1963

Ed Mirvish makes headlines in 1963 when he purchases, and saves from demolition, Toronto’s historic Royal Alexandra Theatre, one of the oldest and most famous legitimate theatres in North America

Never Too Late
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Second City: When the Owl Screams
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Spring Thaw
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Canadian Players
Royal Alexandra Theatre

An Evening at the Royal
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Toronto Chamber Orchestra
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A Thousand Clowns
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Black Nativity
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Chinese Prime Minister
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Obraztsov's Moscow State Central Puppet Theatre
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Kidzapoppin with Randy Dandy
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Scottish Memories: Hogmanay Party
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1964

Dr. Murray Banks
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Toronto Chamber Orchestra
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Hollow Crown
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Canadian Players: Private Lives, Masterpieces of Comedy
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Stop the World, I Want to Get Off
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Josephine Baker and Her Company
Royal Alexandra Theatre

In One Bed and Out the Other
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Theatre de France - Odeon
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The Best of Spring Thaw
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Spring Melody ‘64
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Toronto Chamber Orchestra
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Return to the Mountain
Royal Alexandra Theatre

My Fair Lady
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Thursday is a Good Night
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The Sound of Music
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Traveller Without Luggage
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Any Wednesday
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Tartans on Tour
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Barefoot in the Park
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Les Grands Ballets Canadiens
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Pajama Tops
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Jose Greco and his Gypsies
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Second City: “No Comment”
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1965

Royal Flush
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Polish Mime Theatre
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Dear Me, The Sky is Falling
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Luther
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D’Oyly Carte Opera Co. 1965
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Seidman and Son
Royal Alexandra Theatre

All About Us
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf
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Spring Thaw ‘65
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Spring Melody ‘65
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Gypsy
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Finian’s Rainbow
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Guys and Dolls
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Can-Can
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Annie Get Your Gun
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Flower Drum Song
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The African Ballet (National Ensemble of Guinea)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Luv
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Porgy and Bess
Royal Alexandra Theatre

This Was Burlesque
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Wayward Stork
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Brigadoon
Royal Alexandra Theatre

What Makes Sammy Run?
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1966

The King and I
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Fairytale
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Teahouse of the August Moon
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Second City: Farther Along
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Oklahoma!
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Pal Joey
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Spring Thaw ‘66
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A Breath of Scotland
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Owl and the Pussycat
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Pinocchio
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Laughter and Songs from Israel
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Subject was Roses
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Loving Couch
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Like Father Like Fun
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Any Wednesday
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Odd Couple
Royal Alexandra Theatre

We, Comrades Three (APA-Phoenix Repertory Co.)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Wild Duck
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A School for Scandal
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Barefoot in the Park
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Generation
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1967

Mark Twain Tonight
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Second City
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Owl and the Pussycat
Royal Alexandra Theatre

City Center Joffrey Ballet
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Mad Show
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Philadelphia Here I Come
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A Breath of Scotland
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Spring Thaw ‘67
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Bristol Old Vic
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Owl and the Pussycat
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Royal Winnipeg Ballet
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Wait a Minim!
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Anne of Green Gables
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Fantasticks
Royal Alexandra Theatre

You Can’t Take It with You (APA-Phoenix Repertory Co.)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Right You Are, If You Think You Are (APA-Phoenix Repertory Co.)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Pantagleize  (APA-Phoenix Repertory Co.)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Show Off (APA-Phoenix Repertory Co.)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Exit the King (APA-Phoenix Repertory Co.)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Impossible Years
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1968

Grand Music Hall of Israel
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Little Drummer Boy
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Little Murders
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Soldiers
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A Festival of Carols
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Odd Couple
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Spring Thaw ‘68
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Frula Yugoslav Folk Ensemble
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Barefoot in the Park
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Misanthrope (APA-Phoenix Rep)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Cocktail Party (APA-Phoenix Rep)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Beaux’ Stratagem, An Ideal Husband
Royal Alexandra Theatre

