THE MAN THAT GOT AWAY (A SPECIAL APPEARANCE) A Buddies in Bad Times Production (Toronto) December 8 to 18

How do we reinhabit the stories that make us who we are? How do those who’ve left us continue to inhabit us? In an intimate performance weaving together music, confessionals, and personal archives, Martin Julien unmaps, through space and time, his queer upbringing as the child of a lesbian mother and gay father in mid-20th-century Toronto. 

Exploding the cabaret form, The Man That Got Away grapples with the layers of our performed identities and the plurality of ways that we ‘come out.’ Family secrets, shared histories, and the musical theatre canon come together in this gesture towards a space of liberation, memory, desire, and truth.

Directed by Peter Hinton-Davis, featuring** Martin Julien**, Germaine Konji, and Ben Page.

RELAXED PERFORMANCE **December 11, 7:30PM: **Relaxed performances are designed to welcome audience members who will benefit from a more relaxed performance environment, including house lights being left on at a low level, more freedom to come and go from the space, and an alternate space to take a break from the show.

REDUCED CAPACITY PERFORMANCE December 14, 7:30PM: The capacity of the house will be reduced to 50% of its usual total. This smaller-capacity performance is scheduled with immuno-compromised audience members in mind, as well as those who do not yet feel comfortable in a full theatre. Please note audience members will be asked to provide proof of vaccination at reduced capacity performances.

DEAF-INTERPRETED PERFORMANCE IN ASL **December 16, 7:30PM **will feature ASL-interpretation by Deaf interpreters Courage Bacchus and Juan Jaramillo. Patrons can book $5 tickets in advance using the code “ASL5” at checkout.