Hamell on Trial: The Bucket List Show
September 14, 2025
2:00 pm, Sunday, September 14
Join us for an afternoon matinee of songs and stories by folk punk legend Ed Hamell aka Hamell on Trial -- and you get to be a part of the show!
Got a song request? Do you have a burning question for Hamell? Story or joke you need to hear? Wanna ask him what's on his bucket list? Write it on a card, drop it in the bucket and become part of an interactive conversation that will pinball from your questions to songs to stories and back around again.
Many Hyde Park Theatre regulars will remember Hamell's one-man show, "Driving All Night: How to Raise a Kid and Survive as a Broke-Ass Musician" which premiered on our stage last fall and also ran as part of FronteraFest BYOV.
Armed with a battered 1937 Gibson acoustic guitar that he amplifies mightily and strums like a machine gun, a politically astute mind that can't stop moving, and a mouth that can be profane one minute and profound the next, Hamell shoots straight with his audience, whether unraveling topical issues or sharing confessional tales from his own past.
In addition to world-class songwriting, a Hamell show is a multidisciplinary experience drawing from the worlds of theatre, stand-up comedy and storytelling earning him the coveted Herald Angel Award at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. His performances invoke thoughts of the great rebellious satirists and social commentators of the past, from Lenny Bruce to Richard Pryor to Bill Hicks.
Original acrylic paintings by Hamell will be on sale (and autographed) in the lobby after the show.
Learn more about all things Hamell at hamellontrial.org
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