By admin, on April 29th, 2013 Dear Staircase Supporters,
We need your help to convince the Committee of Adjustments that The Staircase is worthy of being forgiven a few parking spaces so that we can continue to operate as usual.
The Issue
We need to increase the occupancy in The Staircase building, and there is not enough on site parking (according to the city).
How To Help.
Please send an email/letter. Pertinent information is at variance.staircase.org. This is a time sensitive topic as the Committee of Adjustments will hear our case on June 4th. Please spread the word and send everyone you know to variance.staircase.org
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Thank you
Colette Kendall, Executive Director
Hugh MacLeod and Kathy Garneau, Owners
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The Staircase Cafe Theatre Minor Variance Application (HM-A-13:75)
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By colette, on April 8th, 2013 April 26 and 27 8pm
SLUT (R)EVOLUTION
 From the award-winning creator of Phone Whore and for | play, slut (r)evolution merges memory and manifesto to explore incendiary events from Cameryn Moore’s very sexual life. How did it feel? What the hell was she thinking? And how will it affect tonight’s hook-up?Friday-Saturday, April 26-27 * doors at 7pm, show at 8
Staircase Theatre, 27 Dundurn Ave, Hamilton, ON
Tickets: $12/adv, $15/door
Advance tickets at http://staircase.org/The second in Cameryn’s trilogy of autobiographical sex-themed shows, slut (r)evolution goes beyond Phone Whore to talk about the real-life impact of following one’s sexual bliss. Fantasy and fetish of course have a place in slut (r)evolution, but the show is firmly rooted in the physical sensations and emotional complications of going after and getting the sex you want.Please note: slut (r)evolution contains strong language and a lot of sexual content, and is for MATURE AUDIENCES ONLY. April13th 8pm
THE EMERGENCY MONOLOGUES
 Morgan Jones Phillips returns to regale us with more tales from The Emergency Monologues. Part stand-up and part storytelling, The Emergency Monologues is about being a paramedic in Toronto. The show became a surprise hit when it first came out. During the 2008 SummerWorks Theatre Festival, it won the NOW Audience Choice Award and was sold-out for most of the run. Since then it has been performed at various bars, street corners and people’s homes with equal success. It was also a great success at the 2009 Toronto Fringe Festival.
Tickets $15 each Call 905-529-3000 or info@staircase.org for reservations
April 19 and 20th 8pm
THE 6 MINUTE MEMOIR
The 6-Minute Memoir:
13 Hamilton writers on the moment that changed everything
Sometimes your whole life can change in a single moment. Thirteen Hamilton writers will share their personal stories about moments of epiphany.
Participating writers include Miranda Hill, author of Sleeping Funny; comedian and playwright Colette Kendall; Hamilton Spectator columnist Jeff Mahoney; Eva Kay, winner of the Hamilton Public Library’s Power of the Pen contest, Chris Farias, creative director of Kitestring, Amanda Leduc, author of The Miracles of Ordinary Men, among others. They will read from their written works and share some of the illuminating experiences in their lives — all in under six minutes each.
The show is being produced as a fundraiser for the Hamilton YWCA’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes, which provides funding to support transitional housing for marginalized women in the city. The event is sponsored by Epiphany Coaching of Hamilton.
Tickets are $20 and can be reserved by contacting The Staircase Theatre at (905) 529-3000 or emailing info@staircase.org. A cash bar will be available during the event. Local singer/songwriter Dan Medakovic will perform a set of music after the show for those who want to stick around.
A SECOND SAT APRIL 20 8PM SHOW HAS BEEN ADDED DUE TO POPULAR DEMAND..TICKETS ARE LIMITED SO ORDER NOW.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljSuwj28ZT0&feature=youtu.be
By colette, on March 17th, 2013 THESE TWO FEATURED EVENTS ARE ALWAYS FUNNY AND SOLD OUT, SO MAKE SURE TO RESERVE YOUR TICKETS NOW!
FRIDAY MARCH 22ND 8PM
THE JIMIBOYS PRESENT AUNT FRANCIS PRESENTING AUNT FRANCIS & THE JIMIBOYS…
This town has become over run with sketch troupes. Watch as these two self proclaimed “most bestest” sketch troupes work together to decide who are the “most bestest” troupe. Will it be The JimiBoys? Will it be Aunt Francis? All these questions and more will not be answered. So come check out:
Featuring:
Clifford Myers and Paul Boychuk.
www.jimiboys.com
www.auntfrancis.com
All this for only $10
$12 for students
SATURDAY MARCH 23 RD 8PM
THE SMOOTH CRIMINALS
 Back in January, The Smooth Criminals packed the house at the Staircase Theatre and took the audience on an uproarious and completely improvised comedy adventure.
On Saturday, March 23rd, we’re coming back to do it again. With a cast of Second City trained improvisers and alumni, this show will feature music, laughter and improvised shenanigans in the style of Whose Line is It Anyway.
If you’ve been to one of our many shows at the Staircase before you’ll know what you’re in for. If you haven’t, do yourself a favour and join us: we guarantee you will not regret it.
The show was a sellout last time, so you may want to reserve your tickets in advance by emailing SmoothCriminalsImprov@Gmail.com.
