2019 PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Industry Guide by PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

Reneltta Arluk Director of Indigenous Arts at Banff Centre

Banff Centre is creating space for Indigenous voices. Reneltta Arluk has been a storyteller her whole life. Finding theatre at 19 broadened the way she tells those stories. Now, as Director of Indigenous Arts at Banff Centre, sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s creating space for Indigenous artists to collaborate and define their voices.

Suzanne Kite. Photo by Rita Taylor.

Indigenous Arts at Banff Centre is supported by:

To learn more about Reneltta and Indigenous Arts programs, visit banffcentre.ca

Bianca Hyslop, Transformation. Photo by Katy Whitt.

WELCOME

PHOTO: JANELLE WONG-MOON

The entire PuSh Festival Staff welcomes you to the PuSh International Performing Arts Festival Assembly: Industry Series! If you see us around the Festival, say hi! We’re glad you’re here. BACK ROW (FROM LEFT): Roxanne Duncan, Anika Vervecken, Peter Quin-Conroy, Nicole Ebert, Sparta Humphreys, David (DK) Kerr, Natalie Tin Yin Gan, Jesse Del Fierro, Melanie Lemaire, Maya Donkers, Heather Gunn FRONT ROW (FROM LEFT): Jackie Hoffart, Joyce Rosario, Hannah Bellamy, Leila Toledo, Jeremy Baxter, Katie Roberts, Dannielle Rutledge

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT We acknowledge that the PuSh Festival takes place on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) nations. We are grateful to be gathered here with you and recognize our privileged place on these lands. For those who may be unfamiliar with the practice of land acknowledgements: “traditional” recognizes lands traditionally used and/or occupied by First Nations, “ancestral” recognizes land that is handed down from generation to generation, and “unceded“ refers to land that was not turned over to the Crown by a treaty or other agreement.

CONTENTS Industry Week Schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4

PuShOFF schedule . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

PuSh Assembly: Industry Series Partners . . . . 6

Awkward Conversation & Industry Brunch . . . . . . . . 17

Morning Briefing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

PuSh Assembly: Critical Ideas Series . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Keynote . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9

PuSh Assembly: Artist Talks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Pitch Session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

Delegate Details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

Field Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14

Hospitality Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32

SCHEDULE & VENUES MON

JAN 28

TUE

JAN 29

WED

JAN 30

10:30AM–12PM MORNING BRIEFING SFU Goldcorp/Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre 12PM–1:30PM DELEGATE LUNCH SFU Goldcorp/Room 4390

1PM–3PM CANADA COUNCIL INFORMATION SESSION

1:30PM–2:30PM KEYNOTE: DAWN JANI BIRLEY SFU Goldcorp/Cinema

Roundhouse

3PM-5PM PASS COLLECTION The Post at 750

THU

JAN 31

10:30AM–12PM ROUNDTABLE FIELDNOTES The Post at 750

1PM–4:30PM PUSHOFF DAY 1 Russian Hall For more info, visit theatrereplacement.com/pushoff

3PM–5PM PITCH SESSION SFU Goldcorp/Cinema

5PM-7PM CURATORIAL PUBLICATIONS LAUNCH VPL, Alice Mackay

5PM–6PM PUSHOFF MIXER Russian Hall 7PM–8:30PM IDEAS: DANCE & ARCHITECTURE Anvil Centre

12PM–8PM Race Cards (installation) Selina Thompson Roundhouse

7PM Loop, Lull Company 605 Scotiabank Dance Centre

7PM Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Performance Works

8PM Muted Monica Germino ANNEX

7PM & 9PM Muted Monica Germino ANNEX

8PM Copper Promises Victoria Hunt Scotiabank Dance Centre

8PM This is the Point Ahuri Theatre Historic Theatre, The Cultch

8PM Pancho Villa From a Safe Distance Graham Reynolds & Lagartijas Tiradas Al Sol The Vogue 8 PM This is the Point Ahuri Theatre Historic Theatre, The Cultch 8 PM ZVIZDAL (Chernobyl – So Far So Close) Roundhouse

FRI

FEB 1

10:30AM-12PM IDEAS: ETHICS + CONSENT SFU Goldcorp/ Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema

1PM–4:30PM PUSHOFF DAY 2 Russian Hall For more info, visit theatrereplacement.com/pushoff

SAT

FEB 2

SUN

FEB 3 VENUES

11AM–12:30PM AN AWKWARD CONVERSATION PT1 Russian Hall

11AM–2PM INDUSTRY BRUNCH The Post at 750

Anvil Centre 777 Columbia Street New Westminster Or Gallery 555 Hamilton Street

1:30PM–3PM AN AWKWARD CONVERSATION PT2 2PM-4:30PM Russian Hall BREATHING ROOM ROUNDTABLE Or Gallery

The Post at 750 750 Hamilton Street 3PM-4PM IN CONVERSATION: REYNOLDS & PANKANEA Vancity Theatre

Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre 181 Roundhouse Mews Russian Hall 600 Campbell Avenue SFU’s Goldcorp Centre for the Arts

Djavad Mowafaghian World Art Centre Djavad Mowafaghian Cinema Fei & Milton Wong Experimental Theatre Room 4390

149 W. Hastings Street 12PM–8PM Race Cards (installation) Selina Thompson Roundhouse

12PM–8PM Race Cards (installation) Selina Thompson Roundhouse

A Scanner Darkly Vancity Theatre

4PM & 8PM ZVIZDAL (Chernobyl – So Far So Close) Roundhouse

2PM & 7PM Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Performance Works

6PM & 8:30PM Fragile Forms MACHiNENOiSY Anvil Centre

7PM Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools Buddies in Bad Times Theatre Performance Works

2PM & 8 PM This is the Point Ahuri Theatre Historic Theatre, The Cultch

8PM Copper Promises Victoria Hunt Scotiabank Dance Centre

4PM & 8PM ZVIZDAL (Chernobyl – So Far So Close) Roundhouse

8PM L’Homme de Hus Camille Boitel Vancouver Playhouse 8 PM This is the Point Ahuri Theatre Historic Theatre, The Cultch

