PuSh Blog

2015 Festival

The Dis/Appearing City – A Curatorial Statement on Cinema Imaginaire & Fare Thee Well! by Norman Armour

December 08, 2014

Lotte van den Berg, Cinema Imaginaire, 2015 PuSh Festival

I use the essence of theatre as my trademark: theatre is live, theatre is here and now. You can’t switch it off or casually change channels. You’re right in the middle, you’re part of it. […]

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A Long Overdue First – A Curatorial Statement about Le Cargo by Norman Armour

December 01, 2014

This is the PuSh Festival’s first presentation of an artist from the African continent. Certainly nothing to be proud of since it is definitely long overdue. I had seen Faustin Linyekula perform the piece a […]

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The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik: Deep Sea Explorer – A Curatorial Statement by Children’s Festival’s Artistic & Executive Director Katharine Carol

December 01, 2014

The Adventures of Alvin Sputnik, Tim Watts, 2015 PuSh Festival

The PuSh Festival ventures into a new partnership with the Vancouver International Children’s Festival to present a spellbinding show from Australia that will delight all members of your family, young and old. The two organizations […]

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A Night Of Pianos at Club PuSh—A Curatorial Statement by Club PuSh Curator Veda Hille

November 30, 2014

Gérald Kurdian, 1999, Club PuSh, PuSh Festival

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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Séquence 8: Masterful, Tender, and Mind-Blowing – A Curatorial Statement by Théâtre la Seizième’s Artistic & Managing Director Craig Holzschuh

November 24, 2014

7 doigts de la main, Sequence 8, 2015 PuSh Festival

The PuSh Festival further ventures into surprising forms of performing arts in 2015, from magic theatre with Bullet Catch to the dizzying heights of Les 7 doigts de la main’s Séquence 8. The latter is a […]

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Welcome to the 2015 PuSh Festival by Board President Christianne Wilhelmson

November 12, 2014

Christianne Wilhelmson

We are the facilitators of our own creative evolution.   This quote by comedian Bill Hicks speaks to me both as a scientist and someone who engages in the work of social change. We humans […]

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2015 PuSh Festival Curatorial Message from Associate Curator Joyce Rosario

November 12, 2014

Joyce Rosario

A note on making your list for this year’s PuSh Festival: Choose a thread and follow it through the 2015 programming. Be delighted, astonished and disarmed by ideas and artists that defy expectation and shift […]

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Recap of the 2015 PuSh Festival Program Launch

November 12, 2014

The Vogue Theatre, The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller, 2015 PuSh Launch

The 2015 PuSh Festival program was officially announced on Wednesday night at the one-night only performance of The Love Song of R. Buckminster Fuller at The Vogue Theatre. Celebrating their 30th anniversary this year, legendary […]

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