Tea Talks occur before the Wednesday 1:00 p.m. public matinee of each Spriet Stage production.

Join us for creative conversations pre-show with Artistic Director, Rachel Peake and special guests connected to the show. Enjoy a complimentary coffee/tea and cookie (available from 11:30 to 12:00 p.m.), hear insights into Grand productions, participate in stimulating discussion, and then settle into your assigned seats for the 1:00 p.m. matinee.

Itinerary

11:30 a.m. - Doors Open (arrive early to pick up your complimentary cookie and coffee/tea)

12:00 p.m. - Tea Talks begins in the Spriet Theatre (sit in any seat you'd like!)

12:30 p.m. - Tea Talks end-- make your way to your seats

1:00 p.m. - Matinee begins -- enjoy the show!

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2026/27 Tea Talks Dates (1:00pm Matinée)

• Dracula: A Comedy of Terrors: Wednesday, November 4, 2026
  • With special guest, Kim Solga! Kim Solga is a professor of Theatre and English Studies at Western, where she also researches contemporary feminist and queer performance. She’s been in an on-again, off-again relationship with William Shakespeare since 1999. Dracula, however - specifically in the person of Gary Oldman circa 1992 - remains her longstanding true love.
• A Christmas Carol: Wednesday, December 23, 2026
• Cicadas: Wednesday, February 3, 2027
• Somewhere: Wednesday, March 10, 2027
• Cyrano de Bergerac: Wednesday, April 14, 2027
• 9 to 5: Wednesday, May 19, 2027 
   

Past Tea Talks now available online

NEW this season, Tea Talks with Artistic Director Rachel Peake and special guests can be streamed any place, any time, on our website thanks to funding from the Government of Ontario. Slip into a Stage Manager’s chair with Kelly Luft, and peek between the pages of beloved fairy tales with Gabrielle Ceraldi - the first two episodes of 2026/27 Tea Talks are now available.