6PM & 8:30PM Fragile Forms MACHiNENOiSY Anvil Centre 8PM Copper Promises Victoria Hunt Scotiabank Dance Centre 8PM L’Homme de Hus Camille Boitel Vancouver Playhouse

4:30PM FILM SERIES:

Vancity Theatre 1181 Seymour Street Vancouver Public Library Central Branch, Alice MacKay Room

350 W. Georgia Street

ASSEMBLY: IDEAS SERIES ASSEMBLY: INDUSTRY SERIES

Ticketed Events 5

PARTNERS Black

PARTNERS

CMYK

Pantone

PRESENTATION PARTNERS

RUSSIAN HALL

Vancouver Public Library www.vpl.ca

MORNING BRIEFING

PHOTO: GABRIEL SANTIAGO

MORNING BRIEFING PRESENTED WITH

SFU FACULTY OF COMMUNICATION, ART AND TECHNOLOGY

The essential session to kick off and get up to speed with the PuSh Assembly: Industry Series, and your first point of contact with international delegations and visiting artists gathered for the final week of the Festival. The Morning Briefing will begin with a territorial welcome by Rebecca Duncan (Squamish/Musqueam), knowledge keeper and cultural ambassador. Followed by remarks given by Industry Series hosts. 8

JA N 30 10 :30AM– 12 P M F EI A N D M I LTON WON G E XP ER I M EN TAL T H EAT R E , SF U ’S GOLDCOR P CEN TR E FO R T H E A RTS

KEYNOTE

DAWN JANI BIRLEY KNOWLEDGE IS POWER, BUT SIGN LANGUAGE IS MY SUPERPOWER…

PHOTO: HEIDI KOIVISTO-ROBERTSON

For a long while, society has been promoting the idea of embracing diversity, being inclusive and respecting different needs; however, as a Deaf person whose native tongue is sign language, I face many different challenges and obstacles—both in my everyday life and as an an actor. One of my biggest ordeals was studying physical theatre in London; it was a Goliath I had to overcome on a daily basis, and I survived by using intersectionality as a tool. This experience became my motivation for using art as a platform to push for positive change. Prince Hamlet is one of several works I’ve undertaken with the aim of bringing together the worlds of signers and non-signers. —DAWN JANI BIRLEY

ABOUT THE ARTIST: Toronto Theatre Critics Award Winner for Best Actress in a Play 2017 for her role as Horatio in Prince Hamlet with Why Not Theatre and Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf Person of the Year 2017, Dawn Jani Birley is a versatile actor spanning more than ten years of professional experience in theatre and film. Her passion is to show that Deaf and hearing folks can work together on the frontlines of bringing positive change to today’s world.

JA N 30 1:30PM– 2 :3 0 P M DJAVA D M O WAFAGH IAN CI N EMA SF U ’S GO LDCOR P CEN TR E FOR TH E ARTS ASL-INTERPRETATION PROVIDED

ASSEMBLY /

PITCH SESSION Pre-selected applicants give an 8-minute pitch of their new and upcoming projects to an audience of producers, artistic directors, festival curators, presenters and programmers. Featuring nine pitches and one coming attraction. CO-CURATORS Fay Nass (Artistic Director, the frank theatre company), Jiv Parasram (Artistic Director, Rumble Theatre)

JA N 30 3 P M –5 P M DJAVA D MOWA FAG H I AN C I N EMA SF U’ S G O L D COR P C E NTR E FO R T H E A RTS

PHOTO: SARAH RACE

THE SECOND WOMAN

ANNA BRECKON & NAT RANDALL (AUSTRALIA) In an epic endurance performance, a performer repeats a single scene 100 times over a 24 hour period. Starring opposite her are 100 different men drawn from the local community. The scene is captured on multiple cameras and projected live alongside the staged performance. Through the repetition of this intimate encounter, The Second Woman explores the complex interplay between identity, performance, gender, emotion, cinema and reality.

Tahni Froudist, Producer tahni@performinglines.org.au performinglines.org.au 10

ABOUT THE ARTIST Our collaborative practice is at the intersection of live performance, video and film. Nat’s extensive experience with durational models of performance practice pairs with Anna’s history of filmmaking and film theory to produce work that is uniquely live and cinematic.

WORKING ON MY NIGHT MOVES

JULIA CROFT - ZANETTI PRODUCTIONS (NEW ZEALAND) Breaking the rules, the patriarchy and the time/space continuum. A search for multiple feminist futurisms, reaching for outer space, inciting a Wizard of Oz fever dream. A gesture to the impossible. An ode to the search for utopia. A science fiction / science fact / fantasy futurisms / dubstep mashup. Or just some moves in the night.

Julia Croft - Creator / Performer julia.maria.croft@gmail.com juliacroft.com

ABOUT THE ARTIST Julia Croft is a New Zealand based live artist and theatre maker who creates contemporary performance that formally sits between theatre, dance and performance art. Her work explores feminist themes of representational politics, violence and the body. Her works have toured extensively through NZ, Australia, the UK and recently to Singapore and Canada.

LOST TOGETHER

UNSPUN THEATRE (CANADA) Lost Together invites audiences to share a story about loss. After each conversation, we recreate that lost thing for our participant. What happens when we make something new from loss? The objects we create become part of an ever-evolving exhibition, reminding us that loss doesn’t have to be a solitary reckoning.

Shira Leuchter, Creative Director unspuntheatre@gmail.com unspuntheatre.com

ABOUT THE ARTIST UnSpun Theatre is a creation based company that makes performance and live art. We situate our work in the space between narrative and experimental storytelling, and between fiction and documentary. Led by Chris Hanratty and Shira Leuchter, UnSpun Theatre has been creating award-winning work since 2004.

IN FICTION

ACTION AT A DISTANCE (CANADA) “In Fiction” is a new work from Action at a Distance that blurs the lines between the real and the imagined. This visceral solo strikes a balance between cognitive understanding and phantasmal imagination with engaging, highly physical results. Choreography/Performance Vanessa Goodman Lighting Design James Proudfoot

Brent Belsher, Agent brent@belshers.ca actionatadistance.ca

ABOUT THE ARTIST Action at a Distance is a Vancouver-based company under the artistic direction of choreographer Vanessa Goodman. The company is attracted to art that has a weight and meaning beyond the purely aesthetic and uses choreography as an opportunity to explore social, environmental and biological themes in a highly physical manner.

