Artword @ The Pearl 2008-2009 season at a glance
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, 2008Â
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.
Other events coming up include.
ï‚· evenings of dance, focussing on the work of The Pearl’s resident contemporary dance company dada dance (Tanis Macarthur, Rose Gowling, Heidi Crocini and others), and other invited dance artists
ï‚· a puppet show for young audiences Carlos and His Five Reasons, Studio Babette Puppets (Marie Franek), for October 2008
ï‚· the second annual Opus Mundi arts festival in April-May 2009
For more information about Artword Theatre and the programming of the theatre season, call Judith Sandiford at 905-543-8512 or Barbara Milne at 905-524-0606.Â
Artword’s website is www.artword.net. Artword Theatre also maintains a listing site for arts events for both Hamilton and Toronto, www.artwordlist.net.
