Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

“I’m sick and I’m in love.”“You seem the sort of person who confuses the two.”“That’s right. That’s the first time you’ve been right. I confuse the two and I don’t care.” ...

https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/blog/a-pisces-guide-to-passion-limerence-and-the-gaymerican-dream-or-a-la-folie/

Content warnings: suicide, ableism & MAiD The first time Dasha and I worked together, for reasons I can’t or don’t care to remember, I was suicidal. Walking through downtown to my office job ...

https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/blog/we-quit-catharsis/

What is your history with Buddies? How did it feel to be back?  Buddies goes back as far as I remember working in Toronto—from early days of seeing shows like Pasolini/Pelosi and The Dressing ...

https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/blog/looking-back-on-2022-23-peter-hinton-davis-on-the-man-that-got-away-and-the-hooves-belonged-to-the-deer/

November 2012 sitting in the sterile immigration processing center, I had to make the biggest choice of my life thus far. Do I stay? Or do I go back? Two (2) weeks earlier I was sharing with my f...

https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/blog/free-to-be-choosing-yourself-powerfully/

I recently had a conversation about revisiting past work — how, contrary to a common practice in the pantheon of performance art, I don’t shy from performing work over and over; sometimes wit...

https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/blog/revisiting-a-performance-james-knotts-the-apocalypse-in-your-bedroom-tour/

We both had the great privilege of attending the same Catholic high school in Vaughan, ON. More specifically- a Catholic ARTS high school. (For some reason it feels like there is an oxymoron in t...

https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/blog/the-making-of-body-so-fluorescent/

It’s an exciting time in the Toronto arts scene as our stages finally begin to reflect the diverse community around us. Unfortunately, disabled folks continue to be left behind. When the team a...

https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/blog/thedisabilitycollective/

CW: Colorado Springs shooting, Queer/Trans Violence, Gun Violence, Death. The bar team at Buddies honours the victims of the Club Q shooting and stands with our queer community in Colorado, and a...

https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/blog/a-reflection-on-queer-spaces-and-community/

MARIPOSA, the piece I’ve been working on through my residency at Buddies, is a tribute to this butterfly & to the many Mariposas that guide us in the deaths and awakenings that we experience du...

https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/blog/mariposa/

ZOM-FAM finally gets to meet an audience! After two whole years where this show has been “in suspense,” during a time when all of us working in the arts, performance and cultural fields wonde...

https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/blog/zom-fam-on-finding-faith-and-trusting-the-process/