There’s a Girl in My Soup
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Anne of Green Gables
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Sunshine Town
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A Day in the Death of  Joe Egg
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Come Blow Your Horn
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1969

Edward II
Royal Alexandra Theatre

In Good King Charles’ Golden Days
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A Servant of Two Masters
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Killing of Sister George
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Under the Yum Yum Tree
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Spring Thaw ‘69
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Johnny Belinda
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Come Blow Your Horn
Royal Alexandra Theatre

There’s a Girl in My Soup
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Odd Couple
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Cactus Flower
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Facade
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Plaza Suite
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Harkness Ballet
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Hamlet
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Private Lives (APA Rep)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Price
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Hair
Royal Alexandra Theatre

David Copperfield
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Elvis
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Mrs. McThing
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Threepenny Opera
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1971

Borstal Boy
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Israel Folk Co.
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Pinocchio
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Bob and Ray: The Two and Only
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Butterflies are Free
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Last of the Red Hot Lovers
Royal Alexandra Theatre

World Festival of Magic & Witchcraft
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1776
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Hair
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Vienna State Opera and Ballet
Royal Alexandra Theatre

This Was Burlesque
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A Doll’s House
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Sleuth
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Company
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Applause
Royal Alexandra Theatre

And Miss Reardon Drinks a Little
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1972

The Toronto production of Godspell launches the careers of several notable performers including: Victor Garber, Eugene Levy, Andrea Martin, Gilda Radner, Dave Thomas, Paul Shaffer and Martin Short.

La Compagnie André Tahon
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Purlie
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Promises, Promises
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Gingerbread Lady
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Promenade All
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Captain Brassbound’s Conversion
Royal Alexandra Theatre

To Live Another Summer
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Pinocchio
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Carousel
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Marquise
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Godspell
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The Rothschilds
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How the Other Half Loves
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A Voyage Round My Father
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Irene
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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1973

Emperor Henry IV
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Twigs
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Cyrano
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Cosi Fan Tutte
Royal Alexandra Theatre

No, No, Nanette
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Grease
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Secretary Bird
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Brief Lives
Royal Alexandra Theatre

6 Rms Riv Vu
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Don’t Bother Me, I Can’t Cope
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The Student Prince
Royal Alexandra Theatre

That Championship Season
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Prisoner of Second Avenue
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Day After the Fair
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Spellbound
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1974

The Sunshine Boys
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Lloyd George Knew My Father
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Chemin de Fer (New Phoenix Rep)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Visit (New Phoenix Rep)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Real Inspector Hound
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Gypsy
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A Little Night Music
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A Community of Two
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Grease
Royal Alexandra Theatre

London Assurance
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Brief Lives
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Sugar and Spice
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The Pleasure of His Company
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Cinderella
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1975

Private Lives
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Jockey Club Stakes
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The Odyssey
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Good Evening
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Pinocchio
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Clarence Darrow for the Defense
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Hedda Gabler
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The Golden Years of Music Hall
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Hot l Baltimore
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Sabrina Fair
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Absurd Person Singular
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The Devil’s Disciple
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Relatively Speaking
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Something’s Afoot
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Same Time, Next Year
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1976

A Matter of Gravity
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Thirteen Rue de l’Amour (Monsieur Goes Hunting)
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Zalmen, or The Madness of God
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Mornings at Seven
Royal Alexandra Theatre

D’Oyly Carte Opera Co. 1976
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A Chorus Line
Royal Alexandra Theatre

No Man’s Land
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Aladdin
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Dutch National Ballet
Royal Alexandra Theatre

By George
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Very Good, Eddie
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The Scenario
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1977

Anna Christie
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Equus
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Rebecca
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Side by Side by Sondheim
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Appearing Nitely
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Same Time, Next Year
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Absent Friends
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Chicago
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Circle
Royal Alexandra Theatre

California Suite
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1978

The Wiz
Royal Alexandra Theatre

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow Is Enuf
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Marriage of Figaro
Royal Alexandra Theatre

