UM arts and culture

With more than 100 events this year, UM is excited to welcome you back to campus. Come, immerse yourself in arts and culture.

Artist Yevgenia Belorusets photograph: "Victories of the Defeated". Woman looking into camera.

Women at War exhibition on at the School of Art Gallery

Featuring works by leading contemporary women artists from Ukraine, this exhibition provides a platform for women narrators of history and examines gendered perspectives of war. On until April 27, 2024.

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Experience music, art, theatre, writing and design that inspires

Take in art exhibitions featuring world-renowned artists and curators at the School of Art Gallery. Enjoy exhilarating musical performances by award-winning students and faculty in the Desautels Faculty of Music. Be transported to another world through UM Theatre Program productions from the Faculty of Arts. Let design inspire you in the Faculty of Architecture. Feed your creativity in a writing workshop or at a literary event.

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On now: Everything in its Place: Useful and beautiful objects from the collection of Dalnavert Museum (virtual exhibition)

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A large group photo of the cast and crew of The Comedy of Errors, on stage, with a spotlight shining on them.
The cast and crew of The Comedy of Errors. Photo credit: L. Norman
Two nearly identical men who are dressed the same, sit on a four-step stairway, facing the camera. A woman stands to their right, and two men stand on their left, with another man in the background.
Photo credit: L. Norman
Group of students in costume for Rhinoceros production.
The cast and crew of Rhinoceros. Photo credit: K. Schellenberg
Man surrounded by a group of people wearing Rhinoceros masks.
Photo credit: K. Schellenberg

Student theatre at the University of Manitoba 

Over 650 tickets were sold for the Department of English, Theatre, Film & Media's Theatre program's March production of The Comedy of Errors by William Shakespeare. Believed to be one of Shakespeare’s earliest plays, this comedy about separated family and mistaken identity was unforgettably poignant and hilarious.  

To make this production fresh for audiences, the action was set in a high fashion house of mirrors to highlight the play’s fascination with image and identity. The cast of twenty talented students brought to life a story where style is commodity, image is identity, and your reflection could take over your life. Congratulations to the students who produced all aspects of the play, both onstage and backstage.

That marks a successful season for the theatre program with more than 1,000 tickets sold over two mainstage productions plus the four student run free shows to complete the year’s events. Stay tuned for the Theatre program's upcoming mainstage productions in 2024-25: That Elusive Spark by Janet Munsil in fall 2024 and Our Country’s Good by Timberlake Wertenbaker, in winter 2025.