By visiting this Website, you agree to the use of essential + preferences Cookies. If you want to opt in to statistics Cookies to have your Website visit analyzed, check the box below & click ‘Submit’. We do not track your visit if you leave the box unchecked. For more details, see our Cookie Policy.

Skip to content
Two performers wearing pale beige feminine costumes. The one with long blonde hair stands behind the one with long dark hair, draping strings of pearls. The dark-haired performer's eyes are closed, blindfolded by a transparent ribbon, left arm raised toward the cascading pearls.
Image featuring red text superimposed over a photograph. Two performers wearing pale beige feminine undergarments. The one with long blonde hair stands behind the one with long dark hair, draping strings of pearls. The dark-haired performer's eyes are closed, blindfolded by a transparent ribbon, left arm raised toward the cascading pearls. Bottom: Glory.

A dance docu-drama A dance docu-drama

screams for trans aliveness.

Home Events Performance GLORY!

GLORY!

Five performances only – from Wednesday, January 20 to Sunday, January 24, 2027 – Buddies in Bad Times presents the Toronto premiere of We Quit Theatre’s GLORY!, a contemporary dance docu-drama that mines the political, aesthetic and libidinal contradictions of the ‘70s to grapple with our present moment of crisis.

A love letter to their enemies. A transfeminist fantasia. A bad idea and a good time.

Join Shel Silverstein, Gloria Steinem, Hugh Hefner and various prey animals in the labyrinthine Playboy mansion to explore party planning, ‘70s idealism and the neo-liberal melodrama of the trans scapegoat via popular children’s music.

In We Quit Theatre’s signature mix of delight and iconoclasm, GLORY! is a foil to second-wave feminism and a deep-throated scream for trans aliveness – a party you don’t want to miss. GLORY! is co-created by: Emma Beech, Dhanu Chinniah, Arne MacPherson, Gislina Patterson and Dasha Plett, and is directed by Gislina Patterson, with the remaining co-creators performing.

This production is part of the Queer Voices Canada series supported by Canadian Heritage.

About We Quit Theatre

Based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, We Quit Theatre is a performance collaboration between transsexual artists Dasha Plett and Gislina Patterson. At heart, they are shock-rockers: they’ve never met an expectation we didn’t want to knock down. A destructive impulse runs through their work, fuelled by a desire for a better genre, a better gender, a better politics and a better performance. Read more about them here.

About Buddies in Bad Times

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is the world’s largest and longest-running queer theatre. For 48 years, Buddies has carved out a sexy, disobedient edge in Toronto’s theatre scene and has been a world leader in amplifying queer voices and developing their stories for the stage. Buddies is a home for artistic risk – a place where emerging talent hone their radical visions, and where established artists to do the daring works other theatres might shy away from. Read more about them here.

Image featuring text superimposed over a photograph. Two performers dressed in pale beige feminine undergarments, one with long blonde hair stands behind the one with long dark hair, draping strings of pearls. The dark-haired one's eyes are closed, blindfolded by a transparent ribbon, left arm raised toward the cascading pearls. Bottom: The word Glory in red font.

(Photo credits: Dasha Plett & Dhanu Chinniah. Photography & creative direction by Fran Chudnoff, styling by Angela Cabrera, makeup by Rahnell Branton & graphic design by Lucinda Wallace.)

 

Event details

Presented by: A Buddies in Bad Times presentation of a We Quit Theatre production 

Type of event: dance docu-drama performance

Co-created by: Emma Beech, Dhanu Chinniah, Arne MacPherson, Gislina Patterson & Dasha Plett 

Directed by: Gislina Patterson

Performed by: Emma Beech, Dhanu Chinniah, Arne MacPherson & Dasha Plett

Dates: Wednesday, January 20 – Sunday, January 24, 2027 (Opening night on January 20)

Start times:

  • Wednesday – Saturday evenings @ 7:30 PM ET
  • Sunday afternoon @ 4:00 PM ET

Duration: approx. 2 hours (intermission TBA)

Cost: Prices include fees but not HST.

    • Low-income ticket: C$15.00
    • Subsidized ticket: C$30.00
    • Regular ticket: C$50.00
    • Supporter ticket: C$80.00

Location: Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, 12 Alexandra Street, Toronto, ON, M4Y 1B4

Booking link: Book your tickets here

Contact details: Buddies in Bad Times, 12 Alexandra Street, Toronto, ON, M4Y 1B4, Canada; Box office: (416) 975-8555, tickets@buddiesinbadtimes.com, buddiesinbadtimes.com

 

Content warning: Adult content.

Accessibility: There is an elevator for wheelchairs. There are also gender-neutral and accessible bathrooms. Buddies in Bad Times Theatre is committed to removing barriers for their audiences and artists. If you have specific requests – such as seating, tickets for a personal support worker, info on ASL, etc., please email tickets@buddiesinbadtimes.com or call them at (416) 975-8555. More info here.

Refund policy: If you would like to exchange your ticket or be granted a refund, please email tickets@buddiesinbadtimes.com. Requests will be approved at the discretion of Buddies in Bad Times and Tallulah’s Cabaret, as well as any producing partners. No refunds or exchanges will be granted within 48 hours of the event start time. If approved, a full refund of the ticket cost, minus any applicable service fees, will be credited to your account within 30 days.