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REVIEW: Islandography is a ‘hilarious, homesick journey’

Hamilton-based comedian Justin Shaw has written a heartwarming love letter to his PEI home. Check it out at The Staircase this weekend. The list of shows Hamilton audiences have enjoyed from Justin Shaw grows ever longer with Islandography at The Staircase on Sept. 6. Others have included The…
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REVIEW: Theatre Ancaster’s A Chorus Line kicks up its heels

The entertaining and enduring Broadway classic is the first production on Theatre Ancaster’s 30th anniversary playbill for 2026-2027. Entering its final weekend of shows, Theatre Ancaster’s mainstage production of A Chorus Line provides a great opportunity to see a Broadway classic and be very well entertained by a…
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Local production of Pippin is ‘pure theatre magic’

Curtain Call Performaing Arts Company presents the classic, timeless musical as part of its Passion Project series at Gasworks until Aug. 21. Magical. Unpredictable. Extraordinary. Illusion. Discovery. Authentic. The members of Curtain Call Performing Arts Company have different words by which to describe their upcoming production…
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PREVIEW: Harold Pinter’s Old Times burrows into ‘dark, unspoken places’

Production brings together four old friends, including local theatre giant Gary Smith as director, for the British playwright’s intriguing and haunting tale about memory, power and desire. Long-time area actor and director Dia Gupta Frid formed her production company, Frid Pro Quo at the end of 2025 and…
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Two interesting plays coming to local stages

We asked the creator of For What We Labour about setting a farce in Ancient Greece and staging it in a Hamilton home, and we talked to the artistic director of the Hamilton Theatre Project about the darkly comic and provocative Within the Glass. For What We Labour:…
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REVIEW: A Grand Night for Singing delivers nostalgia, refreshing take on musical classics

The Players’ Guild of Hamilton’s revue brings the best of Rodgers and Hammerstein from The King And I, South Pacific, Allegro, Me And Juliet, Cinderella, Carousel and Oklahoma. Now in the middle of its run, The Players’ Guild of Hamilton’s production of A Grand Night for Singing is…