Sister Act and Disney’s The Little Mermaid to hit Theatre Under the Stars’ Malkin Bowl from July 3 to August 22
Peter Jorgensen and Nicol Spinola are on deck to direct the alternating shows in Stanley Park this summer
Theatre Under the Stars at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park. Photo by Shawn Bukhari
A DISCO- AND Motown-driven comedy about nuns and a Disney fairy tale will alternate this summer at Malkin Bowl in Stanley Park.
The company has announced its 2026 season roster, with Sister Act and Disney’s The Little Mermaid rotating from July 3 to August 22.
TUTS’s two-show subscription packs are on sale now at tuts.ca, and will be followed by early-bird single tickets on May 19.
Based on the 1992 hit movie starring Whoopi Goldberg, Sister Act is about disco diva Deloris Van Cartier, who goes into witness protection at a convent. Disguising herself as Sister Mary Clarence, Deloris takes over the flailing convent choir. Veteran musicals director Peter Jorgensen helms and choreographs the production, returning after steering TUTS’s Charlie and the Chocolate Factory in 2025. Sean Bayntun returns for the fourth year as music director.
A classic animated film comes to the stage in Disney’s The Little Mermaid, featuring the young Ariel, who saves the life of a prince and strikes a dangerous bargain with the sea witch Ursula to become human. It will be directed and choreographed by Nicol Spinola, who choreographed the summer 2022 production of Something Rotten!. Brent Hughes is music director on the show.
This year, TUTS will be celebrating its 86th year of staging musicals under the Douglas firs in Stanley Park. 
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