November 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 ReturnsOctober 27, 2022
Produced in partnership with Solid State Community Industries, the PuSh Youth Cohort is back for 2023. Led by Coordinator Fiorella Pinillos and reimagined for 2023, the 3-month program enables youth to experience, examine and engage […]
Read More Read more about 2o23 Youth Cohort Open for ApplicationsOctober 26, 2022
By Fegor Obuwoma The PuSh youth cohort is a way for racialised youths who had not previously had access to professional performance art to be introduced to and strengthen their knowledge of the arts. Youth […]
Read More Read more about Reflections from the Medley TeamOctober 26, 2022
By Fiorella Pinillos Last year I had the opportunity to be the program coordinator for the PuSh Youth Program. The 2022 PuSh Youth Program was a collaboration between Push Performing Arts Festival and Solid State […]
Read More Read more about Reimagining the PuSh Youth CohortSeptember 28, 2022
Friday is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. We will spend Friday, and the days leading up and following it, not only remembering the horrors of the residential school system, but also celebrating the resiliency […]
Read More Read more about National Day for Truth and ReconciliationJuly 19, 2022
Please join us in congratulating Gabrielle Martin on her permanent appointment as Director of Programming with the Festival! This means she’ll be coming back to us in 2023, after taking some time to welcome her […]
Read More Read more about Gabrielle Martin’s position now permanent as Tom Arthur Davis steps in as Interim Director of Programming