September 30, 2023
PuSh Festival does our work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, and Səl̓ílwətaɬ nations, and it is our duty to establish right relations with the […]
Read More Read more about National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – an update on PuSh’s commitmentsSeptember 18, 2023
Can a live art festival be a ritual for social change? A cultural strategy? A means to rethink history while imagining possible futures? These are the critical thoughts energizing me as I return from parental […]
Read More Read more about Welcome to a new “season” for PuSh; a ritual for social changeMarch 27, 2023
There is something extraordinary about joining together in a room for the shared experience of live theatre. The energy of the audience; The chatter of folks who only see each other like this, in Community, […]
Read More Read more about World Theatre DayJanuary 17, 2023
It is with great disappointment that PuSh International Performing Arts Festival announces the cancellation of because i love the diversity (this micro attitude, we all have it) due to unreasonable delays regarding the approval of artist visa […]
Read More Read more about Visa delays lead to cancellation of new project at PuShNovember 28, 2022
GivingTuesday is a global generosity movement, taking place each year after Black Friday and Cyber Monday. The “Opening day of the giving season,” it’s a time when charities, companies and individuals join together and rally […]
Read More Read more about Support PuSh this GivingTuesdayNovember 23, 2022
It’s been a while since we’ve been able to all come together for a big old fashioned festival like this. Feels weird, right? But also kind of amazing? We’re very pleased to be presenting a […]
Read More Read more about Welcome back to the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival!November 22, 2022
Is art essential? Over the course of recent crises, the necessity of art has been questioned. The 2023 PuSh Festival has been programmed with necessity in mind. These are works we need in order to […]
Read More Read more about A Manifesto for the Necessity of Live Art — a curatorial statement by Gabrielle MartinNovember 04, 2022
Halifax’s internationally acclaimed 2b Theatre is returning to Vancouver Dec 1-11, 2022 with their 2020 PuSh Festival standout production of Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story. Starring genre-bending sensation Ben Caplan and Governor General Award-winning […]
Read More Read more about PuSh Festival Favourite ReturnsWhen you make a gift to the PuSh Festival, you help us to present the very best in contemporary performance from around the world.