Opening night for Disney’s Newsies is tomorrow, Friday April 17!
Get ready for this scrappy and snappy musical sensation with a Tony-award winning score that will sweep you off your feet! This is our biggest production of the season and features our Diploma and Certificate students. They will take the McPherson Playhouse stage from April 17-25 and bring this musical to life with rousing calls to action!
Check out the buzz around town for this timeless production:
Times Colonist – “College brings Disney classic Newsies to the stage”
Monday Magazine – “Newsies brings pivotal chapter in labour movement to the stage”
Saanich News – “Story marking pivotal chapter in workers’ rights comes to Victoria stage”
Victoria Buzz – “Newsies set to hit the stage at Victoria’s McPherson Playhouse this April”
Disney’s Newsies
April 17-25 2026
McPherson Playhouse | 3 Centennial Square
Tickets: $30-$55 | rmts.bc.ca
Disney’s NEWSIES is presented through special arrangement with Music Theatre International (MTI). All authorized performance Materials are also supplied by MTI. www.mtishows.com.
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.