VIDEO: See the Stars of 'CURIOUS INCIDENT', COME FROM AWAY, FUN HOME and More at Mirvish's 2017-18 Season Launch Event

On September 25, 2017, the 2017/2018 Mirvish Subscription Season Launch Event took over the Royal Alexandra Theatre. Subscribers and media guests were privy to some of the great things ahead for this season of top-notch Toronto theatre. Click below to watch highlights from the event!

In total, there will be 19 shows in the 2017-18 season. There are seven shows in the main subscription series, three shows in the Off-Mirvish subscription series and nine bonus shows not on subscription.

The main series began on September 19 with an adaptation of NORTH BY NORTHWEST. It will be followed by The National Theatre of Great Britain's THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, the Old Vic's THE LORAX, the Canadian production of COME FROM AWAY, the Broadway production of AN AMERICAN IN PARIS and the Lincoln Center Theater's production of Rodgers & Hammerstein's THE KING & I.

The main series was also to include the musical stage adaptation of the Australian film MURIEL'S WEDDING, which would have been coming to Toronto from the Sydney Theatre Company. Due to scheduling conflicts, MURIEL'S WEDDING will not be able to make it to Toronto this season and will be delayed to a subsequent year. (The production will still have its world premiere in Sydney this November.)

Instead, David Mirvish will present the new production of the beloved musical ANNIE, which opened to rave reviews at the Piccadilly Theatre in London this past June.

For the Off-Mirvish presentations of two important works that have received wide acclaim in New York and London but have yet to be seen here, David Mirvish is partnering with two local companies.

With Studio 180 Theatre, with whom Mirvish has had a long co-producing relationship, they will premiere Mike Bartlett's brilliant "future history" play, KING CHARLES III, which imagines what may happen when Queen Elizabeth II dies and her son Charles ascends the British throne. Director Joel Greenberg has assembled a stellar cast of superb Canadian actors, with Shaw Festival star David Schurmann leading the company in the title role. Also starring are Jeff Meadows, Shannon Taylor, Wade Bogert-O'Brien, Jessica Greenberg, Guy Bannerman, Gray Powell, Patrick Galligan, Amy Rutherford, Sam Kalilieh and Karl Ang.

With the Musical Stage Company, Mirvish will co-produce the five-time Tony Award-winning musical, FUN HOME. Director Robert McQueen's cast spans three generations of Canadian talent. The cast includes acclaimed veterans of Canadian theatre and screen, Evan Buliung and Cynthia Dale, performers who have already built an excellent body of work; Laura Condlln and Sara Farb, who are still in the early years of their careers; and young performers such as Hannah Levinson, who only at the age of 11 has already starred in Matilda The Musical and Grey Gardens.

For more about the 2017-18 season, click here!

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