Grand Theatre Box Office officially opens to the public for the upcoming season including the High School Project, Spriet Series, Jeans ‘n Classics, and Lee Siegel’s Soul Man

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June 16, 2026 – London, ON – The Grand Theatre’s 2026/27 Season “All in Grand Time” is now available to the general public. Audiences have their first chance to secure tickets to the individual titles of the six-show Spriet Series including Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, A Christmas Carol, cicadas, Somewhere, Cyrano de Bergerac, and Dolly Parton’s 9 to 5. 

The Grand Theatre’s 2026 High School Project production School of Rock is also now available as well as a new season of Peter Brennan’s Jeans ‘n Classics symphonic rock concerts at the Grand – and, just announced, a one-night-only-performance of Soul Man, a retrospective of the greatest soul singers of all time featuring the powerhouse vocals of Lee Siegel (Broadway, Stratford Festival), known to Grand audiences from Waitress and Disney’s Frozen.

Subscribers have had exclusive access to secure their seats – at the best prices and with the best perks, including free parking courtesy of Downtown Community Partner Old Oak Properties. Starting on June 16, audiences are able to purchase a particular title from the season roster or bundle three or four shows together to build their own season at the Grand with additional savings. The Grand’s popular six-show Spriet Series subscription remains available and continues to offer the best pricing and best theatre experience.

The Grand Theatre is also lifting the curtain to reveal several of the artists who will be part of the upcoming season, including many who make their home in the Forest City and proudly call themselves Londoners. 

The Grand is proud to share the continuation of popular and impactful programs such as the Indigenous Community Ticket Program, Canada Life: Pay-What-You Can Program, Accessible Performances, Student Club, Same-Day Student Rush Tickets, Educators’ Night Out, and the London Community Theatre Package. New for the 2026/27 Season, the Grand will be offering Arts Worker Rush Tickets and a Military Discount for Canadian Armed Forces members and their families.
 

2026/27 Season at the Grand Theatre:

All in Grand Time

Grand Theatre High School Project

SCHOOL OF ROCK

Based on the Paramount movie by Mike White
Book by Julian Fellowes
Lyrics by Glenn Slater 
New Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber

SEP 22 to OCT 3 | Opens SEP 25

Far from an opening act, the 2026 High School Project will take over the Spriet Stage with School of Rock to kick off the season. To helm this year’s High School Project, award-winning Director Lezlie Wade returns to the Grand Theatre to bring this league of would-be rock legends to greatness. 

CREATIVE TEAM

Director – Lezlie Wade
Music Director – Matthew Atkins
Choreographer – Julius Sermonia
Set Designer – Julia Callon
Costume Designer – Meghan Choma
Lighting Designer – Jareth Li
Sound Designer – Brian Kenny
Stage Manager – Kelly Luft
Assistant Stage Manager – Melissa Cameron

YOUTH PROGRAM SPONSORS 

Thames Valley District School Board
London District Catholic School Board
Libro Credit Union

2026/27 Spriet Series

DRACULA: A COMEDY OF TERRORS

By Gordon Greenberg and Steve Rosen

OCT 20 to NOV 7 | Opens OCT 23

The Grand’s 2026/27 season, All in Grand Time, will officially open with the sexy, campy Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors, directed by Krista Jackson, known to Grand audiences from her time as Associate Artistic Director and directing several Grand favourites over the seasons including many fast-paced and deliciously dark laughs (Fly Me to the Moon, The Lion in Winter).

Jesse Gervais (Clue, Grand Ghosts) returns to the Grand’s Spriet Stage as Dracula himself, alongside a cast of Canadian theatre’s funniest talents including Constant Bernard, Nathan Howe, Reena Jolly, and Nora McLellan.

