Nov 01 - 06 2022
ZOM-FAM

ZOM-FAM

Presented by Buddies in Bad Times Theatre at Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

In Mauritian Kreol, “zom-fam” means “man-woman” or “transgender.” This intimate solo brings to the stage Kama La Mackerel’s award-winning eponymous poetry collection. Through dance, storytelling, spoken word, and ritual, the piece weaves together ancestral voices, femme tongues, broken colonial languages, and a tender queer subjectivity, all of which grapple with the legacy of plantation servitude.

Kama La Mackerel is a multilingual writer, visual artist, performer, translator and educator who believes in love, transformation and justice. Their work ventures beyond the borders of disciplinarity and creates hybrid spaces from which to enunciate decolonial and queer vocabularies. Wholeheartedly invested in ocean narratives, island sovereignty, transgender poetics and ancestral healing, their body of work challenges colonial notions of time and space as these relate to history, power, language, subject formation and the body.

Admission Info

For each of our mainstage shows this season, we’re offering tickets at a range of price points, though seating is general admission, and every seat is just as good as the next. If cost is a barrier, this is your chance to get an affordable ticket. If you are able to pay more, this is your change to increase your support for the work onstage and ensure it stays affordable for those who need it.

Tickets are available at $10, $25, $40, and $70, online, in-person, or over the phone.

Phone: 416-975-8555

Email: tickets@buddiesinbadtimes.com

Dates & Times

2022/11/01 - 2022/11/06

Location Info

Buddies in Bad Times Theatre

12 Alexander St, Toronto, ON M4Y 1B4

Accessibility Info

Sunday, November 6 will be a relaxed performance.