Starring:
Nelu Handa
Jordan Markowski
Kevin Vidal
Chris Leveille
Special Guests:
Lisa Merchant
Kevin Matviw
Carly Heffernan
Alan Kliffer
Musical Director: Mark Bond
By colette, on March 12th, 2013 The week of March 11-16 gets kicked into high gear with these highlighted events!…remember we schedule anywhere from 100 -150 events monthly, so check out our calendar to see what’s happening nightly.
MUSIC
FRI MAR 15
 Concert by Amélie et les singes bleus + speakeasy theme night on 15 March 2013
Francophone band Amélie et Les Singes Bleus makes the kind of music that has made a bride and groom leave their own wedding reception to come next door and dance! They have established themselves as a true crowd-pleaser in the Toronto Music scene. Their music, tinted with festive energy and unique arrangements, captivates and takes us back to a 1920’s speakeasy.
We encourage the audience to dress the part in the 1920s and join us and the band to step back in time to our vintage inspired speakeasy ambiance! The best costume wins a prize. Of course a password is required and will be revealed upon purchase of the tickets…
Website: http://www.lessingesbleus.com/
15 March at 7pm at the Staircase Café
27 rue Dundurn nord, Hamilton, Ontario.
Tickets: 20$ for non-members and 15$ for members.
Doors open at 6:30pm – Concert at 7pm
To purchase your tickets or for more information please contact Dominique at 905-547-5702 or by email dominique@centrefrancais.ca
 SATURDAY MAR 16
TRENT SEVERN
w/ Lindy Vopnfjord
$20 cover | 9pm doors
Meet Trent Severn. Not the waterway system in Southern Ontario, but Trent Severn – the Canadiana band whose songs are fueled by the folklore of Ontario; whose lyrics pay tribute to Canadian legends.
Trent Severn is a trio from Stratford, Ontario comprised of indie songster Emm Gryner, the multi-talented Dayna Manning and violin whiz/songbird Laura C. Bates. When listening to their self-titled 10-track debut album, the first infuence that comes to mind is Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young. There is no lead singer in Trent Severn. There are no doubled tracks. There is a guitar or banjo (Manning), a bass and stomp box (Gryner), a fiddle, and a shaker here and there. You can hear the watermarks of greats like Spirit of The West, Simon and Garfunkel, Tom Petty, Joni Mitchell, Hazel Dickens and Alice Gerrard. The sound of this band is CANADIANA based in Folk, Roots and Old Country.
WED MAR 13TH 8PM…..SPEAK. STORYTELLING AT THE STAIRCASE
Come and join us for GirlCanCreate’s newest offering to Hamilton! Inspired by her love for Hamilton along with her work as a professional storyteller, Lisa Pijuan-Nomura has created a happening for people to come hear tall tales, share stories and have their voices heard. Suggested donation: $7 to $10Featured Teller: Lisa Pijuan-Nomura
Theme: Taxi Stories
For more information please contact lisa@girlcancreate.com
www.staircase.org
www.girlcancreate.com
MOVIES
 SATURDAY MAR 16 7PM
Horror in the Hammer presents COLOUR CORRECT MY COCK
Hamilton, are you ready for two hours of 35mm trailer insanity? Then all you grindhouse lovers and fans of the sleazy celluloid of yesterday better get ready for Canada’s greatest trailer compilation: COLOUR CORRECT MY COCK!
ADMISSION $10 18+ ONLY ID REQUIRED AT DOOR
By colette, on March 4th, 2013 
Egg Zeppelin returns to The Staircase Theatre on Saturday, March 9, 2013 for more MUSIC, BACON and COMEDY! In cooperation with the Broadcast Television program at MOHAWK COLLEGE, this installment of the show is also being FILMED as a live television pilot demo!
EGG ZEPPELIN with host
DEREK FORGIE (MTV Live) and
KAYLA LORETTE (That’s So Weird, Ron James Show, Death Comes to Town)
and special musical guest DREW SMITH (Dr. EW)
Saturday, MARCH 9 @ 8pm
Staircase Theatre – 27 Dundurn Avenue, HAMILTON
Tix: $10 available at the venue
SPECIAL MUSICAL GUEST DREW SMITH
Dr. Ew is the new musical persona of Drew Smith, regular guest of Toronto pop bands The Elwins and former frontman of The Bicycles. The “dark pop” of Dr Ew’s debut record ‘Gadzooks’ has an ambitious, orchestral aura about it… comparisons to Brian Wilson and Elliot Smith have been made. His endearing, gentle cheeriness will win you over. http://music.cbc.ca/#/artists/Doctor-Ew
KAYLA LORETTE has been nominated for several Canadian Comedy Awards, the Tim Sims Encouragement Fund and a Gemini for her performance in YTV’s That’s So Weird. Her work in television includes The Ron James Show, the Kids in the Hall series Death Comes to Town, and That’s So Weird, which recently won a Canadian Comedy Award for Best Television Ensemble.
Egg Zeppelin is a 2-person, long-form improvisational comedy show. From audience suggestions, the Canadian-Comedy Award nominated comedy duo of Kris Siddiqi (Second City) and Marcel St. Pierre (Bad Dog Theatre Company) create a spontaneous hour in the lives of Dude and Man, the owner-operators of a dilapidated greasy spoon in a non-specific, small town halfway between ‘here’ and ‘there’. Every installment features a special musical guest and BACON cooked live on stage! IT’S A COMPLETELY MADE UP SITCOM/TALK/VARIETY SHOW, EVERY TIME!
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