The Rhubarb Festival 2025
February 13 – 23, 2025
“Toronto’s go-to event for thought-provoking, political, adventurous entertainment.”
— Toronto Life
Festival Director Ludmylla Reis
The Rhubarb Festival is Buddies at its rawest: a hotbed of unruly creatives queering what it means to make and experience art. Canada’s longest-running genre-bending live arts festival has brought you wrestling, space opera, chainsaw-wielding teddy bears, bathroom Shakespeare, clown sisters, and cake. It’s intentional, well-crafted chaos.
It takes a rare kind of visionary to conduct this annual experiment — so we’re thrilled to announce multi-disciplinary artist Ludmylla Reis as this year’s Festival Director. They’re proving that Rhubarb only grows more wild with age, and you’ll want to be there for every whirlwind moment. Make sure you stay hydrated (Tallulah’s Cabaret can help with that).
photography and treatment by Fran Chudnoff
The Rhubarb Festival Director wants to know you and your work! Kindly submit your information and portfolio here:
Say hi!This is a virtual open door to get to know you as a practitioner without the pressure of pitching a piece for the Festival.
More information in the form.
Not sure your work would ever fit Rhubarb? Say hi anyway!
“TORONTO’S GO-TO EVENT FOR THOUGHT-PROVOKING, POLITICAL, ADVENTUROUS ENTERTAINMENT”
-Toronto Life
“ONE OF THE BEST EVENTS ON THE TORONTO THEATRE CALENDAR”
-Toronto Star
“THE WILDEST THEATRE FEST IN TOWN”
-Toronto Life
“RHUBARB IS IMPOSSIBLE TO PREDICT, BUT EVEN MORE IMPOSSIBLE TO RESIST”
-My Gay Toronto
Launched to mark the festival’s 35th anniversary, The Rhubarb Archive is a (hopefully) comprehensive list of all the projects, performances, experiments, parties, and special events to ever grace the stage at Canada’s longest-running new works festival.
VISIT THE ARCHIVE
Applications for Rhubarb 2025 are now closed. Thank you for your interest!
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