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LULU v.7 // aspects of a femme fatale
May 1 - 20

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“epic, experimental and challenging… (an) ambitious tour de force”

— Now Magazine

Buddies in Bad Times + the red light district

A young femme fatale fucks her way across Europe and through a series of lovers who all wind up dead, until she meets her end at the hands of Jack the Ripper. This is LULU. Based on German playwright Frank Wedekind’s 1894 play, this blood-soaked adaptation tears apart a classic text to create a viscerally sexy and energetic treatise on art, sex, and death in the 21st century.

LULU was developed in Buddies Residency Program, sponsored by BMO Financial Group.
buddiesinbadtimes.com/residency

photo of Susanna Fournier + ted witzel by Tanja-Tiziana  _ design by Lucinda Wallace

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“a highly stylized and European esthetic… enhanced by heightened, self-aware performances from this impressive cast”

-Toronto Star (read article)


“it’s a provocative, in the positive sense, call and response with an old, dead, white guy that shows how an old play can still be the basis for a useful and artful night at a contemporary theatre, which all theatres ultimately are.”

-Globe and Mail (read article)

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“epic, experimental and challenging… (an) ambitious tour de force”

-Now Magazine (read article)

“Surreal scenography, sublime movement choreography and imaginative costuming combine to create a world that was as vibrant as it was dark and foreboding.”

-The Reading Salon (read article)

photos by Jeremy Mimnagh
scenography + costumes by Helen Yung, lighting by Oz Weaver

a Buddies in Bad Times Theatre and red light district co-production

LULU v.7 // aspects of a femme fatale

co-created by SUSANNA FOURNIER + TED WITZEL + HELEN YUNG
text by SUSANNA FOURNIER + TED WITZEL
scenography by HELEN YUNG
performed + interpreted by VALERIE BUHAGIAR, SKY GILBERT, CHALA HUNTER, RICHARD LAM, CHRISTOPHER MORRIS, CRAIG PIKE, KHADIJAH ROBERTS-ABDULLAH + ROSE TUONG
audiovisuals by WESLEY MCKENZIE
lighting by OZ WEAVER
stage managed by SANDY PLUNKETT
apprentice stage managed by ALANNA DUNLOP
produced by KERRY FREEK

Run Time: 2 hours & 40 minutes (including intermission)

MAY 1 – 20, 2018

Tuesday, May 1 // 8pm (preview)
Thursday, May 3 // 8pm (opening night)
Friday, May 4 // 8pm (followed by “the ghosts of lulu past” after-party)
Saturday, May 5 // 8pm
Sunday, May 6 // 2:30pm (followed by post-show Q+A)

Tuesday, May 8 // 8pm
Wednesday, May 9 // 8pm
Thursday, May 10 // 8pm
Friday, May 11 // 8pm
Saturday, May 12 // 8pm
Sunday, May 13 // 2:30pm (followed by post-show Q+A)

Tuesday, May 15 // 8pm
Wednesday, May 16 // 8pm
Thursday, May 17 // 8pm
Friday, May 18 // 8pm
Saturday, May 19 // 8pm
Sunday, May 20 // 2:30pm

the red light district is an independent Toronto-based theatre-making-thing formed in 2006 with the aim of radically reimagining classic texts (famous and forgotten). Their work has been seen on stages, in parks, found spaces, and sex clubs from Toronto to London to Berlin.

theredlightdistrict.ca

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TICKET PRICES

REGULAR
Previews  $20
Tu_W   $35
Th_F_Sa   $40
Su  $35 / PWYC
UNDER 30 / ARTS WORKER
Previews  $20
Tu_W  $30
Th_F_Sa  $35
Su  $30 / PWYC

PAY WHAT YOU CAN
Every Sunday, a block of tickets will be held for sale at the door starting at noon and you can pay whatever you want. Limit 2 per person, cash only.

RUSH TICKETS
A limited number of $20 Rush Tickets will be available for performances on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays (excluding opening night).

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