Buddies Announces the 46th Annual Rhubarb! Festival

Poster design for “Biography of Harry Allen” by @snailgovernment.

Rhubarb! 46, Canada’s oldest theatre festival for experimental new work, is back at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre from February 12-16, 2025. Festival Director Ludmylla Reis has curated a series of 13 electric works by both local and international artists with each show presented one time only.

Thirteen shows, five days, two performance spaces, one venue: an experience of unhinged intensity and eclectic performance art experiences that are truly unique to the world of Rhubarb!.

These are the two Rhubarb! shows that we are particularly excited about for their comedy and country music essence:

Biography of Harry Allen created and performed by Valentine Leger, directed by Oliver Pitschner
A folk tale, mental breakdown, and questionable history lesson all strapped into a pair of chaps. Follow a cowboy into a bar where he searches for companionship and meaning to the myths he’s been told.

Conversation//Connection by Bad Machine
Bad Machine wants to know what you know, and use that to generate strange, improvisational art. Grab a mic, and let's talk about that thing you really love.

Rhubarb! 46 runs February 12-16, 2025 but you can see Biography of Harry Allen and Conversation//Connection on the same ticket Friday, February 14 at 7pm. For full details, visit: https://buddiesinbadtimes.com/show/the-rhubarb-festival-2025/.