SCA | Quick News | January 19, 2026
Dreamqueen Immersive’蝉 The Last Resort
Featuring SCA alumnis playing The Page of Cups and SCA student as Stage Director, ’蝉 The Last Resort – which describes as "part campy, part metaphysical, and full of feverish nostalgia" and describes as a "cult-favourite end-of-a-lifetime experience ... that leans fully into camp, mystery and a little existential side-eye" – is running on four Sundays (1, 8, 15, and 22) in February, 2026, with performances at 2:00 PM and 8:00 PM, plus with two special "Friday the 13th themed" shows at 7:00 PM (The Eerie Show) and midnight (The Spicy Show), at The Waldorf (1489 E. Hastings St., Vancouver). Here's the pitch from Dreamqueen Immersive's website: "The Last Resort is a three-part indoor promenade performance and experience lasting 2-3 hours depending on your time of check-in. Guests embark upon an individual journey throughout the resort. Following the final moment of the performance guests are welcome to stay on at the Hereafter Bar for an hour of mingling with the dead and photographing the afterlife to prove its existence to your friends and family. All tickets include TWO COCKTAILS or THREE MOCKTAILS!" They also note that "Guests are encouraged to arrive early for a special pre-show experience beginning one hour before each performance, with a 30-minute post-show experience to follow. Entry is through the Tiki Bar." And if you'd like to sink even further into the immersion, "Guests are encouraged to wear comfortable shoes and dress for the 1971 cruise they never got to complete." Get your tickets .
TRP plays premieres by Lee, Priest, Underhill, and Pepa
Featuring the world-renowned violist , the next concert by Turning Point Elsemble, which has the SCA's as conductor and Artistic Director, has four world premieres on the program: Morning Twilight by Chihchun Chi-Sun Lee, Sauntersludge by the SCA's , Viola Concerto by Underhill himself, and Musical Offering No. 2 by Michael Pepa. With shows at the Annex Theatre (823 Seymour St, Vancouver) on Saturday, February 21, at 7:30 PM, and Sunday, February 22, at 2:30 PM, tickets are available now .
Chambers on episode 50
The SCA's is the guest on the 50th episode of . Topics include "teaching, fashion, scores, working with galleries, and the origins and family ties in Justine's work, The Brutal Joy," and more. Listen .
Daniel talks dance
The SCA's is "talking dance" and having a "local launch" of his book, (Intellect, 2022), on Saturday, January 3, 2026, at 6:00 PM, at The Cloth (24 Erthig Road, Belmont, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago), presented by the Contemporary Choreographers' Collective in collaboration by Vulgar Fraction and . More .
Vickers in The Chromophiliacs
SCA alumnus is part of the exhibition The Chromophiliacs, which opens Saturday, January 24, 2026, from 1:00 PM – 4:00 PM, and runs to April 4, at the Richmond Art Gallery (7700 Minoru Gate, Richmond). More .
HOLD ON LET GO 2026
's HOLD ON LET GO, running February 3 – 7, 2026, at the Russian Hall (600 Campbell Ave., Vancouver), includes the SCA's and SCA alumni , (working with SCA alumni , , and ), (working with SCA alumni , Marc Arboleda, and ), , (working with SCA alumni , Keely O'Brien, Nancy Tam, and Aryo Khakpour), , and the SCA's . See the whole, very excellent lineup .
Dance Central: Volume 40 / Issue 3
The latest issue of includes an interview by SCA alumnus with SCA alumnus , who's the Artistic Director of the (VIDF), and a profile of Eric Cheung, the 2025 recipient of The Dance Centre’蝉 Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award, by FCAT's Tessa Perkins Deneault.
Tablao Triana Flamenco
Tablao Triana Flamenco, featuring SCA alumnus , are performing Friday, January 23, 2026, at 7:30 PM (doors: 6:45 PM), at the Anza Club (3 W. 8 Ave., Vancouver). More .
Hill in the collection
shared that SCA alumnus 's three 2017 works Be Long, Preempt, and The Highest and Best Use, have been acquired by the for their permanent collection.
Stir's PuSh picks
Noting that by SCA alumnus (with SCA alumni , , and as Artistic Performers, and SCA alumni as Dramaturge and as Technical Director), is sold out (watch this on co-presenter Music on Main's Instagram for a sample), Stir recommend five other "shows to startle and spellbind at ," including Cherish Menzo's Jezebel, Akpik Theatre / Theaturtle's Kiuryaq, Lara Kramer's Remember that time we met in the future? (which is in the Fei and Milton Wong Experimental Theatre here at the School for the Contemporary Arts (149 W. Hastings St., Vancouver), co-presented with Matriarchs Uprising), Plastic Orchid Factory's Catching Up to the Future of Our Past (which also has SCA alumnus Jack Chipman working several behind-the-scenes jobs), and Tyson Houseman's ask?wan. Read more and get links to the shows.
