PuSh Blog

The Café

November 04, 2022

Different choices of tea and coffee

Here is an invitation to be a voyeur, to eavesdrop on private conversations, to witness intimate relationships up close and personal. The Café invites audiences to explore seven vignettes by nine playwrights of various ethnicities, […]

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Club PuSh

November 04, 2022

A DJ with long hair wearing a wide-brimmed hat and hoodie performs. The background is a projection of blue, red, and purple abstract shapes with rays beaming out from the centre. Silhouettes of people with raised hands line the bottom.

If you’re looking to keep the festival vibes going into the night, this is the place to be. Club PuSh is a spot where you can enjoy drinks, connect with our artists, and party with […]

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Soldiers of Tomorrow

November 04, 2022

Duotone purple and beige photograph of two male figures, both with short hair and wearing military uniforms. Both are looking towards the camera, but the face in the foreground is pixelated. In the background are desert hills and partial views of other figures.

Playwright and performer Itai Erdal writes of a day when his eight-year-old Israeli nephew came home from school with an empty box. It was to be filled with goods for soldiers on the frontlines, and […]

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An Undeveloped Sound

November 04, 2022

Laara Sadiq, a woman with brown hair in a braid wearing a black blouse, black pants, and black shoes, kneels down and pleads to a mysterious character with the shape of a small child wearing a black parka jacket, gray gloves and gray socks. A pile of gray bricks and a gray bin are placed behind them.

On the shores of an ocean sound, an abandoned commercial outlet has been repurposed as a call centre. Inside, a team of spokespeople have been recruited to speak on behalf of a mysterious new development. […]

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Red Phone

November 04, 2022

A red mid-century phone mounted on a red wall.

With Red Phone, Boca del Lupo offers an experience that’s both theatrical and social–a chance to perform and connect over a shared experience. Red Phone is an audience-to-audience performance that utilizes the intimacy of a […]

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The Seventh Fire

November 03, 2022

Woodland style painting by Niiwin Binesi of two stylized figures outlined in black facing each other. They have red skin with bodies composed of yellow, blue, and pink outlined shapes. A black line connects their mouths. Above is a blue moon and owl. The background has red dots and a red border.

You are invited to connect to the medicine that lives within you with The Seventh Fire, an immersive audio performance inspired by ceremony. Drawing from Anishinaabe stories and oral traditions, artist Lisa Cooke Ravensbergen invokes […]

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Bicycle Thieves

November 13, 2018

Composer and musical director Joelysa Pankanea guides a group of six musicians and four actors as they provide live musical and voice accompaniment to the landmark neorealist film Bicycle Thieves. The project is a special […]

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Morning Briefing

November 13, 2018

PRESENTED WITH SFU FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION, ART AND TECHNOLOGY Industry Series events are geared to performing arts industry professionals and practitioners whether they are artists, producers or presenters; emerging, mid-career or established. Industry Series events […]

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