December 04, 2018
I started Why Not Theatre in Toronto after 10 years of living abroad. I built the company on 3 core values: innovation, community, and collaboration. Over the past 11 years Why Not Theatre has evolved into […]
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For a collaborative company like MACHiNENOiSY inspiration is something one arrives at through shared play and struggle. With Fragile Forms inspiration came very differently. At the end of 2015, after producing 7 shows in one […]
Read MoreDecember 04, 2018
I went to Selina Thompson’s Race Cards on a surreal day. I had the opportunity to fly to Austin, Texas to meet my colleague, PuSh Interim Artistic Director Joyce Rosario at Fusebox Festival. A contemporary […]
Read MoreDecember 03, 2018
Club PuSh 2019—here we are in a very different world than when we started the Club in 2009. 2009: Obama is sworn in as POTUS, Iceland appoints the worlds first lesbian Prime Minister, and BC […]
Read MoreJanuary 26, 2018
I first experienced the world of Dublin Oldschool in a 10-minute except at Dublin Fringe Festival 2014—I knew immediately that this was a special show. The energy crackled, fizzed and jumped off the stage. The show […]
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2018
The opportunity to bring outstanding theatre to Vancouver is a privilege I have in my role at the Vancouver International Children’s Festival. As I explore the world for some of the finest artists who create […]
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2018
The Eternal Tides, a North American premiere, is one of the most ambitious undertakings in the PuSh Festival’s 14-year history—in scale, technical and touring challenges. 32 people on the road from Taipei to Ottawa, to Montreal, […]
Read MoreJanuary 18, 2018
When Anders Breivik murdered 68 young people and severely injured 56 others on the island of Utøya, Norway in 2011, he committed a strategic act of hatred intended to separate people. Ironically his actions brought a global […]
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