On this Now or Never we're going behind the scenes at Winnipeg's Maples Collegiate.

Students there are juggling life, family and schoolwork — all while trying to put on their high school musical.

This ambitious production of Disney's Beauty and the Beast has taken over the lives of more than 90 students in the cast and crew. Can they pull it off?

Hosts Ify Chiwetelu and Trevor Dineen are there as the countdown to curtain begins.

We all fail. There's no escaping it. But how you handle failure - and what you learn from it - can make all the difference. So this week on Now or Never, Ify Chiwetelu and guest-host Andrew Phung explore lessons in trying and failing.

Long before becoming an actor, comedian, husband and father, Andrew Phung was just a guy in a Calgary nightclub failing hard at impressing a girl. Andrew sits down with his wife Tamara to relive all the fumbles from the night they first met.

CHICKEEEEN! Millions of people have watched the viral clip of Eve Dubois confidently shimmying as she delivered the answer that cost her family $10,000 on Family Feud. We join her in her home in Lorette, Manitoba to find out what life is like after a viral fail.

For years Steve MacLean struggled to get a grip on his substance abuse and his self worth. Two and a half years into recovery, he shares what it finally took to succeed.

And find out what happens when Andrew and Ify challenge each other to redo a previous fail, sending Andrew back to high school and Ify into the deep end of a pool.

Did you know the average person will spend over 90,000 hours at work? That's over one third of your life.

Depending on how you feel about your job, that time can feel like a dream... or a never-ending nightmare.

So on this Now or Never, Ify and Trevor are on a mission to help make your workplace work for you.

From climate change, to politics, to navigating identity, gender and sexuality — the youth of today are making their voices heard.

So if you're writing off teenagers as a bunch of kids who are constantly on their phones, you'd be making a big mistake.

On this Now or Never: hear from the teenagers of today. They'll show you that the world of tomorrow is in good hands.

Meet a 15-year-old who is cracking jokes and using stand-up comedy to celebrate his identity as a gay, transgender teen.

Hear from a group of Surrey, B.C., students who are dedicated to sharing the experiences of being young and black in 2020.

Hit the streets with the Singh sisters, who are on a mission to feed Winnipeg's homeless.

Drop in on a mental health day at a Saskatoon high school, as teenagers there grapple with a recent suicide.

Grade 12 student Isaac Campeau explores how video games became an escape from, but also a reminder of, his family's struggles with poverty.

Millions of youth around the world are skipping school on Fridays to fight for action on climate change. Hear from a group of Toronto teens at a recent climate march.

And what does it take to be the best 14-year-old basketball player on the continent? Elijah Fisher and his parents talk about finding balance while becoming a sports superstar.

Since the shootings in Christchurch, New Zealand, many people around the world have been asking: what do we do now?

There are no easy or comfortable answers to why these things happen or how to move forward when they do.

But one things clear: change can't happen unless we are willing to push ourselves to understand communities different from ours.

On this Now or Never, we are diving in with people who are building bridges and finding hope as they meet in the middle.

You don't get to choose the family you're born into. Sometimes it's good, sometimes it's not - the decision was never yours. But then this funny thing happens as you go through life. You meet people and form connections that enrich your life and provide support when you most need it.

This year, it's estimated that people around the world will take over one trillion photographs. When you've always got a smartphone camera in hand and an unlimited amount of photos at your fingertips, what gives a photo meaning?

On this episode of Now or Never, we are hearing from professional photographers and regular joes who are capturing real, meaningful moments through pictures.

Each has a story to tell that will nudge you to change the way you capture images.

A prairie photographer takes portraits of babies who've passed away.

A woman carves out a niche using squirrels for muses.

A cancer survivor bypasses wigs for her bald head, using homemade dioramas instead.

Plus, you'll get insight into what makes people "click", and meet some unexpected shutterbugs.

Sex is everywhere.

You can't make it through a movie without a sex scene, sex education curriculum has become a big issue for politicians, and the #MeToo movement has started important conversations around consent.

But do we talk about sex enough? For many, it remains a taboo topic only addressed behind closed doors.

On this Now or Never, we are eavesdropping on the awkward, vulnerable, and honest conversations people are having about sex. Because, in the wise words of Salt-N-Pepa:

"It keeps coming up anyhow. Don't decoy, avoid, or make void the topic. Cuz that ain't gonna stop it."

Being stuck in a rut can be comfortable: you know exactly what to expect, and exactly how things are going to turn out.

But life in a rut has a dark side, reinforcing old habits and preventing you from stepping out of your comfort zone.

Just ask Ronnie Hoffman, who changed his life using a few pieces of paper and a box.

Every month for the past five years, Hoffman pulls out a hand-written goal from his box and challenges himself to explore something new - from freestyle rap to learning how to write Hebrew.

Inspired by Ronnie, this Now or Never features the unique ways that Canadians are digging themselves out of their ruts.

A woman desperate to kick her cell phone addiction gets help from a master of mindfulness.

Unsuspecting shoppers are convinced to get out of their grocery store grooves.

A guy who has basically worn the same outfit for 15 years has a style intervention.

And a woman pulls herself out of a romantic dry spell... by challenging herself to go on 50 dates.

From your first day of kindergarten, to losing your virginity and your last day of work before retirement - rites of passage come in many shapes and sizes.

They mark the end of the life you've known and the beginning of something new. Life is peppered with these transitional moments: some of them you look forward to, others you dread. But as you'll find on this episode of Now or Never, they almost always lead to learning.

(This encore episode first aired in May, 2018)