The Pearl Company

Artword Theatre and The Pearl Company have joined forces and are ready to go. Come to the Season Launch of our new “Artword @ The Pearl” at 16 Steven Street, Hamilton.
Saturday Sept 13 at 8:00
$12 advance, $15 at door! Call The Pearl Company 905-524-0606 to reserve

Guest stars include: Charly Chiarelli (Cu’Fu), JP Riemens and Sue Sweetman, Allan Merovitz (If Cows Could Fly), dada dance contemporary dance ensemble, Gary Santucci & Dimitrios Doumas (Zarabanda), Sudanese actor Yahia Elawad, and special guest Tahia Zaroug.

The new Artword Ensemble will perform a sampler from our upcoming musical play You Are What You Do, written and directed by Ronald Weihs, with Heidi Ann Crocini, Simon De Abreu, Paula Grove, Valeri Kay, Tanis Macarthur, Allan Merovitz, Gordon Odegaard, Nea Reid.

 

September 5: September 5 is taking shape; we will be going to Arts Hamilton, Anastasia Gallery, EcoHouse and Sunrise Gallery. It is their turn even though they have a special show in October – so yes, we will do both September and October – and this just in. We shall see….

September 12: I am not totally sure about which part of the Imperial Cotton Centre for the Arts, we will be visiting; whether it will be 270 Sherman or whether it will be the new Paper Box Studios on Cumberland – either would be fascinating.  Then we will go on to the ever changeable James North Art Crawl and the recently renovated Tiger Group Studio Gallery on Barton.  (more…)

Highlights from the 2008-2009 season of Artword @ The Pearl
the new performance space at The Pearl Company, 16 Steven Street, Hamilton

Cabaret and Concert Nights, programed by Artword and The Pearl Company:
Fridays – The Pearl Coffee House at 8:30 pm (a feature and guest artists, ranging from acoustic musicians to dancers, poets, spoken word artists),
Saturdays – Concert Night and Special Events at 8:30 pm (new and established musicians, ranging from folk, world, and country to jazz and classical)
Sunday once a month – Film Night, Host’s Choice, at 7 pm, films chosen and introduced by each night’s host. beginning November 2.

Artword Theatre productions of original theatre:

Highlights include:
You Are What You Do, Artword’s musical play about real people and their jobs, written and directed by Ronald Weihs, October 16 to 26, 2008 
Rascals and Numskulls: The Robert Land Project, a family show based on the thrilling adventures of Robert Land, Hamilton’s first settler (and Landsdale neighbourhood’s namesake), a secret agent for the British during the American Revolution, and close ally of the famous Mohawk leader Joseph Brant. Music direction by Gary Santucci, for early December 2008
Sunamabeach, a new play by Charly Chiarelli about Hamilton, for March 2009. (Artword Theatre developed Charly’s two previous hits Cu’Fu? and Mangiacake, directed by Ronald Weihs.)
Tobacco Troubadour, a new work with songs by Hamilton songwriter and musician J.P. Riemens and script by Ronald Weihs, about growing up as a musician in tobacco country, for April 2009. (more…)

Book Launch Saturday September 6, at 8:00 pm
The Pearl Company, 16 Steven Street @ King William
Free. Buy a book!

Hamilton-native Kay Chornook will be holding the Canadian launch of her book Walking with Wolf: Reflections on a life spent protecting the Costa Rican wilderness.   (more…)