Only in Canada could a story this outrageously fun, this big-hearted, and this unexpectedly moving make it to the stage, and we are so grateful it did.
Grow, the wildly entertaining new Canadian musical, arrived with all the warmth, humour, and genuine heart of the very best theatre experiences, and left every single person in the audience completely enchanted. The premise alone is irresistible: nineteen-year-old Amish twins Hannah and Ruth are leaving their sheltered community for the very first time, embarking on Rumspringa, that sacred window of freedom to experience the modern world before committing to a life within the faith.
What follows is the kind of unexpected, joyful, and deeply moving adventure that only great storytelling can deliver. When their big-city journey takes a turn nobody could have predicted, the twins’ extraordinary green thumbs lead them into an unlikely and utterly hilarious partnership with a cannabis dispensary owner and together, they set out to create nothing less than the world’s greatest weed.
But beneath the laughs and the leaves, Grow is ultimately a story about family, about faith, about identity, and about what happens when the world you thought you knew suddenly opens up into something so much bigger and more beautiful than you ever imagined.
Bold, funny, genuinely touching, and proudly Canadian in every possible way. Grow is the kind of musical that reminds you exactly why live theatre is one of life’s greatest pleasures.
VIDEO BY VASILI VROULIS