Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents
THE 30TH RHUBARB FESTIVAL: WEEK THREE

Date: February 18 - February 22, 2009
Venue: Full Facility Event
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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents

WEEK THREE: FEB 18-22, 2009

Buddies In Bad Times Theatre presents
A RHUBARB FEATURE PRESENTATION
/DANCE/SONGS/
8pm, The Chamber (60min)
A Public Recordings production
Concept and Direction Ame Henderson
Created with and performed by Chad Dembski, Claudia Fancello and Matija Ferlin
Like a good rock concert, /Dance/Songs/ flirts with obscenity. It can be over-the-top and out-of-control. The performers let it all out in front of the crowd. It is abandoned and joyful, intimate and tender. Yes, it's a dance in the shape of a rock show, but maybe the best concert that you will never see.

AN EXERCISE IN FUTILITY: A NIHILISTIC TALE
8pm, The Cabaret
Written and Directed by Michael Rubenfeld
Performed by Edwige Jean-Pierre and Anand Rajaram
If nothing makes sense or seems to really matter, is anything actually happening? Join A and B as they share with you a whole bunch of bullshit in an attempt at reality.

DEAREST HEART
8:35pm, The Cabaret
Created and performed by Jenn Goodwin
Inspired by letters Jenn has written or received in the past; the ones she threw away ... or should have, because they were too damn embarrassing/harsh/lame/corny/evil/sad and so on. Dearest Heart tells a simple tale, one letter at a time.

ANOTHER CITY ANOTHER LIFE
9:10pm, The Chamber
A Secret Theatre production (Halifax, NS)
Conceived and directed by Dustin Scott Harvey
Created with and performed by Becky Siamon and Steven Bourque
Another City Another Life is about the May 1968 Paris uprising. It is about the occupation of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet by two performers and a video camera.

LENI RIEFENSTAHL VS THE 20TH CENTURY
9:45pm, The Chamber
An Ecce Homo Production
Written and Directed by Alistair Newton
Performed by Kaitlyn Regehr, Evalyn Parry, Noah Henne, Bryce Kulak, Chy Ryan Spain and Matthew Eger
Nazi propagandist and cinematic genius Leni Riefenstahl takes on superstar New York intellectual Susan Sontag in an ideological battle of the wills. It's fascinating fascism vs cultural camp as Ecce Homo looks cock-eyed into the icy stare of the fascist aesthetic; an expressionist cabaret on big themes for troubled times.


RHUBARB WEEK TWO SPECIAL EVENTS:

YOUNG CREATORS UNIT PRESENTATIONS: PART TWO
Under the direction of Evalyn Parry, Buddies In Bad Times Theatre's Young Creators Unit provides a supportive and artistically rigorous space for four queer-identified artists (age 25 and under) to develop and perform their own original, 30-minute, solo performance piece to be presented at the Rhubarb Festival. The 2008/09 Young Creators Unit is: Kim Crosby, Rob Salerno, Cole J. Alvis, Tawiah M'carthy .
Sat, Feb 21 and Sun, Feb 22, 6:30pm, The Chamber

TALKING TO CHRIS DUPUIS
Chris Dupuis aka the "Barbara Walters of the performance art scene," interviews three participants from the 2009 Rhubarb Festival and shows you a side of these artists you never new existed.
Thurs, Feb 19, 7 pm

FRIDAY LATE NIGHT SHORTS:
Sad Sam (revisited) , created and performed by Matija Ferlin
Fri, Feb 20 10:30pm, The Chamber

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