Highlights from this year's festival include New York cabaret performer Justin Vivian Bond, Keith Hennessy's CROTCH, Adam Lazarus and Phil Luzi's Bleed, affliction directed by Nina Lee Aquino, and The Failure Show directed by Michael Rubenfeld.
Many of the shows are pay-what-you-can or free.
The 33rd Rhubarb Festival runs from February 8 to 19 at the Buddies In Bad Times Theatre (12 Alexander Street) and other venues.
http://www.buddiesinbadtimes.com/festival.cfm?id=13
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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents
THE 33RD RHUBARB FESTIVAL
RAW. RADICAL. PERFORMANCE.
Festival Director Laura Nanni
Festival Sponsor TD BANK GROUP | Media Sponsor NOW MAGAZINE
February 8 - 19, 2012
Evening Tickets now on sale 416-975-8555
Canada's premiere experimental performance festival offers adventure-loving audiences encounters with contemporary theatre, performance art, dance and music.
HOW IT WORKS
Mainstage Evenings: Wed-Sun, beginning at 8pm - Different programming each night
Sunday Socials: a series of special presentations, artist talks and performance installations
Young Creators' Unit Presentations: Sat-Sun beginning at 6pm - new solo performances from four emerging voices in queer performance
One-to-One Performance Series: intimate experiences designed for a single performer and one audience member at a time, all performance take place at The 519 Church Street Community Centre, unless otherwise noted
Mobile Works: artists infiltrate the city with performances designed for public spaces
TICKETS
Mainstage Evenings, $20
Sundays Socials, PWYC
Young Creators' Unit Presentations, PWYC
One-to-One Performance Series, PWYC
Mobile Works, FREE
call or visit the Box Office: 416-975-8555
Scroll down for a schedule over view or follow the links for complete information on Week 1 and Week 2 programming and the One-To-One Performance Series
*Schedule may be subject to change
Week One: February 8 - 12
MAINSTAGE EVENINGS
(Wednesday - Sunday)
8:00pm The Little G8 That Could...
8:00pm Bleed
8:30pm The Failure Show or: A Thirteen-Point Manifesto for the Consideration of Failure
8:30pm Sea Foam Blue
9:00pm Night and Day
9:00pm PLEASE FOREVER PLEASE
9:30pm 33
9:30pm (Wed only) Trust My Gut
10:00pm (Wed only) Rhubarb Festival Kick-Off Bash
10:00pm (Thurs & Fri only) Justin Vivian Bond
10:30pm (Fri only) Light Fires
11:00pm (Fri only) The Big Thaw
10:00pm (Sat only) Made to Order
9:30pm (Sun only) K-Town
MOBILE WORKS
Department of Public Memory
SUNDAY SOCIALS
4:00pm Stepping Between Projections
YOUNG CREATORS' UNIT PRESENTATIONS
(Saturday - Sunday)
6:00pm speaking of sneaking
6:30pm satan in me
One-To-One Performance Series: February 10-12
intimate experiences designed for a single performer and one audience member at a time, performances take place at The 519 Church Street Community Centre, unless otherwise noted.
Psychic Cooking Show
all the things we should have said that we never said
Gender Me
Betterave Rouge / Red Beet
Make Your Own China Doll Workshop
Klangkörper 2.0 ("Resounding Body")
"Aujourdhuy 15e septembre 1738..."
Blue Light
Crossways
Walk With Me
Red Coat Romance
Week Two: February 15 - 19
MAINSTAGE EVENINGS
(Wednesday - Sunday)
8:00pm Yellow Towel & affliction
8:00pm Settlers
8:30pm Marine Life
8:30pm Expectations
9:00pm The Omnibus Bill
9:00pm EVERYDAY IS A BEAUTIFUL DAY (nichi nichi kore ko nichi)
9:30pm (Wed only) Trust My Gut
9:30pm (Thurs & Fri only) CROTCH (All the Joseph Beuys references in the word cannot heal the pain, confusion, regret, cruelty, betrayal or trauma...)
9:30pm (Sat only) The Gay Heritage Project
10:00pm (Sat only) Made to Order
MOBILE WORKS
Department of Public Memory
Tom & Gary's Decentralized Dance Party
SUNDAY SOCIALS
2:00pm Gertrude and Alice
2:30pm The Gay Heritage Project
3:00pm Department of Public Memory AGM
4:00pm Rhubarb and Free Fall Feast: Part One
5:30pm Peak Anxiety Satellite
YOUNG CREATORS' UNIT PRESENTATIONS
(Saturday - Sunday)
6:00pm Disease of Kings
6:30pm As in Happy
WORKSHOPS
Sat-Sun Performing (queer) Failure: a workshop with Keith Hennessy
*schedule subject to change
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