Anika Venkatesh, Belinda Corpuz and Matthew Joseph in New Bad Ideas Live | Photo by Barry McCluskey
My first encounter with Bad Hats Theatre was through my obsession with a stoner-musical-comedy-adventure called Life in a Box. Having discovered it at the 2018 Toronto Fringe Festival, and falling head over heels for its cleverness and buoyancy, I followed creators Landon Doak and Matthew Finlan to Bad Hats to track the development of their zany and poignant creation. (My preview and review of that remount.)All of those adjectives—clever, buoyant, zany, poignant—can be applied to all of the work Bad Hats fosters.
One of the channels through which they support new artistic works is the New Bad Ideas program. Continue Reading