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Award-winning artist, activist, and educator Kim Crosby and acclaimed theatre creator Gein Wong bring back a Buddies tradition, celebrating the work of queer women and trans folks in performance.
For it’s 35th Anniversary Season, Buddies brings back the iconic Strange Sisters – a long-held and much-loved tradition celebrating the work of queer women in performance. Leading this exciting new adventure are two highly acclaimed artists, activists, and community organizers: Kim Crosby (co-founder, The People Project and co-curator of Raunch and Resistance at The 34th Rhubarb Festival) and Gein Wong (Say Their Names, Remember at the AGO and artistic director of Eventual Ashes), with Jade Lee Hoy (Womanifesto space designer and Manfiesto Creative Director)
The curators have put together an eclectic program that features artists from across North America working in performance, spoken word, burlesque, dance, music, and more, showcasing the astonishing talents of women and trans artists. On the Strange Sisters stage, audiences will see raucous celebrations that defy expectations and find joy and strength in the things we are told to be ashamed of.
THE LINE-UP FOR STRANGE SISTERS INCLUDES:
•A hot & complex sex work confessional from Juliet November
•Prolific writer and poet Donna Michelle St. Bernard performs an interactive new work via Skype
•A mime interpretation of the dominatrix from Alvis Parsley
•A new spoken word piece from Oakland’s yvonne fly onakeme etagh
•Pole dancing and aerial performance from Oakland’s India Davis
•Former Buddies Young Creators Unit member Cassandra Walker’s right of passage ritual for intersex folk
•An anthem for femme identity from burlesque superstar Catherine ‘Legs’ Hernandez
•A collective video performance from Masti Khor
•And visual art from Fonna Seidu and Sun Sun
BUDDIES BRINGS BACK ONE OF ITS MOST CELEBRATED TRADITIONS
First presented in 1990 and not seen on our stage since 2007, Strange Sisters has long been an important platform for female artists at Buddies in Bad Times. Buddies is excited to work with curators Kim Crosby and Gein Wong bring back this audience favourite.
The curators will bring audiences an event unlike any Strange Sisters before it. Moving beyond the traditional cabaret-style performance showcase, the new Strange Sisters will feature new collaborations, group projects, and visual art along side individual works by each artist. Crosby and Wong have also expanded the scope of the festival to include work by trans artists.
These changes reflect important changes within Buddies’ sexual and artistic communities – welcoming new ideas in performance, a more community-focused curatorial practice, and acknowledging the long standing contributions and artistic exchange with trans-identified people.
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre presents
STRANGE SISTERS
curated by Kim Crosby
co-curator Gein Wong
featuring Juliet November, Cassandra Walker, Catherine Hernandez, Alvis Parsley, yvonne fly onakeme etagh, Masti Khor, Donna Michelle St. Bernard, India Davis, Fonna Seidu & Sun Sun
Friday, October 25, 2013 at 8pm
Tickets $20
Box Office 416-975-8555 or buddiesinbadtimes.com
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander Street, Toronto ON
Photo: Kim Crosby. ©2013 Tanja-Tiziana.
2013-09-27
Toronto: Buddies in Bad Times brings its iconic celebration of queer women to the stage October 25