Buddies In Bad Times Theatre

10/10/2026

With the our new season in the house, let's take a look back at the shows that filled our 2025/26 year✨

We've got some juicy and exciting programming lined up this year. Here’s to everything we’ve created and everything still to come!

For more information on our current season, FLESH visit https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/season/2026-27/

10/08/2026

Bootycandy trailer just dropped! 👀

The Canadian Premiere is HERE and people are raving about it! Come see for yourself, tonight 🍑🍬

“𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺” 𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘣𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘱𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘶𝘵." — Toronto Star
"𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘯𝘺, 𝘪𝘳𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘨𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘵" — Lugwid Van

𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙮𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙮
by Robert O'Hara
Directed by Jay Northcott

A Buddies in Bad Times Theatre + Obsidian Theatre Co-Production

"𝘈 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴. 𝘈 𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘣𝘪𝘢𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘬𝘶𝘱 𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭. 𝘈 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘉𝘭𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘦𝘳 𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳, 𝘱𝘦𝘳𝘮𝘪𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘳𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘨𝘦, 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘭 𝘳𝘰𝘰𝘮"

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𝗖𝗔𝗦𝗧
Helen Belay, Performer (Actor 1)
Kyle Brown, Performer (Actor 2)
Meghan Swaby, Performer (Actor 3)
Christopher Allen, Performer (Actor 4)
Dan Mousseau, Performer (Actor 5)

𝗖𝗥𝗘𝗔𝗧𝗜𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗘𝗔𝗠
Robert O’Hara, Playwright
Jay Northcott, Director
Nick Blais, Set Designer
Arianna Moodie, Costume Designer
Darren Shaen, Lighting Designer
David Ariza, Sound Designer + Composer
Greg Carruthers, Intimacy Director
Elisia Evans, Set Design Associate
Farnoosh Talebpour, Stage Manager
Jazmine De Sousa, Apprentice Stage Manager

Bootycandy is on now through October 17, 2026. Get your tickets on our website!

🔊 Soundtrack: AMEN by Composer + Sound Designer, David Ariza

10/07/2026

I know a carousel hates to see the Buddies marketing team coming 🫪

Opening night for Bootycandy was fab fab fab!

DJ CØHEN kept the energy high alllll night, the show was a bang, and house of Fubu topped the night off 🍒

Thank you so Sassafraz for catering our fab opening 💋

Only a handful of shows left! In the wise words of Gwen Stefani (before she became Gwen Shelton, ifykyk) “What are you waiting for?”

10/07/2026

👋 Join our interpreters Courage .courage and Robert for an ASL interpreted Bootycandy tomorrow at 7:30PM! ✌️

Less than 10 shows left - get your tix today (or miss out on the iconic Canadian Premiere of Robert O'Hara's Bootycandy)

Running until October 17th 🍑 🍬

10/05/2026

09/25/2026

The Artistic Directors of Obsidian Theatre and Buddies in Bad Times Theatre stopped by for a chat and gave us the inside scoop on their first impressions on our season opener, Bootycandy!

Obsidian Theatre AD: Mumbi Tindyebwa Otu
Buddies In Bad Times Theatre AD: Ted Witzel

🍑 𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙏𝙔𝘾𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙔 🍭
🗓️ 09/30 — 10/17
🎟️ https://show.ps/l/c00166f7/

09/22/2026

The only place where being a big gay theatre and a big gay nightclub just make sense 🤝

We’ve got a special run for you! We’ve got panels, we’ve got cake, and baby we’ve got an LSS for you by the House of Fubu ~

We’re less than 10 Days away from the Canadian Premiere of Bootycandy - and you absolutely need to see it.

Run, walk, we don’t care - just get your ass there. 🍑

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𝘽𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙮𝙘𝙖𝙣𝙙𝙮
Written by Robert O’Hara
Directed by Jay Northcott

A Buddies In Bad Times Theatre & Obsidian Theatre Co-Production 💕
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🗓️ October 1st — 17th [Preview September 30]

𝘚𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯 𝘱𝘩𝘰𝘵𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘺 𝘍𝘳𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘩𝘶𝘥𝘯𝘰𝘧𝘧, 𝘴𝘵𝘺𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘺 𝘈𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘭𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘳𝘢, 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘶𝘱 𝘣𝘺 𝘙𝘢𝘩𝘯𝘦𝘭𝘭 𝘉𝘳𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘯.

🎵 SOUNDS by CØHEN

🪩 Post show LSS by The House of Fubu

Black Out Night followed by a special panel (panellists announcing soon!)

Arrive early to get a taste of the viral Brown Butter Plantain Cake from Butter & Spice bake shop 🍰 💞

Doors 6:30PM // Show @ 7:30PM ~ panel to follow

Our Mask Mandatory Matinee features a screening of “Sea Star” before the show!

