PuSh Blog

The Events

November 21, 2017

The Events

From Pi Theatre comes this incendiary exploration of a tragic contemporary phenomenon. Written by David Greig, The Events features Claire, a priest and choir leader who has survived a mass shooting. Shattered and bereft, she […]

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Youth Assembly

December 22, 2016

The Youth Assembly, now in its second year, is a free performing arts conference for youth between the ages of 16 to 24 who are curious or passionate about pursuing a career in the performing […]

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Panel Discussion: Arts, Access & Inclusion

November 01, 2016

PuSh Youth Assembly, 2016 PuSh Festival

With the opening of Backstage in Biscuit Land, we discuss the state of inclusion with regard to producers, artists and audience members who identify as Deaf, disabled or on the autism spectrum. How is accessibility […]

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Concord Floral

September 29, 2016

Concord Floral, Brubacher/Spooner/Tannahill, 2017 PuSh Festival

Drawing on Boccaccio’s The Decameron for a cast of teenagers, playwright Jordan Tannahill has painted an evocative, foreboding setting: a million-square-foot abandoned greenhouse where neighbourhood kids like to hang out. In this place of both […]

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Miss Understood

November 04, 2015

Miss Understood, the frank theatre company, 2016 PuSh Festival

Antonette Rea is one formidable presence. In this show she bares her soul, and the story of her life, through poetry. It’s been a long journey for this trans* woman: from life as a middle-class […]

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BOOM

November 03, 2015

BOOM, Rick Miller/Kidoons, 2016 PuSh Festival

Baby Boomers. They lived through McCarthyism, Maoism, the Vietnam War and the struggle of the civil rights movement. They may be your parents. They may be your grandparents. They may even be you, in which […]

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