CREATIVE TEAM

Director – Krista Jackson
Set Designer – Joshua Quinlan
Costume Designer – Joseph Abetria
Lighting Designer – Leigh Ann Vardy
Sound Designer – John Gzowski
Movement Director – Cameron Carver
Fight & Intimacy Director – Anita Nittoly
Dialect Coach – Jane Gooderham
Stage Manager – Jordan Guetter
Assistant Stage Manager – Lore Green
Apprentice Stage Manager – Zoe Daca

TITLE SPONSOR

Bluestone Properties 

A CHRISTMAS CAROL

By David van Belle

Based on the novella by Charles Dickens

NOV 24 to DEC 27 | Opens NOV 27

Nostalgia and holiday memories are guaranteed by this season’s holiday production, a carol-infused musical adaptation of A Christmas Carol directed by Grand Theatre Artistic Director Rachel Peake. 

CREATIVE TEAM

Director – Rachel Peake
Music Director – Stephen Ingram
Choreographer – Genny Sermonia
Set Designer – Scott Penner
Costume Designer – Michael Gianfrancesco
Lighting Designer – Jareth Li
Sound Designer – Emily Porter
Stage Manager – Al Gadowsky
Assistant Stage Manager – Melissa Cameron
Assistant Stage Manager – Abby Stevenson
Apprentice Stage Manager – Vivi Valo

TITLE SPONSOR

McCormick Canada

cicadas 

Created by David Yee and Chris Thornborrow

JAN 19 to FEB 6, 2027 | Opens JAN 22, 2027

A Grand Theatre Revival of the NAC English Theatre/Tarragon Theatre Co-Production

In the new year, the eco-thriller cicadas will take over the Spriet Stage under the leadership of Director Nina Lee Aquino (National Arts Centre English Theatre Artistic Director). This world premiere by Siminovitch laureate and Governor General’s Award-winner David Yee and Dora Award-winning composer Chris Thornborrow imagines a gripping, immersive future reality, illuminating our profound connection to nature without laying blame.

CREATIVE TEAM

Director – Nina Lee Aquino
Set & Costume Designer – Jawon Kang
Lighting Designer – Michelle Ramsay
Sound Designer – John Gzowski
Movement Director – Monica Dottor

TITLE SPONSOR

Digital Extremes

SOMEWHERE

By Matthew López

FEB 23 to MAR 13, 2027 | Opens FEB 26, 2027

Subsequently produced by Hartford Stage Company, Hartford, CT 

From the chilling foreshadowing of cicadas, audiences are next swept back to the golden era of Broadway in mid-century New York City with Somewhere by Matthew López. Internationally-acclaimed playwright and best-selling author, Carmen Aguirre (Something Fierce: Memoirs of a Revolutionary Daughter) is slated to direct the Canadian premiere of López’s breathtaking play about a family – and a city – that has fallen in love with West Side Story and the American Dream. 

CREATIVE TEAM

Director – Carmen Aguirre
Choreographer – Genny Sermonia
Set Designer – Scott Penner
Costume Designer – Carmen Alatorre
Lighting Designer – Tim Rodrigues
Sound Designer & Composer – Jeff Newberry
Assistant Director/Choreographer – Mateo Torres
Stage Manager – Alice Ferreyra Galliani
Assistant Stage Manager – Suzanne McArthur
Apprentice Stage Manager – Ava Robitaille

TITLE SPONSOR

Bluestone Properties 

CYRANO DE BERGERAC 

Written by Edmond Rostand, Adapted by Jessy Ardern

MAR 30 to APR 17, 2027 | Opens APR 2, 2027

In Partnership with the Citadel Theatre and Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre 

Written in modern verse and brimming with daring duels, quippy repartee, and a love triangle for the ages, Jessy Ardern’s adaptation of Cyrano de Bergerac has all the ingredients of a timeless love story. Amanda Goldberg is set to direct this bold reimagining of the classic, bringing a fresh, witty edge to the story of the lovelorn Cyrano and his rather large nose.

