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Press Releases

Company News

2024

Nov. 12, 2024 - London is alive with The Sound of Music

Oct. 7, 2024 - As You Like It fuses the work of William Shakespeare and The Beatles at the Grand Theatre

Sep. 11, 2024 - A time for mischief! Grand Theatre presents 2024 High School Project: MATILDA THE MUSICAL

Sep. 9, 2024 - Grand Theatre Announces Professional development series for theatre artists: ‘Artists in the Auburn’

Aug. 15, 2024 - Grand Theatre Announces 2024/25 Casting and Creative Teams

July 24, 2024 - Grand Theatre Announces Appointment of Lyndee Hansen as Executive Director

June 17, 2024 - Grand Theatre Announces Single Tickets On Sale for 2024/25 Season: A Time for Play

June 1, 2024 - Mallory Gilbert Leadership Award presented to Lyndee Hansen and protégé Christine Gruenbauer

May 30, 2024 - 58 Student-Artists Join Company of 2024 Grand Theatre High School Project: MATILDA the Musical

April 30, 2024 - Return to Roots for Grand Theatre Executive Director, Evan Klassen

April 9, 2024 - Rock 'n' Roll Legends relive music history at the Grand Theatre

April 2, 2024 - One Step at a Time: musical theatre, tap dance, and navigating disability

Mar. 20, 2024 - Grand Theatre announces 2024/25 season

Mar. 13, 2024 - Clue at the Grand Theatre extended due to overwhelming demand

Mar. 5, 2024 - Smash hit Clue set to mystify and delight at the Grand Theatre

Feb. 6, 2024 - In Seven Days set to make its World Premiere at the Grand Theatre

Jan. 30, 2024 - Governor General Literary Award Winner, writer, and ‘provocateur’ Cliff Cardinal to star on the Grand Theatre’s Auburn Stage in Huff

Jan. 9, 2024 - Agent XX: The Untold Tales of WW2 Heroines in The Invisible—Agents of Ungentlemanly Warfare at the Grand Theatre

2023

Nov. 20, 2023 - Strings of Merriment: Ronnie Burkett’s Little Dickens Plays at the Grand Theatre for the Holiday Season

Nov. 14, 2023 - Grand Theatre Invites Audiences into a World of Pure Imagination at Charlie and the Chocolate Factory

Nov. 3, 2023 - TD Bank Group Supports Canada’s Future Arts Leaders with the Launch of the TD Emerging Talent Program at the Grand Theatre

Oct. 11, 2023 - Kim’s Convenience Returns to the Grand Theatre

Oct. 5, 2023 - Grand Theatre Launches the Canada Life Pay-What-You-Can Program for 2023/24

Sep. 13, 2023 - Grand Theatre Presents the 25th Anniversary High School Project: The Phantom of the Opera

Sep. 8, 2023 - Grand Theatre Announces Appointment of Rachel Peake as Artistic Director

Jun. 23, 2023 - Grand Theatre Celebrates 25 Years of the High School Project, Says Goodbye to Artistic Director Dennis Garnhum at its 47th Annual Gala

May 8, 2023 - $138,500 OTF Grant Supports Hybrid Work and Virtual Collaboration at Grand Theatre

Apr. 12, 2023 - Canadian Talent Take Centre Stage as the Grand Theatre Closes its 2022/23 Season with Neptune Theatre’s East Coast Kitchen Party

Mar. 22, 2023 - Hit Stage Adaptation of Ann-Marie MacDonald’s Fall On Your Knees Completes its Epic Stage Journey at the Grand Theatre

Mar. 21, 2023 - Grand Theatre Announces Cast and Guest Artist Lineup for Season Closer, East Coast Kitchen Party

Feb. 28, 2023 - Award-winning Métis Singer and Songwriter Andrea Menard Returns to the Grand Theatre with World Premiere of Rubaboo

Feb. 16, 2023 - World Premiere of Homes: A Refugee Story Opens at the Grand Theatre

Feb. 2, 2023 - Rick Miller Returns to Grand Theatre with Explosive Multimedia Show: BOOM X

Jan. 30, 2023 - Grand Theatre Celebrates 25th Anniversary of the High School Project with Andrew Lloyd Webber’s The Phantom of the Opera

Jan. 10, 2023 - History Comes to Life at the Grand Theatre with the Ontario Premiere of Andrea Scott’s Controlled Damage

