The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2026)
dates. December 18 to January 2
venue. The Gladstone Theatre, Ottawa
credits. C.S. Lewis, Joseph Robinette
“Safe?... don’t you hear what Mrs. Beaver tells you? Who said anything about safe? ‘Course he isn’t safe. But he’s good. He’s the King, I tell you.”
Experience the Deep Magic of Narnia this Christmas through the magic of theatre with this timeless tale of good and evil, talking animals, the bravery of children, and a sacrifice of love. The story begins with the land of Narnia frozen in a perpetual winter of darkness and despair, seemingly all under the dominion of the White Witch. Though the Great Lion Aslan is often absent from the land (so that his very existence is doubted by some), he returns when the need for him is greatest, bringing with him an end to the long winter, and making an ultimate sacrifice of love, culminating in a battle between good and evil. Entering at a moment of high adventure in the story are the four Pevensie children, transported from our world in war time through a magical wardrobe where they embark on a quest to save Narnia from the White Witch meeting various Narnians along the way including Mr. Tumnus, Mr. and Mrs. Beaver, Father Christmas, and Aslan himself.
Check out a review of our 2018 production by Rachel Feddema called Waiting for Aslan.
THE ARTISTIC TEAM
ANDREA STEINWAND (Set designer) | BREANNA DOYLE (Assistant Director) | DON DOUGLAS (Lighting Designer) | GAILENE GREEN (Costume Designer) | GEORGE DUTCH (Assistant Director, Dramaturge) | JENNIFER BARKLEY (Properties Designer) | JENNY SHEFFIELD & SARAH ARGUE ("The Beavers" Puppet Builders) | JONATHAN HARRIS (Director) | IAN MCMULLEN (Associate Director, Fight Choreographer, The Elf Puppet Builder) | KRISTA DALBY & THE DEPARTMENT OF ILLUMINATION ("Aslan" Puppet Builder) | MARGARET SMITH (Composer) | RUTH ALLISON (2023 Costume Designer) | TERESA SEASONS (2018 Properties Designer)
THE PRODUCTION TEAM
DON DOUGLAS (Technical Director) | ESTHER SANGALLI (Transportation Coordinator) | EVELYN JOST (Hospitality Coordinator, Wardrobe Assistant) | KELTIE NEWMARCH (Rehearsal Assistant) | JENNIFER PARENT (Front-of-House Manager, Production Assistant) | JONATHAN HARRIS (Producing Artistic Director) | IAN MCMULLEN (Stage Manager) | SARAH MCKAY (Assistant Stage Manager) | SHANNON AU (Production Manager) | SUSAN MARRINER (Graphics Designer) | TINA SEGRETO (Managing Director) | UDIT SAPRE (Assistant Stage Manager)
THE ENSEMBLE CAST
ASHLEY GILLARD (The White Witch) | BEN DION WEISS (Fenris Ulf / Aslan Puppeteer) | BRUNO TILGNER (The Dwarf) | CALLUM MCLAUGHLIN (Peter Pevensie) | DECLAN GORDON (Edmund Pevensie) | FRANCESCA DE VRIES (The Unicorn) | JACK DILLABOUGH (Mr. Tumnus / The Elf / Aslan Puppeteer) | JONATHAN MACDONALD (Mr. Centaur) | JULIA HUBERT (Aslan Puppeteer / Wolf / Reindeer) | KALINA SINGH (Susan Pevensie) | KEVIN COCKELL (Father Christmas) | LÉNA GUTKNECHT (Lucy Pevensie) | LOUIS SEBASTIAN CASTRO LOPEZ (Peter Pevensie) | MAYA DEVLEN (Edmund Pevensie) | MICHAEL KOSOWAN (Mr. Beaver) | PETER GRAVES (Voice of Aslan) | ROBIN YOUNG-BERNARD (Lucy Pevensie) | SAMANTHA MACDONALD (Susan Pevensie) | SANJIV KALRA (Father Christmas) | SHAUNA AKKERMANS (Mrs. Beaver) | VALERIE HAMILTON (Aslan Puppeteer / Wolf / Reindeer / The White Stag)
