Grand New Season to Include London premieres of Disney’s Frozen, and Come From Away.
March 4, 2025 – London ON – Artistic Director Rachel Peake and Executive Director Lyndee Hansen are thrilled to unveil the Grand Theatre's 2025/26 season, titled “You Are Here.” This adventurous lineup features six remarkable productions, including, Tony, Olivier, and Pulitzer Prize winning shows, four of which will be built, and all six produced, right here in London, Ontario. This year’s playbill will contain a non-replica production of Come From Away, and the blockbuster holiday musical hit, Disney’s Frozen.
The Grand’s 2025/26 season will launch with the hilariously chaotic The Play That Goes Wrong by Henry Lewis, Henry Shields & Jonathan Sayer, and directed by former Grand Theatre Artistic Director Dennis Garnhum, director of last year's smash-hit comedy CLUE. This will be followed by the wonderfully magical holiday hit, Disney’s Frozen directed by Grand Theatre Artistic Director Rachel Peake, a co-production with Edmonton’s Citadel Theatre. In the new year, the Grand Theatre welcomes fresh beginnings with Primary Trust by Pulitzer-winning playwright Eboni Booth, a co-production with Crow’s Theatre. In February, experience the star-studded musical drama Piaf/Dietrich by Daniel Große Boymann and Thomas Kahry, adapted by decorated Canadian playwright Erin Shields, intertwining the lives of Marlene Dietrich and Edith Piaf in a dazzling tribute. Next, travel back to Victorian England with Oscar Wilde’s beloved comedy The Importance of Being Earnest. Finally, land in the northeast tip of North America for the heartwarming and uplifting Come From Away, the Tony and Olivier Award-winning Canadian musical by Irene Sankoff and David Hein.
Recently announced, Disney’s Newsies will warm up the Spriet Stage prior to the subscription season in the 27th year of the Grand Theatre High School Project.
“At times I feel like a travel agent, inviting theatre-goers on a year-long trip full of visits to places they love, or have been dying to see. Stopping at unknown destinations along the way, unlocking delightful discoveries that they can’t wait to revisit,” shares Grand Theatre Artistic Director, Rachel Peake. “Having explored London through my first year and through my first Grand season, I feel endlessly fortunate to have landed in this specific community. I learn every day, both from the staff at the Grand and from all of you, the incredible people who surround us: we are better together.”
These seven thrilling titles will run on the Grand Theatre’s Spriet Stage from September 2025 through May 2026. The Play That Goes Wrong, Disney’s Frozen, Primary Trust, Piaf/Dietrich, The Importance of Being Earnest and Come From Away are included in the six-show 2025/26 Spriet Series subscription at the Grand Theatre. The High School Project production of Disney’s Newsies is available as an add-on to the six-show series.
The Grand Theatre’s 2025/26 subscription continues to offer the perks and comforts that Londoners love – the best prices, hassle-free exchanges, exclusive access – at early bird pricing that is 33% off the regular price of tickets (the equivalent of attending two of the six productions for free). 2025/26 subscriptions include show-stopping perks, such as early access to the Grand Theatre High School Project, early access to a bonus performance of Jeans ‘n Classics: Queen on May 29, 2026, and FREE parking, made possible through the extraordinary generosity of the Grand Theatre’s Downtown Community Partner, Old Oak Properties.
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