POLY QUEER LOVE BALLAD

ANAIS WEST AND SARA VICKRUCK (CANADA) Poly Queer Love Ballad is a bold, intimate musical, merging slam poetry with pop-folk tunes. Nina, a polyamorous bisexual poet, meets Gabbie, a monogamous lesbian songwriter. With two microphones, a loop pedal, and array of instruments, they struggle to reconcile their fierce mutual attraction with their opposing perspectives on love.

Anais West polyqueerloveballad@gmail.com polyqueerloveballad.com

ABOUT THE ARTISTS Anais West and Sara Vickruck are queer theatre artists based out of Vancouver, Canada (Unceded Coast Salish Territories). West’s a performer, playwright and the frank theatre’s Operations Manager/Associate Producer. Vickruck’s an actor, composer, musician and sound designer who has worked with the Arts Club, and the Firehall Arts Centre.

THE QUEEN AND ME

TEIYA KASAHARA AND AMPLIFIED OPERA & A THEATRE GARGANTUA SIDESTREAM CYCLE (CANADA) In Teiya Kasahara’s opera-inspired work, Mozart’s infamous “fallen woman” the Queen of the Night rebels against the constraints of traditional opera roles and explodes audience expectations. The Queen in Me combines original text and unexpected operatic excerpts into a highly theatrical piece that is powerful, funny and uplifting.

Yolanda Ferrat, Producer, Theatre Gargantua Yolanda@theatregargantua.ca theatregargantua.ca/the-queen-in-me

ABOUT THE ARTIST Nikkei-Canadian soprano Teiya Kasahara is a queer, gender non-conforming opera singer, actor, creator, and taiko player who has performed Mozart’s the Queen of the Night in over 8 productions internationally. She/They are a founding Artistic Director of Amplified Opera, and a regular company member of Toronto’s Theatre Gargantua.

CHILD-ISH

THE CHILD-ISH COLLECTIVE & SUNNY DRAKE (CANADA) Aren’t we all a little childish when it comes to relationships? CHILD-ISH is a verbatim play drawn from interviews with children about love and dating. Children’s exact words are re-contextualized into adult situations for adult actors, with surprising, hilarious and moving results. CHILD-ISH transforms how we see love, children and adults.

Sunny Drake, Playwright sunny@sunnydrake.com sunnydrake.com 12

ABOUT THE ARTISTS We are: playwright Sunny Drake, director Alan Dilworth, director of child engagement Jessica Greenberg, & young dramaturgs Eponine Lee (aged 11), Ozzy Rae Horvath (8) and Sumayya Iman Malik (13). Sunny’s work has been presented in 55 cities across the world, translated into 4 languages. Development partners: Theatre Passe Muraille, Nightswimming, National Arts Centre.

MAHABHARATA

WHY NOT THEATRE (CANADA) A new adaptation of the Indian epic The Mahabharata, ready to tour in Fall 2020. Created by Ravi Jain and an international cast entirely from the South Asian diaspora. The story centres around questions of inaction and how willful blindness makes us complicit in the end of the world.

Kelly Read, Executive Producer kelly@theatrewhynot.org theatrewhynot.org

ABOUT THE ARTIST Why Not Theatre is an agile, international, theatre company, based in Toronto. We challenge the status quo, examining what stories are told and by whom. We MAKE and tour critically-acclaimed work, SHARE resources with artists to produce their own work, and PROVOKE change through innovative practices, and presentations for new audiences.

O’WET

SAVAGE SOCIETY (CANADA) Written and performed by Musqueam artist Quelemia Sparrow, O’wet explores the intergenerational effects of colonialism, memory and the reclamation of land and self through a canoe journey of the soul, back to her ancestral land Xway Xway, now known as Stanley Park.

Chelsea Carlson, Managing Director societysavage@gmail.com savagesociety.ca

ABOUT THE ARTIST Savage Society is a modern indigenous voice carrying on the tradition of indigenous storytelling through contemporary mediums of expression. We create the annual Songs of our Land project with the N’laka’pamux community in Lytton every summer. Last year we toured the Pipeline Project with ITSAZOO Productions. Currently supporting the development of new works by Quelemia Sparrow, Taran Kootenhayoo and Kevin Loring.

THIS IS NOT A CONVERSATION

THE ELBOW THEATRE (CANADA)

Dima’s father is Palestinian from Jerusalem, where she is not allowed to visit. Itai is an Israeli from Jerusalem, who was a soldier in Palestine. Both are natural storytellers and improvisers. Both are very passionate about the conflict. What happens when you put them on stage together? This is not a conversation

Patrick Blenkarn, Producer pjblenkarn@gmail.com theelbow.ca

ABOUT THE ARTIST Founded in 2012 by Itai Erdal with the purpose of creating thought-provoking theatre about social and political subject matters, The Elbow’s projects include: White Rabbit / Red Rabbit (Cultch, 2012); A Very Narrow Bridge (Chutzpah!, 2016); This Is Not A Conversation (Belfry, 2017); and Hyperlink (Firehall, 2017). They are currently developing a new work in collaboration with Colleen Murphy. 13

ASSEMBLY /

ROUNDTABLE: FIELD NOTES Field Notes is an Industry Series platform for sharing current trends, inspirations and notes from the field; a space for lively conversation and collegial debate. This year’s Field Notes provocation “Power. Space. Leadership. Reflection” comes from Ann Connors, a friend, colleague and mentor who has had a prolific career over 30 years at organizations across the country as a presenter, producer, and administrator. From interrogations on whiteness (very often her own) to her daily practice of honouring the women in her life (at the time of writing this is now at #236) her fearless commentary and critical eye on the Canadian arts landscape comes from a place of deep love and radical care for our field. — JOYCE ROSARIO

JA N 31 1 0 : 3 0 A M –1 2 P M TH E PO ST AT 75 0

Ann Connors will be joined by Dani Fecko, Kim Senklip Harvey, Fay Nass, and Jivesh Parasram — each provocateurs, leaders, and facilitators in their own right — who will lead and co-facilitate concurrent conversations based on the theme of “Power. Space. Leadership. Reflection”. Discussions will take different formats in spaces around The Post at 750 (Startup Studio, East Studio, Lounge, and Canteen). Our intention is to hold space for our colleagues to dive deep and reflect together, to share perspectives from each of our different contexts. We would like to offer the following principles, borrowed from Open Space Technology, for navigating through conversations: Whoever comes is the right people Whatever happens is the only thing that could have When it starts is the right time When it’s over, it’s over Lastly, keep in mind the Law of Two Feet — you take responsibility for what you care about and use your own two feet to move to whatever conversation you can best contribute and/or learn.

