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Legendary New York performance group Split Britches offer up a tribute to what we have lost in the rising sea of urban gentrification; a refuge for a culture that sits on the edge of extinction. Through loving recreations of lounge acts from the glory days of NYC's Bowery Corridor, Lost Lounge resurrects the people and places that are quickly fading into memory.
As Toronto becomes engulfed in an ever-rising wave of new condos and beloved hang outs get priced out of neighbourhoods on a daily basis, Buddies presents an elegy to all that we have lost in the name of progress.
Through recreations of iconic lounge acts, Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver (Split Britches) attempt to rescue the old haunts entertainers who might soon be forgotten. Part urban history, part loving tribute, Lost Lounge celebrates the people and places that remind us why our past should always have a place in our future.
Since 1980, Split Britches has transformed the landscape of queer performance with their vaudevillian, satirical, gender-bending performances. Their groundbreaking work has inspired a generation of artists and scholars, and earned them numerous awards – including the prestigious Jane Chambers Award and four Village Voice OBIE Awards. As our 2011-12 Season comes to a close, Buddies is thrilled to welcome this internationally-acclaimed feminist company to our stage for the first time.
OPENING NIGHT
Members of the media are invited to attend opening night, Thursday, May 3 at 8pm (space is limited – contact Mark Aikman at industry@buddiesinbadtimes.com for accreditation and to reserve seating).
PRAISE FOR LOST LOUNGE
“a beautiful meditation on change, loss, and aging” –The Feminist Spectator
“a cheerfully elegiac cabaret” –The Village Voice
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Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents
LOST LOUNGE
by Split Britches
Written and performed by Peggy Shaw and Lois Weaver (Split Britches)
Sound and music by Vivien Stoll
Choreography by Stormy Brandenberger
Opens May 3 – Closes May 5
Runs Thurs-Sat 8:00pm
Tickets $20
Tickets available online at totix.ca
Box Office 416-975-8555
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre 12, Alexander Street, Toronto ON
2012-03-20
Toronto: Buddies in Bad Times presents New York’s Split Britches in “Lost Lounge” May 3-5