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OBAABERIMA

September 15 - October 7
Imprisoned in Canada for committing a violent crime, a young man from Ghana tells his cellmates a story on the eve of his release. Through storytelling, dance, and live music, Obaaberima chronicles a young African-Canadian's journey across continents, genders, races, and sexualities.

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THE NORMAL HEART

October 19 - November 18
Larry Kramer's landmark play chronicles the rise of the AIDS crisis in New York City as seen through the eyes of writer/activist Ned Weeks, the gay Jewish founder of a prominent HIV advocacy group. The political and sexual polemics polarized the gay community when it was first performed in 1985.

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THE 34TH RHUBARB FESTIVAL

February 20 - March 3, 2013
For two weeks, hundreds of local and international artists transform Buddies into a hotbed of creativity and experimentation, sharing new ideas in contemporary theatre, performance art, dance, and music with adventure-loving audiences.

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ARIGATO, TOKYO

March 16 - April 14, 2013
One of our country's most distinct and celebrated writers pens a darkly poetic love letter to love itself. From the underground nightclubs of Tokyo to the hallowed stages of Noh Theatre, a visiting Canadian author is pulled into a world of obsession, sex, and longing.

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A FEW BRITTLE LEAVES

April 24 - May 5, 2013
Veteran actors Edward Roy and Gavin Crawford play a pair of spinster sisters who, through a series of touching and comedic disasters, are forced to deal with the question: how does one age gracefully? Perennial provocateur Sky Gilbert returns to Buddies with this gender-bending dramatic comedy.

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OF A MONSTROUS CHILD: A GAGA MUSICAL

May 14 - 26, 2013
Performance legend Leigh Bowery hosts an irreverent musical cabaret devoted to of one of our most enigmatic and polarizing pop stars, Lady Gaga. This "dance floor dialectic" features a collection of the art world's greatest icons.

OF A MONSTROUS CHILD
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Presents

The 2012/13 THEATRE SEASON

A season that empowers the individual as an agent of social change

Buddies in Bad Times is pleased to announce a season of new queer Canadian theatre. It is a season that empowers the individual as an agent of social change. It is a season that gives voice to perspectives that would otherwise not be heard. It is a season of deeply personal stories that challenge our assumptions around sexuality, gender, culture, nationhood, class, and race from some of our country’s most venerated artists and a few fresh voices. It is a season that reaffirms Buddies as an important source of solidarity and understanding for our city.

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