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REVIEW: Newsies is art at its best

Curtain Call Performing Arts Company’s production of this classic musical features a strong cast, standout choreography and a message perfectly suited to our times. Curtain Call Performing Arts Company, a local theatre company soon entering its ninth season, has produced a wonderful rendition of Disney’s Newsies: The Musical…
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Lots of heart in this Little Shop of Horrors

Big Hearts Little Theatre’s production features strong, sinister and sweet performances, and an extraordinary man-eating plant. Entering its final weekend, Big Hearts Little Theatre’s production of Little Shop of Horrors offers a family-friendly option for those wanting to fill these remaining weeks before school starts with theatre…
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This West Side Story soars

Theatre Ancaster’s production of classic, and still timely, musical is full of stellar performances, spectacle and energy. Heading home from Theatre Ancaster’s mainstage production of West Side Story, I reflected on the wealth of talent we have in the Hamilton area from actors and musicians to singers and…
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Decades of Steel City sound

Hamilton has long punched above its weight as a musical powerhouse. Here, we trace 55 years of the city’s breakout bands. And check out great live music venues, too. It is no secret that Hamilton is one of Canada’s biggest and best music cities. With its…
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Ariana Fig: Fruitful fusion

The Hamilton singer-songwriter has taken her classical violin training and applied it to creating eclectic original songs that blend pop, folk, alternative and jazz.  By Stephen Metelsky and Jenna Yeomans “The world is so big, you’re just one person telling your story. Everybody has a…
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The Workers Arts & Heritage Centre : A force of labour

The WAHC was founded by working people for working people – a rare entity in the world of museums. In the 30 years since its founding by a dynamic group of labour historians, artists, and union activists, the Workers Arts & Heritage Centre (WAHC) has transcended its first…