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Buddies In Bad Times Theatre presents Toronto's premier burlesque troupe in

WHO'S YOUR DA DA?
A SURREALIST CELEBRATION OF SCANDALOUS INFATUATIONS

Created by Sasha Van Bon Bon & Kitty Neptune
Starring Sasha Van Bon Bon, Kitty Neptune, Jesse Dell, Countess Christsmasher, Araxi Arslanian, Jillian Camarta, Andrya Duff, Tina Fushell, Kaleb Robertson, Angela Beever, Robin Beever, Shawn Newman, David Mickle and Shane Mackinnon

"Using the Dadaists as our inspirational allies, we seek a restorative connection with you, the audience. Consider us terrestrial homeopaths, treating the world's madness with a dash of our own. Or perhaps we are simply rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic. Take a seat and see."
- Sasha Van Bon Bon

Following the sold-out success of Under The Mink in 2006, Buddies proudly presents The Scandelles in their latest extravaganza, Who's Your Dada? Burlesque mavens Sasha Van Bon Bon and Kitty Neptune use their inimitable style to skewer that most contrary of movements from the early 20th Century. Dancers in suitcases and story-telling plushies are just some of the "anti-art" craziness paying homage to the grandchildren of the radical anti-establishment movement.

The Scandelles take a satirical swing at art and sex by fusing burlesque, modern dance, live music, short film and porn to uncover beauty in ambiguous circumstances. It's no accident that anti-art movements crop up during times of war, when we most crave turbulent revelry. Who's Your Dada? brings you irreverent send-ups of the new striptease fitness craze, The Joy of Sex, cultural tourism, plastic surgery, fat-phobia and the huge belching machine that is the mainstream porn industry. Who's Your Dada? offers a surrealist tribute to Daniel MacIvor, an army of Anne of Green Gables' dancing to Yoko Ono, why fat suits are the new blackface, erotic vagrants and so very much more.

The Scandelles are Toronto's (arguably Canada's premier burlesque company. Riding the crest of the resurgence of the performance form's popularity, the Scandelles eschew the museum-like reviving of burlesque for its own sake, and instead, work to reinterpret contemporary issues, perspectives and mores through their bawdy and bodacious lens. From their sold-out run of Under the Mink, which examined our obsession with Hollywood icons, to their recent workshop of Neon Nightz which held a mirror up to the Catholic reflection of Montreal strip-clubs in the 90's the Scandelles leave no cultural stone unturned. With Who's Your Dada? they take on everything from Anne of Green Gables to Daniel MacIvor, and then some.

In a truly unique partnership, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, Canada's largest queer theatre company, has been supporting the development of new and challenging work by the Scandelles for several seasons. Non-traditional, ultra-queer and pro-sexual, The Scandelles are a perfect fit for Buddies' new directions and the relationship between the two companies remains an exciting and unique entity in the landscape of new theatre creation in Canada.

WARNING: NUDITY & SEXUALITY

Reviews for Who's Your Da Da?

• EYE WEEKLY: "****...a remarkable triumph" read full review
• STAR: "*** (out of 4)...multimedia revue turns up the heat" read full review
• TORONTO SUN: "...marks a major step forward for the troupe" read full review
• THE GLOBE AND MAIL: "...wonderfully clever... Neptune's stage direction is absolutely delicious" read full review

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