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REVIEW: Look Back in Anger is an earthquake of a play

Despite some strong performances, John Osborne’s shocking play about young male rage by Kitchen Sink Collective never really comes together. When Look Back In Anger was first staged in the ’50s, it was a shocking revelation. An unrelenting realist screed set amidst a sea of polite drawing room…
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Hamilton Phil season opens with Beethoven’s Countryside

Hamilton Phil's 2026-2027 season opens opens with Beethoven’s Symphony No. 6 “Pastoral," alongside works by Berlioz and Chausson. Together, these pieces set the stage for an ambitious new season. Opening night at the Hamilton Phil is fast approaching on Oct. 3 with music director James Kahane at the…
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HAMILTON READS

Depression Cooking by Sonali Menezes is part comic, recipe book, and memoir and is a ‘warm, generous, and illustrated guide to nurturing yourself when life – and the world – is too much.’ Depression Cooking: Feeding Yourself When It All Feels Too HardBy Sonali Menezes In…
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REVIEW: Mass Appeal tackles religious themes in palatable ways

The Players’ Guild production is gorgeously staged and well-acted, and raises some laughs while pondering some of the thorny complexities of human nature, power, popularity, and truth. The title of The Players’ Guild’s current production, Mass Appeal, is a play on words and a window into its plot.
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Paying homage to made in Hamilton

Third-generation steelworker and eighth-generation Hamiltonian Glen Faulman has spent two decades collecting artifacts from the city’s extensive and impressive manufacturing history. More than 400 items make up Made in Hamilton: The Glen Faulman Collection, on display at the Art Gallery of Hamilton until Jan. 3, 2027. A manly…
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REVIEW: On Golden Pond is a quiet, understated slice-of-life tale

Theatre Ancaster delivers a family story of aging, memories and relationships as the source of both friction and solace. With three performances left in its run, On Golden Pond at Theatre Ancaster provides a gentle diversion with bittersweet moments, relatable humour, and a silver thread of optimism in…