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To commemorate its 35th year, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre offers a season of contemporary theatre that tackles how our history shapes our present. From personal histories to societal histories and from histories that we all believe to be true to histories that have been repressed and hidden, Buddies’ 35th season is a bold challenge to the normative weight of history and continues the company’s long-standing tradition of using the theatre to create a more compassionate and understanding society for us all.
“We are the world’s largest and longest-running queer theatre and this is something that we are deeply proud of. However, we have never been a company to simply rest on our laurels. The subject of our art is always the future and this anniversary year strikes me as the perfect moment to put a critical eye to the narratives of the past that we all take for granted. It is only through an examination of the past that we can begin to conceive of a hopeful future.”
-Brendan Healy, Artistic Director
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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents the World Premiere of
PIG
by Tim Luscombe
directed by Brendan Healy
starring Blair Williams
SEPTEMBER 14 – OCTOBER 6, 2013
How far would you go for love? PIG follows three gay couples as they stretch the boundaries of their relationships in the quest for deeper levels of intimacy. Through acts of emotional domination, sexual submission, compulsion, and violence, these men delve into the space where the lines between shame, hatred, love, and obsession cease to exist. A provocative account of contemporary sexuality told by UK writer Tim Luscombe.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes a Theatre Rusticle production
DINNER AT SEVEN-THIRTY
directed and conceived by Allyson McMackon
starring Hume Baugh, Andrya Duff, Thomas Morgan Jones, Ron Kennell, Viv Moore, Lucy Rupert & William Yong
OCTOBER 11 – 20, 2013
In this visually stunning multidisciplinary piece, seven childhood friends reunite around a dinner table for a chance to revisit their pasts. A bittersweet story about the memories that bind us together and the magic in everyday life, inspired by Virginia Woolf’s The Waves.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents
STRANGE SISTERS
curated by Kim Crosby
OCTOBER 25, 2013
Award-winning artist, activist, and educator Kim Crosby brings back a Buddies tradition, celebrating the work of queer women and trans folks in performance.
The GHP Collective in association with Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents the World Premiere of
THE GAY HERITAGE PROJECT
created and performed by Damien Atkins, Paul Dunn & Andrew Kushnir
directed by Ashlie Corcoran
NOVEMBER 16 – DECEMBER 8, 2013
Three of our country’s most gifted creator/performers set out to answer one question: is there such a thing as gay heritage? In their search, they uncover a rich history not often shared, shine new light on contemporary gay culture, and fantasize about the prospect of legacy. The result is a hilarious and moving homage to the people who came before us and the events that continue to shape our lives.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes a Pleiades Theatre production
MANON, SANDRA AND THE VIRGIN MARY
by Michel Tremblay
translated & directed by John Van Burek
starring Kelli Fox & Richard McMillan
JANUARY 11 – FEBRUARY 2, 2014
The quietly pious Manon contemplates her purchase of an extravagant new rosary, while Sandra, the irreverent, devil-may-care drag queen, tries to decide what she will wear. Penned by one of our country’s most celebrated and prolific queer writers, these parallel monologues shed light on the sacred and the profane that exist within us all.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents
THE 35TH RHUBARB FESTIVAL
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festival director Laura Nanni
FEBRUARY 12 – 23, 2013
Audiences, artists, and new performance ideas collide as Buddies is transformed into a hotbed of experimentation.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes the World Premiere of a Cahoots Theatre Company production
THE WANDERERS
by Kawa Ada
directed by Nina Lee Aquino
MARCH 1 – 23, 2014
A father and son escape the horrors of war in Afghanistan, only to be haunted by a mysterious presence that awakens the forces of devastation they thought they had left behind. In The Wanderers, Kawa Ada offers a rare Afghan-Canadian perspective on how the war in his homeland continues to ravage even those who now call Canada home.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents an INFRAROUGE production
ME TALKING TO MYSELF IN THE FUTURE
written and directed by Marie Brassard
starring Marie Brassard, Jonathan Parant & Alexandre St-Onge
MARCH 26 – APRIL 6, 2014
In the future, a dying old lady drifts among the thoughts of a woman in the present. In this fantastical dream world, a surreal portrait of our past and future selves unfolds. Seamlessly blending music, storytelling, and cutting-edge technology, this latest work from theatrical innovator Marie Brassard is a hauntingly beautiful reflection on time and death.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes the World Premiere of a Cabaret Company production
HACKERLOVE
written and directed by Sky Gilbert
starring Nick Green
APRIL 30 – MAY 11, 2014
Buddies’ founding artistic director returns with a theatrical fantasy inspired by Bradley Manning and Adrian Lamo that imagines a queer love affair in the midst of the 2010 WikiLeaks scandal. This poetic experiment in fictional history asks what happens when gay love and national security collide.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre proudly welcomes an inDANCE double bill
SKIN & QUICKSAND
by Hari Krishnan
starring Paul Charbonneau, Gerry King, Benjamin Landsberg, Ryan Lee, Roney Lewis, Hiroshi Miyamoto & Matt Owen
MAY 21 – 24, 2014
An impressive ensemble of dancers break the lines between cultures in a scintillating celebration of sexuality. Choreographer Hari Krishnan offers a double-bill of contemporary dance works that revel in sex and celebrate the beauty in all of us.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents
QUEER PRIDE 2014
JUNE 2014
Buddies celebrates World Pride with a month-long festival of theatre, comedy, art, music, and parties. As the eyes of the world turn to Toronto, we will showcase the very best queer entertainers our community has to offer.
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