PuSh Blog

How to Fail as a Popstar

December 14, 2020

What a journey it’s been for Vivek Shraya: from burning aspiration to the edge of fame and many strange places in between. In this eclectic, rousing performance, the singer walks us through her life in […]

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Free Admission

November 24, 2019

Free Admission performance wall salute

“[A] full-frontal statement and demonstration of honesty, vulnerability and power.” —Time Out Uncouth, uncensored and… undressed? Ursula Martinez gets personal, political and philosophical in this soul-baring solo performance. Call it a monologue with a meta […]

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What You Won’t Do For Love

November 24, 2019

What You Won't Do For Love performance image collage

“[Why Not Theatre] have earned their voice at the centre of Canada’s cultural landscape and are using it powerfully.” —Toronto Star They’ve researched, they’ve taught, they’ve publicized, they’ve protested… but above all, they’ve loved—each other […]

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The Fever

November 24, 2019

The Fever performance people standing with arms raised

“A lovely, haunting meditation on human connection, and disconnection … A poetic evocation of our mostly unspoken––and un-called upon––dependence on one another.” —The New York Times How much can we trust other people? How do […]

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The DJ Who Gave Too Much Information

November 24, 2019

DJ Who Gave Too Much Information performance

SUPPORTED BY WESTERN FRONT “[A] charmer of a performance… The stories were funny and touching and the selections got the audience to get down and dance. The following evening, the general audience was invited to… […]

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The Democratic Set

November 24, 2019

The Democratic Set performance collage of images

PRESENTED WITH NEWORLD THEATRE “[M]ostly it’s full of laughter and hope, a feeling very much helped by the wide demographic of its contributors.” —RealTime This is not a performance—it’s a model for the way we […]

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Tell Me What I Can Do

November 24, 2019

Tell Me What I Can Do Exhibition woman reading on bench

Gardens Speak has had 30 showings across 5 continents, and many of them have included a special request, with El Khoury asking her audiences to write letters. Here, she offers a selection of them to […]

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Skyborn: A Land Reclamation Odyssey

November 24, 2019

Quelemia Sparrow in a black dress holding a small blue model of a house

A black hole, hungry ghosts, a Grandmother wolf—Quelemia Sparrow’s Skyborn is an epic odyssey grounded in Indigenous ancestral knowledge. Guided through the universe on a river made of stars, Sparrow makes a journey by canoe […]

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