By Keith Tomasek, Feb. 4, 2025

The Grand Theatre in London, On. announced the playbill for the 2025/26 season, which features six productions, including Tony, Olivier, and Pulitzer Prize-winning shows and a non-replica production of “Come From Away.”

Having completed a successful first season, Grand Theatre artistic director Rachel Peake said, “I feel endlessly fortunate to have landed in this specific community,” adding, “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.”

Former Grand Theatre artistic director Dennis Garnhum, director of last year’s smash-hit comedy “CLUE,” returns to launch the season with the hilariously chaotic “The Play That Goes Wrong.”

The season closes with “Come From Away” directed by Julie Tomaino. Currently working at The Stratford Festival (“Anne of Green Gables” and “Sense and Sensibility”), Tomaino spent six seasons as a Radio City Rockette and directed the Grand’s sensational production of “Million Dollar Quartet.”

The Play That Goes Wrong
OCT 14 to NOV 1 | Opens on OCT 17

By Henry Lewis, Henry Shields & Jonathan Sayer
Directed by Dennis Garnhum

It’s Opening Night… and it’s not going well. Hang onto your seat and experience Broadway’s funniest play, about the worst murder mystery ever!

This Olivier Award-winning comedy offers a hilarious glimpse into the absolute worst-case scenarios that can unfold in the world of theatre. Premiering in 2012 in the UK, it went on to run over 745 performances on Broadway.

Disney’s Frozen
NOV 18 to DEC 28 | Opens on NOV 21
A Co-Production with the Citadel Theatre

Music and Lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez & Robert Lopez
Book by Jennifer Lee
Directed by Rachel Peake

The Tony-nominated “Frozen” is the stage adaptation of Disney’s Grammy Award-winning 2013 animated film. Featuring music and lyrics by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez, the musical includes beloved songs such as “Let It Go,” “Do You Want to Build a Snowman?,” and “Love is an Open Door.”

Primary Trust
JAN 14 to FEB 1 | Opens on JAN 17
A co-production with Crow’s Theatre

By Eboni Booth
Directed by Cherissa Richards

This endearing and profoundly humanistic play made its world premiere Off-Broadway at the Laura Pels Theatre in 2023. In 2024, the playwright Eboni Booth was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Primary Trust, cementing its place as a landmark addition to contemporary theatre.

Piaf/Dietrich
FEB 17 to MAR 7 | Opens on FEB 20

Written by Daniel Große Boymann & Thomas Kahry
Adapted by Erin Shields
From the translation by Sam Madwar
Directed by Rachel Peake

Two dazzling icons forge an unlikely friendship amidst the challenges of post-WWII and the Golden Age of Hollywood.

“Piaf/Dietrich” is a musical drama about the real-life unlikely friendship of icons Edith Piaf and Marlene Dietrich, featuring timeless hits such as “La Vie En Rose,” “Milord,” and “Lili Marlene.” Translated from the German production “Spatz und Engel” (“The Angel and The Sparrow”), and adapted by decorated Canadian playwright Erin Shields, this glamorous and music-infused bio-play has trod the boards in Europe, at The Segal Centre (Montreal) and Mirvish (Toronto)

The Importance of Being Earnest
A Trivial Comedy for Serious People
MAR 25 to APR 12 | Opens on MAR 28

By Oscar Wilde
Directed by Alistair Newton

Oscar Wilde’s hilarious classic takes centre stage as two friends, lost in love, navigate a series of entirely avoidable misadventures.

Considered one of Wilde’s best works, “The Importance of Being Earnest” is a guaranteed laugh-out-loud chaos of troubles and mix-ups from start to finish. With its clever humour and playful commentary of Victorian society, the play has remained a staple for over a century.

Come From Away
APR 28 to MAY 24 | Opens May 1

Book, Music and Lyrics by Irene Sankoff and David Hein
Directed by Julie Tomaino

This award-winning Canadian musical has captured the hearts of theatregoers since its 2015 world premiere, going on to become a Tony and Olivier Award-winning modern classic. Featuring a toe-tapping and heart-thumping score including the songs “Welcome to the Rock,” “Me and the Sky,” and “Heave Away,” “Come From Away” is a celebrated story about the power of community.

Don’t miss my podcast with “Come From Away’s” Irene Sankoff and David Hein.

Don’t miss my podcast with “Come From Away’s” producer Michael Rubinoff who studied law at Western University.