PuSh Appoints new Managing Director
February 03, 2025
We are delighted to announce the appointment of Annie Clarke as our new Managing Director. She will replace our current Director of Operations, Keltie Forsyth, who is transitioning to the role of Artistic Director at Presentation House Theatre.

“I’m over the moon to be joining the PuSh team at this exciting moment in the company’s evolution. I’m so grateful for the rigorous, patient, and transformational work that has been happening at this company over the past few years, and I feel truly honoured to be trusted to play a key role in PuSh’s next chapter. I look forward to working closely with Gabrielle and Yvette and collaborating with the rest of the staff and board, who together have already made this the warmest possible welcome home to Vancouver for me.”
Clarke has recently returned to Vancouver after spending much of her career in Toronto, where she
worked on more than twenty productions as Producer at Soulpepper Theatre and as the lead producer
for their new play development program and Slaight Music residency program. Before her time with
Soulpepper, Clarke spent four years working at Generator, an arts service organization focused on artist
producers, and was also the General Manager of Groundling Theatre Company. She has also
collaborated in various capacities with Discord and Din Theatre, Shakespeare in the Ruff, One Little
Goat, Studio 180 Theatre, and Native Earth Performing Arts, as well as Vancouver’s F-O-R-M (Festival of
Recorded Movement).
The PuSh Board welcomes Clarke to the role with enthusiasm. Her producing acumen and diversity of
experience in contemporary arts will set her up well to co-lead the Festival with Artistic Director
Gabrielle Martin. Clarke was selected by a hiring committee of PuSh board members.
“The board of PuSh is thrilled to welcome Annie Clarke to the role of Managing Director. Annie brings a diversity and breadth of experience from her decade in Toronto, as a producer, an administrator, a general manager. Deeply committed to collaboration, community building, and social justice, Annie will be a fitting partner for Artistic Director Gabrielle Martin as we guide PuSh Festival into its next decade of transformation.”
—Board President Yvette Nolan.
For more information on the search process, the Board of Directors can be reached by emailing
board@pushfestival.ca.