The Pearl Company

The Beagle Boys: Saturday, April 17, 9:00. $15 at the door:  Criminally Good Rock and Roll! This great band will deliver one very fine concert.  A four piece electric guitar band with songwriter, vocalist, rythm guitarist RAYMOND MATERICK fronting the extraordinary trio of KEON CROSSWELL (Guitar), JOHN CRAWFORD (Bass), and DAN KOLTHOF (Drums), the BEAGLE BOYS deliver heavy-duty crunch and groove, cut throat vocals and intense songs about the human spirit.  ”One would be hard pressed to find a more accomplished songwriter and a more expressive, passionate, soulful voice than Raymond Materick anywhere in popular music today” Robert Reid therecord.com  ”Matericks’ music stands up to, and sometimes over, the work of Bob Dylan, Bruce Springsteen and John Mellencamp” Glenn Nott  Hamilton Spectator. “Raymond Materick is as good as anyone I’ve ever played with” Tim Drummond, bassist with Bob Dylan, Neil Young , Joni Mitchell, James Brown”

Carmen…?: Playing January 8 and 9, 15 and 16, 2010 at 8:00. Tickets $15. A tragic-comedy dance theatre presentation based on Bizet’s Carmen.  Sergiy Shvydkyy, an internationally renowned avant-garde dancer, mime-actor, choreographer, and leading figure in contemporary performance arts in the Ukraine brings his unique choreographic vision, to The Pearl Company. He does this with a fresh imagining of the famous story of love and betrayal, Carmen, unique in both its dance style and its interpretation of the tale. Emanuela Dussin, a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in New York City, brings the fire and beauty of flamenco to the stage. And then, of course, Gary Santucci has found himself willingly drawn into Shvydkyy‘s world where the musician not only performs the music but is a character within the production.  Not the same old Carmen! Time has changed her, you will love her more than ever? Reserve your seat! Call 905-524-0606. (more…)

Sat June 27, 2009 at 8 pm “New Dance, New Music” Artword Theatre presents a one-night festival of performance adventure. Feel the excitement of real-time collaborative creation. No one knows what will happen next. But it’s sure to be wonderful. Be there!

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da da Dance Weekend: with da da dance and guests: Two nights of innovative and exciting dance works by Hamilton dance artists, presented by Artword Theatre and da da dance
Friday Nov 7 and Saturday Nov 8, 2008 at 8:00 pm
$15 / $10 students/seniors. Call 905-524-0606
Artword @ The Pearl, 16 Steven Street (at King William) (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…)

Colombian Summer Art Fiesta: Saturday, July 26 at the Pearl Company
starting at 8:00pm to midnight. Cost: $10 at the door. Children free.

The Pearl Company and the Tamarind Tree (a Colombian Artist Collective) are pleased to invite you to a Summer Art Fiesta; featuring poetry, arts, crafts, a guitar concert, a Cumbia Folk Dance Group and fresh Colombian coffee, drinks and snacks.
Join Hamilton’s Colombian Community for a splendid evening of cultural entertainment with a Rumba Loca (Mad Party!) to follow. You can win an original Gerardo Mansang art piece or hand-made crafts and jewellery.

Opus Mundi Festival at The Pearl Company.

There are two appearances of Rose Gowling’s dada dance company, April 27 and 29, at 9 pm.