PUSH from Manchester's HOME arts centre is an annual festival each January that brings together Manchester-based performance artists and companies for just over two weeks of performances, readings, workshops, screenings, exhibitions and other events.

At the launch on 12 January, BTG editor David Chadderton spoke to one of the programming team for PUSH, Jodie Ratcliffe, as well as some of the artists whose work will be featured in the festival:

• Ben Mellor of Pen-Chant
• Emilie Lahouel and Laura Edwards of Meraki Collective about Only Speak When Spoken To
• Remi Adefeyisan from Truth Be Told about True Stories
• Josh Coates on the Untitled AI Project
• Martin Gibbons of Monkeywood Theatre on The Manchester Project
• Sue Jenkins, producer and director of Narcissist in the Mirror, written and performed by Rosie Fleeshman

PUSH 2018 runs at HOME Manchester from Friday 12 to Saturday 27 January. For more information, including the full programme of events, see the theatre's web site.