La Traviata
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Barber of Seville
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Tribute
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Picture of Innocence
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Anne Murray
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Oh, Kay!
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Toronto Dance Co.
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Chinese Circus
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Uncle Vanya
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Present Laughter
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The Tony Bennett Show
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The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
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Half Life
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Dracula
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1979

Bedroom Farce
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Gin Game
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Home Again
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Canadian Opera Co.: Carmen, Cinderella
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Chapter Two
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A Chorus Line
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Da
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Ain’t Misbehavin’
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Deathtrap
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1980

I Love My Wife
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Dancin’
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Academy of Canadian Cinema: Genie Awards
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Irish Rovers
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Grass is Greener
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Spring Thaw: Ha Ha
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Eubie!
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Burlesque USA
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Bubbling Brown Sugar
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Blue Champagne
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Neil Simon Suite
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Elephant Man
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Romantic Comedy
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Pinocchio
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Makin’ Whoopee
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Whose Life is it Anyway?
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1981

I Ought to be in Pictures
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Academy of Canadian Cinema: Genie Awards
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Oklahoma!
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Early Days
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Des O’Connor
Royal Alexandra Theatre

With a Touch of Burlesque
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Maggie and Pierre
Royal Alexandra Theatre

They’re Playing Our Song
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Say Hello to Harvey
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Children of a Lesser God
Royal Alexandra Theatre

A Day in Hollywood, A Night in the Ukraine
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1982

Billy Bishop Goes to War
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Academy of Canadian Cinema: Genie Awards
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Not Now, Darling
Royal Alexandra Theatre

My Fair Lady
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Sweeney Todd
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Tintypes
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Pirates of Penzance
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Mass Appeal
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Blithe Spirit
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Aladdin and his Magic Lamp
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Barnum
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1983

Singin’ and Dancin’ Tonight
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Academy of Canadian Cinema: Genie Awards
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Underground
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Conduct Unbecoming
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Oliver!
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Master Harold and the Boys
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Crimes of the Heart
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Dick Whittington
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Amadeus
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1984

Piaf
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Academy of Canadian Cinema: Genie Awards
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Boy Friend
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Run for Your Wife
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Acting Shakespeare
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Torch Song Trilogy
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Little Lies
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Separate Tables
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Cinderella
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Cyrano de Bergerac
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1985

Gigi
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The London Palladium Show
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Brighton Beach Memoirs
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Noises Off
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Handy Dandy
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Why Not Stay for Breakfast?
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Seven Brides for Seven Brothers
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Two Into One
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Mother Goose
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Real Thing
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1986

Singin’ and Dancin’ Tonight
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Academy of Canadian Cinema: Genie Awards
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Underground
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Conduct Unbecoming
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Oliver!
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Master Harold and the Boys
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Crimes of the Heart
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Dick Whittington
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Amadeus
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1987

Pride and Prejudice
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Women
Royal Alexandra Theatre

I’m Not Rappaport
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Henry IV and Henry V
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Sweet Charity
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Three Men on a Horse
Royal Alexandra Theatre

H.M.S. Pinafore
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1987-89

Among the notable early Mirvish-produced and co-produced shows seen at the Royal Alexandra were Brian Macdonald’s acclaimed staging of Gilbert and Sullivan’s H.M.S. Pinafore and the wildly popular Toronto production and national tours of Les Misérables.

1988

Biloxi Blues
Royal Alexandra Theatre

One Way Pendulum
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Sweet Bird of Youth
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Broadway Bound
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Damn Yankees
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Spoils of War
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Nerd
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1989

The Search for Signs of Intelligent Life in the Universe
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Les Misérables
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1990

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Sarafina
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Penn and Teller: The Refrigerator Tour
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Heidi Chronicles
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Famous People Players
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1991

Kean, or Disorder and Genius
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Time and the Conways
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Dry Lips Oughta Move to Kapuskasing
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Les Misérables
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1992

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Secret Garden
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Lost in Yonkers
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Les Misérables
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1993

The Princess of Wales Theatre opens with the record-breaking production of Miss Saigon.