Ann Connors is an independent Arts Consultant whose practise focuses on visioning, strategic planning, touring and representation of the work of female artists. She is the former Curator of Calgary’s High Performance Rodeo and the former Executive Director of Canada’s Magnetic North Theatre Festival. She resides and works in Newfoundland, the ancestral homelands of the Beothuk and home to the Mi’kmaq, Innu, Inuit and Southern Inuit peoples.

POWER. SPACE. LEADERSHIP. REFLECTION. How do you acknowledge the power you have? How do you use that power? How do you share it? And, as importantly, how do you let go? As individuals, serious self-reflection is required to recognize the privilege we each hold — and this journey is not easy. We tend to throw rocks at the larger institutions and place blame on their governing bodies for what we feel are risk-averse and short-sighted decisions that are not responsive to our community. We point to the systems that we have created as the problem. Fair enough – much of that criticism has been earned, and we certainly have a few more windows to break on that front. But what about us? As leaders of independent companies — as artists, administrators, and curators — who hold power that others are still unable to reach, are we acknowledging the power that we hold? Are we using it to lead? Are we sharing? And how do we do what we do and respect those of us who are coming, as well as those of us who are going? — ANN CONNORS

PHOTO: TWENTYONE KOALAS

Dani Fecko is the founder of Fascinator Management, a contemporary performance agency for Canadian talent based on Unceded Coast Salish Territory. She is on the board of the BC Arts Alliance and the Western Arts Alliance. Dani trained as a Stage Manager at Studio 58 and has tour and stage managed for Canadian companies across the globe. Kim Senklip Harvey comes from the Syilx, Tsilhqot’in, Ktunaxa, and Dakelh Nations and is a director, playwright and actor. Harvey was shortlisted for the Gina Wilkinson Prize, participated in the Banff Residency Writing in a Racialized Canada, and was appointed as one of two artists in the inaugural cohort of the National Theatre School’s Artistic Leadership Program. Kim’s first play, Kamloopa, premiered in 2018 to community acclaim. Fay Nass is the Artistic Director of the frank theatre company and a founder/ Artistic Director of Aphotic Theatre. She is a multifaceted theatre artist and a tireless advocate for diversity, equity and inclusion. Fay’s research and practice often focuses on notions of gender, sexuality, race, diaspora and culture through intersectional lens. Fay holds an MFA from SFU where she teaches writing and literature to newcomers. Jiv Parasram is a multidisciplinary artist, researcher, and facilitator of Indo-Caribbean descent. His work has played across Canada, and Internationally. He is the founding Artistic Producer at Pandemic Theatre and the current Artistic Director of Rumble Theatre. Jiv grew up in K’jipuktuk (Halifax) and endeavours to split his time between T’karón:to (Toronto) and the Unceded Coast Salish Territories (Vancouver). 15

PushOFF is a curated platform of touring works and projects in development, produced by local and national artists, timed with the PuSh International Perfoming Arts Festival. PRODUCED BY Theatre Replacement WITH PRODUCING PARTNERS Company 605

Doors open for coffee and snacks at 12:30pm. A light lunch is served each day. Each day is capped with a social hour from 5-6pm. Cash bar.

TH E R US S IAN HALL 60 0 CAM P BELL AVE VAN COUVER

JA N 31 1 -4 : 30 P M

F EB 1 1- 4:30PM

• Rumble Theatre / Titus Bouffonious

• Nancy Tam / Walking at Night by Myself

• Wen Wei Wang / Ying Yun

• OURO Collective / HAKO

• Conor Wylie / K BODY AND MIND

• Erin Brubacher & Christine Brubaker / 7th Cousins

• Francesca Frewer & Erika Mitsuhashi / Saddest Girl at the Party

• Anita Rochon / Pathetic Fallacy • Dancers of Damelahamid / MÎnowin

5-6 P M

PushOFF Mixer with PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

5 - 6PM

Social Hour with Fascinator Management

For more information, visit theatrereplacement.org/pushoff

PERFORMANCE / WORKSHOP

AN AWKWARD CONVERSATION An Awkward and Embarrassing Conversation About Difference is a performance/workshop based on the idea of radical transparency. Sarah Garton Stanley is the Associate Artistic Director of Canada’s National Arts Centre English Theatre and Marcus Youssef is one of Canada’s leading contemporary playwrights. During a modular performance Marcus and Sarah employ a series of rules they have devised to encourage honest debate about incendiary subject matter. They use these to interrogate each other publicly and rigorously about their own struggles in relationship to issues of power, privilege and difference. They then offer delegates who are interested a guided series of exercises to question and experiment with these rules.

PERFORMED & FACILITATED BY Sarah Garton Stanley and Marcus Youssef DIRECTED BY Chelsea Haberlin DEVELOPED AND PRODUCED BY Neworld Theatre DEVELOPMENT SUPPORTED BY Farnham Maltings

F EB 2 PA RT 1: 1 1A M–12 :30PM PA RT 2 : 1:30PM –3PM R U SSI A N HA LL

PHOTO: THE POST AT 750

INDUSTRY BRUNCH

SUPPORTED BY

FASCINATOR MANAGEMENT

On the last day of the Festival, join fellow PuSh Assembly Industry participants for a farewell brunch. Light brunch buffet provided. F EB 3 1 1AM– 2 P M T H E POST AT 750

ASSEMBLY /

Ideas Series events are designed for all audience members who seek a deeper engagement with artists and the work they create. Ideas Series events are open to the public.

