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Goldberg Variations
By Clayton Lee (Canada)
A co-presentation with Portland Institute for Contemporary Art/TBA Festival
September 11 and 12, 2026
Performance artist Clayton Lee entangles classical music (Johann Sebastian Bach) and professional wrestling (Bill Goldberg), with an unfiltered exploration of queer desire and fantasy (his own). The Goldberg Variations takes audiences on a reckless, tender, and at times unhinged deep-dive into the tensions between dominance, submission, heartbreak, and vulnerability. | Buy Tickets |
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By, Agrupacion Señor Serrano (Spain)
Jan 23–24 2027
A genre-defying production that blends documentary images, stagecraft, and visual poetry to offer a playful yet powerful artistic reflection on migration and the contradictions of our globalized world. On stage, three magnetic performers manipulate cameras, scale models, and over 2,000 miniature animals to project a universe where the smallest details become vast landscapes.
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La vie secrete
By, Mohammad El-Khatib (France)
Co-presented with the Portland Institute for Contemporary Art
Feb 26–27 2027
A leading figure in documentary fiction, Mohamed El Khatib’s newest show La Vie Secrete revisists the past loves, sexual escapades, and present desires of eight senior citizens on a ballroom dance floor. Based on a hundred interviews, this explosive new piece of documentary theatre breaks the taboo of older sexuality, and provides an intimate look into the lives and desires of our elders. | Buy Tickets |
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Skeleton Canoe
By Ty Defoe/All My Relations Collective
April 16–17 2027
Co-presented with the Reser Center
The story of young Nawbin as they leave home and set out on a journey along the water to discover their truth and way back to themselves and ancestral knowledge.Through the use of puppetry, traditional Anishinaabe lifeways, and multimedia design, Skeleton Canoe makes known what is just below the water’s surface. A performance for all ages!
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“What Will We Do Without Exile?"
by Basel Zaraa (Palestine)
May 21-23
‘What Will We Do Without Exile?’ is an immersive, multi-sensory installation that creates a lush world within a refugee tent, inviting audiences to imagine life beyond occupation. The cornerstone of our 3rd annual SWANA festival, this installation will be accompanied by a celebration of our local SWANA community including a makers market, various workshops, and performances by local SWANA artists.
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