Living Arts Centre Review

One of the best locations in Mississauga for art performance and workshops

Great activities, shows and exhibits all year long.

Great place! Beautiful theatre, large (versatile) entrance.

Been here for few events and it's great to see an art centre in Mississauga with good facilities. The centre is in immaculate condition all the time even though they keep the doors open for everyone to walk thru it.

You will occasionally see wedding photos being taken here as well.

I enjoyed the Clemons Christmas show excellent evening Mike and Diane

Lots of parking, on site restaurant and great theatres

Beautiful establishment. Excellent option to downtown Toronto theatres.

The evening with Bob Woodward was insightful and very entertaining. Host Steve Paikin was excellent as were audience questions. LAC is a well-designed facility with most courteous staff.

Great performance inside a great venue, Hammerson Hall. Being here stirred up some emotionally nostalgic feelings because this is the same stage that I walked across 10+ years ago when I graduated from Sheridan College.
Adding to these emotions was the remembering of the time in the grand lobby with my Father back then when he was purchasing the Graduation memorabilia like Photos and Frames for my Diploma and Certificate for us. I was his first child to graduate from Post-Secondary school.
Back to the recent experience, all was good until the end of the show when I was on the wait out. I got to meet the Director and then, just seconds after, one of the Ushers expressed concern to the Director over a culturally sensitive gesture which was portrayed in the Performance. I think the Usher should have been more considerate about when and how to express this concern to the Director... not in front of all the nearby Patrons, at least.

The best! I love everything about this place except the parking.

We went to see Louie Anderson, a comedian. One person in the audience, clearly drunk, was extremely obnoxious. The staff were very quick about removing this person from the audience. I was impressed with their actions.

I happened to overhear management talking back to their staff over a minor issue over something wrong they did. You don't do that where customers are present. Sorry that is just poor management etiquette... especially for a place that is run by the city. The show was very entertaining !! Bathrooms could have been cleaner.

Great multi purpose venue for arts and cultural event in the center of Mississauga city, right by the Square One Mall.

This venue has everything from evening shows, to weekend activities, and smaller scale vendor shows/sales, or even visiting for some work training on the upper levels. It's very easy to visit, you can park across the street at Square One. I have always liked visiting LAC, because it is always clean, and feels like home.

The Living Arts Centre is a wide open space full of Art, great arquitecture. Hammerson Hall theater have very good acoustic. Well organized. Spacious parking and close to square one.

Beautiful, well maintained facility. Staff is friendly and helpful. Be aware that, at least the night I was there (in January), folks were not permitted to wear or take their coats into the theatre (this policy may now be under review). There is a complimentary coat check, however, although you may feel moved to make a donation to the community group that is operating it. Aside from that quibble, the venue was comfortable, acoustics good, and sightlines very satisfactory, at least from my seat on the right side of the orchestra.

Great place with lot of things happening. Love the selection of activities for both kids and adults here.

Great summer camps with good staff. Parking under ground is very easy to access and available most of the tones when we go for kids activities.

World class art performing centre. Great theatre, impeccable sound, fantastic acoustic. Numerous performances, classes and activities during the year in this phenomenal, grandiose facility. Great ambiance and atmosphere.
Wonderful place to enjoy shows, pottery, wood carving, painting, jewellery and many more courses.

This is my favorite place. My dayghter and me attend and still attend courses and events in there. It's always good and exciting to be there!

Went for Shen Yun Performance...well organized and managed. You will see staff guiding you at every point.

Staff are super friendly and kids programs are good.

Rent is a bit pricey but for a place like Mississauga it's definitely above par workers and a place suitable for concerts and performances. Workers are trained and the centre is versatile and multi-purpose.

Was here for a class. Staff friendly. Clean building. And great atmosphere

This place is amazing. Plenty of talent to enjoy in a wonderful atmosphere.

I love this place! It is in the perfect location with underground parking and lots of other parking surrounding it. Lots of restaurants close by to grab a meal pre show...they even have their own restaurant, Live. The shows are very good and they have the large Hammerson hall and the smaller RBC theatre. I love that they also host many activities for the various festivals that the city hosts.
When my kids were younger, we attended many community programs here as well...dance, musical theatre camp, etc.

Great performance venues. Easy cheap parking. Interesting side attractions.

I have performed here many times, i have seen concerts here many times, i have rehearsed here many times, and this is one of the best buildings in all of Mississauga

Very modern and spacious place. It's been used in the film industry for many movies and TV shows.

Excellent Christmas production by the Salvation Army! The Living Arts Staff and Volunteers were awesome and exceeded my expectations surrounding wheel chair access and accommodations for the show. Very friendly and welcoming! Thank you!

Great venue for training, accessible and lots of services...

We went to attend a live show, and the Centre was fine. It was a bit difficult to find, but there was underground parking.

It is an amazing, multicultural place for you to visit!

Well run, clean facility with excellent programming super close to mall :)

A Caution to Parents

My wife and I, along with our two-year old, attended the November 23rd performance for Sesame Street: C is for Celebration at the Living Arts Centre.

The day we purchased tickets, we called the box office to find out the policy with toddlers/infants and were told that we could buy a "baby ticket" in advance for $5 or pay $2 at the door for the same ticket.

We called once more leading up to the event to confirm this policy, and we were told the same thing. We consulted an usher that we know personally and she confirmed a second time.

Great! We thought. We'll pay the $2 and everything is a-okay.

Fast forward to the day of the show. We show up at the box office and are told that they are sold out of baby tickets, and that if we want our child to attend, will need to pay $20. Are you kidding me?

Not once was the "limited quantity" of the baby tickets disclosed to us via email or telephone, despite our inquiries. And how are they sold out if I can still buy one for a 1000% price increase? Honest to God gouging by this venue, and I shudder to think how many parents paid this fee not knowing what else to do.

Fortunately, we complained and spoke to a manager, and were given a "baby ticket" free of charge.

Doubt we will ever attend another event at the LAC.

Parents, watch out.

The living arts is a great theatre, excellent acoustics. Seating is perfect. So happy to have a place like this in mississauga to enjoys, musicals, concerts, ballet, etc etc.

Come and enjoy the music! Thou shalt! WIthout doubt! And, you'll come back!

Friday muslim prayers are availble in this center ...great place

Wonderful designed space, not as big as it appears on the seating chart. The line for drinks was too long, they need more service counters. The sound was good although I think the mid-ranges were lost in favour to a slightly tinny aspect from the upper harmonics and an occasionally overwhelming bass.

Right besides the city hall and Square One shoppibg centre, when you have the feel for a concert or something alike, this is tge right place fir you. As the harbour of MSO, the centre has a lot to offer for music lovers, also some lovely programs for kids year around. Check their website for more information to pick your most suitable moment to enjoy.

Well organized and clean facilities. All kiosk personnel were helpful and very supportive. Awesome people.

Finding parking was a bit confusing. Should have clearer signs. Otherwise a pretty cool place.

Staff is friendly, facilities are clean and looked after.

This place is total chaos...from the parking entrance to the theater access ...make sure to take exta time to get in there

Very nice venue. Friendly staff. Only problem I have is that for the free overnight parking they don't specify the hours or have them easily accessible and the garage gets locked overnight. So be careful parking here because you'll have to wait for a staff member to open up, which sucks if you have to be at work for 7 am.

Really nice facility restaurant a bit pricy but over all I loved everything

Arts represented at their best, great programs for kids, amazing shows.

It serves Jumaa Prayer. Well organized.
Find out the prayer times on the available pictures from other comments as it varies between winter and summer.