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Theatre Aquarius is a hub for creative conversation that celebrates possibility, engages community, fosters innovation, and ignites future voices. We’re your gathering place to share stories that provoke, delight, inspire, and transform. For 50 seasons, we have been recognized as a leader in Canadian Theatre, producing work of the highest quality, premiering new plays, developing the skills of professional artists, and investing in youth and families in the Hamilton region and beyond. We are guided by our Strategic Actions that are rooted in excellence, collaboration, audience engagement, inclusivity, and sustainability. Theatre Aquarius is a member of the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and proudly engages artists who are members of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association (CAEA) and stage technicians who are members of IATSE Locals 129 and 828.

Upcoming Shows

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Nov 18 – Dec 20, 2026

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat Lyrics by Tim Rice Music by Andrew Lloyd Webber One of the world’s most beloved family musicals comes to Hamilton for the holidays. Featuring much-loved pop and musical theatre classics, including Any Dream Will Do, Close Every Door...

All's Well

All's Well

Jan 27 – Feb 13, 2027

All’s Well By Mona Awad A Crow’s Theatre and Soulpepper Theatre co-production Adapted for the stage by Erin Shields Starring Maev Beaty “Whenever you see the name Erin Shields on a theatre program, you know you are in for quality entertainment.” ~Gary Smith In this wild comedy...

Matilda The Musical

Matilda The Musical

Mar 10 – Apr 4, 2027

Roald Dahl's Matilda The Musical Book by Dennis Kelly Music & Lyrics by Tim Minchin A beloved fan favourite, Matilda comes to life in a spectacular new Theatre Aquarius production, bringing wit, heart, and electrifying energy to Hamilton. Based on Roald Dahl’s cherished novel...

Heist

Heist

Apr 28 – May 15, 2027

Heist By Arun Lakra Ocean’s Eleven meets the theatrical stage. Five criminals reunite for one final job after a devastating betrayal. But in a world built on double-crosses, loyalty is fleeting—and karma is waiting in the wings. Fast, smart, and dangerously fun, this slick...

Articles

Review: THE DESCENT OF ORPHEUS at Koerner Hall

Review: THE DESCENT OF ORPHEUS at Koerner Hall

by Keira Grant · October 24, 2026

Opera Atelier specializes in 17th- and 18th-century works, and Co-Artistic Directors Marshall Pynkoski and Jeannette Lajeunesse Zingg are highly adept at bringing them to life with fidelity to the conventions of the time. Impressively, they manage to do this in a way that never feels tone deaf to mo…

Review: PROPHETESS at Tarragon Theatre

Review: PROPHETESS at Tarragon Theatre

by Samantha Wu · October 16, 2026

Prophetess is a rabbit hole kind of tale, one that's a chaotic descent into madness. Playing now at the Tarragon Theatre until November 1 2026, this dynamic production is written by Ho Ka Kei (Jeff Ho) and directed/dramaturged by Mike Payette. Prophetess is the kind of show that is ripe for theatre …

Review: COSĺ FAN TUTTE at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts

Review: COSĺ FAN TUTTE at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts

by Keira Grant · October 4, 2026

The Canadian Opera Company’s remount of its 2014 production of Cosí Fan Tutte, originally directed by Atom Egoyan, brings to bear all of the performance and creative excellence for which the COC is known. However, in the post- #MeToo era, and amidst the Cornell 7 scandal, this 236-year-old work h…

Review: BOOTY CANDY at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre

Review: BOOTY CANDY at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre

by Keira Grant · October 2, 2026

Booty Candy is perfect for 2026. It has just the right blend of hilarity and  hyperbole to take your mind off current events and just enough home truths to give a voice to the shared pain, fear and rage of all of us whose very existence is subversive during these turbulent times. At a time when pla…

Review: ALICIA KEYS' HELL'S KITCHEN at CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

Review: ALICIA KEYS' HELL'S KITCHEN at CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre

by Samantha Wu · September 28, 2026

Multi-Grammy Award winning singer-songwriter Alicia Keys lends her soulful and iconic tunes to Hell's Kitchen on stage now at the CAA Ed Mirvish Theatre, directed by Patrick Willingham and Oskar Eustis (artistic director) with book by Kristoffer Diaz. This moving coming-of-age story features the the…

Review: WALDEN at The Theatre Centre

Review: WALDEN at The Theatre Centre

by Ilana Lucas · September 27, 2026

WALDEN is more successful in its exploration of family dynamics than as a work of speculative fiction. However, Icarus Theatre’s production at The Theatre Centre, directed by Erik Richards, still takes off for an engaging 90 minutes of theatre.…

Review: LA TRAVIATA at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts

Review: LA TRAVIATA at Four Seasons Centre For The Performing Arts

by Keira Grant · September 20, 2026

Canadian Opera Company’s season opener La Traviata pulls out all the stops and sets an extremely high bar for the rest of its 26-27 offerings. My companion has been coming to the opera with me for many years, and she was blown away, proclaiming this as one of her all-time faves. “A triumph,” s…

Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Soulpepper Theatre

Review: SPRING AWAKENING at Soulpepper Theatre

by Elizabeth Armstrong · September 18, 2026

Spring Awakening at Soulpepper Theatre is a well-executed and expertly-crafted sensory delight (though the dark themes this play tackles are far from delightful) that offers an intense, almost cinematic theatre-going experience.…

Review: AMADEUS at Shaw Festival

Review: AMADEUS at Shaw Festival

by Michael Rabice · August 24, 2026

The Shaw Festival seems to be having a small tribute festival to Shaffer brothers as it is presenting two of their known pieces this season. The dark mystery SLEUTH by Anthony Shaffer is now playing to great acclaim at the Court House Theatre and more recently and the comic drama AMADEUS by Sir Pe…

Review: SLEUTH  AND ONE FOR THE POT at SHAW FESTIVAL

Review: SLEUTH AND ONE FOR THE POT at SHAW FESTIVAL

by Michael Rabice · August 8, 2026

An embarrassment of artistic riches has yet again convened in Niagara on the  Lake for this season’s Shaw Festival. Two very different plays  are given world class productions sharing many of the same talents. Last week I attended Anthony Shaffer’s psychological thriller SLEUTH at the intima…

Past Shows

21 total · showing 11–20

The Master Plan

The Master Plan

Oct 30 – Nov 16, 2024

A Crow’s Theatre Production Written by Michael Healey Based on the award-winning book Sideways: The City Google Couldn’t Buy by Josh O’Kane Directed by Chris Abraham FIND YOUR BOONDOGGLE. THE MASTER PLAN by Michael Healey is a biting satire about the stunning failure to build a...

King James

King James

Sep 25 – Oct 12, 2024

By Rajiv Joseph In association with Alberta Theatre Projects “King” LeBron James’s reign in Cleveland brings promise, prosperity, and renewal to a city in desperate need of all three. It also brings together two unlikely friends in a bond forged by fandom. Told over twelve years...

Izad Etemadi: Let Me Explain

Izad Etemadi: Let Me Explain

Jul 19 – Jul 28, 2024

Izad Etemadi has spent most of his life explaining himself to others. His ethnicity, his sexuality, the pronunciation of his name. But as an elder millennial dealing with back pain and digestive issues, he doesn’t have the time or energy to keep explaining things. Through jokes...

How We Got To Jersey: A Tale of Two Frankies

How We Got To Jersey: A Tale of Two Frankies

Jun 6

How We Got To Jersey: A Tale of Two Frankies is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to hear not one, but TWO Frankie Vallis in a showstopping concert revue that takes you behind the scenes of the blockbuster Boadway smash hit, Jersey Boys . Find out how two small-town Canadian kids...

The Sting

The Sting

May 30 – Jun 1, 2024

THE STING THE HAMILTON LAWYER’S SHOW 2024 By David Rogers Adapted from the screenplay by David Ward Directed by Steven Schipper C.M, O.M. THE LAWYERS ARE BACK! The Hamilton Lawyers’ Show is returning to the Aquarius stage. This time, Hamilton’s lawyer-actors (actor-lawyers?) are...

Beautiful Scars

Beautiful Scars

Apr 24 – May 11, 2024

A new musical created by Tom Wilson & Shaun Smyth. Inspired by the book Beautiful Scars: Steeltown Secrets, Mohawk Skywalkers and the Road Home.

StageMagBeautiful Scars StageMag
BUDDY HOLLY’S ROCKIN’ PARTY

BUDDY HOLLY’S ROCKIN’ PARTY

Mar 27

A fundraising event for Theatre Aquarius’ 50th Season! Hamilton’s own Jeff Giles made his professional debut on the Aquarius stage when he was barely a teenager, but Hamilton audiences may best remember him as Rock & Roll pioneer Buddy Holly in Theatre Aquarius’ smash-hit...

Shirley Valentine

Shirley Valentine

Mar 6 – Mar 23, 2024

WRITTEN BY WILLY RUSSELL Directed by: Tracey Flye Starring: Shauna Black FIND YOUR SELF Shirley Valentine is a Liverpool housewife – lost in marriage and motherhood and spending far too much time talking to the kitchen wall while making her husband’s evening meal of “chips and...

Uncle Vanya

Uncle Vanya

Jan 10 – Jan 27, 2024

A Crow’s Theatre Production UNCLE VANYA Written by Anton Chekhov Directed by Chris Abraham Adapted by Liisa Repo-Martell A modern adaptation and dazzling cast breathe new life into Chekhov’s masterpiece. In the waning days of Czarist Russia, Vanya and his niece, Sonya, toil...

StageMagUncle Vanya StageMag

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