A week before last year’s Insatiable Sisters event, I published in my facebook status that I was making history. And it was the truth. Partly because I was going to be part of a revival of the celebration of womyn’s artistic work within the walls of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre — a much needed come back, specifically since this was inclusive of Black, Indigenous, Trans and of-colour womyn. And partly because it was being produced and performed by history makers.
On October 30, the laneway behind Buddies was officially named to honour our founding Artistic Director, Sky Gilbert. Following is a speech by our current Artistic Director Brendan Healy and photos from the ceremony marking this event. I would like …
Despite Doug Ford still finding gay men kinda icky, he’s now promising – no, threatening – to march in Pride if elected on Oct 27. Speaking to the Toronto Sun on Oct 6, Ford even had the audacity to proclaim, “I’ll be the mayor of all the people,” a statement immediately followed by sneering judgment. “Do I approve of the nudity, of older men with potbellies walking around the street buck naked? No, I don’t approve of that,” he said.
The end of love is ugly, exhausting, boring. The same arguments over and over, hangovers from crying, nose full of snot, sick of yourself, sick of them. Running over your mistakes, theirs. Dividing clothes that used to share drawers. Hating …
As we get ready for Freda and Jem’s Best of the Week, we’ve been thinking about family and all the different ways we, as queers, go about family making. So we asked some of our favourite folks to share their family with us, starting with Catherine Hernandez.
Last Thursday evening I stood at the back of a packed cabaret space and watched and listened as Sky Gilbert took the stage and sang these words: Buddies of mine in bad, bad times — I’m on my way! …
A few months ago, Brendan Healy wrote a blog post entitled ‘Why Theatre?’ in which he outlined seven fundamental needs that I believe the theatre satiates in us. On the eve of World Pride, he returns to this idea with seven reasons why queer theatre specifically is necessary and relevant to our society.
Theatre Ontario’s Brandon Moore talks about why he supports Buddies, and about how to see your donation as an investment. This is part of an on-going series about the work and people at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre as part of Buddies350 – a growing community of donors coming together to make a bright future for Buddies.
Kim Katrin Milan talks about the power of community – part of an ongoing series of posts from Buddies artists talking about the work made possible by Buddies350 and our amazing community of donors.
During the closing performance of Hari Krishnan’s stunning new dance works, Skin and Quicksand, I perved on one of the dancers in the opening pas de deux. His movements were languid and loving, and he danced with the kind of …