CURATORIAL PRACTICE: PUBLICATIONS LAUNCH

IDEAS SERIES

FREE • No registration required PRESENTED WITH

SFU’S INSTITUTE FOR PERFORMANCE STUDIES

SUPPORTED BY

SFU FACULTY OF COMMUNICATIONS, ART AND TECHNOLOGY & SFU WOODWARD’S CULTURAL PROGRAMS

Critical Ideas is presented in partnership with Simon Fraser University’s Institute for Performance Studies that brings together artists, critics, scholars and audiences to discuss formal, social and ideological issues affecting performance practice and reception today. Panels are moderated by Peter Dickinson and are free and open to the public.

ETHICS + CONSENT Performance-based practice involves relationships between people, whether amongst artists and practitioners creating and producing the work itself, or between artists and audiences. How do we reconcile with structures of power that shape these relationships? For this panel, we discuss the ethics of consent and care in performance and curatorial practice, reflecting on current social, political and geographic contexts. Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory and Evalyn Parry, performers (Kiinalik: These Sharp Tools); Lee Su-Feh (Artistic Director, battery opera); Victoria Hunt, choreographer/ performer (Copper Promises: Hinemihi Haka); and Ligia Lewis (Visiting Artist) GUEST MODERATOR Reneltta Arluk, Director of Indigenous Arts, Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity SPEAKERS

FE B 1 1 0 : 3 0 AM - 1 2 P M DJAVA D MOWAFAG H I AN C I N EMA AT SF U ’ S G O L D COR P C E NTR E FO R T H E A RTS

For IDEAS SERIES talks on JAN 18 and JAN 25, as well as WORKSHOPS on JAN 26 and JAN 28, please visit pushfestival.ca/assembly 18

ARTIST TALKS

PRESENTED WITH

VANCOUVER PUBLIC LIBRARY

Join us for the Vancouver launch of two new publications contributing to the discourse and scholarship of curatorial practice in the performing arts: Curating Live Arts: Critical Perspectives, Essays, and Conversations on Theory and Practice (Berghahn Books) and Essays from Configurations in Montréal: Performance Curation and Communities of Colour (booklet published by Concordia University, and Slippage: Performance / Culture / Technology). SPEAKERS Jane Gabriels, Ph.D., Executive Director, Made in BC - Dance on Tour, and Visiting Scholar, SFU Institute for Performance Studies, 2018-19; Mariane Bourcheix-Laporte, artist/curator, PhD candidate SFU School of Communications; Peter Dickinson, Director, SFU’s Institute for Performance Studies; Joyce Rosario, Interim Artistic Director, PuSh Festival MODERATOR Sadira Rodrigues, independent scholar/Faculty, Emily Carr University PRODUCED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH Made in BC - Dance on

Tour

WITH SUPPORT FROM Canada Council for the Arts

JA N 29 5 PM –7P M A LI CE M ACKAY ROOM VA NCO U V ER P UBLIC LI BRARY

DANCE, ARCHITECTURE AND PUBLIC SPACE PRESENTED WITH

ANVIL CENTRE AND MACHiNENOiSY

“When you enter a space, the space enters you” — JUHANI PALLASMAA

In this roundtable on dance, architecture and public space, a panel of speakers—from urban planners to architects, designers, choreographers and scenographers—respond to world renowned Finnish architecture theorist Juhani Pallasmaa, his writing on the senses and architecture, and MACHiNENOiSY’s embodied realisation of these ideas in Fragile Forms. How do we understand the space around us with our bodies? How can we touch with our eyes? How do

dance and architecture meet each other in a field of multisensory experience? Fragile Forms is an international exchange between Canada and Finland. As well as being supported by the Canada Council, Anvil Centre and City of Vancouver, it has been supported with a 3-week residency at Annantalo Arts Centre in Helsinki, Finland. It includes two Finnish dance artists and was inspired by conversations with Finnish Architect Juhani Pallasmaa. JA N 30 7P M –8 : 3 0 P M AN V I L C E NTR E TH E ATR E

FREE, registration encouraged at pushfestival.ca

BREATHING ROOM ROUNDTABLE PRESENTED WITH

OR GALLERY

An afternoon of brief presentations and a roundtable conversation to think alongside the work of Or Gallery’s 2019 artist- in-residence and PuSh Festival visiting artist Ligia Lewis. Addressing the theorists and texts that inform Lewis’s performance practice, four speakers have been invited to discuss their ideas on the performing body as a simultaneously abstracted and connective site. Lewis is a Berlin-based performer and choreographer. Engaging with affect, empathy and the sensate, her choreography considers the social implications of the body while evoking its potentiality. In 2017, Lewis was awarded a Bessie for Outstanding Production for her work minor matter and the Prix Jardin d’Europe for Sorrow Swag.

IN CONVERSATION: GRAHAM REYNOLDS AND JOELYSA PANKANEA PRESENTED WITH

VANCOUVER INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL

Composer Graham Reynolds has worked with director Richard Linklater on four feature films, including Before Midnight, Bernie and Last Flag Flying. But their first collaboration was on this weirdly funny but inescapably prophetic Rotoscope-animated adaptation of Philip K Dick’s novel about alternate realities, drugs, paranoia and the surveillance state. Keanu Reeves, Robert Downey Jr. and Winona Ryder can still be detected underneath the movie’s digitally scrambled vision of suburban stoner simulacra. Since exploding onto the Vancouver theatre scene with her score for the critically acclaimed Crime and Punishment (Neworld, VMT, PuSh), composer Joelysa Pankanea’s music has been celebrated in theatres across Canada. As a composer, musical director, sound designer and percussionist, her versatility has taken her into the worlds of theatre, film, and animation and garnered her multiple awards and nominations. Joelysa is a freelance composer, and the resident composer for ARC in Toronto. FACILITATED BY Mark Haney

F EB 3 3PM- 4PM VA NCI T Y T H EATR E

Registration required at pushfestival.ca/assembly. This talk precedes the screening of A Scanner Darkly, details at pushfestival.ca

PARTICIPANTS Joshua Chambers-Letson, Associate Professor, Performance Studies, Northwestern University; Laura U. Marks, Professor, School for the Contemporary Arts, Simon Fraser University; Fred Moten, Professor, Department of Performance Studies, Tisch School of the Arts, NYU; and Tina Post, Provost’s Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of English, University of Chicago. MODERATED BY Phanuel Antwi, Assistant Professor, Department of English Language and Literatures, UBC.

