December 12, 2016
Performances by Geumhyung Jeong are without artifice—and yet otherworldly. Oil Pressure Vibrator is one of my top picks at PuSh this year. Since seeing 7 Ways this past September at the TBA Festival in Portland, […]
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There is a ladder onstage. A young woman in a white t-shirt and black sweatpants enters. “Oh good, you’re here,” she tells the ladder, before pushing it over. It clatters to the floor. “You’re late.” […]
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Theatre Smith-Gilmour is a staple in Toronto theatre scene. I’d venture to say that they are signature company for certain generation of devised theatre makers in Toronto. It’s long overdue that they are out here. […]
Read MoreDecember 01, 2016
There are several dance works at the PuSh Festival. All of them are spectacularly unique. This particular one will warm your heart. It’s a tender sweet look at intimacy, love and empathy. “What ever happened […]
Read MoreDecember 01, 2016
This is for the cast of Concord Floral. Each year PuSh rolls around, I am inevitably asked a question I dread as a curator: Which show is your favorite? Each year, I skirt around the […]
Read MoreNovember 30, 2016
If you are one of my friends you know that I wax poetic, well perhaps not poetic, but wax anyway about the amazing theatre that is created for young audiences around the world and how […]
Read MoreFebruary 04, 2016
Cynthia Hopkins. Now I know that Taylor Mac feels, with the utmost conviction, that comparisons are murder; but screw it. Cynthia Hopkins is a cross between Tracy Ullman and Catherine O’Hara. And she sings like […]
Read MoreFebruary 03, 2016
G. Lucas Crane’s virtuoso performance on a mad assemblage of old cassette decks, faders, effect pedals, cameras and monitors is thrilling to behold. But virtuosity is just not enough – for either him or his […]
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