# Season Launch Party - 2023/24

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 ***The pleasure of your presence has been requested...***

## **23/24 SEASON LAUNCH PARTY & OPEN HOUSE**

### Tuesday Sep 12 | 4:30 to 9:30 PM  
Grand Theatre

**Complimentary admission up to 3 tickets per household. SHARE something Grand, and invite a theatre-loving friend! Limited spaces available.** Note: *This event is an open house format, with **standing room**, and **limited seating** available in some of the programmed spaces.*

### [RSVP NOW](https://tickets.grandtheatre.com/10802)

  
  
Join us for some fun and games at the *Grand Mansion.*   
  
Enjoy an evening of 🔎**CLUES🔍, activations, and light fare** in honour of a new season, with other like-minded Grand fans.  
  
This **open house event**, in the Grand's lobby spaces and Auburn Stage, will feature a opening conversation with the Grand Theatre's new [**Artistic Director,** ](https://grandtheatre.com/grand-theatre-announces-appointment-rachel-peake-artistic-director)**[Rachel Peake](https://grandtheatre.com/grand-theatre-announces-appointment-rachel-peake-artistic-director),** as well as performances, and interviews with artists from the 2023/24 Season: **Ins Choi** (playwright and star, [*Kim's Convenience*](https://grandtheatre.com/event/kims-convenience)), **Jordi Mand** (playwright, *[In Seven Days](https://grandtheatre.com/event/in-seven-days)*), **Mark Uhre, Jan Alexandra Smith,** and **Alexandra Kane** ([*Charlie and the Chocolate Factory*](https://grandtheatre.com/event/charlie-and-the-chocolate-factory)), **Cliff Cardinal & the Sky-Larks** (Cliff Cardinal - playwright and star, [*HUFF*](https://grandtheatre.com/event/huff)), **Andrew Prashad** (playwright and star, [*One Step at a Time*](https://grandtheatre.com/event/one-step-at-a-time)), and the [**London Gospel Collective**](https://grandtheatre.com/event/london-gospel-collective-2324).  
  
Explore full schedule below, and plan your drop-in!

### **📅 Schedule of Performances & Interviews\*:**

*\*subject to change*  
  
**4:30 p.m.**  
Doors Open  
  
**4:45 p.m.**  
A Conversation with RACHEL PEAKE, Grand Theatre Artistic Director - ***Drewlo Lounge***  
  
**5:30 p.m.**   
INS CHOI - Writer & Star of *Kim's Convenience - **Auburn Stage***  
  
**6:10 p.m.**  
JORDI MAND - Writer of *In Seven Days* - ***Drewlo Lounge***  
  
**6:50 p.m.**  
THE LONDON GOSPEL COLLECTIVE ***- Drewlo Lounge***

**7:20 p.m.**  
ANDREW PRASHAD - Creator and Star of *One Step at a Time - **Auburn Stage***  
  
**8:00 p.m.**  
Students from the GRAND THEATRE HIGH SCHOOL PROJECT - *The Phantom of the Oper*a - ***Drewlo Lounge***  
  
**8:10 p.m.**  
MARK UHRE, JAN ALEXANDRA SMITH & ALEXANDRA KANE from *Charlie and the Chocolate Factory* - ***Drewlo Lounge***  
  
**9:00 p.m.**  
CLIFF CARDINAL & THE SKY-LARKS - ***Auburn Stage***  
  
**9:30 p.m.**  
End of event  
  
**Elsewhere during the event:** Cash bars will be open! Enjoy popcorn & light snacks, solve 3 *Clues* for a chance to win HSP tickets, learn about World War 2 secrets in honour of *The Invisible,* tune out with our *Million Dollar Quartet* listening station, grab a photo at *The Phantom of the Opera* photo wall, and holiday treat in honour of *Ronnie Burkett- Little Dickens.*

![Ins Choi](/sites/default/files/2324/launchparty/I_Choi.jpg)

![Andrew Prashad](/sites/default/files/2324/launchparty/A_Prashad.jpg)

![Jordi Mand](/sites/default/files/2324/launchparty/J_Mand.jpg)

![Mark Uhre](/sites/default/files/2324/launchparty/M_Uhre.jpg)

![Jan Alexandra Smith](/sites/default/files/2324/launchparty/J_A_Smith.jpg)

![Alexandra Kane](/sites/default/files/2324/launchparty/A_Kane.jpg)



![The London Gospel Collective](/sites/default/files/2324/launchparty/LondonGospelCollective.jpg)

![Cliff Cardinal and The Sky-Larks](/sites/default/files/2324/launchparty/C_Cardinal_Sky-Larks.jpg)



 

![And students from the 2023 High School Project: The Phantom of the Opera](/sites/default/files/2324/launchparty/HighSchoolProject.jpg)



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### You've been Especially invited, But an RSVP is required to attend. 

**[Click here](https://tickets.grandtheatre.com/10802) or call the Box Office at 519.672.8800** to book up to 3 complimentary tickets per household. Space is limited. Book now to avoid missing out!

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