Partnerships are relationships built over time with other artists and organizations. Working with partners means that there’s a kind of community of resources available, ensuring that our projects succeed and that they even happen in the first place. Some of …
What’s more hard-core than a burning asteroid skimming the Earth’s surface? How about a feminist queer cock-rock cover band, [color]Vag Halen[/color], who’s headlining Rhubarb’s opening party. We asked front-woman, [color]Vanessa Dunn[/color] to give us some music for air guitar enthusiasts. …
Rhubarb artists are many things; edgy, interesting, creative…and industrious. We got wind of a Rhubarb show that has found a way to make a little extra on the side. Members of [color]Faye Slift and the Three Bears[/color], a choose your …
[color]Kim Crosby[/color] and [color]Vivek Shraya[/color] are two thirds of the curatorial team behind [color]Resistance & Raunch[/color] – a raunchy and rebellious late night cabaret at Rhubarb. Their word of the day is: [color]Pleasure[/color] …from Kim Pleasure for me is power, …
Performance art can happen anywhere, and still be performance art…right? What if it happens in a theatre? We asked [color]Shannon Cochrane[/color], Artistic and Administrative Director of [color]FADO Performance Art Centre[/color], to discuss this very conundrum. FADO has partnered with us …
Dear Artists and Buddies Supporters, My name is Spencer Charles Smith and I am the research intern for the Rhubarb Festival this year at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. I am a playwright/dramaturge and have been obsessed with the history …
[color]Rachel Steinberg[/color] is the artist behind [color]Eulogy[/color], a one-to-one performance of curated objects and storytelling. Here is Rachel’s anecdotal response to the question “How do we attach meaning to objects?” “Real isn’t how you are made,’ said the Skin Horse. …
[color]Coral Maloney[/color] and [color]Ian Mozdzen[/color] live in Winnipeg. They tackle the fetishization of cowboy culture in their Rhubarb show [color]WEproteSTern[/color]. Sitting all the way over here in Toronto, we wanted to ask them; Winnipeg, what’s that like? 1. Outside our …
Ever watch ice melt? It’s slow. Slowness is the theme behind Rhubarb show [color]Glaciology[/color], where dancers form a massive glacier that slowly makes it’s way through city streets to Buddies. We asked Glaciology choreographer [color]Brandy Leary[/color] to give us a …
In our opinion, puppets are still magic. [color]Brescia Brixia Bloodbeard[/color] agrees. Check out Brescia’s “How To” video, where she shares the magic of her Rhubarb show, [color]The Day You Died and the Hour You Were Born[/color], and teaches us how …