DRIVING ALL NIGHT
A one-man show about parenting, written and performed by Ed Hamell/
Every parent knows the struggles and triumphs that come with raising their kid. How do you do it when your day job requires you to travel endlessly across the country, stopping nightly to sing songs for strangers in crowded dive bars?
Enigmatic folk-punk proletariat and legendary touring musician Ed Hamell – aka Hamell on Trial – has driven over a million miles, pinballing across the map over the course of a career spanning seventeen critically-acclaimed albums. Hundreds of thousands of those miles on the road have been shared with his son – Detroit Hamell – who started spending weekends and summers on tour when he was six years old.
In addition to examining Hamell and Hamell's road exploits, Driving All Night explores the tumultuous real life day-to-day world of a working musician who lives as an artistic renegade on the fringes of the traditional music industry as an underground DIY artist.
A veteran of the Edinburgh Fringe Award where he won the coveted Herald Angel Award, any Hamell on Trial show is a multidisciplinary experience drawing from the worlds of music, theatre, stand-up comedy and storytelling. His performances invoke thoughts of the great satirists and social commentators of the past, from Lenny Bruce to Richard Pryor to Bill Hicks. Driving All Night also features video design and projection by Director / Producer Mike Henry.
Armed with a battered 1937 Gibson acoustic guitar, 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.
The World Premiere performances of Driving All Night took place at Austin’s legendary Hyde Park Theatre in September of 2024. Driving All Night hits the road for the first ever touring performances of the show in May 2025.
Doors - 7pm
Show - 8pm
Door: $10 Tickets on line | Limited seating
Visit this link and watch the video at the top for an idea :
https://www.hamellontrial.org/driving-all-night
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