• A group of people move like ghosts, blurred behind a gauzy curtain. Artists in tie-dyed shirts move massage tables covered in blankets as the audience watches.

    Zoë Kreye, Alexa Solveig Mardon, Lisa Prentice: Dreaming the Asklepion

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    October. 19 & 20th, 2025 2838 E. Hastings 3:00pm, 4:30pm & 6:00pm, 7:30pm Dreaming the Asklepion is an interdisciplinary performance and installation project that reimagines ancient healing spaces as contemporary, […]

  • A framed photo of Kyra and Sierra as children sits on a table loaded with party treats and gifts. In the image, Kyra is smiling widely squeezing baby Sierra close to her chest.
    Kyra Philbert and Sierra Philbert, My Twilight, photo documentation, Oct 18, 2025, Vines Den. Photo: Alger Ji-Liang.

    Kyra Philbert and Sierra Philbert: My Twilight

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    October. 18th, 2025 Vines Den 7:00pm My Twilight is a collaborative performance by half-sisters Kyra Philbert and Sierra Philbert. Using the concept of twilight, in its many forms, as the […]

  • Under a spotlight in a darkened room, two shirtless bodies tethered by a small rope rotate in tension with one another. The rope digs into Aryo's chest and crosses upward to Sidi's neck which is tilted away. Both wear black pants and have bare feet.
    Sidi Chen with Aryo Khakpour, Tidal Locking, photo documentation, Oct 17, 2025, KW Studios. Photo: Alger Ji-Liang.

    Sidi Chen: Tidal Locking

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    October. 17th, 2025 KW Studios, Atrium Studio 7:00pm Sidi Chen’s work Tidal Locking is an interdisciplinary research project that bridges planetary science and relational aesthetics through performance. Inspired by the […]

  • Looking over Saghi's shoulder we see their laptop and VJ set up, they are looking across at Kimia who is setting up her audio equipment at a table in front of Saghi's station. Abstract forms in greens and pinks dance in a video projection behind both artists.
    Saghi Ehteshamzadeh and Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi, Unheld II, photo documentation, Oct 16, 2025, The Polygon Gallery. Photo: Oliver James.

    Saghi Ehteshamzadeh & Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi: Unheld II

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    October. 16th, 2025 The Polygon Gallery 7:00pm Saghi Ehteshamzadeh and Kimia Koochakzadeh-Yazdi’s Unheld II is an experimental audio-visual performance exploring dissociation, dislocation, and the quiet liberations that emerge when there […]

  • A drummer plays in the corner as dancers bodies blur in a sea of warm light. As they move through space their aura's time laps delay behind each motion as they circle a purple spotlight.
    Joshua Ongcol, The Energy Never Dies (The E.N.D.), photo documentation, Oct 15, 2023, Russian Hall. Photo: Alger Ji-Liang.

    Joshua Ongcol: The Energy Never Dies (The E.N.D.)

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    October. 15th, 2023 Russian Hall 7:00pm The Energy Never Dies (The E.N.D.) is an interdisciplinary exploration bracketed within a dance cypher. Joshua Ongcol, the creative director of The E.N.D., facilitates […]

  • A darkened celling is filled with light projections of sinuous forms and words. One reads, teliwino'tmek - we did not take care, another reads, msit - all of them.
    Michelle Sylliboy, “Little children our beings they found you” – mijua’ji’jk ntininaq weji’skesnik, performance still, Oct 15, 2023, Russian Hall. Photo: still from video documentation by Yasuhiro Okada, edited by Alger Ji-Liang.

    Michelle Sylliboy: “Little children our beings they found you” — mijua’ji’jk ntininaq weji’skesnik

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    October. 15th, 2023 Russian Hall 2:00pm The foundations for “Little children our beings they found you” – mijua’ji’jk ntininaq weji’skesnik arose from a workshop Michelle Sylliboy (L’nu/Mi’kmaq) led during the […]

  • An older woman with curlers in her hair gesticulates as she sings. A cast of characters dressed as statues and flowers pose in dramatically in the set around her.
    Elizabeth Milton, Queen Tilly and the Marys, photo documentation, 2023. Courtesy of the artist. Photo: Aya Garcia.

    Elizabeth Milton: Queen Tilly and the Marys

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    October. 14th, 2023 VIVO Media Arts Centre 7:30pm Queen Tilly and the Marys is a boisterous multi-modal counter point to a musical theatre act where comedic absurdity and camp materiality […]

  • Jessica, wearing a green shirt and jeans, snakes her way down a sinuous concrete stairwell. Large over ear headphones frame her face and dreadlocks tied up in a high pony tail.
    Jessica Karuhanga, ground and cover me, performance still, Oct 14, 2023, Woodwards Atrium. Photo: still from video documentation by Yasuhiro Okada.

    Jessica Karuhanga: ground and cover me

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    October. 14th, 2023 Woodwards Atrium 2:00pm In her performance ground and cover me, Jessica Karuhanga engages with the architecture of institutional and build environments to navigate the physical and figurative […]

  • Megan, wearing blue coveralls and a train conductors cap sings toward a projection of the Flying Scotsman train with their face superimposed on top. The pair sing to each other through microphones on stands.
    Megan Arnold, A Tender Engine, performance still, Oct 13, 2023, VIVO Media Arts Centre. Photo: still from video documentation by Yasuhiro Okada, edited by Alger Ji-Liang.

    Megan Arnold: A Tender Engine

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    October. 13th, 2023 VIVO Media Arts Centre 8:30pm Megan Arnold’s A Tender Engine is a queer-reimagining of the romance between a steam locomotive, the Flying Scotsman, and “her” first caretaker, […]

  • Jordan stands at an alter in a halo of yellow light. Two dancers cloaked in sheer white cloths stretch in the centre of the circle.
    Zeus Bascon and Jordan Baylon, Multong Bakla: A Silent Presence of Beauty, photo documentation, Oct 12, 2023, The Polygon Gallery. Photo: Alger Ji-Liang.

    Zeus Bascon and Jordan Baylon: Multong Bakla: A Silent Presence of Beauty

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    October. 12th 2023 The Polygon Gallery 7:00pm Multong Bakla: A Silent Presence of Beauty is a divine communal summoning of queer Filipina/o/x spirits, exploring enigmatic connections which transcend distance and […]