PuSh Blog

Critical Ideas: Theatre & Institutional Spaces

November 21, 2017

Critical Ideas brings together artists, critics, scholars and audiences to discuss formal, social and ideological issues affecting performance practice and reception. Whether as therapy in hospitals, community-building in prisons, outreach in schools, or entertainment at […]

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King Arthur’s Night

November 21, 2017

King Arthur's Night

Neworld Theatre brings us theatre at its most transformative. This production is a work of radical upheaval, in which the King Arthur legend is made fresh for our eyes. Merlin, Lancelot, Guinevere—they’re all present in […]

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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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Visitors From Far Away to the State Machine

September 29, 2016

Visitors From Far Awary to the State Machine, Hong Kong Exile, 2017 PuSh Festival

This profane space oddity, from Hong Kong Exile, features two aliens on a journey to Earth… for their honeymoon. It’s a long trip—many light years, in fact—which gives our lovers plenty of time to swap […]

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Sculptress: The Music of Nicole Lizée

September 29, 2016

Scultpress, Standing Wave Ensemble, 2017 PuSh Festival

For over 24 years, Vancouver music ensemble Standing Wave has been wowing audiences and gaining critical plaudits for their work. Here they present an evening of collaboration with composer and video artist Nicole Lizée. The […]

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Zappa Meets Varèse & Oswald: The Present Day Composer Refuses to Die

September 29, 2016

Zappa Meets Varese & Oswald, Turning Point Ensemble, 2017 PuSh Festival

We know Frank Zappa as a daring innovator, synonymous with audacity, virtuosity and crazy inventiveness. But as a youth he cut his teeth on Edgard Varèse, one of the twentieth century’s great composers. In this […]

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The City and the City

September 29, 2016

The City and the City, Upintheiar/The Only Animal, 2017 PuSh Festival

From China Miéville’s award-winning novel comes this unique theatre experience from Upintheair Theatre and The Only Animal. The play itself is a tale of two cities, with a twist: the cities are in the same […]

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Town Choir

September 29, 2016

Town Choir, Theatre Replacement, 2017 PuSh Festival

In the age of Facebook and Twitter, information crosses physical boundaries as never before: a sentence typed in Helsinki or Ho Chi Minh City appears globally with a single click, and our notions of creation […]

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