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 of Rhubarb!.
Feb 12-16, 2025
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’s raw, unhinged, and adventurous performance work that can only be seen at Buddies in Bad Times.
This year’s festival includes two international pieces: Transpophagic Manifest by Renata Carvalho, coming to Buddies from Brazil, and OUT by Ray Young, from the UK, both presented in partnership with Vancouver’s PuSh Festival.
The Green Line (9/19/25-10/4/25)
Buddies in Bad Times is at 12 Alexander St, Toronto, ON M4Y 1B4, Toronto.
The Green Line (9/19/25-10/4/25)
Rhubarb! 46 (2/12/25-2/16/25)
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TSO Holiday Pops
Toronto Symphony Orchestra (12/10 - 12/11) | |
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THE LAST FIVE YEARS
The Terminal Theatre (1/20 - 1/25) | |
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Re-Imagined
The Rose Brampton (12/21 - 12/21) | |
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A Doll’s House
Canadian Stage (1/17 - 2/1) | |
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Seussical the Musical
Wychwood Theatre (11/29 - 1/11) | |
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Little Willy
Canadian Stage (2/27 - 4/5) | |
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Murder at Ackerton Manor
Theatre Orangeville (3/12 - 3/29) | |
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6 Visitors & 7 Stories
Native Earth's Aki Studio (12/10 - 12/12) | |
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TIME AND TRANSFORMATION
Meridian Arts Centre – George Weston Recital Hall (6/20 - 6/20) | |
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