TORONTO - A comedy about a bunch of British women who pose nude for a charity calendar and a beloved children's classic about an orphan in a secret garden will be mounted by Mirvish Productions next year.

Mirvish revealed its full 2010/2011 subscription season Monday, and "Calendar Girls" and "The Secret Garden" were among the titles that hadn't been previously announced.

"Calendar Girls" is inspired by the story of Angela Baker of North Yorkshire, England, whose husband died from non-Hodgkin's lymphoma over a decade ago.

Her story was made into a film in 2003 and later a stage show that will make is North American premiere with a Canadian cast in Toronto in April 2011.

"The Secret Garden," based on the Frances Hodgson Burnett novel about an orphan who discovers a mysterious oasis, will debut in March 2011.

Another just-added title is "Sweet Charity," the Neil Simon comedy about a woman who's perpetually unlucky in love. It's due to open here in March 2011.

Other shows announced for the upcoming season include "Priscilla Queen of the Desert," which was originally added to last season but postponed due to logistics. It's now due to arrive in October with a heralded story of a trio of drag queens on a road trip in Australia.

"A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum," also previously announced, will debut in the city in December as part of a collaboration with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival in southwestern Ontario.

Funnyman Sean Cullen, who played the lead of Roman slave Pseudolus in the Stratford production last summer, will share the same role with theatre veteran Bruce Dow when it lands in Toronto. Stratford artistic director Des McAnuff is helming the Stephen Sondheim's classic.

Also coming next year, as announced last week, is 10-time Tony Award winner "Billy Elliot the Musical," about a British coal miner's son who ditches boxing to pursue his dream of dancing. It begins its run in February 2011.

Mirvish is also offering six more productions off-subscription for 2010/2011: "My Mother's Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding"; "Rock of Ages"; "Mamma Mia!"; "A Jew Grows in Brooklyn"; "Fiddler on the Roof"; and "Wingfield -- Lost and Found."

Mirvish bills the upcoming season as "an electrifying" one, and even handed out energy-efficient lightbulbs at Monday's press conference to stress the point.

"With all the shows, there's a brightness to them," said producer David Mirvish.

"'Priscilla certainly has that joie de vivre. Even the tough ones where there is a bit of a sadness in the end, there also is a sense of overcoming challenge ... there's a face of bravery through the whole season."

Last season, Mirvish had about 5,000 less subscribers over the season before, said Mirvish, adding he's confident the heavy slate of musicals will draw more audiences in.

"Last year, I think the whole world was in a recession and the subscriber numbers dropped a little but not nearly as much as I had anticipated and I believe this season they'll grow again. I think we just had to be very sensitive to what people would respond to."