FE B 2 2PM –4 : 3 0 P M O R GA LL E RY

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INTERNATIONAL DELEGATES Registered by Jan. 9, 2019. Listed in alphabetical order by surname.

Matthew Austin, UK Co-Director MAYK / Mayfest mayk.org.uk matthew@mayk.org.uk

Erin Boberg Doughton, USA Artistic Director & Curator of Performance PICA pica.org erin@pica.org

Louisa Bartlett-Pestell, UK Director of Programming artsdepot artsdepot.co.uk Louisa.Bartlett-Pestell@artsdepot.co.uk

Wesley Enoch, Australia Artistic Director Sydney Festival sydneyfestival.org.au wesley.enoch@sydneyfestival.org.au

Ron Berry, USA Artistic Director Fusebox Festival fuseboxfestival.com ron@fuseboxfestival.com

Pippa Frith, UK Festival Producer Fierce Festival wearefierce.org pippa@wearefierce.org

Anna Breckon, Australia Director/Writer (The Second Woman) performinglines.org.au/projects/thesecond-woman anna.d.breckon@gmail.com

Anna Gallagher-Ross, USA Curator Fusebox Festival fuseboxfestival.com anna@fuseboxfestival.com

Daniel Brine, UK Festival Director Norfolk & Norwich Festival nnfestival.org.uk daniel@nnfestival.org.uk

Adam York Gregory, UK Constellation Artist Take Me Somewhere takemesomewhere.co.uk contact@aworkinghypothesis.co.uk

Melanie Burge, Australia Program Manager Melbourne International Arts Festival festival.melbourne m.burge@festival.melbourne

Bianca Jones, UK Cultural Officer High Commission of Canada in the UK canadainternational.gc.ca/ united_kingdom-royaume_uni Bianca.Jones@international.gc.ca

Matt Burman, UK Artistic Director Cambridge Junction junction.co.uk matt.burman@junction.co.uk

Ophelia Jiadai Huang, China Programme Director ACT Shanghai International Theatre Festival/ Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre actfest.com / china-drama.com opheliahuang.sdac@china-drama.com

Rachel Cook, USA Artistic Director On the Boards ontheboards.org rachel@ontheboards.org

Jeff Khan, Australia Artistic Director & CEO Performance Space performancespace.com.au jeff@performancespace.com.au

Juliet Knapp, Japan Assistant Curator Kyoto Experiment kyoto-ex.jp knapp@kyoto-ex.jp

Chelsea Radigan, USA Literary Fellow Woolly Mammoth Theatre Company woollymammoth.net chelsea.radigan@woollymammoth.net

Grace Lang, Hong Kong Programme Director Hong Kong Arts Festival hk.artsfestival.org grace.lang@hkaf.org

Nat Randall, Australia Director/Writer (The Second Woman) performinglines.org.au/projects/thesecond-woman nataliekaterandall@gmail.com

Gillian Jane Lees, UK Constellation Artist Take Me Somewhere takemesomewhere.co.uk contact@aworkinghypothesis.co.uk

Brian Rogers, USA Artistic Director The Chocolate Factory Theater chocolatefactorytheater.org brian@chocolatefactorytheater.org

Ligia Lewis, USA/Germany Independent Choreographer ligialewis.com ligiamlewis@gmail.com

Hannah Slimmon, UK International Projects Producer Farnham Maltings theatre.farnhammaltings.com hannah.slimmon@farnhammaltings.com

Kee Hong Low, Hong Kong Head of Theatre, Performing Arts West Kowloon Cultural District westkowloon.hk kh.low@wkcda.hk

Gabriella Triantafyllis, Greece Director of Programming & Production Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center (SNFCC) SNFCC.org g.triantafyllis@snfcc.org

James Mackenzie, UK Artistic Director ZOO Venues zoovenues.co.uk james@zoovenues.co.uk

Gabrielle Vincent, New Zealand Programming Director Basement Theatre basementtheatre.co.nz gabrielle@basementtheatre.co.nz

Helen Medland, UK CEO/Artistic Director SICK! Festival sickfestival.com HRM@sickfestival.com

Richard Wakely, UK Artistic Director & CEO Belfast International Arts Festival belfastinternationalartsfestival.com richard@belfastinternationalartsfestival.com

Ben Pryor, USA Director American Realness americanrealness.com benpryor.nyc@gmail.com

Sebastian Warrack, UK Executive Director Wiltshire Creative wiltshirecreative.co.uk sebastian.warrack@wiltshirecreative.co.uk 23

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CANADIAN DELEGATES Registered by Jan. 7, 2019. Listed in alphabetical order by surname. Joshua Beamish Artistic Director Joshua Beamish/ MOVETHECOMPANY joshuabeamish.com josh@movethecompany.com

Nadine Carew Program Officer BC Arts Council bcartscouncil.ca nadine.carew@gov.bc.ca

Brent Belsher Director Belsher Arts Management belsherartsmanagement.ca brent@belshers.ca

Tim Carlson Artistic Producer Theatre Conspiracy conspiracy.ca carlson@conspiracy.ca

Patrick Blenkarn Producer The Elbow Theatre theelbow.ca info@theelbow.ca

Katharine Carol Artistic & Executive Director Vancouver International Childrenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Festival Society childrensfestival.ca kcarol@childrensfestival.ca

Sophie Brassard Program Manager - Des arts dehors / Arts Outside Made in BC - Dance on Tour madeinbc.org sophie@madeinbc.org

Emie-Liza Caron St-Pierre Operations and Development Director Fleuve | Espace danse fleuve-espacedanse.com coordination@fleuve-espacedanse.com

Holly Bright Artistic Director Crimson Coast Dance Society crimsoncoastdance.org hollybright@crimsoncoast.org

