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by Mel Hague
on May 6th, 2014
in Buddies350
The day before the 14/15 Buddies Season Announcement, I had an interview with Christopher Dupuis from Xtra. The interview was happening in less then an hour, and I hadn’t had much time to think about what I would say, much less what would be asked. As I saw it, this was my first shot at talking about my plans for the festival.
by Michael Lyons
on May 5th, 2014
in Hackerlove, Response
Queer people have no pantheon, so we’ve had to create our own.
Of course we want role models for young queer and trans people. Causes are helpful to organize around, villains are convenient to fight against, victims provide a sympathetic face that looks great on a poster, or sounds good in a slogan. And so we’ve created that pantheon, we’ve built a narrative as a community, as so many societies, religions and peoples have done before us.
by Aurora Stewart de Pena
on April 23rd, 2014
in Columns, Uncategorized
You could say all theatre is experimental. When a person takes their seat, they don’t know what’s going to happen, not really. Somebody could forget their lines, somebody could trip and fall, a truck might crash into the side of …
by Reena Katz
on April 9th, 2014
in Marie Brassard
Five things are a sixtieth part of something else: namely, fire, honey, Sabbath, sleep and a dream. Fire is one-sixtieth part of Gehinnom[1]. Honey is one-sixtieth part of manna. Sabbath is one-sixtieth part of the world to come. Sleep is …
by Aurora Stewart de Pena
on March 31st, 2014
in Marie Brassard
Marie Brassard’s a bit quiet, I have to lean in. She’s small, wearing a tight black dress. She speaks in a rhythm. She talks about sea creatures with ears, conceited starfish, and how music was made. The film that plays …
by Paul Halferty
on March 27th, 2014
in Marie Brassard
If I were to sum up in a few words what I think Marie Brassard is doing in the theatre, I would say she is making the supersensuous sensuous. Through performance, and especially by exploiting the novel ways of seeing, …
by Shaista Latif
on March 19th, 2014
in Response, The Wanderers
Shaista Latif discusses Kawa Ada’s new play, The Wanderers, in connection with her own story of migration and adaptation. We’ve all heard of the classic immigrant story. You know the one I’m talking about? A family from a war torn …
by Buddies
on February 28th, 2014
in Rhubarb
[View the story “#RhubarbArchive” on Storify]
by Laura Nanni
on February 24th, 2014
in Notes, Rhubarb
Last night marked the close of another epic and successful year for Rhubarb. Another year that leaves me invigorated and inspired. I want to extend a massive thank you and congratulations to the artists, crew, intern team, Buddies staff, board, …
by Buddies
on February 7th, 2014
in Rhubarb
Emma Letki, one of this year’s Rhubarb interns, discusses a generation of impulse archivists and the act of communicating a memory. In its 35th year, Rhubarb is looking at archives, but it is really questioning the nature of archives. I …