Upcoming Shows
A Howland Company production in partnership with Buddies Toronto, 2014 / Paris, 1871 / hell, alwaysThis is why I quit art.Four poets, a sloppy love triangle,...
by Keira Grant - April 27, 2026
Even if you are lukewarm to early 20th-century avant-garde music and don’t care for Schoenberg’s serial composition music-baby, you are sure to be won over by the brilliance of these performers and the creative team....
by Ilana Lucas - April 24, 2026
Anyone who’s spent ten minutes online in the past decade knows that we live in an age of anger and polarization when it comes to the issues and identities we hold dear. Stories abound about families who can no longer speak to each other or even share a meal, with jagged cracks in the foundations o...
by Keira Grant - April 17, 2026
Opera Atelier’s 2025-2026 production of Claude Debussy’s Pelléas and Mélisande is a departure from the company’s production modus operandi that will leave a lasting impression on audiences and signal a new era of innovation for Opera Atelier....
by Ilana Lucas - April 17, 2026
In Jen Silverman’s The Moors, the slightly deranged love child of the Brontës, Waiting For Godot, and Six, Emilie the governess (Blessing Adedijo) arrives at a manor amidst the titular plains to find that nothing is quite as she expected. Branwell, her supposed employer and warmhearted correspond...
by Ilana Lucas - March 24, 2026
When it comes to adaptations of French playwright Edmond Rostand’s romantic tragedy Cyrano de Bergerac, you can take your pick of the nose....
by Ilana Lucas - March 06, 2026
What did our critic think of THE NEIGHBOURS at Tarragon Theatre?...
by Ilana Lucas - March 05, 2026
Bad Dog Theatre’s new improv show at Factory Theatre revolves around a storyteller who shares three short stories from their lives about what it means to be a person in Toronto. After each tale, the team of improvisers serves up a set of improv based on—or, at least, tangentially related—to ob...
by Ilana Lucas - March 05, 2026
Master puppeteer Ronnie Burkett brings the beautiful handcrafted marionettes of the Daisy Theatre to Canadian Stage’s Berkeley St. location for a run of LITTLE WILLY, an anarchic riff off Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet in the same vein as 2022’s Little Dickens....
by Ilana Lucas - February 25, 2026
I grew up with Robert Munsch stories. If you grew up in Canada, it’s likely you did, too—or you’ve read them to your children, or grandchildren. ...
by Ilana Lucas - February 25, 2026
Many of us have, at some point in our lives, operated on the basic assumptions that our chosen communities, particularly those aligned by basic ideology, had our best interests at heart and would look out for each other. ...
Past Shows
a House of Beida and Buddies co-productionI’ve been a bitch as long as I can remember. The Begging Brown Bitch Plays are about lying, sex, and...
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...
An It Could Still Happen production in partnership with BuddiesAncient Greece / right here + nowThe plan will always feel like a mistake. Practice the...
“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 Toronto Burlesque Festival returns November 13th - 16th at the historic Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. Whether you're a burlesque aficionado or a first-time...
The Green Line, an award-winning Canadian play by Makram Ayache, opens the 47th season at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. This Toronto premiere features an...
The Green Lineby Makram AyacheAn In Arms Theatre Company Production in Association with Buddies + Factory TheatreSeptember 19 – October 4, 2025 $10 / $25 / $45...
The 2-Spirit Cabaret showcases the vibrant talent of queer and 2-Spirit Indigenous individuals through a dynamic blend of music, dance, drag, performance art, spoken word,...
The Pride Legacy Pageant will debut on June 19 as part of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre's Pride Month programming. Hosted by Lemon, the winner...
The People's Choice Awards Kiki Ball, hosted by the Toronto Kiki Ballroom Alliance, takes place on June 14 as part of the Pride Month programming...
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...
There is Violence and There is Righteous Violence and There is Death or, The Born-Again Crow follows Beth, a grocery store clerk grappling with life’s...
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...
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...
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...
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...
The “Persian Judy Garland” comes back to Buddies In Bad Times with her brand new cabaret show! “This show leaves you wanting more Leila” -...
A Nightwood Theatre presentation of a Quote Unquote Collective production, in association with Why Not Theatre. Created and performed by Norah Sadava & Amy Nostbakken....
Using monologues, original songs, and improvisational Tap dance, Andrew shares he and his wife's journey of caring for a son with Spina Bifida and Hydrocephalus,...
A Nightwood Theatre and Sulong Theatre co-production. Written and directed by Audrey Dwyer. A hilarious and provocative look at class, race and family dynamics under...
A Nightwood Theatre production. Written by Diane Flacks and directed by Kelly Thornton. “Should women abandon religion?” Four female panelists face off in a wild,...
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,...
Through the use of Filipino fan dancing and soulful singing, Catherine Hernandez uncovers the realities of living as a queer woman of colour. From masturbation...
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