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10th Anniversary

Performance and Place: The Matter of PuSh

January 29, 2014

On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival commissioned Placemaking: A Decade in the City, a collection of essays from artists and writers to explore the Festival’s ‘place’ in the […]

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Ten Blocks: Small Notes on the Public Imaginary

January 29, 2014

On the occasion of its 10th anniversary, the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival commissioned Placemaking: A Decade in the City, a collection of essays from artists and writers to explore the Festival’s ‘place’ in the […]

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Sponsor Spotlight—Kronenbourg 1664

January 28, 2014

The PuSh Festival is proud to be celebrating its third year of partnership with Kronenbourg 1664 at Club PuSh 2014. We love Kronenbourg 1664 because of how well it fits with the Club vibe. For […]

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Curatorial Statement – Usually Beauty Fails

January 28, 2014

Curatorially speaking, Usually Beauty Fails captures the contemporary exploration of dance, theatre and music working side-by-side. With this show these disciplines intersect, collide, almost seemingly inside of one another. Most interestingly, how each art form provokes […]

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Donors step forward in style at Fluevog Patrons Circle event

January 28, 2014

PuSh was thrilled to be hosted and feted by the wonderful folks at John Fluevog Shoes in Gastown last weekend. After attending Festival performances, audience members, artists and Festival staff and contractors celebrated the end […]

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Curatorial Statement: Week 3 at Club PuSh

January 27, 2014

“Huff is the most affecting piece of theatre I’ve seen in the last decade.” High praise in a CBC interview with our friend and colleague Eric Epstein, who programmed Cliff Cardinal’s play at the Yukon […]

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First look at week 3 from the curatorial department

January 27, 2014

We’re into the home stretch, the culmination of PuSh’s 10th aniversary edition. All of us here at the PuSh office have analogies to describe how we experience the Festival from the inside. Norman has described […]

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10 years of crossing the line – 2005 PuSh Festival: Year One

January 23, 2014

In 2005 Canada introduced the Civil Marriage Act, making Canada the fourth country to sanction same-sex marriage. The 2004-2005 National Hockey League was in lockout, and Larry Campbell was the 37th Mayor of Vancouver. Something else […]

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