January 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 […]
Read MoreJanuary 16, 2018
Patrick Keating is a journeyman. In all senses of the term. As a theatre artist, he has done his basic training. He has cut his teeth on both the somewhat easy and the somewhat more […]
Read MoreJanuary 12, 2018
A bare stage, a soundtrack of manipulated sounds that signify a lifetime through voices, stories and song; those items we cling to, those things that help us to immortalize what we have lost. A chair […]
Read MoreJanuary 11, 2018
What you do next can be as important as what you do first. In 2014, the PuSh Festival presented Usually Beauty Fails by Montreal choreographer Frédérick Gravel. In 2018, we will present his latest work […]
Read MoreJanuary 09, 2018
I had a very personal reaction to Reassembled, Slightly Askew. A few months before I experienced the show, a family member experienced multiple brain seizures and I was one of the caregivers. Until this had happened […]
Read MoreDecember 08, 2017
Prior to Antonio Sánchez being thrust into the limelight with his mind-bending drum score to the Oscar-winning film Birdman, Sánchez was already one of the most in-demand and highly regarded percussionists in jazz. I had […]
Read MoreFebruary 02, 2017
Every two years, I travel to Australia in February for the Australian Performing Arts Market (APAM). It’s a showcase for Australian work and artists. Other internationals, such as New Zealanders and Koreans and the odd […]
Read MoreFebruary 01, 2017
Hrísey Island in northern Iceland is home to around 100 people year round. To get there, you take a 15-minute ferry across a stunning fjord. As the ferry nears the island, you see a neat […]
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