Things to get wild and woolly at MTYP – Winnipeg Free Press

May. 2, 2024

A Maurice Sendak classic, a berry special fable and everyone’s favourite amicable amphibians will be visiting Manitoba Theatre for Young People’s stage next season, the company announced Tuesday.

As the company’s 2023-2024 season wraps up with its current run of The Pa’akai We Bring, MTYP unveiled its slate of six productions for next season, headlined by a staging of the beloved children’s book Where the Wild Things Are, the Métis celebration of Blue Beads & Blueberries and A Year with Frog and Toad, based on the enduring friendship stories by Arnold Lobel.

For artistic director Pablo Felices-Luna, those shows — along with the acrobatic, pedal-to-the-metal Life-Cycle, the summer night story of Billie and the Moon and another instalment of the popular Gruffalo series from the U.K.-based Tall Stories — represent the vast array of storytelling approaches available in the youth theatre world.

“(This season) is a balance of stories from here and from everywhere else,” says Felices-Luna, who joined MTYP as artistic director in 2014.