Toronto 
Events Description
This is why I quit art.
Four poets, a sloppy love triangle, an unfinished art film, and an electric oven. Can we still talk about the apocalypse as if it hasn’t already happened? It’s 2014 in Toronto (hell) and 1871 in France (also hell). The poets torture themselves to make work that means something rightnow, but time feels slippery and no narrative can keep them safe. Nevertheless! Sappho’s brand manager has suggestions for her website, and queerness is really marketable right now. Especially if the queers in question are already dead.
A performance poem traversing the worlds of Arthur Rimbaud, Paul Verlaine, Sylvia Plath, Sappho, and post-art school malaise, take rimbaud flirts with creation, revolution, and violence at the end of the world.
photo of Susanna Fournier, photography + creative direction by Fran Chudnoff, styling by CC Calica, makeup by Rahnell Branton
A Howland Company production in partnership with Buddies
Who is it for?
All ages
HOW MUCH
Tickets : $10 — $75 + fees
Tickets
$10 / $25 / $45 / $75 + fees
How to get tickets?
Phone: 4169758555
Email: tickets@buddiesinbadtimes.com
At the door: cash + card accepted
WHEN & WHERE
Date: Wednesday May 6, 2026 to Tuesday May 26, 2026
Dates + Times
Preview
May 6 // 7:30PM
Show Run
May 6 – 23
Wed – Fri // 7:30PM
Sat // 2PM + 7:30PM
Mask Mandatory Performance
Saturday, May 16 // 2PM
Venue & Address
Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexander St, Toronto
Wheelchair accessible
Street Parking
Accessible by Public Transport
