Buddies in Bad Times Theatre creates vital Canadian theatre by developing and presenting voices that challenge sexual, cultural, and artistic norms through radical creative practice. Built on principles of queer liberation and audacity, Buddies supports artists and works that push against mainstream orthodoxies while pursuing rigorous artistic exploration. As the world's longest-running and largest queer theatre, Buddies is uniquely positioned to develop, promote, and preserve stories and perspectives that reimagine queerness in both form and content. Buddies achieves artistic excellence through mainstage programming that champions formal innovation, artist residencies that nurture creative risk-taking, and community initiatives that make Buddies a hub for queer ideas and their creative expressions. Buddies serves audiences seeking transformative artistic experiences that transcend conventional narratives of queerness.

Donations to Buddies allow us to bring Queer artist to share their art around Canada and beyond.