“Hamilton Bus Stop“, a new play written and directed by Sky Gilbert, will be performed at Artword Artbar, 15 Colbourne Street, Hamilton for a two-week run Nov 18 to 28. Tickets at the bar or reserve 905-543-8512.
The one-act play is a real life downtown Hamilton story about Cookie, a nice lady who makes catpins, and Retribution a male hooker, who meet, by chance, on a rainy afternoon in a bus stop in the Hammer core. How different are these two people? Can they even chat at all? Or do they, perhaps, have more in common than you might imagine?
Hamilton Bus Stop stars Ellen-Ray Hennessy a veteran brilliant who was nominated for a Dora in Sky’s play about Ayn Rand where she played Ayn Rand The Emotionalists 2000, and Nick Green a young guy fresh off the boat from Calgary, with stage management by Steve Newman , one of the founders of Theatre Aquarius.
Thur Nov 18 at 8 pm preview $5, Fri Nov 19 OPENING at 8 pm $15
Sat Nov 20 at 8 pm $15, Sun Nov 21 at 2:30 pm pwyc
Thur-Sat Nov 25 to 27 at 8 pm, $15
Sun Nov 28 at 2:30 pm pwyc
(Running time 45-50 mins. Artword Artbar will have late concerts starting at 9:30 pm on Nov 20, 26 and 27)
Playwright Sky Gilbert describes his new work: “Hamilton Bus Stop is a play about the meeting of two very different people at a typical Hamilton Bus Stop in the downtown core. You€™ve heard stories about the Hamilton downtown core apparently the Hamilton Ticats don€™t want to play their games down there are the rumours true the ones that you read in The Spectator? Is the downtown Hammer a hotbed of sin and crime? Do you take your life in your hands walking the streets of downtown Hamilton at night? If so what is James Street doing have an €œArt Crawl€™ at night once a month?
Find out for yourself. Venture down to the Artbar, have a drink or to, and watch Hamilton Bus Stop, a real life downtown Hamilton story about Cookie, a nice lady who makes catpins, and Retribution a male hooker, who meet, by chance, on a rainy afternoon in a bus stop in the Hammer core. How different are these two people? Can they even chat at all? Or do they, perhaps, have more in common than you might imagine?
Richard Florida and gentrification meet the realities of unsafe sex and HIV on the Hamilton streets in what Sky Gilbert calls a one act comedy.”