Jan. 5, 2023 - Grand Theatre Audiences Raise $65,523 for the London Food Bank

2022

Dec. 9, 2022 - East Coast Kitchen Party: Grand Theatre Announces  Open Call for London and London-Affiliated Musicians

Nov. 22, 2022 - Elf - The Musical, Most Popular Holiday Show in Grand Theatre History, Returns to the Spriet Stage

Nov. 2, 2022 - Grand Theatre Presents Three-Time Dora-Nominated Auditory Voyage: MixTape

Oct. 12, 2022 - World Premiere of Grand Ghosts Recounts Grand Theatre’s Mysterious, Vaudeville Origins

Sep. 14, 2022 - Grand Theatre Opens its 2022/2023 Season with the High School Project: Into the Woods

Jul. 29, 2022 - Workshopping with the Cast and Company of Fall On Your Knees

Jun. 16, 2022 - Grand Theatre Announces Appointment of Evan Klassen as Executive Director

Apr. 19, 2022 - Grand Theatre Announces 2022/23 Season

Apr. 12, 2022 - The Grand Theatre Presents the World Premiere of GROW

Mar. 24, 2022 - Grand Theatre's High School Project Ventures Into the Woods for its 24th Season

Mar. 3, 2022 - Stage Adaptation of the Iconic Canadian Novel Fall on Your Knees to Premiere In 2023

Mar. 1, 2022 - The Grand Theatre, Covent Garden Productions, and Mirvish Productions Present the North American Premiere of Room

Jan. 5, 2022 - Grand Theatre Announces New Performance Dates for 2021/2022 Season

2021

Dec. 27, 2021 - Grand Theatre Audiences Raise $40,031 for the London Food Bank

Nov. 24, 2021 - Grand Theatre Welcomes Audiences Home for Its Original Holiday Production

Nov. 22, 2021 - Grand Theatre Announces Operating Surplus for 2020/21 Season

Nov. 18, 2021 - Grand Theatre Releases Free Digital Performances from its Celebrated Grand Re:Opening Festival

Nov. 16, 2021 - The Grand Theatre Officially Unveils $9.5 Renovation

Nov. 6, 2021 - Curtain Rises on the Grand Theatre’s 2021/22 Season: November 30, 2021

Sep. 29, 2021 - Grand Theatre celebrates its 35th High School Project Opening Night

Jun. 24, 2021 - Deb Harvey announces her final year as Executive Director at the Grand Theatre

May 27, 2021 - Grandticipation – London Ontario's Grand Theatre announces plans for 2021/22 season

Feb. 19, 2021 - Grand Theatre Commits to Ongoing Anti-Oppression Work

2020

Dec. 7, 2020 - Grand Theatre announces first deficit in 21 years

Dec. 1, 2020 - Grand Theatre presents "Comfort and Joy"

Oct. 20, 2020 - Grand Theatre to present free, virtual Un-Opening Night celebration

Sep. 24, 2020 - Grand Theatre Announces Fall ‘Intermission’ Programming Amidst Ongoing Renovations

Sep. 21, 2020 - Grand Theatre Joins Partners Across Canada in Light Up Live Awareness Event

Jun. 17, 2020 - A Grand Intermission: Grand Theatre postpones its 2020/21 season

Mar. 13, 2020 - Grand Theatre suspends its 2019/20 season

Mar. 9, 2020 - Grand Theatre announces the 2020/21 season

Mar. 4, 2020 - The Grand Theatre, Covent Garden Productions, and David Mirvish Present the North American premiere of Room

Feb. 24, 2020 - 100 Schools Tour continues with Juno's Reward

Jan. 31, 2020 - The Grand Theatre presents Honour Beat on the Spriet Stage

Jan. 27, 2020 - Grand Theatre announces Canadian tour of its record-setting production of Cabaret

Jan. 16, 2020 - The Grand Theatre welcomes back Rebecca Northan in Every Brilliant Thing

Jan. 8, 2020 - The Grand Theatre presents Fully Committed on the Spriet Stage

Jan. 3, 2020 - Grand Theatre Patrons Raise $87,780 for the London Food Bank

2019

Dec. 16, 2019 - Grow selected to participate at the Goodspeed Festival of New Musicals

Dec. 2, 2019 - The Grand announces Grand Ghosts by Trina Davies

Nov. 25, 2019 - 2018/19 Annual Report: Grand Theatre announces 20th annual operating surplus

