The Elvis Christmas Comeback Special Opens Nov. 26
The Arts Club's holiday show this year is a night with Elvis. The Elvis Christmas Comeback Special opens Thursday, November 26, 2026 on the Olympic Village Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre, and it runs to December 27. Tickets start at $29, and the Arts Club lists it as a world premiere.
What the night is
On December 3, 1968, Elvis went on television after seven years away from the music business and tried to win his audience back. This show takes you inside that night. Tracey Power conceived and directs it, with Van Wilmott as music director and co-creator, and the Arts Club describes it as a dynamic theatrical concert.
The Elvis Ensemble is four performers: Brianna Clark, Tainui Kuru, James Ross and Ali Watson. A three-piece band called The '68 Specials plays behind them, with Joseph Lubinsky-Mast on bass, Paul Pigat on guitar and Jodie Ponto on drums. The content advisory mentions flashing lights and water-based haze and fog.
Which night to book
The regular schedule is Tuesday at 7pm, Wednesday at 1pm and 7pm, Thursday and Friday at 7:30pm, Saturday at 1:30pm and 7:30pm, and Sunday at 2pm. Mondays are dark. Christmas Eve is a 1pm show.
If you want a bit more from the evening, Tuesday, December 8 at 7pm is a Talkback Tuesday. There are also VocalEye described performances on December 11 at 7:30pm and December 20 at 2pm, and open caption performances on December 13 at 2pm and December 22 at 7pm. Tickets start at $29.
Before or after the show
It suits a December date well. It is warm, it has songs you already know, and it gives you something to talk about on the walk back. The Arts Club says that if you show a same-day theatre ticket at one of its restaurant partners, you get 15% off food.
Closer to the theatre, Kavita on West 3rd serves a modern Indian tasting menu a few minutes away, and Key Party on Main Street is a seventies cocktail bar that fits the mood of the show.
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