Theatre Projects Manitoba and Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre

Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre: While Theatre Projects Manitoba was among the 11 groups in the country awarded operating support this season for the first time, most of the 117 English-language groups in the country saw their grants reduced to free up money for the newcomers. Shakespeare in the Ruins got the bad news that it is taking a 16 per cent annual hit to its council backing for the next four years. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. The Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre was the only A-list company in the country that saw its Canada Council grant increase, up $5,000 to $350,000, the biggest jump since 1989, when it was getting $342,000. A NEW Canada Council funding initiative expanding the number of theatre companies receiving operating grants has created big winners and losers among Winnipeg stage troupes. Prairie Theatre Exchange took the four per cent decrease that all the groups had been warned would be the minimum funding drop. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.