The PuSh International Performing Arts Festival is held in Vancouver, British Columbia each year. Produced over 20 days each January, the PuSh Festival presents work in the live performing arts: theatre, dance, music and various hybrid forms of performance. It attracts local, national and international artists and their work.
The PuSh Festival was co-founded in 2003 by Katrina Dunn of Touchstone Theatre and Norman Armour of Rumble Productions. In 2005, the organization of the festival was formalized with the creation of a formal board of directors and advisors and by being registered as a charitable organization. PuSh stimulates Vancouver artists and audiences with contemporary performance that is multi-disciplined, startling and original. Over 23,000 people attended the 2008 festival. Visiting presenters from across Canada and around the world were in attendance for the Assembly networking event to view performances, talk and do business.
The 2009 festival took place from January 20 to February 8, and offered works from across Canada, England, Japan and New Zealand. A total of 136 performances took place at 16 venues across the city and the attendance was more than 24,000.
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