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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
