The Pearl Company

THE DRAKE EQUATION: Waiting for the Go. A play by Joe Vermeulen.  $15 in advance, $20 at the door.
When you’re alone in the universe… who do you talk to? And who talks back?

This is a powerful and deeply moving play about what could happen to you if you had nothing left…  Victoria is at the end of her life, sitting on train tracks, wanting to die. That’s where the story begins. Her mind makes a last ditch effort to fight for life, taking her on a journey into her past and into the minds of her boyfriend, who has just committed suicide, and her best friends.

This play is by youth, for youth, but the real message is for the rest of us who want to gain insight into what teenagers today struggle with; want to hear what they’re dying to tell us. It is also a moving, intimate story about love; how someone can love another enough to die for them. How it’s possible to love another so much that we can’t let them go, how we deal with the loss, what it means for life?

8 PERFORMANCES ONLY
Thur, Fri, Sat: May 27-29 at 8pm
Matinee: Sun May 30 at 2:30 pm
Thur, Fri, Sat: June 3-5 at 8 pm
Matinee: Sun June 6th at 2:30 pm
Call 905 524 0606 for reservations

The Hungarian Visual Artists of Canada: In The Pearl Company Gallery. This is the first fine art exhibition in Hamilton for this vibrant group. Paintings, sculptures, photography, woodcarvings and enamels.  The show will be on display from Friday April 30 to Tuesday June 1, 2010.
The association consists of a group of artists who have joined together to promote their work, interest and participation in contemporary visual arts, to encourage each other and to hold exhibitions in Canada and abroad. Their members include painters, sculptors and photographers who work in various media.  They believe that art builds bridges between people, generations, and nationalities; it serves as a common denominator among economic groups. Art opens people’s minds to new possibilities, provides a foundation for shared experience.

Pearl Company Gallery hours: 1 to 4, Wednesday through Sunday; 6 to 8 Thursday and Friday evenings. (Also by chance or appointment.)