Man of La Mancha
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Five Guys Named Moe
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Crazy for You
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Blood Brothers
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Good Times are Killing Me
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Miss Saigon
Princess of Wales Theatre

Guys and Dolls
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1995

The Who’s Tommy
Elgin Theatre

An Evening with Peter Ustinov
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Beauty and the Beast
Princess of Wales Theatre

Rita Rudner
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Brent Carver in Concert
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Buttons On Broadway starring Red Buttons
Royal Alexandra Theatre

An Evening with John Irving
Royal Alexandra Theatre

John McDermott & Friends
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Snow Maiden by Kalinka Performing Arts
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1996

The Master Builder
Royal Alexandra Theatre

One for the Pot
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Maggie and Pierre
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Three Tall Women
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Blood Brothers
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Andre Philippe Gagnon
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Darrow
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Don Giovanni
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Jane Eyre
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1997

Death of a Salesman
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Glass Menagerie
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Andre Philippe Gagnon
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Piano Man’s Daughter
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Jolson
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Importance of Being Earnest
Princess of Wales Theatre

Orfeo ed Eurydice
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Buddy: The Buddy Holly Story
Princess of Wales Theatre

Rent
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1998

Slava’s Snowshow
Princess of Wales Theatre

Chicago
Princess of Wales Theatre

Forever Tango
Princess of Wales Theatre

Cats
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Needfire
Princess of Wales Theatre

Two Pianos Four Hands
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Les Misérables
Princess of Wales Theatre

Racing Demon
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Momix
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Marriage of Figaro
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Fame
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Vinyl Cafe Christmas
Royal Alexandra Theatre

1999

The Number 14
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Chicago
Princess of Wales Theatre

Proposals
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Master Class
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Jolson
Princess of Wales Theatre

Our Town
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Notre Dame de Paris
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Pajama Game
Princess of Wales Theatre

Fame
Princess of Wales Theatre

Cabaret
Princess of Wales Theatre

Oliver!
Princess of Wales Theatre

Art
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Needfire
Royal Alexandra Theatre

2000

Enigma Variations
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Memory of Water
Winter Garden Theatre

Blue’s Clues
Canon Theatre

The Lion King
Princess of Wales Theatre

Mamma Mia!
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Dame Edna: The Royal Tour
Canon Theatre

2001

Stones in His Pockets
Winter Garden Theatre

A Flea in Her Ear
Elgin Theatre

The Drawer Boy
Winter Garden Theatre

The Full Monty
Elgin Theatre

The Drowsy Chaperone
Winter Garden Theatre

Saturday Night Fever
Canon Theatre

2002

The Graduate
Canon Theatre

Syncopation
Winter Garden Theatre

Cats
Canon Theatre

Zadie’s Shoes
Winter Garden Theatre

Blast
Hummingbird Centre

Brachetti
Canon Theatre

Contact
Canon Theatre

Wingfield on Ice
Winter Garden Theatre

2003

Mambo Italiano
Elgin Theatre

Aida
Canon Theatre

Two Pianos Four Hands
Elgin Theatre

Chicago
Canon Theatre

Scaramouche Jones
Winter Garden Theatre

The Adventures of a Black Girl in Search of God
Harbourfront Centre

The Producers
Canon Theatre

Jesus Christ Superstar
Canon Theatre

2004

Copenhagen
Winter Garden Theatre

The Hollow Crown
Princess of Wales Theatre

Hairspray
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Last Empress
Hummingbird Centre

The Rat Pack
Canon Theatre

A Couple of Blaguards
Winter Garden Theatre

2005

Da Kink in My Hair
Princess of Wales Theatre

Wicked
Canon Theatre

Evita
Princess of Wales Theatre

Chun Yi: The Legend of Kung Fu
Princess of Wales Theatre

Les Misérables
Princess of Wales Theatre

Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays
Canon Theatre

Riverdance
Canon Theatre

Dame Edna: Back With A Vengeance
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Movin’ Out
Canon Theatre

