Warrior Festival - The Cultch
Warrior Festival 2026
Dates: February 11 – March 29, 2026
Venue: The Cultch, Vancouver
Tickets & Details: https://thecultch.com/warrior-festival-2026/
The Cultch presents the second annual Warrior Festival, a multi-week theatre festival focused on bold, urgent work from Canadian and international artists. The festival runs from February 11 to March 29, 2026, and features six productions that address power, identity, memory, politics, and resistance.
The festival opens with Batshit (Feb 11–15), a solo performance that challenges cultural ideas around female madness. UPU (Feb 17–21), co-presented with Full Circle: First Nations Performance, brings Pacific poetry to the stage in an immersive format following a sold-out run at the Sydney Opera House in 2025. Hannah Moscovitch’s Red Like Fruit (Feb 18–22) examines power and consent in the post-#MeToo era. Tomboy (Chłopczyca) (Mar 4–8) blends dance-theatre, Slavic folklore, and queer identity. Vancouver’s The Search Party presents People, Places & Things (Mar 10–22), a play about addiction and control. The festival closes with The Horse of Jenin (Mar 25–29), co-presented with Rumble Theatre, combining storytelling, mask, and comedy to reflect on growing up in Occupied Palestine.
Warrior Festival highlights artists who engage with important global conversations through theatre that takes risks and challenges audiences.
Quotes from Heather Redfern, Executive Director, and Nicole McLuckie, Associate Executive Director:
“These artists are pushing boundaries, telling necessary stories, and continuing to challenge the world around us with radical creativity. We can’t wait to welcome you back to Warrior Festival!”