Theatre Passe Muraille presents Pearle Harbour's Chautauqua
TPM’s prodigal drag daughter – Pearle Harbour – returns to her home base with her smash hit, Pearle Harbour’s Chautauqua (Audience Choice Award, SummerWorks 2017). Come gather together, under the milky folds of Pearle’s beautiful Tent, to catch your breath, speak your truth, and feel the people power, you betcha! The world may be falling apart, but Pearle will remind you there’s more that unites us than divides us.
Photo by Alex Nirta
Venue: Mainspace
Running Time: 80 minutes
Content Warning: Seating on wooden benches, contact us if you have mobility issues.
Cast
Creator/Performer: Justin Miller
Creative
Creator/Performer: Justin Miller
Director: Byron Laviolette
Accompaniment: Steven Conway
Dramaturgy: Sandra Balcovske
Production Design: Joseph Pagnan
Lighting Design: Jareth Li
Sound Design: Deanna Choi
Tent: Haley Reap
Stage Manager: Giuseppe Condello
Producers: Rebecca Ballarin and Justin Miller
Wednesday October 17 @ 6:45pm
What is The Preamble? This free pre-show program features Artistic Director Andy McKim in conversation with an artist from the play, or a local expert, to talk about the way in which that piece of theatre is contributing to a broader conversation. There are always snacks from a local restaurant to keep things casual.
The snacks for this pre-show chat are generously provided by:
Show your ticket at Tequila Bookworm on the night you attend and get $6 drinks before or after the show!
Sunday October 14 (post-show)
After the performance you are welcome to stay and take part in our Q&A with some of the cast and/or creative team. Q&A’s are usually hosted by TPM’s Associate Artistic Producer Jivesh Parasram. Q&A’s are a chance for you to ask questions or just find out more about the play or the process of creating the work.
Relaxed Run
Theatre Passe Muraille will be piloting Relaxed Runs for select shows in our 2018-19 Season. This means if a show is doing a Relaxed Run that all of the performance in the show will be considered Relaxed Performances.
To find out more about our Relaxed Performances click here.
Justin Miller is a Toronto-based theatre artist and drag queen. As his alter-ego—wartime wonder and tragicomedienne Pearle Harbour—he has been called “one of the most welcome additions to Toronto’s performance scene… glamorous, poised, and devastatingly funny” (Xtra). His work has been presented at the SummerWorks Performance Festival, The Second City, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre, The Cultch, OUTstages (Intrepid Theatre), the RISER Project (Why Not Theatre/ The Theatre Centre), Opera5, the Toronto Sketch Comedy Festival, Videofag, the University of Toronto, and countless other theatres, cabarets, and concerts across Canada.
Justin has, somewhat ironically, received a Dora Award-nomination for Outstanding Male Performance, and is a resident artist at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre.
WINNER of the Audience Choice Award, SummerWorks 2017
WINNER of Outstanding Solo Performance, My Entertainment World Critic’s Pick
NOW Best of Fest: Outstanding Play, Outstanding Production, Outstanding Performance, Outstanding Direction, Outstanding Design
To find out more about Pearle Harbour check out their website here.