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PREVIEW: Playtime 2 in Burlington delivers diverse lineups

Summertime short play festival will feature fresh new works from local playwrights. Offering “a summertime fix of community theatre,” Theatre Burlington is presenting the second annual installment of its short play festival called Playtime over two weekends on June 13 and 14 and 20 and 21. Theatre lovers…
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REVIEW: The Savannah Sipping Society is comfortingly familiar while telling a new and funny story

The Players’ Guild of Hamilton’s satisfying season-ending comedy brings together four women over 50 who are searching for friendships and new directions. The last production of the season for The Players’ Guild of Hamilton is The Savannah Sipping Society, a funny, well-paced, and satisfying comedy that brings together…
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Piindigen: Amplifying once-excluded theatre voices

For two years, Theatre Aquarius’s Indigenous Piindigen program has actively sought out traditionally unheard storytellers to teach and showcase their work. The culmination of this year's program is being presented Saturday as part of the Brave New Works Festival. The Brave New Works Festival, Theatre Aquarius’ annual…
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Big Fish is a head-turning kaleidoscope of action

Hamilton Theatre Inc.’s final production of the season is a rollicking, high energy, never-say-die good time meant for a wide audience. Hamilton Theatre Inc. is known for its enthusiastic and lively musicals backed by the orchestrations of its own talented band. This time the company is performing Big…
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REVIEW: Family story is powerful and relatable

Dundas Little Theatre’s Things I Know to Be True delivers impactful and nuanced performances from its cast of six family drama sure to strike a chord with audiences. The U.K.’s Radio Times once described Things I Know to Be True as an “understated gem.” It’s a…
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REVIEW: Sequence is a clever, challenging piece of theatre

Village Theatre Waterdown’s closing production of the season merges two parallel narratives in a fast-paced, well-acted production. The closing production of Village Theatre Waterdown’s season is Sequence, a cerebral and mysterious show that will have synapses firing as big ideas and barbs fly. Sequence is an award-winning play…