festivals all over North America.</p></div></div></div></div></div>

Masterclass: Auditions for Stage & Screen

<div data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1755877286337" fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-block-type="2" data-sqsp-block="text" fr-original-style="" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-sqsp-text-block-content="" fr-original-style="" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-block-type="2" data-sqsp-block="text" fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-sqsp-text-block-content="" fr-original-style="" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" fr-original-style="font-size: 1rem; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px;" id="isPasted" style="font-size: 1rem; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">This workshop takes a technical approach to interpretation of music by breaking down the elements that make a vocal performance unique and engaging. How do you break free of your natural stylistic tendencies and try something new? What techniques might you use singing different styles of music? If you&rsquo;re a little bit w and want to learn to sing jazz, or you always sound like a musical theatre singer and want to be a pop star, you can learn the first steps to explore style and break into a new way of singing.</div><div fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px;" style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></div><div data-originalcomputedfontsize="16" data-removefontsize="true" fr-original-style="font-size: 1rem; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px;" style="font-size: 1rem; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;">We will explore techniques that will allow you to be more creative and bold with your choices as a vocalist and help you take the next step as a vocal performer.</div><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">ABOUT THE FACILITATOR</strong></p><div fr-original-style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; orphans: auto; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: auto; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px; line-break: after-white-space; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49);" id="isPasted" style="font-size: 16px; font-style: normal; font-variant-caps: normal; font-weight: 400; letter-spacing: normal; text-align: start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.3); -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; text-decoration: none; caret-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); font-family: -apple-system, sans-serif; word-spacing: 1px; line-break: after-white-space; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><span data-originalcomputedfontsize="14.666667" data-originalfontsize="11pt" fr-original-style="font-size: 0.916667rem; line-height: 15.693334px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49);" lang="FR-CA" style="font-size: 0.916667rem; line-height: 15.693334px; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; background-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); border-color: rgb(49, 49, 49); color: rgb(49, 49, 49); box-sizing: inherit;">Simon Miron is a two spirited, franco-M&eacute;tis, multi-disciplinary artist, from Treaty One Territory. They are an award-winning director and theatre actor with over 20 years of experience working in Canadian theatre. They hold a master&rsquo;s degree from the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland and also studied in Edmonton, Toronto and The Stratford Festival.</span></div></div></div></div></div></div>

Masterclass: Vocal Styles & Technique with Simon Miron

<div data-block-type="2" data-border-radii='{"topLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"topRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomLeft":{"unit":"px","value":0.0},"bottomRight":{"unit":"px","value":0.0}}' data-sqsp-block="text" fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-sqsp-text-block-content="" fr-original-style="" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Village Conservatory &amp; the Centre Culturel Franco Manitobain are proud to present:</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A LOT of Night Music/Musique de la nuit!</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A bilingual music theatre curated open mic taking place in the heart of Saint-Boniface at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Boulevard, Antoine-Gaborieau Hall.</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">This month&rsquo;s theme: Movie Musicals! Put on &ldquo;The Greatest Show,&rdquo; make us &ldquo;Say Your Name,&rdquo; or make us remember this &ldquo;Once Upon a December!&rdquo;</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Votre rendez-vous pour un open mic de th&eacute;&acirc;tre musical au c&oelig;ur de Saint-Boniface au Patio 340 chez le Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ce mois-ci: Les chansons des films musicales!</p></div></div>

A Lot of Night Music: Movie Musicals

<div data-layout-label="Post Body" data-type="item" data-updated-on="1755877286337" fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-block-type="2" data-sqsp-block="text" fr-original-style="" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><div data-sqsp-text-block-content="" fr-original-style="" style="line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit;"><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span fr-original-style="color:black;font-size:11.5pt;" id="isPasted" style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; box-sizing: inherit;"><em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">&quot;My philosophy as an Intimacy Coordinator is to help create an environment that encourages creativity through care, communication and consent in scenes involving simulated sex, nudity, sexual violence and hyper exposed material in film and television. I work as an advocate for actors, a support for directors and the go to person on set for all departments, coordinating the specific needs of intimate scenes.&rdquo;&nbsp;</em></span></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span fr-original-style="color:black;font-size:11.5pt;" style="color: black; font-size: 11.5pt; box-sizing: inherit;">In this workshop, Sharon will lead students through a series of consent-based exercises designed to empower performers in the rehearsal process and provide them with the tools to navigate intimate scenes within a professional setting, either in theatre or film.</span></p><h3 fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; box-sizing: inherit;">ABOUT THE ARTIST</h3><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span fr-original-style="font-size:11.5pt;color:black;" id="isPasted" style="font-size: 11.5pt; color: black; box-sizing: inherit;">Sharon is a certified Intimacy Director and Coordinator. She has worked on such projects as <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Long Walk,</em> <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Nobody 2, Love Hurts, Altar, Psycho Killer, Suitcase 8, The Holiday Shift, Don&rsquo;t Even, Malgre Moi, El Toro, Winner, Little Bird, The Porter, Skymed, Alter Boys, Wintertide,&nbsp;</em>as well as many others. She was the recipient of ACTRA National&rsquo;s inaugural Visionary Award earlier this year for bring IC work to sets and stages in Manitoba. <a data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=http://SHARONBAJER.CA&source=gmail&ust=1756142861697000&usg=AOvVaw1DjMfdVitm3JfbH3rJ-uRI" fr-original-style="" href="http://SHARONBAJER.CA" style="text-decoration-color: initial; user-select: auto; box-sizing: inherit;" target="_blank">SHARONBAJER.CA</a></span></p></div></div></div>

