PuSh Play is a PuSh Festival podcast. Each episode features conversations with artists who are pushing boundaries and playing with form.
PuSh Play
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PuSh Play is a PuSh Festival podcast. Each episode features conversations with artists who are pushing boundaries and playing with form.
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January 27, 2026
Ep. 78 - The Edges of Drag (TESTO)
<p dir="ltr">PuSh's Artistic Director, Gabrielle Martin, speaks with Wet Mess about <a href= "https://pushfestival.ca/shows/testo/">TESTO</a>, coming up at the 2026 PuSh Festival: February 7 and 8 at Performance Works.</p> <p dir="ltr">Show Notes</p> <ul> <li dir="ltr">Gabrielle and Wet Mess discuss: </li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The origins of TESTO, particularly in what it meant to take hormones like testosterone</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Drag as a tool to discover oneself onstage</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Drag as a devising tool to generate choreography, narrative, etc.</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The historical aspects of drag</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Making gender explorations joyful</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The different personas that Wet Mess explores</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The oscillation between comedy and vulnerability</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The origin of the name "Wet Mess"</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What did the process of making this work reveal to you?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What is next for Wet Mess?</li> </ul> <p dir="ltr"><strong>About TESTO</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">TESTO celebrates transitions, testosterone and the edges of drag–a chaotic, heartfelt, and hilariously unhinged deep dive into the mess of becoming. Here, performance and reality blur until what's made-up somehow feels truer than truth. Expect moustache meals, dykey desires, and a choreography of guttural sexuality that pinches at the dull flesh of everyday life until it sparkles. At once absurd and sincere, TESTO finds the magical in the mundane—the moment when laughter curdles into revelation, and fantasy becomes flesh. It's awkward, erotic, disarming, and deeply human: a love letter to transition, embodiment, and all our leaking edges.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>About Wet Mess</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Wet Mess is a wet mess, horny for your confusion. Let it all out and guess again at the insecure balding white man/pussy prince/alien baby. Have a lollygag, think about your fantasy flesh suits, call me sweet prince, and remember Roger in a robe. Choose to make some silly campy decisions, with all the hairy thems and dykey men. All I really wanna do is strip for the stripper and drive her homen with the dogs.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Land Acknowledgement</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">This conversation was recorded on the unceded, stolen and ancestral territories of the Coast Salish Peoples: the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), colonially known as Vancouver.</p> <p dir="ltr">Wet Mess joined the conversation from London, UK.</p> <p dir="ltr">It is our duty to establish right relations with the people on whose territories we live and work, and with the land itself.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Credits</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">PuSh Play is produced by Ben Charland and Tricia Knowles. Original music by Joseph Hirabayashi.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Show Transcript</strong></p> <p> </p>
January 23, 2026
Ep. 77 - Ballroom! (The Motha' Kiki Ball)
<p dir="ltr">PuSh's Artistic Director, Gabrielle Martin, speaks with Mother Bee Gvasalia, Savannah Sutherland, Ihomehe ("Legs"), and Menace Gvasalia about <a href= "https://pushfestival.ca/shows/the-motha-kiki-ball/">The Motha' Kiki Ball</a>, coming up at the 2026 PuSh Festival: February 7 at the Birdhouse.</p> <p><strong>Show Notes</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Gabrielle and her guests discuss: </p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How did Blackout Collective begin and what was that specific moment that compelled it?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The significance and meaning of ballroom as gathering and performance</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Balancing competitive fire with fierce tenderness with honouring roots</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How chosen families show up, especially in ballroom</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How ballroom judges work and what they are looking for </li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The stories that ballroom tells</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Waves of new talent entering the scene</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The challenge of learning technique vs. competing</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The Ballroom 101 Rapid Fire Round!</li> </ul> <p dir="ltr"><strong>About The Motha' Kiki Ball</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">From vogue to runway, The Motha' Kiki Ball crowns motherhood as the origin story, legacy, and creative force behind Ballroom. Black Out, a collective centering Blackness in the local Kiki scene, leads this year's winter ball co-presented by PuSh and Van Vogue Jam. This Black History Month spectacular celebrates the power that gives life to cultures and movements. Expect looks that radiate iconic energy and a runway filled with matriarch moments.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>About BlackOUT Collective</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">BlackOUT is a Vancouver-based Collective that centers Blackness within the Vancouver Kiki Ballroom scene. Our mission is to make Ballroom accessible to Black folks in Vancouver by creating entry points, fostering belonging and celebrating community. Since our inception in 2024, we've hosted several open sessions and produced "The Cookout Mini Kiki Ball", Vancouver's first Ball featuring an all Black production team and judging panel.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Land Acknowledgement</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">This conversation was recorded on the unceded, stolen and ancestral territories of the Coast Salish Peoples: the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), colonially known as Vancouver.</p> <p dir="ltr">Savannah Sutherland joined the conversation from Accra, also called Ga, Ghana.</p> <p dir="ltr">It is our duty to establish right relations with the people on whose territories we live and work, and with the land itself.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Credits</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">PuSh Play is produced by Ben Charland and Tricia Knowles. Original music by Joseph Hirabayashi.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Show Transcript</strong></p> <p> </p>