Nov. 18, 2019 - Come celebrate the holidays at the Grand with Disney and Cameron Mackintosh's Mary Poppins

Oct. 29, 2019 - The Grand Theatre presents The Runner on the McManus Stage

Oct. 25, 2019 - Riveting, Award-Winning Production Comes to the Grand

Oct. 10, 2019 - This London Life opens the 2019/2020 Season on the Spriet Stage

Oct. 4, 2019 - 2019/20 Season Principal Casting Preview

Sep. 5, 2019 - The Grand Theatre announces plans for $8 million renovation

Mar. 8, 2019 - The Grand Theatre presents August Wilson's Fences on the Spriet Stage

Feb. 11, 2019 - The Grand Theatre presents Vigilante on the Spriet Stage

Feb. 6, 2019 - The Grand Theatre announces the North American Premiere of Room

Feb. 4, 2019 - Grand Theatre presents Maggie & Pierre on the McManus Stage

Jan. 21, 2019 - Cabaret sets a record for McManus Stage with a second extension

Jan. 8, 2019 - Grand Theatre presents Margaret Atwood's The Penelopiad

2018

Dec. 12, 2018 - Cabaret extended with 7 additional performances

Nov. 26, 2018 - Ring in the holidays at the Grand with A Christmas Carol

Nov. 13, 2018 - 2017/18 Annual Report: Grand Theatre announces 19th annual operating surplus

Nov. 8, 2018 - Grand Theatre presents The Boy in the Moon on the McManus Stage

Oct. 29, 2018 - Grand Theatre presents Barber Shop Chronicles

Oct. 17, 2018 - ASL-interpreted and Open Captioned performance schedule

Oct. 10, 2018 - Timothy Findley's The Wars opening the 18/19 season on the Spriet Stage

Oct. 4, 2018 - Grand Theatre presents on the McManus Stage An Undiscovered Shakespeare

Sep. 25, 2018 - 2018/19 Season Principal Casting Preview

Sep. 6, 2018 - Grand Theatre announces the 2018 High School Project Prom Queen: The Musical

Jun. 28, 2018 - Grand Theatre 2018/19 Season — single tickets on sale Tuesday, July 3

May 14, 2018 - Grand Theatre Hosts Prom Night

Apr. 4, 2018 - Grand Theatre announces the North American premiere of Chariots of Fire

Mar. 27, 2018 - Grand Theatre presents The Glass Menagerie on the McManus Stage

Mar. 22, 2018 - Grand Theatre announces the 2018/19 season

Mar. 1, 2018 - Grand Theatre presents in Association with San Francisco’s American Conservatory Theater A Thousand Splendid Suns

Feb. 5, 2018 - Grand Theatre presents Blind Date on the Spriet Stage

Feb. 1, 2018 - 2b theatre company's What a Young Wife Ought to Know at the Grand

Jan. 25, 2018 - 100 Schools Tour Launches with Grand Theatre’s Production of Beethoven Lives Upstairs

Jan. 4, 2018 - Grand Theatre Raises $133,169 for London Food Bank

2017

Dec. 22, 2017 - Grand Theatre announces the world premiere of Silence

Dec. 18, 2017 - Grand Theatre expands accessibility for Deaf community

Nov. 28, 2017 - Grand Theatre announces 18th Annual Operating Surplus for 2016/17 Season

Nov. 22, 2017 - Grand Theatre Celebrates the Holidays with A Christmas Carol

Nov. 8, 2017 - Once : Record-Breaking Attendance

Oct. 19, 2017 - Ronnie Burkett’s The Daisy Theatre at the Grand

Oct. 11, 2017 - The Grand Theatre launches 2017/18 season with Once

Sept. 7, 2017 - The Grand Theatre Announces the 2017 High School Project

Jun. 29, 2017 - The Grand Theatre Announces the 2017/18 Season Casting Preview

Mar. 9, 2017 - Helen and Andy Spriet donate $1 Million to the Grand Theatre

Mar. 9, 2017 - The Grand Theatre Announces its 2017/18 Season

Jan. 24, 2017 - The Grand Theatre announces London Proud

2016

Nov. 15, 2016 - The Grand Theatre is proud to announce the launch of COMPASS: New Play Development Program

Jun. 1, 2016 - Grand Theatre Announces Dennis Garnhum as next Artistic Director