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A message of thanks from our fearless leader, Norman Armour

February 04, 2012

February 3, 2012 Thank you everyone for your thoughts, notes, flowers and other acts of love and kindness. Rather than reach out to all of you individually, I wanted to give you an update and […]

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Best of Twitter, PuSh 2012, Vol. II

February 02, 2012

We’ve laughed, we’ve cried, and we’ve all liberally used the #PuShFest hashtag.Thank you to all of our amazing friends and fans who have kept PuSh thriving in the Twittersphere throughout the festival.Here’s a collection of […]

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Message from PuSh Festival Board President Max Wyman, OC

January 30, 2012

January 30, 2012 As you may have heard, Norman Armour, our executive director, collapsed at a Club PuSh performance on Saturday night and was taken to hospital. He was treated swiftly, and is now resting […]

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El pasado es un animal grotesco – Curatorial Statement

January 27, 2012

El pasado es un animal grotesco (The Past is a Grotesque Animal)by Mariano Pensotti Curatorial Statement by Sherrie Johnson, Senior Curator, PuSh Festival Mariano Pensotti is one of the leading playwright and directors to emerge […]

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Aboriginal Performance Series presented by Vancity

January 25, 2012

The 2012 PuSh Festival Aboriginal Performance Series presented by Vancity aims to profile compelling and virtuosic projects that transform perceptions, provoke questions and explore tensions through a range of indigenous performance, in order to foster […]

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Club PuSh 2012 Video

January 24, 2012

licensed. chilled. intimate. Club PuSh is the place to be! It’s the social hub of the PuSh Festival. Not only does Club PuSh offer stellar programming, including amazing late night music acts, but there’s plenty […]

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Turning Point Ensemble: Colourful World – Curatorial Statement

January 24, 2012

By Owen Underhill, Co-Artistic Director, Turning Point Ensemble In 2008, the Turning Point Ensemble made application to Arts Partners in Creative Development for a large-scale commissioning and development project called CHAMBER SYMPHONY 2010.  At that […]

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PuSh Assembly – Curatorial Statement

January 20, 2012

By Sherrie Johnson, PuSh Festival Senior Curator Mariano Pensotti’s El pasado es un animal grotesco is one of three PuSh    offerings  shared with New York Presenters. January  – the time of Under the Radar […]

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