2006

The Boy Friend
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Lord of the Rings
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Innocent Eye Test
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Nomade: At Night the Sky is Endless
Canon Theatre

Wingfield’s Inferno
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Martin Short: Fame Becomes Me
Canon Theatre

Spamalot
Canon Theatre

Legends!
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Wicked
Canon Theatre

Pippin
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Chicago
Princess of Wales Theatre

2007

Orpheus Descending
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Phantom of the Opera
Princess of Wales Theatre

We Will Rock You
Canon Theatre

e-DENTITY
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Vida
Royal Alexandra Theatre

High School Musical
Princess of Wales Theatre

Cats
Princess of Wales Theatre

Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story on Stage
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Sweeney Todd
Princess of Wales Theatre

John McDermott: Bringing Home Christmas
Princess of Wales Theatre

Christmas with the Rat Pack
Princess of Wales Theatre

2008

The Mirvish theatre family doubled in size with the purchase of the 2300-seat Canon Theatre – now the Ed Mirvish Theatre, and the intimate, 700-seat Panasonic Theatre.

Whistle Down the Wind
Princess of Wales Theatre

Twelve Angry Men
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, Parts I and II
Princess of Wales Theatre

Hairspray
Princess of Wales Theatre

Twelve Angry Men (Return)
Princess of Wales Theatre

We Will Rock You
Panasonic Theatre

Spamalot
Canon Theatre

The Sound of Music
Princess of Wales Theatre

A Chorus Line
Canon Theatre

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Canon Theatre

2009

Medea
Canon Theatre

The Color Purple
Canon Theatre

Spring Awakening
Canon Theatre

Dora the Explorer: Search for the City of Lost Toys
Canon Theatre

Riverdance
Canon Theatre

My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding
Panasonic Theatre

The Harder They Come
Canon Theatre

The Boys in the Photograph
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Stomp
Canon Theatre

August: Osage County
Canon Theatre

Stuff Happens
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof
Canon Theatre

Cloud 9
Panasonic Theatre

In This Decade

The Off-Mirvish series is launched, Come From Away becomes an international blockbuster, and, in the decade’s final year, a pandemic shutters theatres around the world. But theatre will survive, as it has for millennia.

In 2012 the Canon Theatre was renamed the Ed Mirvish Theatre.

2010

Little House on the Prairie
Canon Theatre

An Evening with Patti LuPone and Mandy Patinkin
Royal Alexandra Theatre

My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding
Panasonic Theatre

RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles
Princess of Wales Theatre

Young Frankenstein
Princess of Wales Theatre

Grease
Canon Theatre

Rock of Ages
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Burn the Floor
Canon Theatre

A Jew Grows in Brooklyn
Panasonic Theatre

Mamma Mia!
Princess of Wales Theatre

Cats
Canon Theatre

Fiddler on the Roof
Canon Theatre

Legally Blonde
Princess of Wales Theatre

Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles (Return)
Canon Theatre

Love, Loss and What I Wore
Panasonic Theatre

How Now Mrs Brown Cow
Canon Theatre

Banana Shpeel
Canon Theatre

Priscilla Queen of the Desert the Musical
Princess of Wales Theatre

Wicked
Canon Theatre

Rent
Canon Theatre

A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum
Canon Theatre

Andre-Philippe Gagnon
Canon Theatre

2011

Wingfield Lost & Found
Panasonic Theatre

Billy Elliot: The Musical
Canon Theatre

The Secret Garden
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Man in Black
Panasonic Theatre

The Railway Children
Roundhouse Theatre

Good Mourning Mrs. Brown
Princess of Wales Theatre

Ghost Stories
Panasonic Theatre

Calendar Girls
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Hugh Jackman in Concert
Princess of Wales Theatre

Wishful Drinking
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Blue Man Group
Princess of Wales Theatre

Private Lives
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Chess: The Musical
Princess of Wales Theatre

