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Zaiba Baig in 'The Begging Brown Bitch Plays.' iPhoto caption: Zaiba Baig in 'The Begging Brown Bitch Plays.' Photo by Jeremy Mimnagh.

REVIEW: Truth and performance blur in Zaiba Baig’s The Begging Brown Bitch Plays at Buddies

It’s in the second half of Jhooti that Zaiba Baig’s performance is transcendent. She commands the stage, moving fluidly between humour and fury, bringing the audience through one emotional arc after another.

By Sania Hameed / Apr 7, 2026
Production photo of Roberto Zucco at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre. iPhoto caption: Photo by Jeremy Mimnagh.

REVIEW: Buddies’ superb Roberto Zucco journeys through a violent, fragmented metropolis

A richly ambiguous tonal collage, Buddies in Bad Times Theatre's Roberto Zucco plays like a desperate search for meaning.

By Liam Donovan / Sep 20, 2024

Speaking in Draft: We Quit Theatre

This Winnipeg-based dynamic duo creates work that shatters formal expectations, deconstructs the Western canon, and embraces the uncertainty and intimacy that live performance makes possible.

By Nathaniel Hanula-James / Mar 12, 2024
iPhoto caption: Photo by Henry Chan Jr.

REVIEW: We Quit Theatre challenges existing narratives in its exploration of autofiction

The opposite of “quiet quitting,” this collection makes a joyful noise — and I don’t think anyone would want its creators to resign.

By Ilana Lucas / Feb 5, 2024