The Herald
Mar 4 – Mar 14, 2026
The Herald, a world premiere production at Buddies in Bad Times, is written and directed by Jill Connell. This innovative piece employs poetics to explore...
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Review: YOU, ALWAYS at Canadian Stage
by Ilana Lucas - February 18, 2026
Erin Shields’ beautiful YOU, ALWAYS, directed by Andrea Donaldson at Canadian Stage’s Berkeley Street Theatre, is a kaleidoscopic, fragmented look at all moments of a sibling relationship, from childhood to maturity and everything in between....
Review: MISCHIEF at Tarragon Theatre
by Ilana Lucas - February 03, 2026
The fish leads a more exciting life when it jumps out of the water to visit mischief on the birds. That’s what Emily (Nicole Joy-Fraser), a 288-year-old spirit, tells Brooke (Lisa Nasson), a young Mi’kmaq woman who Emily feels is treading water instead of emerging from it....
Review: OPHIS at The Great Hall
by Samantha Wu - January 13, 2026
TranscenDance Project is starting off the new year by offering an invitation into the unknown with a remount of their intoxicating interactive production of Ophis. Taking over the multifple rooms and floors of The Great Hall, audience members are invited to don a mask and follow along as dancers tel...
Past Shows
Make Banana Cry
Jan 14 – Jan 17, 2026
“banana” isn’t just slang — it’s a symbol of the performance, erasure, and reclamation of self.Choreographers Andrew Tay and Stephen Thompson are the co-creators of Make...
The Green Line
Sep 19 – Oct 4, 2025
The Green Lineby Makram AyacheAn In Arms Theatre Company Production in Association with Buddies + Factory TheatreSeptember 19 – October 4, 2025 $10 / $25 / $45...
Shedding a Skin
Apr 22 – May 4, 2025
A Nightwood Theatre production in association with Buddies In Bad TimesWritten by Amanda WilkinDirected by Cherissa RichardsOn the 15th floor of a London tower block, a revolution takes place. Myah...
Rhubarb! 46
Feb 12 – Feb 16, 2025
Thirteen shows, five days, two performance spaces, one venue: an experience of unhinged intensity and eclectic performance art that is truly unique to the world...
Rhubarb! 46
Feb 12 – Feb 16, 2025
Thirteen shows, five days, two performance spaces, one venue: an experience of unhinged intensity and eclectic performance art that is truly unique to the world...
Rhubarb! 46
Feb 12 – Feb 16, 2025
Thirteen shows, five days, two performance spaces, one venue: an experience of unhinged intensity and eclectic performance art that is truly unique to the world...
Angels in America
Nov 23 – Dec 17, 2023
A THAT THEATRE COMPANY PRODUCTION, IN ASSOCIATION WITH BUDDIES IN BAD TIMES THEATREIn a Reagan-era New York City beset by the AIDS crisis, a recently-diagnosed...
Pass Over
Oct 22 – Nov 10, 2019
Leila Live!
Jun 20
The “Persian Judy Garland” comes back to Buddies In Bad Times with her brand new cabaret show! “This show leaves you wanting more Leila” -...
Sharron & George's SUPERFUN Christmas SING-ALONG!
Dec 19 – Dec 20, 2015
AFTER THREE HIT runs in 2012, 2013 AND 2014, Sharron Matthews and George Masswohl, acclaimed Canadian musical theatre couple wanna bring you a little Christmas,...
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