HAMILTON CITY Magazine theatre reviewers have taken in Hamilton Fringe Festival shows all across our city and delivered fast and fun takes on what they see. Check them all out here, including our critics' picks for Best of Fringe! Fringe 2026 is 55 plays and 400 performances at…

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…

Curtain Call Performing Arts Company’s sold-out run of the popular musical promised a ‘joyous romp,’ and it delivered in impressive fashion. Late last week, local performing arts company Curtain Call held four sold-out performances of the musical Matilda Jr., the culmination of its 2026 intermediate musical theatre program…

Youth performers stage Disney’s Descendants: The Musical in Brantford this weekend and School of Rock in Hamilton next week. Based on the popular Disney Channel movies, Disney's Descendants: The Musical is a show packed with comedy, adventure, colourful characters and hit songs being staged by a youth company…

Dundas Little Theatre production tackles grief, homophobia, bullying, and parental mistakes through a relentless script, compelling acting, deft direction, and strongly atmospheric technical design. In some plays, the most dramatic moments are those that press within the silences, hiding in-between dialogue when characters struggle to meet one…

Theatre Burlington’s production of the play by Hamilton resident Kristen Da Silva, centring around the nationally beloved sport of curling, brings plenty of laughs, along with small-town charm. The Canadian-penned comedy Hurry Hard is enjoying a very successful run at Theatre Burlington, one that was nearly sold-out on…