Fela
Canon Theatre

Two Pianos Four Hands
Panasonic Theatre

Mary Poppins
Princess of Wales Theatre

RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Hair
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Women Fully Clothed
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Lion King
Princess of Wales Theatre

2012

The Blue Dragon
Royal Alexandra Theatre

War Horse
Princess of Wales Theatre

Potted Potter
Panasonic Theatre

Bring It On
Ed Mirvish Theatre

High
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Rent
Panasonic Theatre

Pam Ann
Panasonic Theatre

Backbeat: The Birth of the Beatles
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Tap Dogs
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Sister Act
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Bloodless
Panasonic Theatre

La Cage Aux Folles
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Jekyll & Hyde
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Terminus
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Without You
Panasonic Theatre

The Wizard of Oz
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Spank! The 50 Shades of Grey Parody
Panasonic Theatre

2013

Clybourne Park
Panasonic Theatre

Dancing With Rage
Panasonic Theatre

Stomp
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Book Of Mormon
Princess of Wales Theatre

Cats
Panasonic Theatre

Dylan Moran
Panasonic Theatre

Shaping Sound
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Anything Goes
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Rascals: Once Upon A Dream
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Les Misérables
Princess of Wales Theatre

I Love Lucy Live on Stage
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Puppet Up: Uncensored
Panasonic Theatre

Aladdin
Ed Mirvish Theatre

God of Carnage
Panasonic Theatre

Once
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Musical of Musicals the Musical
Panasonic Theatre

2014

Heartbeat of Home
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Metamorphosis
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Arrabal
Panasonic Theatre

The Two Worlds of Charlie F
Princess of Wales Theatre

American Idiot
Royal Alexandra Theatre

RAIN: A Tribute to The Beatles
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Chicago
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Last Confession
Royal Alexandra Theatre

We Will Rock You
Ed Mirvish Theatre

The Lion King
Princess of Wales Theatre

Dead Metaphor
Panasonic Theatre

Flashdance
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Return to Grace
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Erth’s Dinosaur Zoo Live
Panasonic Theatre

Wicked
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Our Country’s Good
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Molly Johnson
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Julie Madly Deeply
Panasonic Theatre

The Boy With Tape On His Face
Panasonic Theatre

Don’t Stop Believin: An Evening of Song and Dance
Panasonic Theatre

Arcadia
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Buyer & Cellar
Panasonic Theatre

Donny & Marie Christmas in Toronto
Princess of Wales Theatre

Jersey Boys
Ed Mirvish Theatre

The Heart of Robin Hood
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Blades On Stage: A Broadway Holiday Spectacular On Ice
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Book Of Mormon
Princess of Wales Theatre

Potted Potter
Panasonic Theatre

2015

Boom
Panasonic Theatre

Once
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit
Princess of Wales Theatre

Vanya & Sonia & Masha & Spike
Panasonic Theatre

Dame Edna’s Glorious Goodbye - The Farewell Tour
Princess of Wales Theatre

Mamma Mia!
Princess of Wales Theatre

Titanic The Musical
Princess of Wales Theatre

Kinky Boots
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Newsies: A New Musical from Disney
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Upside Downton
Panasonic Theatre

Motown The Musical
Princess of Wales Theatre

Sherlock Holmes - A New Theatrical Adventure
Panasonic Theatre

Seminar
Panasonic Theatre

Rudolph The Red-Nosed Reindeer: The Musical
Princess of Wales Theatre

Dirty Dancing: The Classic Story On Stage
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Rodgers + Hammerstein’s Cinderella
Ed Mirvish Theatre

The Phantom of the Opera
Princess of Wales Theatre

Traces By 7 Fingers
Panasonic Theatre

Cannibal The Musical
Panasonic Theatre

Oh Canada - What A Feeling!
Princess of Wales Theatre

2016

Gaslight
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Bigmouth
Panasonic Theatre

A Night With Janis Joplin
Panasonic Theatre

GIG
Panasonic Theatre

The Judas Kiss
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Disgraced
Panasonic Theatre