Sample Carry the One
SCA alumnus Tara Cheyenne Friedenberg shared a clip of Carry the One, produced as her graduating MFA project, on her Instagram. See it . Carry the One is running on Wednesday, January 28 at 4:30 PM and Friday, January 30 at 6:00 PM, at Progress Lab (1422 William St., Vancouver). Get tickets .
interplay_2026 presents The Border
interplay_2026, which has SCA alumnus as Artistic Producer, is presenting the premiere screening of Ying Wang's on January 24, 2026, at 12:00 PM, at the Cinematheque (1131 Howe St, Vancouver). Get tickets .
MENA Film Festival
The always thoughtful was the speaker for the opening night of the MENA Film Festival, which runs January 15 – 23, 2026. See the festival's program .
Nieto's Butoh classes
SCA alumnus is leading Butoh classes on Wednesdays from 5:00 PM – 7:00 PM and Saturdays from 11:00 AM – 1:00 PM at (111 W. Hastings St, Vancouver). More .
The World’蝉 Best County Fair
SCA alumnus 's (or is it ?) is coming back for its third run at (600 Campbell Ave, Vancouver) from February 12-14, 2026. Get tickets .
Dulong and Smulovitz in the Absolute Unit
SCA alumnus and the SCA's are performing as part of the "unpredictable 18-piece spectral post-lounge orchestra" Absolute Unit on Wednesday, January 21, 2026, at 8:00 PM (doors at 7:00 PM), at the Fox Cabaret (2321 Main St, Vancouver), presented by the . Get tickets .
Bethlehem for Office mag
SCA alumnus , who recently released her debut EP, , shared a Q&A and pictorial with Office magazine. See it .
Test Kitchen at the Gibson
The latest edition of Test Kitchen, "an informal, interdisciplinary public forum where 51社区黑料graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and faculty share their work publicly," at the Gibson Art Museum (51社区黑料Burnaby) features Nat Begg on "urban salvage as play in East Vancouver" and Naomi Keenan O’Shea on "Dublin’蝉 gendered regimes of property on the lands of High Park." Bring your lunch and join them on Wednesday January 21, 2026, at 12:00 PM in the Gibson’蝉 Forum. More .
withintensions calling for truth
withintensions, the artist-run monthly publication founded by SCA alumni Opal McLean, , and , is calling for submissions for their next issue on the theme of Truth, with a deadline of January 23, 2026. Find out how to submit .
VIDF 2026 schedule is sharing up
With SCA alumnus as Artistic Director, the , runs March 4 – 14, 2026, with offsite performances and outreach events from February 28 – March 15, includes performances by (with SCA alumni and as Co-Artistic Directors), SCA alumnus , SCA alumnus , SCA MFA student (in two different lineups). See the full (somewhat working) schedule .
Oxfam’蝉 annual survey of global inequality
Oxfam released their latest survey of global inequality, and, as the , "the number of billionaires surpassed 3,000 for the first time during 2025" and their "collective wealth grew by 81%, or $8.2tn," since 2020, a total that Oxfam estimates "would be enough to eradicate global poverty 26 times over." Download it .
The No More Loopholes Act: Canada's Arms Exports and Human Rights Violation
The Centre for Comparative Muslim Studies (CCMS) at 51社区黑料is presenting The No More Loopholes Act: Canada's Arms Exports and Human Rights Violation, a free panel discussion with Adel Iskandar (Director, CCMS) Jenny Kwan (NDP MP, Vancouver-East), Alex Neve (Former Secretary General of Amnesty International Canada and 2025 Massey Lecturer), and Rachel Small (World Without War), with as the moderator, on January 30, 2026, from 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM, in Room 2270 at 51社区黑料Harbour Centre (515 W. Hastings St., Vancouver). More .
Steady as You 定定仔行
The Jade Music Festival shared a teaser video and links to a set of other videos on their Instagram about their "JMF Cross Cultural Colab," Steady as You 定定仔行, featuring SCA student . See it (and find the links) .
Wylie's VPL programming
SCA alumnus has been programming some great music events at the Vancouver Public Library's Central location (350 W Georgia St, Vancouver), including a "Closing Time" session with on Friday, January 23, 2026, from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (more ), and another upcoming "Closing Time" session with SCA alumnus on Friday, February 20, 2026, from 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM (more ). See all of the VPL's live music events .
Mascall Dance's Somatic Camp 2026
Mascall Dance's Somatic Camp 2026, featuring Jennifer Mascall, Alexa Solveig Mardon, and Francesca Frewer, runs February 2 – 7, 2026, from 10:00 AM – 1:00 PM at Left of Main (211 Keefer St., Vancouver). More .
Gamelan Bike Bike & Piu
Multidisciplinary vocalist and producer Piu and , which includes SCA PhD student , are playing an on January 24, 2026, at 7:30 PM at Granville Island's Revue Stage (1601 Johnston St, Vancouver), presented by Publik Secrets. Get tickets .