Miriam Colvin Artistic Director Bulkley Valley Concert Association bvca.me miriam.bvconcert@gmail.com

Davey Calderon Co-Founder New(to)Town Collective newtotowncollective.com davey.calderon@gmail.com

Adriana Contreras Director, Communications & Engagement New Works newworks.ca adriana@newworks.ca

Michael Caldwell Executive Producer Fall for Dance North ffdnorth.com michael@ffdnorth.com

Alecska Divisadero Programs and Administrative Coordinator Pride in Art Society Queer Arts Festival queerartsfestival.com alecska@queerartsfestival.com

Naomi Campbell Artistic Director Luminato luminatofestival.com ncampbell@luminato.com

Nadia Drouin CINARS Biennale Director CINARS cinars.org ndrouin@cinars.org 25

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Jason Dubois Associate Producer Eponymous eponymous.ca jason@eponymous.ca

Lisa Gelley Artistic Director Company 605 company605.ca lisagel@gmail.com

Kathleen Fair Treasurer Bulkley Valley Concert Association bvca.me kathleenfair@gmail.com

Cathy Gordon Producer SummerWorks summerworks.ca cathy@cathygordon.com

Nicolas Filion Development Agent Filigrane Arts Vivants filigrane.info nicolas@filigrane.info

Michael Gurney General Manager Lester Centre of the Arts lestercentre.ca michael@lestercentre.ca

Stephanie Fischer Executive Director Capitol Theatre Restoration Society capitoltheatre.ca capitolexecutivedirector@gmail.com

Carrie Hage Arts Manager British Council Canada britishcouncil.ca carrie.hage@britishcouncil.org

June Fukumura Artistic Director and Co-Founder Popcorn Galaxies and New(to)Town Collective popcorngalaxies.ca jfukumura@gmail.com

Corinna Hagel Communications & Operations Coordinator Neworld Theatre neworldtheatre.com corinna@neworldtheatre.com

Jane Gabriels Executive Director Made in BC - Dance on Tour madeinbc.org jane@madeinbc.org

Anna Haltrecht Dance Outreach-Community Engagement Facilitator ArtSpring artspring.ca annahaltrecht@gmail.com

Joanna Garfinkel Artistic Director/Dramaturg Universal Limited Theatre/ Playwrights Theatre Centre japaneseproblem.ca jgarfinkel@gmail.com

Sandra Henderson Producer Neworld Theatre neworldtheatre.com sandra@neworldtheatre.com

Chris (C. E.) Gatchalian Playwright, Producer, Consultant Freelance Artist cegatchalian.com cegatchalian@gmail.com

SD Holman Executive and Artistic Director Pride in Art Society Queer Arts Festival queerartsfestival.com SDHolman@Queerartsfestival.com

Rachel Iwaasa Glitter Manager Pride in Art Society Queer Arts Festival queerartsfestival.com rachel@queerartsfestival.com

Julie Mamias Booking Macromatter macromatter.com julie.mamias@gmail.com

Shauna Kadyschuk Manager and Producer STO Union Theatre Company stounion.com shauna@stounion.com

Cicela MĂĽnsson Executive & Artistic Director ArtSpring artspring.ca cicela@artspring.ca

Brenda Leadlay Executive Director BC Alliance for Arts + Culture allianceforarts.com brenda@allianceforarts.com

Daniel Martin Managing Artistic Producer Upintheair Theatre / rEvolver Festival upintheairtheatre.com daniel@upintheairtheatre.com

Julie Lebel Artistic Director, Choreographer Foolish Operations foolishoperations.org foolishoperations@gmail.com

Ariel Martz-Oberlander Youth Program Manager The Cultch thecultch.com a.martzoberlander@gmail.com

Robert Leveroos Artist Macromatter macromatter.com rleveroos@comcast.net

Laura McLeod Director, Cultural Engagement Harbourfront Centre harbourfrontcentre.com lmcleod@harbourfrontcentre.com

James Long Artistic Director Theatre Replacement theatrereplacement.org james@theatrereplacement.org

Victoria Mohr-Blakeney Performance Curator & Associate Director Public Energy Performing Arts publicenergy.ca victoria@publicenergy.ca

Chelsea MacDonald Operations Manager Theatre Replacement theatrereplacement.org chelsea@theatrereplacement.org

Sarah Moore Program Officer Department of Canadian Heritage canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage sarah.moore@canada.ca

Anjela Magpantay Associate Producing Artistic Director Vancouver Asian Canadian Theatre vact.ca anjela.m16@gmail.com

Matt Moreau Managing Producer Neworld Theatre neworldtheatre.com matthew@neworldtheatre.com 27

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Corbin Murdoch Managing Producer Theatre Replacement theatrereplacement.org corbin@theatrereplacement.org

Brian Postalian Artistic Director Re:Current Theatre recurrenttheatre.com bpostalian@gmail.com

Fay Nass Artistic Director the frank theatre thefranktheatre.com fay@thefranktheatre.com

Lili Robinson Artistic Producer Intern Theatre Replacement theatrereplacement.org lrobinsonarts@gmail.com

Christy Offer Owner & Artist Representative Magpie Exchange Arts Management magpieexchange.com christy@magpieexchange.com

Jenna Rodgers Artistic Leader/Artistic Director National Theatre School/ Chromatic Theatre chromatictheatre.ca jenna.k.rodgers@gmail.com

Jiv Parasram Artistic Director / Artistic Producer Rumble Theatre / Pandemic Theatre rumble.org / pandemictheatre.ca jiv@rumble.org

Nadia Ross Artistic Director STO Union stounion.com nadia@stounion.com

Mark Paterson Education Programs Coordinator Rotary Centre for the Arts rotarycentreforthearts.com programs@rotarycentreforthearts.com

Ramzi Saad Director General Canadian Heritage canada.ca/fr/patrimoine-canadien/ services/arts-organismes-designation ramzi.saad@canada.ca

Matthew Payne Artistic Producer Theatre SKAM skam.ca matthew@skam.ca

Jim Sands Storyteller, Musician Jim Sands Presents jimsandspresents.ca jcsands@shaw.ca