CREATIVE TEAM

Director – Amanda Goldberg
Set Designer – Beyata Hackborn
Costume Designer – Deanna Finnman
Lighting Designer – Hugh Conacher
Sound Designer – Maddie Bautista
Fight Director – Daniel Levinson
Intimacy Director – Morgan Yamada
Movement Director – Anna Kuman
Stage Management Team – Zahra Larche, Carolin Schroeder 

9 TO 5 

Music and Lyrics by Dolly Parton
Book by Patricia Resnick
Based on the 20^th Century Fox Feature
Originally Produced on Broadway by Robert Greenblatt, April 2009

MAY 4 to 22, 2027 | Opens MAY 7, 2027

Sending us off into summer, the Grand Theatre will end its season with Dolly Parton’s rollicking tale of workplace revenge, 9 to 5. Helmed by Grand Theatre Artistic Director Rachel Peake, this cult classic with hit music by the Queen of Country herself will have audiences singing along in their seats and rooting for working women who aren’t waiting around for what’s theirs.

CREATIVE TEAM

Director – Rachel Peake
Music Director – Alexandra Kane
Choreographer – Allison Plamondon
Set Designer – Holly Meyer-Dymny
Stage Manager – Kelly Luft
Assistant Stage Manager – Suzanne McArthur
Apprentice Stage Manager – Jenna Borsato

Subscriptions and single tickets can be purchased online at grandtheatre.com, by phoning the Box Office at 519.672.8800, or by visiting the Box Office in person at 471 Richmond Street (weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and Saturdays from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.).

To learn more about the Grand Theatre’s 2026/27 Season: All in Grand Time, visit grandtheatre.com/2627-season. Follow along with the season and peek behind the scenes by following @thegrandlondon and #GrandTheatre on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, Threads, Bluesky, YouTube, & TikTok.

The Grand Theatre is grateful to offer Canada Life Pay What You Can pricing for performances of Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors on Sunday, October 25  at 2 p.m., A Christmas Carol on Sunday, November 29 at 1 p.m., cicadas on Sunday, January 24 at 2 p.m., Somewhere on Sunday, February 28 at 2 p.m., Cyrano de Bergerac on Sunday, April 4  at 2 p.m., and 9 to 5 on Sunday, May 9  at 2:00 p.m.

The Grand Theatre gratefully acknowledges Season Sponsor BMO, Downtown Community Partner Old Oak Properties, and Title Sponsors BlueStone Properties, Digital Extremes, London Hydro, and McCormick Canada for their support.
 

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The Grand Theatre is located on the traditional territories of the Original storytellers and caretakers of this land and the Nations, both settler and Indigenous, who continue to uphold the various treaties of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, and Lunaapéewak. We value the significant historical and contemporary contributions of local and regional First Nations, and all of the Original Peoples of Turtle Island (colonially known as North America), and acknowledge the traditional lands upon which we live, work, share, and tell stories together.
 

ABOUT THE GRAND THEATRE – WORLD CURIOUS. LONDON MADE.

The Grand Theatre is known for world-class theatre created and built in London, Ontario. As southwestern Ontario’s premier producing theatre and one of the most beautiful theatre spaces in Canada, the company has deep ties to the community and to its artists, artisans, and technicians.

As a vibrant cultural hub and not-for-profit professional theatre, the Grand serves to gather, inspire, and entertain audiences in London and beyond. At our home in downtown London, we create productions on two stages: the Spriet Stage (839 seats) and the Auburn Developments Stage (144 seats). The Grand season of theatrical offerings runs from September to May, and we collaborate with companies and artists across the country through our co-productions that see London Made artistic and creative work travel to audiences nation-wide. Through our successful New Play Development Program, the Grand is committed to developing and premiering new, original works and supporting the growth and reach of theatre writers and creators. Our recently renovated venue offers a contemporary and welcoming environment that is also home to several successful music series, community arts rentals, and cultural and special events.

A cornerstone of the organization is our place as a teaching theatre, exemplified in our many mentorship programs and highlighted in our annual Grand Theatre High School Project. As the first program of its kind in the country and currently in its twenty-eighth year, the High School Project involves as many as one hundred high school participants annually from schools across the region. These students participate at no cost and take on roles both on stage and off, in a fully realized mainstage production under the direction of a professional creative team.

For more information, visit: grandtheatre.com.

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