Sunamabeach!

Charly Chiarelli, \”Sunamabeach\”, Artword Theatre

March 25 to April 5, 2009
An Artword Theatre Production

An irreverent look at Hamilton through the eyes of Charly Chiarelli, who grew up in the Sicilian North End. Charly comes back and finds that “life is a sunamabeach”.

written and performed by Charly Chiarelli
directed by Ronald Weihs
produced and designed by Judith Sandiford

Wed at 8:00 pm: all tickets $10
Thurs, Fri & Sat at 8:00 pm and Sunday at 3:00 pm: $20 reg / $15 std/sen
To reserve, call Artword’s office 905-548-0341
performed at The Pearl Company, 16 Steven Street, Hamilton

Artword Theatre presents Charly Chiarelli in “Sunamabeach!”
Artword Theatre is proud to present Sunamabeach!, the third installment in Charly Chiarelli’s ongoing saga about the adventures of Hamilton’s favorite Sicilian. Chiarelli’s previous two plays, Cu’Fu? and Mangiacake, about growing up Sicilian in Hamilton’s North End, played to sold out houses across Canada and were both shown repeatedly on Bravo Television. The new play tells how Charly comes home to Hamilton and finds out that “life is a sunamabeach”.

Written and performed by Charly Chiarelli, directed by Ronald Weihs and designed by Judith Sandiford. Sunamabeach! runs from March 25 to April 5, 2009 at The Pearl Company, 16 Steven Street, Hamilton. Performances are Wednesday to Saturday at 8:00 p.m., Sundays at 3:00 pm. Tickets are $20, $15 for students and seniors.

Sunamabeach! features the world’s wackiest guardian angel, Angelo, who wanders through the Jackson Mall in the guise of an ancient Sicilian. His assignment: to make sure Charly survives his return to Hamilton with his maverick North End spirit intact. Read the rest of this entry »

Charly Chiarelli’s new show Sunamabeach! is the latestj installment in the continuing saga of a Sicilian in Hamilton. Charly’s first two shows Cu’Fu? and Mangiacake, originated at Artword Theatre in Toronto, and were directed and dramaturged by Ronald Weihs. They have been performed across Canada and filmed for Bravo Television. Read the rest of this entry »

Sunamabeach is the third of four productions for the 2008-2009 “Artword @ The Pearl” season. You Are What You Do, an original musical by Ronald Weihs celebrating the lives of working people, launched the season in October 2008 to rave reviews and remounted in December. Rascals and Numskulls (Feb 12 to 22, 2009), a now original work written and directed by Ronald Weihs, tells the thrlling adventures of Robert Land spy for the British in the American Revolution, friend of Mohawk leader Joseph Brant, United Empire Loyalist, first white settler in Hamilton, performed by the Artword Theatre Ensemble, with music by Gary Santucci. Tobacco Troubadour, a new play based on the songs and stories of J.P. Riemens (of J.P.Riemens and The Barflies), about growing up in Ontario’s tobacco country and its lively dance hall scene, is scheduled for April 16 to 26, 2009.

Artword Theatre, the creative team of director Ronald Weihs and designer Judith Sandiford, has been producing original theatre since 1993. Until 2006, Weihs and Sandiford operated a facility (Artword Theatre and Artword Gallery) in downtown Toronto, when their theatre was closed to make way for a condo. After 12 years in downtown Toronto,
Artword has pulled up stakes, moved to Hamilton and teamed up with Gary Santucci and Barbara Milne at The Pearl Company. See www.artword.net.

The Pearl Company is an arts and performance facility owned by guitarist and composer Gary Santucci and arts activist Barbara Milne, located at 16 Steven Street in the heart of the Landsdale neighbourhood of downtown Hamilton. Renovated in 2006, the facility has devoted two of its three floors to the arts. The Pearl Company has launched a number of arts initiatives, including the well-known Art Bus two Fridays a month, the Opus Mundi Festival, theatre workshops and productions, concerts and events and outdoor festivals. For more information about The Pearl Company, visit www.thepearlcompany.ca.