If/Then
Princess of Wales Theatre

PostSecret: The Show
Panasonic Theatre

Riverdance 20 Years
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Forever Plaid
Panasonic Theatre

A Gentleman’s Guide To Love & Murder
Princess of Wales Theatre

Return to Grace
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Mandy Patinkin In Concert: Dress Casual
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Graeme of Thrones The Parody
Panasonic Theatre

Fight Night
Panasonic Theatre

The Man in Black
Panasonic Theatre

Matilda The Musical
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Cuisine & Confessions
Princess of Wales Theatre

Come From Away
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Illusionists
Princess of Wales Theatre

Potted Potter
Panasonic Theatre

Colm Wilkinson In Concert
Ed Mirvish Theatre

2017

The Audience
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Stomp
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Saturday Night Fever
Princess of Wales Theatre

My Night with Reg
Panasonic Theatre

The Bodyguard The Musical
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Cabaret
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Book Of Mormon
Princess of Wales Theatre

Mrs Henderson Presents
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Butcher
Panasonic Theatre

Strictly Ballroom The Musical
Princess of Wales Theatre

Father John Misty
Royal Alexandra Theatre

An Evening With Stephen Schwartz
Panasonic Theatre

The Sound of Music
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Showstopper! The Improvised Musical
Panasonic Theatre

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Ed Mirvish Theatre

North By Northwest
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
Princess of Wales Theatre

Salt-Water Moon
Panasonic Theatre

Bat Out of Hell: The Musical
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Disgraced
Panasonic Theatre

ELF The Musical
Princess of Wales Theatre

Dr. Seuss's The Lorax
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Illusionists - Live From Broadway
Princess of Wales Theatre

Million Dollar Quartet
CAA Theatre

2018

King Charles III
CAA Theatre

Come From Away
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Gobsmacked!
CAA Theatre

Rain: A Tribute to The Beatles
Princess of Wales Theatre

An American In Paris
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Annie
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Fun Home
CAA Theatre

Motown: The Musical
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Phantom of The Opera
Princess of Wales Theatre

Chicago
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Potted Potter
CAA Theatre

Wicked
Ed Mirvish Theatre

The King and I
Princess of Wales Theatre

Mamma Mia!
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Boom
CAA Theatre

Ain’t Too Proud: The Life and Times of The Temptations
Princess of Wales Theatre

Bat Out of Hell: The Musical
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Friends! The Musical Parody
CAA Theatre

Forever Tango
Princess of Wales Theatre

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
Princess of Wales Theatre

School of Rock
Ed Mirvish Theatre

6 Guitars
CAA Theatre

Reversible
CAA Theatre

2019

The Play That Goes Wrong
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Come From Away
Elgin Theatre

The Simon and Garfunkel Story
CAA Theatre

The Last Ship
Princess of Wales Theatre

Oslo
CAA Theatre

Jukebox Hero
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Dear Evan Hansen
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Jersey Boys
Ed Mirvish Theatre

The Lightning Thief: The Percy Jackson Musical
Ed Mirvish Theatre

A Doll’s House, Part 2
CAA Theatre

Opera Atelier Idomeneo
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Beautiful: The Carole King Musical
Princess of Wales Theatre

Next to Normal
CAA Theatre

Return to Grace
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Sound of Music
Princess of Wales Theatre

Little Black Dress
CAA Theatre

The Book Of Mormon
Ed Mirvish Theatre

The Lion King
Princess of Wales Theatre

Waitress
Ed Mirvish Theatre

The Office! A Musical Parody
CAA Theatre

The Band’s Visit
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Piaf/Dietrich
CAA Theatre

Girl From the North Country
Princess of Wales Theatre

Opera Atelier Don Giovanni
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Mandy Patinkin In Concert: Diaries
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Cats
Princess of Wales Theatre

Anastasia
Ed Mirvish Theatre

Come From Away
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Today

Mirvish Productions is, today, Canada’s largest commercial theatre production company.

