March 23, 2017
While the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival brings live performing art from around the world to Vancouver audiences each year, it also links our city with an international network of presenters through performing arts industry […]
Read MoreMarch 02, 2017
The day after the 2017 PuSh Festival wrapped up, I jumped on a plane to Bristol, England to attend In Between Time 2017: Bristol International Festival, a performing arts festival not unlike PuSh that tells […]
Read MoreJanuary 18, 2015
I first saw Bullet Catch at The Traverse in Edinburgh during the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in August 2012. I was so blown over by the show that I wished I was a theatre presenter with a budget […]
Read MoreDecember 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 […]
Read MoreMay 08, 2014
So, what happens at the PuSh Festival office after the festival closes? In terms of the 2014 Festival that has just passed, there’s the reports, accounting, statistics. For the 2015 Festival to come, there’s planning, […]
Read MoreJanuary 30, 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 […]
Read MoreJanuary 01, 2014
Have I No Mouth is a first for the PuSh Festival. But it’s not a first to be proud of: it’s rather embarrassing, and actually long, long overdue. It’s the first time we’ve had a […]
Read MoreJuly 04, 2013
Kris Nelson, PuSh Festival’s Curatorial Advisor, has been appointed the new director of the Dublin Fringe Festival. Kris, who succeeds Róise Goan as she concludes five years at the multi-disciplinary arts festival, is the founding […]
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