November 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 ProgrammingJuly 19, 2022
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Keltie Forsyth as its new Director of Operations. Forsyth enters the collaborative leadership role with a wide range of experience. After beginning her career in Edmonton as […]
Read More Read more about PuSh appoints Theatre Artist Keltie Forsyth as Director of OperationsJune 17, 2022
June is National Indigenous History Month – an opportunity to recognize and honour the history, heritage and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis people in Canada. The PuSh Festival is very fortunate to work […]
Read More Read more about National Indigenous History MonthWhen you make a gift to the PuSh Festival, you help us to present the very best in contemporary performance from around the world.