2020

Come From Away
Royal Alexandra Theatre
(Suspended due to Covid-19)

The Phantom of the Opera
Princess of Wales Theatre

She The People
CAA Theatre

Hamilton
Ed Mirvish Theatre
(Suspended due to Covid-19)

Riverdance
Princess of Wales Theatre

Us/Them
CAA Theatre

Summer
Princess of Wales Theatre
(Suspended due to Covid-19)

first indoor theatre presentation in Toronto since the pandemic shut down all theatres

Blindness was first presented on the stage of the Princess of Wales Theatre beginning August 4, 2021 and was the first indoor theatre presentation in Toronto since the pandemic shut down all theatres.

Audiences were limited to 50 people per performance and were seated in pods of one or two. Everyone in attendance, including all staff, were masked.

August 4 - 29, 2021
Returns September 24 - October 24, 2021

2021

Blindness
Princess of Wales Theatre

Eddie Izzard Dickens' Great Expectations & The Remix: 1988-2018
CAA Theatre

Eddie Izzard - Wunderbar
Princess of Wales Theatre

No Change in the Weather
CAA Theatre

Omicron variant closes show

Jesus Christ Superstar
Princess of Wales

This reimagined 50^th Anniversary tour of Jesus Christ Superstar was schedued to play November 30, 2021 to January 2, 2022. The Omicron variant closed the curtain on the final 11 performances (December 24, 2021 to January 2, 2022).

2022

ROOM
Princess of Wales Theatre

Boy Falls From The Sky
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

Two Pianos, Four Hands
Royal Alexandra Theatre

& Juliet
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Shark is Broken
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Mean Girls
Princess of Wales Theatre

Fisherman’s Friends: The Musical 
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Indecent
CAA Theatre

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat
Princess of Wales Theatre
Through February 18, 2023

Mean Girls
Princess of Wales Theatre

Fisherman's Friends The Musical
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Pressure
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Things I Know to be True
CAA Theatre

Hamilton
Princess of Wales Theatre
 

The Land Acknowledgement, or As You Like It 
CAA Theatre

Harry Potter and the Cursed Child
Ends July 2, 2023
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

Hadestown
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Simon & Garfunkel
CAA Theatre

Lasting Impressions in 3D: The Magic of The Impressionists
CAA Theatre

SIX The Musical
Royal Alexandra Theatre

In Dreams
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

Jagged Little Pill
Princess of Wales Theatre

To Kill a Mockingbird
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

The Illusionists: Magic of the Holidays
Princess of Wales Theatre

42nd Street
Princess of Wales Theatre

Ain't Too Proud: The Life and Times of the Temptations
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

Pride and Prejudice* (*sort of)
CAA Theatre

Chicago
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

National Ballet of Ukraine
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

The Book of Mormon
Princess of Wales Theatre

Uncle Vanya
CAA Theatre

Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead
CAA Theatre

STOMP
Princess of Wales Theatre

Aladdin
Princess of Wales Theatre

Les Misérables
Princess of Wales Theatre

Hyprov: Improv Under Hypnosis
CAA Theatre

Jesus Christ Superstar
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

Hadestown
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

Dog Man: The Musical
CAA Theatre

To Kill a Mockingbird
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

Wicked
Princess of Wales Theatre

TINA - The Tina Turner Musical
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

Mean Girls
Royal Alexandra Theatre

Gazillion Bubble Show
CAA Theatre

Shrek The Musical
Princess of Wales Theatre

The Life and Music of George Michael
CAA Theatre

Rumours of Fleetwood Mac
Princess of WalesTheatre

Tommy Tiernan - TOMMEDIAN
CAA Theatre

Life of Pi
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

Come From Away
Royal Alexandra Theatre

The Thanksgiving Show
CAA Theatre

Mamma Mia
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

The Lion King
Princess of WalesTheatre

God is a scottish Drag Queen
CAA Theatre

Moulin Rouge
CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

O' Christmas Tea
CAA Theatre

Titanique
CAA Theatre