KN94 Masks required ~ we have some onsite if you don’t have one :)

Our ASL interpreted show will be on October 8th!

Doors 6:30PM // Show @ 7:30 PM

BOOTYCANDY

Get your tickets today 💫

09/18/2026

🔊 A delicious sneak peek of bass that will shake your chest, can we get an AMEN! 🙏

We were lucky enough to sit in on the first day of rehearsal with the entire cast and creative team of 𝘉𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘺𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘺 - where we got to witness Juno Award-winning artist David Ariza's transcendent sound samples !

About David:

David Ariza is a Juno Award-winning Colombian-born, Toronto-based producer, composer, DJ, and artist whose work moves between the ancestral, the spiritual, and the experimental. Blending Andean rhythmic traditions, Latin psychedelia, electronic textures, and confessional songwriting, he creates music that explores transformation, memory, devotion, and duality.

His work has connected him with artists including Jayda G, Tanya Tagaq, and Saul Williams, while his music has appeared across film, television, dance, and theatre contexts. Across his practice, Ariza dissolves boundaries between song, ritual, performance, and personal mythology, building sound worlds that feel both intimate and expansive, rooted and futuristic.

innerpeaceouterspace is his evolving creative universe: a cosmic Latin world where spirituality meets performance, philosophy meets the body, and healing becomes an embodied process. Built around four guiding pillars, INNER, PEACE, OUTER, and SPACE, the project unfolds through music, fashion, film, and live performance as an exploration of duality: chaos and clarity, body and spirit, earth and cosmos, devotion and transformation.
At its core, innerpeaceouterspace invites listeners into art as both ritual and revelation. It is a reminder that the sacred can be found in every frequency, from silence to distortion.

Learn more about David at: https://www.innerpeaceouterspace.com/

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🍑 𝘽𝙊𝙊𝙏𝙔𝘾𝘼𝙉𝘿𝙔 🍭
🗓️ 09/30 — 10/17
🎟️ https://show.ps/l/c00166f7/
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Stay tuned - next week we're announcing special show dates, maybe a giveaway if you're nasty ~ 😏

PS. Speaking of SNEAK PEEK ~ Ever wanted to have an insider access to seeing a show before everyone else? Join the Buddies Sneak Preview club - link in our bio 🤫

09/17/2026

Yearning to use a paddle in a room full of artsy homosexuals? Well we've got a night for you. 😏

ArtAttack! Is our annual fundraising event, and THE chance to put on that dress you keep sighing at every time you open your closet.

[You got it on sale at a boutique consignment store, you *needed* to have it, but you haven't gone anywhere in like six months. Well it's TIME. ]

The 2026 live auction includes work by celebrated artists Erika DeFreitas, Steve Driscoll, Michael Dumontier / Neil Farber, Shannon Garden-Smith, Mitsuo Kimura, Roda Medhat, Philip Ocampo, Ry Van Der Hout + many more!

We've got something for everyone - our legendary ArtAttack! Tuck Shop offers up artist originals and multiples all priced at $150 or less (which is nuts).

Hosted by the one and only transgressive trans icon Ava Val, with auctioneer Frances Fripp, ArtAttack!’s live auction collection showcases the best in contemporary Canadian art. Bill Clarke is ArtAttack!’s Coordinator and Lead Curator, alongside four distinguished curators, Steven Beckly, Alex Bowron, Craig D’Arville, and Katlin Rogers

A Scorpio + a Capricorn run this account, you can imagine how excited one of them is that this takes place in November.

🗓️ November 5 — 7PM
🎟️ Early bird tickets on sale now!

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Some of the incredible live auction pieces pictured:

Key Image - Burning Lillies by Jesse King

1. Kris Knight, Study for big ears
2. Lindsay Montogmery, Woodwose bowls (set of 2)
3. Erika Defreitas, The black madonnas of great echoes no.8

Some of the tuck shop pieces pictured:

4. Mitsuo Kimura. pelorians mini series
5. Mitsuo Kimura. pelorians mini series
6. Darryl Mabey, Everyone Here

https://show.ps/l/1a915d86/

09/15/2026

🍑 🍭 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗧𝗬𝗖𝗔𝗡𝗗𝗬 is almost here !

This Buddies + Obsidian Co-Production is outrageous, hilarious, and less than two weeks away ❗️

Written by Robert O'Hara, directed by Jay Northcott - Bootycandy shows us a young man’s experience of power, permissibility, and privilege from the childhood dinner table to the playwrights’ circle to the dark disarray of a stranger’s hotel room.

📍 Join us for the Canadian Premiere of Bootycandy on October 1st!

Video of Jay Northcott by Olya Glotka, creative direction by Fran Chudnoff, styling by Angela Cabrera, makeup by Rahnell Branton.

🎟️ Buddiesinbadtimes.com