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2015 Festival

A Sea Sickening Wake-Up Call – A Curatorial Statement by Norman Armour

December 29, 2014

There is one simple reason why the PuSh Festival has chosen to program Sea Sick: Our planet is dying. Too few works of the performing arts focus on questions of the planet’s (and our–human’s) survival. Alanna […]

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Tomboy Survival Guide: A how-to, a help-out, a sing-a-long – A Curatorial Statement by Club PuSh Curator Veda Hille

December 28, 2014

Tomboy Survival Guide is a new live show from Vancouver’s own Ivan Coyote with compatriots Pebbles Willekes, Allison Gorman and Sally Zori. A living breathing singing handbook on how to love the tomboy you are, and […]

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Cineastas: Setting the Stage for Film – A Curatorial Statement by Norman Armour

December 28, 2014

This one is for the love of it. It’s for the love of film, the love of sophisticated, touching and wildly inventive writing. It’s for the love of cinema and for the love of an […]

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Small Town Theatre on Big Life Choices – A Curatorial Statement about 7 Important Things by Marcus Youssef

December 19, 2014

When Norman asked me if Neworld Theatre would be interested in working with the PuSh Festival to bring Nadia Ross (Quebec) of STO Union and their production 7 Important Things to Vancouver, I said/exclaimed/jumped: “Yes!” […]

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Gotta Dance!—Peter Dickinson on Dancing in Le Grand Continental

December 17, 2014

On January 24 and 25, the PuSh Festival is presenting an outdoor dance performance by Montreal-choreographer Sylvain Émard. But unlike most dance performances we’ve come to imagine, Le Grand Continental involves 70-or-so everyday Vancouverites of […]

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Added Performance of Tomboy Survival Guide At Club PuSh

December 16, 2014

Tomboy Survival Guide, Ivan Coyote, 2015 PuSh Festival

For Immediate Release: December 16, 2014 Added Performance of Tomboy Survival Guide At Club PuSh The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is delighted to add a second performance of Tomboy Survival Guide at Club PuSh (at Performance Works, Granville […]

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Sun Belt: Cabalcor – A Curatorial Statement by Club PuSh Curator Tim Carlson

December 11, 2014

At Club PuSh, you can catch startling, experimental performances in a casual, social setting. Set at Performance Works on Granville Island, Club PuSh is a cabaret-style theatre where you can grab a few drinks, sit […]

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PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and Théâtre la Seizième present Séquence 8 by Les 7 doigts de la main (Quebec)

December 09, 2014

Les 7 doights de la main, Sequence 8, 2015 PuSh Festival

For Immediate Release: December 9, 2014 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and Théâtre la Seizième present Séquence 8 by Les 7 doigts de la main (Quebec) The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival and  Théâtre la Seizième are […]

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