Productions

The Canadian Heritage Arts Society owns and operates the Canadian College of Performing Arts, and together they present live theatre and musical performances each year. The season of productions is selected to serve the community, as audience to enjoy the performing arts as an entertaining and learning experience; and to serve the students of CCPA, the artists-in-training for whom a performance experience with a live audience is one of the most valuable training moments they can have.

Announced in August each year, the CCPA Performance Hall is the main venue for an autumn season of plays from October - December, followed by a musical in January/February.

For details on shows and links to book tickets: ccpacanada.com/tickets 

The culmination of the season, and the year of training, is the production of a mainstage musical at Victoria's McPherson Playhouse for 2 weekends in April annually.

Assembling an orchestra for the production, and drawing on local artists to support its creation - this theatrical spectacle delights audiences time and time again. And with all of the CCPA Diploma students participating, is it a 40+ cast delivering a high quality event.

2025/26

Disney's Newsies 

Music by Alan Menken

Lyrics by Jack Feldman

Book by Harvey Fierstein

Based on the Disney Film written by Bob Tzudiker and Noni White.

Originally produced on Broadway by Disney Theatrical Productions.

A Tony-award winning score to sweep you up in the dramatic fight for what’s fair – based on the strike of 1899 by the child labourers of New York, led by those selling the papers for the rich and powerful.  

Scrappy, snappy, and full of rousing calls to action – this musical sensation will have you wanting to “stare down the odds and seize the day”. 

April 17 - 25, 2025

Tickets on sale soon!

NEWSIES Is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance Materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com.