For two weeks, over 100 artists transform Buddies into a hotbed of experimentation, sharing new experiments in contemporary theatre, dance, music, and performance art with adventure-loving audiences. Now in its 35th year, Rhubarb is the place to see the most adventurous ideas that artists have to offer and to catch your favourite performers venture into uncharted territory.

As the festival marks its 35th anniversary, Rhubarb will examine its past, imagine its future, and celebrate the incredible community of queer artists and spaces that have developed around it. This is all the more timely in light of a recent decision by the Department of Canadian Heritage to withdraw funding for the festival after years of support, without explanation.

On this year’s programming, festival director Laura Nanni remarks, “For me, Rhubarb is about forward momentum. While honouring the 35th year of this festival with works that unearth and remix elements of our past, it has been a priority to persist in making space for our artists and audiences to fearlessly question our current conditions and radically envision possibilities for the future. This 35th year of Rhubarb promises to be as loud, boundary pushing and epic as ever!”

For a complete line-up visit buddiesinbadtimes.com/rhubarb