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iPhoto caption: Photo by Dahlia Katz.

REVIEW: Beautiful Scars is a rousing, heartfelt new musical on the life of Tom Wilson

In Beautiful Scars, Hamilton’s hometown hero shares his life story, using the ever-magnetic Sheldon Elter as a mouthpiece.

By Aisling Murphy / Apr 29, 2024
iPhoto caption: Tom Wilson and Sheldon Elter face each other at rehearsals for Beautiful Scars. Photo by Dahlia Katz.

In a new musical by Lee Harvey Osmond’s Tom Wilson, one Indigenous icon honours another

Beautiful Scars, adapted by Wilson and co-creator Shaun Smyth from Wilson’s 2017 memoir of the same name, tells the story of Wilson’s journey from a lonely childhood on the East Hamilton Mountain to a celebrated career as a multidisciplinary artist and three-time Juno-award-winning musician.

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Apr 19, 2024
iPhoto caption: A graphic for the National Centre for New Musicals at Theatre Aquarius.

Theatre Aquarius reveals inaugural selections for National Centre for New Musicals

Following a request for submissions that drew over 260 applications, the NCNM curatorial committee has selected five works for support.

By Aisling Murphy / Apr 19, 2024

REVIEW: Boy Falls from the Sky is back, and it’s worth the trip to Hamilton

When your emotional support musical is programmed by a theatre only an hour away by bus, you make the time to pay it a visit.

By Aisling Murphy / Oct 30, 2023