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[The Howland Company @TheHowlandCo]

The World Premiere of TAKE RIMBAUD by Susanna Fournier, directed by ted witzel, takes the stage at Buddies for a limited run May 6-23.

A performance poem for 8 voices, TAKE RIMBAUD flirts with creation, revolution & violence at the end of the world.

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[Paula Citron @paula_citron]

My review of Susanna Fournier's extraordinary play Take Rimbaud is posted on https://t.co/gR9C6zdPv4. (Photo of Thomas Mitchell Barnet by Wade Muir.l

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"TAKE RIMBAUD hits so fucking good, is so my thing, I don’t even know where to start [...] Hilarious, intelligent, melancholic and anarchic" - Istvan Reviews

Don't miss the final week of TAKE RIMBAUD, closing this Saturday, May 23!

🗞️ Read the review: https://t.co/YnVHbGYMrm

[Globe Culture @GlobeArts]

Take Rimbaud, a new play about the futility of art, is a manifesto in every sense of the word https://t.co/wYYFtxeeN2

[aisling murphy @aisling_murph_]

Wow, I loved TAKE RIMBAUD (@TheHowlandCo @buddiesTO). Feminist, subversive, funny, sharp — I can see why reactions have been split but ted witzel's punky production really worked for me.

https://t.co/SFRYZqsOis

[Derrick Chua @d_chua]

Long weekend TO theatre: How To Catch Creation @Soulpepper, Take Rimbaud @BuddiesTO, cicadas @TarragonTheatre, 12 Litres 8800 Steps @FactoryToronto, Karma @BeyondWallsTPM, The Division @CrowsTheatre, Maya & Roan @RedSandcastle, Paprika Fest, Dog Man, Beautiful Noise, & Juliet.

[The Howland Company @TheHowlandCo]

✨ THE WELKIN’s Bonnie Beecher wins the Toronto Theatre Critics’ Award for BEST LIGHTING DESIGN.

We are thrilled to see Bonnie’s “gorgeous work” (The Globe and Mail) be recognized by the Toronto Theatre Critics Association!

Thank you to the TTCA.

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“[take rimbaud] induces the anarchic sensation that anything is possible on stage.”
@intermissionmag

Don't miss your chance to experience what the buzz is all about. TAKE RIMBAUD is on stage now only to May 23 at Buddies In Bad Times Theatre!

🗞️: https://t.co/tBhG19WjBz

[The Howland Company @TheHowlandCo]

❤️‍🔥 The reviews are coming in & critics are raving about TAKE RIMBAUD.

Don’t miss out on this raucous, form-bending and theatrical performance poem, on stage now for just 10 more performances at Buddies.

Are you ready?

🎟️: https://t.co/fvxILrmhAk

[Derrick Chua @d_chua]

Six world-premiere Canadian plays in TO this week: Take Rimbaud at Buddies, cicadas at Tarragon, 12 Litres 8800 Steps at Factory, Karma at Passe Muraille, The Division at Crows, Maya & Roan at Red Sandcastle. Plus Paprika Fest and Canadian cast How To Catch Creation and & Juliet.

[Our Theatre Voice @OurTheatreVoice]

Susanna Fournier’s massive and intelligent ‘take rimbaud’ becomes stunning and intense in the messiness of troubled lives.  https://t.co/sqo9tuinnK Produced by @buddiesTO and @TheHowlandCo, 'take rimbaud' is now on stage. Directed by ted witzel.

[Now Toronto @nowtoronto]

Four iconic poets, a messy love triangle, struggling artists and a Queer story. That’s what Take Rimbaud, a new play coming to Buddies in Bad Times Theatre, is bringing to the stage.

#QueerToronto #Toronto

https://t.co/bMQ7Zo7TlV

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@d_chua Thank you Derrick! Looking forward to sharing TAKE RIMBAUD’s wild ride with you.

[Derrick Chua @d_chua]

Spending wknd at 3 Cdn plays: Take Rimbaud at Buddies, Here Be Dragons at Theatre Centre & Zombocalypse at Red Sandcastle, but could also see cicadas at Tarragon, Vitals & 12 Litres 8800 Steps at Factory, Karma at Passe Muraille, The Division at Crows. Support Canadian theatre!

[Derrick Chua @d_chua]

TO shows you could bring mom to this wknd: Dance Nation, Vitals, 12 Litres 8800 Steps, Brilliant Traces, Karma, With A Song in My Heart, Zombocalypse, Here Be Dragons, cicadas, The Division, How to Catch Creation, Take Rimbaud, Dog Man, Beautiful Noise, Moulin Rouge, & Juliet.

[The Howland Company @TheHowlandCo]

"What remains of revolution? Playwright Susanna Fournier and director ted witzel on youthful rage and artistic risk in TAKE RIMBAUD."

Performances for the world premiere begin Wednesday!

🗞️ Read the feature @OurTheatreVoice: https://t.co/ftxLoXcHfh

📅 May 6-23 at Buddies

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"Four legendary poets. One messy love triangle. A play you won’t forget - The long-awaited play interrogates artistic myth, gendered legacy and the cost of creative survival."

Read the @nowtoronto feature. TAKE RIMBAUD begins this week!

📰: https://t.co/8ig58AvoOA

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✍️ Check out the Artist Profile with Howland’s @Ruth_Goodwin as she discusses Sylvia Plath, working with playwright Susanna Fournier, and why TAKE RIMBAUD feels urgent for rightnow.

🔗 Read more @OurTheatreVoice : https://t.co/VX30F8AWQJ

Performances begin May 6 at Buddies.

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✍️ PROCESS-ING: Get inside playwright Susanna Fournier's process of making TAKE RIMBAUD through some of the references, strokes of inspiration, and notes in margins that influenced the audacious final product you’ll see on stage at Buddies May 6-23.

🔗: https://t.co/KXbiHAO0C0

[Joe Szekeres @SzekeresJoe]

https://t.co/08OaDmWSif Thank you, Ruth Goodwin, for the conversation. Read all about Ruth's upcoming on stage work in 'take rimbaud', a co-production with @TheHowlandCo and @buddiesTO May 6 - 23, 2026.