It returned to Hamilton in 2019 where it received “Reviewer's Pick,” and was voted one of the best shows of 2019 by View Magazine, also winning the "Critics Choice Award."

After a delay due to the Global Pandemic, the cast and crew are back and ready to tour again!

“Mercury Man,” was originally produced by Dramatic Hat Productions, a theatre production company created by Joel J. Pettigrew in 2018. It was founded with a mandate to embody the spirit of the indie artist, to create opportunities for emerging, and mid-career artists, to foster new work and tell stories in new and unique ways. It gets its name from the many hats you have to wear as a storyteller, and because any task can be better accomplished if one is wearing a snazzy hat!

Joel J. Pettigrew is a producer, writer, director and actor based in Toronto Canada. He has been creating theatre and film projects across the country for over a decade. The writer of “Mercury Man,” he has at various points worked on the project as a director and producer, as well as playing the title character.

Selected credits include: “Waking,” (Writer, Director, Producer 2015/2016) “Box,” (Writer, Director, Production Support 2019) “Glengarry Glen Ross,” (“Moss,” 2019) “A Midsummer Night’s Dream,” (“Helena,” Sound Editing 2022) “The Wedding Story,” (Writer, “Ben,” 2022) and “The Dilemma,” his most produced play, which is currently being made into a film (Writer, Director, Producer 2017-2022.)

He is currently producing a feature film, which was shot during the global pandemic.

He has written and produced work on a diverse range of subjects including, Alzheimer’s and Mental Health, Art and Storytelling, Sexual Assault, Work Economics and Existentialism, and Queer and Women centric stories. His comedies tend to be dark!

Joel’s artistic mandate is to explore the chains that bind us and how we strive to overcome them.