by Katie Clarke
on November 19th, 2024
in I Won't Envy
I Won’t Envy is a new podcast series by Vivek Shraya co-produced with Buddies in Bad Times. Episode one, featuring drag artists Denim + Pythia, drops November 27 (and in the meantime, you can get tickets for Denim + Pythia’s …
by Katie Clarke
on October 18th, 2024
in Buddies' 2024–2025 Season
Buddies in Bad Times’ Party-in-Residence has you covered. Halloween, often fondly referred to as Gay Christmas (non-secular) is a legendary night for queers. At Buddies, it’s been an event to watch out for for decades. This year, we’re partnering with …
by Rachel Kennedy
on October 8th, 2024
in Buddies' 2024–2025 Season
Rachel Kennedy is the Executive Director of Toronto Fringe. Toronto Fringe’s Next Stage Festival runs October 16 – 27, 2024, at Buddies. Toronto Fringe has been around since 1989 and has seen this city, its artists, and its audiences go …
by Gislina Patterson
on September 15th, 2024
in Buddies' 2024–2025 Season, Roberto Zucco
After these brief encounters with the killer’s story, Koltès knew he wanted to write a Succo play, but he was more interested in myth than documentary. In one interview, he said “no, I’m not investigating, I definitely don’t want to know more. This Roberto Succo has the great advantage that he is legendary.” The playwright started writing shortly after seeing the news of the Succo story, without much further research aside from the facts he’d heard on the news. He eventually titled the play Roberto Zucco, after an alias that Succo used to evade border agents when a warrant was out for his arrest under his actual surname.
by Katie Clarke
on August 19th, 2024
in Buddies' 2024–2025 Season
We’ve changed our pricing models in an effort to plan for long-term financial sustainability, while still providing lower-cost ticket options to see our shows.
by ted witzel + Erum Khan + Susanna Fournier
on August 6th, 2024
in Buddies' 2024–2025 Season
Compiled from assorted conversations between ted witzel + Erum Khan,Creatively composed by Susanna Fournier **** Community. Arguably an overused word these days. It’s rallied around, applauded, wielded, and leveraged. But what is it? What are we talking about when we …
by ted witzel + Erum Khan + Susanna Fournier
on July 31st, 2024
in Buddies' 2024–2025 Season, Uncategorized
I think the very nature of queerness (yes, the fucking alphabet soup), contains so many facets in multitudes that we have to preserve a kind of heterogeneity. We need to emphasize difference over sameness.