Compulsive Acts explores the films, plays, and personality of prolific playwright, novelist, film maker, and poet Sky Gilbert through the eyes of a handful of the people who have observed his work closely over the past two decades ? as audience members and arts workers. Actors, academics, performance artists, journalists, film makers, playwrights, poets and his partner of many years tackle his immense output with a queer eye for the intricacies of a unique and astute aesthetic vision ? a vision that has placed him securely within Canadian Theatre history as an iconic and consistently provocative dramatic force to be reckoned with.

David Bateman is a performance poet, literature and creative writing instructor, journalist, and visual artist living and working in Toronto. Sky Gilbert is a playwright, director, professor, and drag queen extraordinaire. He was co-founder and artistic director of Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre for 17 years.