Metu'na'q (by the sea)

The Sipu Trickster and Zuppa, in association with Shakespeare by the Sea present

Metu'na'q (by the sea)

in Point Pleasant Park this August, 2025.

Save the Date! Dates and showtimes TBA.

Metu'na'q - a Mi'kmaw adaptation of Shakespeare's The TempestIn the summer of 2024, sixteen community members from Sipekne'katik First Nation, including Sipekne’katik youth, created Metu'na'q, an outdoor, community-driven production that weaves Mi’kmaw culture into Shakespeare’s The Tempest. Most likely written in 1610 - the same year England started to colonise what is now referred to as Canada - The Tempest’s characters Caliban and Ariel partially reflect Jacobean England's impressions of the Indigenous people of North and South America. The multi-generational cast engaged with traditional Mi’kmaw cultural practices and history to build all aspects of the production and interpret Caliban and Ariel’s stories through a Mi’kmaw lens.