A Pandemic Theatre & Theatre Conspiracy Co-Production Presented by PuSh International Performing Arts Festival

SWIM

JAN 30–FEB 02, 2025
VANCITY CULTURE LAB

RENTAL EVENT ​

Showtimes

January 30 at 7PM 
January 31 at 5PM and 8PM
February 1 at 1PM and 3:30PM*
February 2 at 2PM

 

*VocalEye show on February 1st at 3:30PM

Ticket Pricing

General Admission seating.

Seat: $39 + service charge

*PuSh Industry Passholders please contact PuSh Festival Patron Services to reserve your seat: 1-604-449-6000 

Content Advisory

This show contains flashing lights and haze.

Box Office Info

Phone:604-251-1363
Email: [email protected]

Mondays: 12 – 6pm
Tuesday to Saturday: 12- 4pm
Sunday: closed

Open 1 hour prior to every show
Venue Info

VANCITY CULTURE LAB
1895 Venables St.
Vancouver, BC

Photo Credit: Allie Wood

About

SWIM is an immersive sensorial experience that imagines challenges endured by refugees who brave the treacherous crossing between Güzelçamli, Turkey and asylum on the Greek island of Samos.

It is 8-kilometres from Güzelçamli, Turkey to the Greek island of Samos, or 160 lengths of an Olympic-sized swimming pool. That’s the distance many must swim in search of asylum in Europe.

SWIM is an immersive sensorial experience that imagines the physical, mental and spiritual challenges of this treacherous passage as it meditates upon the emotional toll of displacement. Harnessing cutting-edge technologies to simulate audio and tactile sensations, the audience experiences much of the piece in darkness.

Drawing loose inspiration from the epic Arabic story of Laila and Majnun, SWIM invites audiences to imagine what feelings one moves through as they endure the fatigue of this perilous crossing. It meditates on the question: When one is driven to leave their love, their life, their home — what parts of oneself and one’s old life must be sacrificed in pursuit of a new beginning?

This event is blind/low-vision accessible.

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