January 20, 2026
Ep. 76 - From the Marrow (WAIL)
<p dir="ltr">PuSh's Artistic Director, Gabrielle Martin, speaks with Vanessa Goodman about <a href= "https://pushfestival.ca/shows/wail/">WAIL</a>, coming up at the 2026 PuSh Festival: January 26 and 27 at the Scotiabank Dance Centre.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Show Notes</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Gabrielle and Vanessa discuss: </p> <ul> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">Vanessa's current work and process on tour across the continent with BLOT</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The original impulses and images that inspired WAIL</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How the complexity becoming a parent today requires one to find joy in work</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">What does it mean to navigate joy within community? How can joy be a regenerative force?</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The power of physiological change from performance</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">How compression can be used in choreography</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The auditory and visual world of the piece</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The body as site between the individual and collective</li> <li dir="ltr" role="presentation">The meaning of collaboration and how to hold space for many voices</li> </ul> <p dir="ltr"><strong>About WAIL</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">WAIL is a choreographic poem for our fractured moment. </p> <p dir="ltr">Six performers move through a shifting landscape of sound, light, and breath, their bodies echoing the patterns and distortions of the natural world. Drawing from botanical forms and auditory illusion, the work becomes a living ecosystem where motion and vibration feed each other—fragile, unruly, and alive.</p> <p dir="ltr">WAIL immerses audiences in a multi-sensory meditation on coexistence. Amid contrast and chaos, the work finds its rhythm in the act of collective joy: a wail that is both grief and celebration, a sound that gathers us back into the body of the world.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>About Action at a Distance and Vanessa Goodman</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">Action at a Distance is based on the West Coast on the ancestral and unceded territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), Stó:lō, Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations. The company is led by Artistic Director Vanessa Goodman and Artistic Producer Hilary Maxwell. Their work carries meaning beyond aesthetics, using choreography as a means to explore liminality within humanity. This exploration questions the boundaries of the human experience, emphasizing the interconnectedness of bodies, technology, and the natural world.</p> <p dir="ltr">Their choreographic practice weaves together generative movement and sonic embodiment, creating immersive performative environments that aim to expand notions of identity, post-humanism and agency. Through their work, they seek to cultivate intimacy between the body and its surroundings, examining how these relationships redefine what it means to be an individual in a rapidly changing world. The company challenges conventional forms of performative hierarchy through collaborative approaches, inviting varied voices to reshape narratives around corporeality and Existence.</p> <p dir="ltr">Goodman has received several awards and honours for the Company's works, including The Iris Garland Emerging Choreographer Award (2013), The Yulanda M. Faris Scholarship (2017/18), The Chrystal Dance Prize (2019 & 2024), the Schultz Endowment from the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity (2019), The Isadora Award (2025) and participation in the "Space to Fail" program (2019/20) through Hyde Productions (NZ), Critical Path (AU), and The Dance Centre (CA). Longstanding collaborations include Graveyards and Gardens with Caroline Shaw, BLOT with Simona Deaconsecu, and multiple works with Loscil (Scott Morgan), Brady Marks, and James Proudfoot. Their works have toured Canada, the United States, Europe, and South America. </p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Land Acknowledgement</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">This conversation was recorded on the unceded, stolen and ancestral territories of the Coast Salish Peoples: the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and Səl̓ílwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), colonially known as Vancouver.</p> <p dir="ltr">Vanessa joined the conversation from Calgary, in the traditional territories of the peoples of Treaty 7, which include the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Siksika, the Piikani, and the Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut'ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda (including Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Goodstoney First Nations).</p> <p dir="ltr">It is our duty to establish right relations with the people on whose territories we live and work, and with the land itself.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Credits</strong></p> <p dir="ltr">PuSh Play is produced by Ben Charland and Tricia Knowles. Original music by Joseph Hirabayashi.</p> <p dir="ltr"><strong>Show Transcript</strong></p> <p> </p>
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