PuSh Blog

Renata Carvalho Film Marathon

November 19, 2024

Spend a day immersed in Brazilian queer cinema with a lineup of films that explore themes from forbidden desire and sexual health to transphobia and the struggle for equality amidst the rise of far-right politics. […]

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THIRST TRAP

November 18, 2024

THIRST TRAP is a sound piece that audiences experience from the comfort of their bathtubs, examining the potential consequences the future might hold if the world’s resources continue to be plundered. Originally conceived during lockdown, […]

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Club PuSh

November 18, 2024

Club PuSh is teaming up once again with QT Cabaret on Wednesday, January 29th! This annual party, curated by the frank theatre’s artistic director Fay Nass, will be held at the iconic Fox Cabaret—once a […]

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Dune Wars Kiki Ball

November 15, 2024

In an opulent ballroom, a performer struts down a runway lined with rows of cheering, grinning audience. Dressed in a colourful short skirt with a hand-painted fish tail, her bare back is visible as she strides away.

On February 2, the cosmic forces of Van Vogue Jam and PuSh Festival converge for a showdown of galactic proportions: Dune Wars Kiki Ball. Hosted by the Kiki Legendary Overall Mother Posh Gvasalia, this astro-glam […]

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Transpofagic Manifesto

November 08, 2024

Transpofagic Manifesto is a courageous and thought-provoking work that challenges commonly-held views around gender diversity. Renata Carvalho, a Brazilian human rights activist, reclaims the term “travesti” to describe a distinct transfeminine identity with a history […]

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The Goldberg Variations

November 07, 2024

What are the blueprints of sexual desire and fantasy? In this unapologetic investigation of power dynamics and identity, Clayton Lee invites the audience to confront that very question through an intimate and unfiltered reckoning of […]

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BOGOTÁ

November 07, 2024

A tangle of seven dancers sprawls on the floor of a dark stage. Unclothed and in various states of recline, it is intimate, sensuous and raw.

Visceral, transgressive and magnetic, BOGOTÁ constructs a brutalist landscape out of choreography inspired by Colombia’s political and spiritual heritage. With striking intensity, nine performers chronicle transformations between chaos and rebirth, incarnating the tensions of ever-unfolding […]

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OUT

November 07, 2024

Under a charged nightclub haze, two performers move with electric intimacy, flirting, teasing, shape-shifting. Immersed in the bittersweet fragrance of oranges, OUT is a defiant challenge to the status quo that bravely carves out a […]

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