Encuentro (“gathering” in Spanish and Portuguese) brings visiting Latin American artists and local communities together in performance, conversation, and celebration at the 2026 PuSh Festival.
For more workshop offerings during the 2026 PuSh Festival, please visit our PuSh In The Community page.
Performances and Films
Bardaje
Feb 2, 8pm (followed by post-show talkback); Feb 3, 8pm
The Roundhouse (Open map)
Presented in Spanish (English surtitles for performance, live translation English for talkback)
The February 3 performance will be followed by Encuentro, a post-show reception in honour of visiting Latin American artists, with beats by DJ Kachonda and complimentary drinks.
Presented with
La utopía de la mariposa / TIERRA
Feb 2, 6:30pm; Feb 3, 6:30pm
The Roundhouse (Open map)
Online Feb 2-8
Presented in Spanish (English subtitles)
The February 3 performance will be followed by Encuentro, a post-show reception in honour of visiting Latin American artists, with beats by DJ Kachonda and complimentary drinks.
Presented with
Wayqecuna
Feb 6 @ 7:30 PM (followed by post-show talkback), Feb 7 @ 2PM
The Roundhouse (Open map)
Presented in Spanish (English surtitles for performance, live translation English for talkback)
Presented with
Trouble Score
Feb 7 @ 7:30PM (followed by post-show talkback)
Vancouver Playhouse (Open map)
Presented in English
Presented with
Workshops
Bread for the World
Feb 4, 6-9pm at The Roundhouse
Presented in Spanish (with live English translation)
Free
A hands-on workshop where participants knead and shape bread as offerings to honour those who came before us. No experience is needed, just open hands and an open heart. The dough created will later become part of Argentinean artist Tiziano Cruz’s stage performance Wayqeycuna, connecting us through shared acts of remembrance and bread.
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Artist Talks
The Unreliable Narrator: Artist Talk by Luanda Casella
Feb 5, 5-7pm at Goldcorp Centre for the Arts
For general public and arts professionals
Free
Reckoning with the cult of story in our post-truth era, Luanda Casella (Trouble Score)—writer, performing artist, and master of narrative subversion—examines how the timeless human desire for storytelling has been hijacked by the machinery of persuasion. In this lecture, she introduces her artistic practice and research into The Unreliable Narrator, revealing how deceptive discourse and irony operate across literature, performance, and digital culture to both manipulate and awaken critical thought.
Luanda is also offering The Unreliable Narrator: Writing in the Digital Age Masterclass during the 2026 PuSh Festival.
More about Luanda Casella
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Community Program Partner
Encuentro Party
Feb 3 // 8:30–11:00 PM
Roundhouse Exhibition Hall
Free — all are welcome
An evening of music, gathering, and welcome with beats by DJ Kachonda and complimentary drinks.
This reception offers a soft landing in honour of visiting PuSh artists Lukas Avendaño, Tiziano Cruz, and Luanda Casella—a space to connect and celebrate Latin American artists.
Come early for:
• 6:30–7:20 PM — FREE film screenings: TIERRA / La utopía de la mariposa (featuring Lukas Avendaño)
• 8:00–8:50 PM — Bardaje, live performance by Lukas Avendaño
@ Roundhouse Performance Centre
DJ Kachonda is a latina multidisciplinary artist based in “Vancouver”. Her music is filled with latina spice, ass shaking, her love for ballroom and maybe a little quirk.
Encuentro programming is supported by
