Arts + Culture

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…

The Uncloseted Comedy Pride Festival, now in its third year, is on this weekend at The Staircase Theatre. The first Uncloseted Comedy Pride Festival happened really as a fluke but this weekend will be the third annual festival dedicated to queer joy and it’s a fluke no…

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…

Their work explores the pleasures, resilience and secrets of the queer experience through holograms, lenticular prints, digital renderings, and the reflective distortions of chrome. I can’t help but think of holograms as the neon-retro dreams of a future that never came, which made my first encounter with Ardyn…

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…

Hamilton Arts Council’s annual cultural celebration returns for 2025 with 12 signature events from June 3-12 that showcase the diversity, creativity, and stories of our city. Hamilton is an arts town and that is never more true than during Hamilton Arts Week, taking place across the city…