Five reasons to check out Club PuSh
Credit to Author: Shawn Conner| Date: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 18:00:22 +0000
Club PuSh
When: Jan. 25, Feb. 1 and 8
Where: Central Studios (except where indicated)
Tickets and info: pushfestival.ca
1. Ikigai Machine: Working with a production team from CymaSpace, his Portland-based arts and culture organization for the deaf and hard-of-hearing, Myles de Bastion presents an immersive visual narrative set to live ambient, hypnotic soundscapes. A performance from DJ Deaf Wish follows. Ikigai (a Japanese word roughly meaning a reason for being) kicks off Club PuSh, a less formal performance series with the PuSh Festival. (Jan. 25, Roundhouse)
2. Agit-Pop! Toronto drag performer Pearle Harbour presents a cabaret concert with anecdotes, songs, audience participation and archival film and video clips. Now Magazine called it “a thoughtful, funny and cathartic cabaret” that touches on climate change, detained migrants and “unstable, non-genius world leaders.” (Feb. 1)
3. Bring Your Own Record Listening Party: Audience members who enjoy the song/story format of the PuSh show The DJ Who Gave Too Much Information (Feb. 7) are invited to share a record and story of their own. With this party/performance, Montreal’s PME-ART’s shows the ways in which music helps us to organize memories, beliefs and perceptions. (Feb. 8)
4. Portrait of My DNA: Local dance group House of La Douche presents a combination of drag, dance and spoken word. Expect waacking (a dance style that focuses on arm movements to beats) and lessons in how to vogue. (Feb. 8)
5. Things I Shouldn’t Tell You: Local performer Crystal Precious draws on her life on the burlesque circuit to deliver a combination of striptease, standup, musical parody and storytelling. Guest dancers include Subscura and House of La Douche.
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