Masterclass: Intimacy Direction with Sharon Bajer

<p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" id="isPasted" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Village Conservatory &amp; the Centre Culturel Franco Manitobain are proud to present:</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A LOT of Night Music/Musique de la nuit!</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">A bilingual music theatre curated open mic taking place in the heart of Saint-Boniface at the Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, 340 Provencher Boulevard, Antoine-Gaborieau Hall.</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">This month&rsquo;s theme:</strong> Your First Love! Let&#39;s get mushy this Valentine&#39;s Season - what was the musical that first made you love musicals? That one cast recording you had on repeat? Or maybe that one performance of <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Phantom</em> that made you blush? Whether it&#39;s a Golden Age classic or a 2020s sleeper hit, share why you love this art&nbsp;form!</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Votre rendez-vous pour un open mic de th&eacute;&acirc;tre musical au c&oelig;ur de Saint-Boniface au Patio 340 chez le Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="white-space:pre-wrap;margin:0px;line-height:1.5;box-sizing:inherit;" style="white-space: pre-wrap; margin: 0px; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; width: 100%; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Ce-mois ci: votre premier amour!</p>

A Lot of Night Music: Your First Love

<p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join us on March 4 as we kick off the sixth edition of Inhibition Exhibition! From burlesque to Brazilian puppetry, Hamlet to hamming it up, we&rsquo;re celebrating what prairie artists can do.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Featuring:</p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Alembic Theatre</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Duncan Cox</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Alyson Doyle</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">JHG Creative</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Tom Keenan</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Lavender Landslide</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Eva Maia Miranda</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Sarah Mercer</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Ethan Stark</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Violent Affection</li></ul>

Community Cabaret

<p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">The Village Conservatory is proud to present <em fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">The Lines Between,&nbsp;</em>our 2025/26 Performing Arts Training Lab Showcase! These talented artists have been working since September on a &nbsp;collection of original musicals, songs, dance, and scenes.</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Presented by Winnipeg Kinsmen</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><strong fr-original-style="" style="font-weight: 700; box-sizing: inherit;">Featuring:</strong></p><ul fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Alyx Buhler</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Anthony Ferens</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Rafael Giordano Bicalho</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Katrina Lengsavath</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Holly Plett</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Phenix Rock</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">JJ Scherr</li><li fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;">Kaelyn Yoon-MacRae</li></ul>

The Lines Between by the ViC Class of 2025/26

<p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Join us for a staged reading of a new made-in-Manitoba play, presented in partnership between the Village Conservatory and the Manitoba Association of Playwrights</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" id="isPasted" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">In this absurd comedy, Rod is an earnest Ojibwe field officer working for Indian Affairs. In other words, he&rsquo;s like a grain of wheat between one enormous millstone called Canada and another called First Nations. Management is trying to break him. The Chief of Kishchee Nohttin (Big Wind) First Nation may be trying to kill him. And what might just be the biggest protest Canada has ever seen is brewing.&nbsp;</p><p dir="ltr" fr-original-style="line-height:1.38;margin-left:36pt;margin-right:36pt;border-left:solid #000000 1pt;border-right:solid #000000 1pt;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt;padding:0pt 2pt 0pt 2pt;" style="line-height: 1.38; margin: 0pt 36pt; border-left: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); border-right: 1pt solid rgb(0, 0, 0); padding: 0pt 2pt; width: 100%; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Inspired by Jordan&rsquo;s nearly thirty-year career at Indian Affairs, Big Wind takes the audience beyond the headlines to enjoy an insider&rsquo;s satire about how government works in First Nation country. It&rsquo;ll make you laugh a lot and squirm a little.&nbsp;</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Written by Jordan McPeek</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Directed &amp; Dramaturged by Katie German</p><p fr-original-style="" style="margin: 0px; width: 100%; line-height: 1.5; box-sizing: inherit; color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><br fr-original-style="" style="box-sizing: inherit;"></p>

The Village Conservatory for Music Theatre

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A Lot of Night Music: Your First Love

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Community Cabaret

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The Lines Between by the ViC Class of 2025/26

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Big Wind: Is that An Indian Agent I Smell?

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A Lot of Night Music: Miranda vs. Menken

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A Lot of Night Music: April Fool's

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A Lot of Night Music: The Lusty Month of May

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