Glenn Dwyer
for there is no one on earth like the true shepherd and there is nothing in heaven like the suffering of real life. Patti Smith, Rockaway Beach, from Year of the Monkey.Sep. 24, 2019 Glenn Dwyer died on Saturday May 8, 2021 in …
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Welcome to Rhubarb
Our 2021 Rhubarb Festival took place during a global pandemic. To capture the spirit of the festival, we made a performative publication with over 20 submissions. In the before times, the festival takes place over two-weeks with events from Wednesday …
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The Long Table on Free Speech and Accountability
Thanks to all who came out for our Long Table on Monday, March 4. And for those who did, we’ve got a bit of a recap here – a video of the discussion, Evalyn Parry’s opening remarks, and some photos …
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SKY GILBERT LANE
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 …
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Why Queer Theatre
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.
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Aurora Stewart de Pena on Experimental Theatre
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 …
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A Bibliography of Gay Heritage
The Gay Heritage Project is indebted to a slew of extraordinary queer writers, historians, academics, theorists, and philosophers. Here are (hopefully) most fo the books we used in the five years we’ve been working on this project. Adam, Barry D. …
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Why Theatre?
Our artistic director, Brendan Healy, offers some thoughts on the question “Why Theatre?”. With each production that I create, each new play that I workshop, and each play that I read, I begin with the question, why theatre? Allow me …
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Vigilance lights up Rhubarb
Each night in Week Two, [color]Vigil(ance)[/color] occurs. Starting at Videofag, and making their way over to Buddies, Jordan and William facilitate tiny vigils in “cold spaces” in the city. Once at Buddies, they add another photo taken during that night …
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Rhubarb Week One – Re-cap brain-map
It’s hard to believe Week One at Rhubarb has already come and gone. Time flies! What the hell happened? One of our interns, Laura, made a Week One Re-Cap Brain-Map. Click the image to enlarge it. Have a look and …