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GIFT GUIDE: Big gifts for littles

Kids and parents are going to love these creative — and entirely local — products and experiences! When checking little ones off your shopping list this holiday season, you don’t have to look beyond Hamilton for unique gifts that both children and parents will love. Shop the…
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REVIEW: The Vagina Monologues ‘embraces the power of the ensemble’

Theatre Ancaster’s production does full justice to the groundbreaking, influential work that empowers and celebrates women. Theatre Ancaster is in the midst of a terrific production of The Vagina Monologues that all lovers of theatre, storytelling, and women should experience. Although the play centres on the (multifaceted) experience…
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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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Fans flocking to festive, family-friendly and musical fun

Burlington’s Santa the Panto and other seasonal productions in Hamilton, Ancaster and Waterdown are proving popular as the transition to the holiday season continues on local stages. Theatre Burlington’s Santa the Panto is a festive family-friendly show for the “young and young at heart,” and the company says…
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Mid-September brings a bonanza of theatre options in the Hamilton area

From veteran theatres to up-and-comers, this weekend kicks off the new stage season offering productions, as well as theatre events. Our theatre writer Allison M. Jones offers a rundown of your options. This Friday begins a busy few weeks of the new theatre season as several new productions…
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Young performers showcased in two very different local productions

Theatre Ancaster’s Spring Awakening is a bold rock musical that may cause some discomfort, while The Lightning Thief: A Percy Jackson Musical from Curtain Call Performing Arts Company is a whimsical, all-ages fantasy. Although many theatre companies will launch their seasons next month, two area organizations…