Rachel Penny Creative Producer adelheid dance projects adelheid.ca rachel.e.penny@gmail.com

Kirsten Schrader Manager Cowichan Performing Arts Centre cowichanpac.ca kschrader@cvrd.bc.ca

Cory Philley Theatre and Facility Services Coordinator Shadbolt Centre for the Arts shadboltcentre.com cory.philley@burnaby.ca

Zahra Shahab Communications Made in BC â&#x20AC;&#x201C; Dance on Tour madeinbc.org zahra@madeinbc.org

Jess Amy Shead Community Engaged Producer Playwrights Theatre Centre playwrightstheatre.com jessamyshead@gmail.com

Marcus Youssef Artistic Director Neworld Theatre neworldtheatre.com marcus@neworldtheatre.com

Avery Smith Artistic Intern Company 605 company605.ca averymileahsmith@gmail.com

Heidi Taylor Artistic & Executive Director Playwrights Theatre Centre playwrightstheatre.com heidi@playwrightstheatre.com

Hazel Venzon Artistic Associate Prairie Theatre Exchange pte.mb.ca artisticassoc@pte.mb.ca Ted Witzel Artistic Leadership Resident National Theatre School / Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity ent-nts.ca ted.witzel@gmail.com Jacob Wren Co-Artistic Director PME-ART pme-art.ca jwren@axxent.ca

Margot Wyllie Executive Director Revelstoke Arts Council revelstokeartscouncil.com racexecutivedirector@gmail.com

Maiko Yamamoto Artistic Director Theatre Replacement theatrereplacement.org maiko@theatrereplacement.org 29

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“

An immediate sensory feast of incredible lighting and sound design, choreography, and props—it’s clear that Redpatch is unlike anything we’ve ever seen before.” —Georgia Straight

REDPATCH BY SEAN HARRIS OLIVER & RAES CALVERT forthcoming March, 2019 from Talonbooks

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This is the story of an Indigenous soldier fighting for Canada on the Western Front of Europe during World War I. Vancouver 1914: a young man named Jonathon Woodrow, desperate to prove himself as a warrior, enlists to fight in the Canadian army. Relying on his experience in hunting and wilderness survival, Private Woodrow quickly becomes one of the most feared trench raiders in the 1st Canadian Division. But as the war stretches on, with no end to the fighting in sight, Woodrow begins to realize that he will never go home again. A 2017 finalist for the Playwright Guild of Canada’s prestigious Carol Bolt Award for Playwrights, Redpatch focuses on how Indigenous soldiers and communities contributed to Canada’s involvement in the World War 1. See Redpatch March 7–31, 2019 Goldcorp Stage at the BMO Theatre Centre Tickets at ArtsClub.com

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TRANSPORT

INDUSTRY HEADQUARTERS AND WIFI ACCESS

Translink - Bus / Skytrain Within Vancouver a single journey is $2.95. You can pay with a tap-enabled credit card on buses and the Skytrain. Google Maps will help you to easily navigate the city via bus or skytrain.

Taxis We recommend downloading an app for our cab companies, ordering on the internet is often quicker than by phone. There are no ride-sharing services like Uber or Lyft in Vancouver. Black Top Checker

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EMERGENCY NUMBERS Police/Ambulance/Fire 911 Vancouver General Hospital

St Paul’s Hospital 1081 Burrard Street 604.682.2344

The Post Wifi Network: 110 Arts Co–Op Public Password: 110public123 110–750 Hamilton Street Vancouver, BC Canada V6B 2R5 1.604.605.8284

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855 West 12th Avenue 604.875.4111

The PuSh office is located in The Post at 750 which is open from 9.30am–5pm with wifi. This space can be used for meeting up, relaxing etc.

FOOD AND EVENT LISTINGS A few of our favourite websites for discovering the best food and events in Vancouver. Georgia Straight - straight.com Local Vancouver news and premier guide for events, arts, restaurants and things to do in Vancouver. Scoutmagazine.ca Best of Vancouver food and culture. MONTECRISTOmagazine.com Lifestyle magazine focussed on food, art and design.

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PUSH FESTIVAL STAFF TIPS Staff tips on where to eat, drink, grab a coffee and wifi near the main Assembly Industry Series venues. DOWNTOWN VANCOUVER Venues: The Post at 750, Sandman Hotel, and Holiday Inn Downtown Where to Eat and Drink nearby • Delicious Pho (255 Robson St) Lunch: Cheap and delicious Banh Mi and also everything. • Grounds for Appeal (845 Cambie St) (veg friendly) Lunch: Cheap and tasty Indian food in The Law Society canteen. • Tractor (547 Robson St) (vegan/veg friendly) Breakfast/Lunch/Dinner: Fresh and healthy salads, soups, sandwiches and stews. Best Coffee Shop

STRATHCONA Venue: Russian Hall Where to Eat and Drink nearby • Finch’s Market (501 E Georgia St) Breakfast/Lunch: Great sandwiches, salads and soups • The Heatley (696 E Hastings St) Dinner/Drinks: Local public house with good food and local beer selection • Strathcona Beer Company (895 E Hastings St) Dinner/Drinks: Brewery and pizza kitchen Best Coffee Shop • Wilder Snail (799 Keefer St)

GOOGLE MAPS

• Rocanini Coffee Roasters (836 Beatty) GASTOWN Venue: SFU Goldcorp Centre

This QR code takes you to this URL:

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Where to Eat and Drink nearby • Purebread (159 W Hastings St) Breakfast/Lunch: Delicious handmade baked goods • La Taqueria (322 W Hastings St) Lunch/Dinner: Popular Taco restaurant with vegan options • Six Acres (203 Carrall Street) Dinner/Drinks: Cosy bar with great share plates and drink options.

If you have a newer iPhone, your camera will automatically prompt you to open a browser where the map will appear. Androids seem to require a QR code-reading app but it works on all devices and of course from the URL. The map features all PuSh Industry Series venues, all PuSh Performance venues, and also all of our Hospitality tips! Enjoy!

Best Coffee Shop • Revolver (325 Cambie St) 33

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