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Arts + Culture

New season at Aquarius features Frozen and plenty of Canada

By Meredith MacLeod Mar 6, 2025

Disney musical, Agatha Christie mystery, comedy set in Hamilton, Gen X mashup, and play based on music of The Tragically Hip make up the 2025-2026 lineup. Theatre Aquarius’s next season seems tailor made for the buy Canadian sentiment that is surging right now in the face of U.S.

Arts + Culture

Maggie is a universal tale of family, sacrifice

By Meredith MacLeod Apr 18, 2023

Multi-platinum selling music star Johnny Reid wrote the musical in tribute to his Scottish grannie. Its world premiere runs April 19 to May 7 at Theatre Aquarius. Canadian music star Johnny Reid wrote Maggie as a musical love letter to his Scottish grannie. But he hopes audiences who…