The storyteller and performer Rosemary Georgeson discusses In the Beginning: A Cultural Sharing (04-07 November 2020 at the Firehall Arts Centre), with Joseph Planta.

Text of introduction by Joseph Planta:

I am Planta: On the Line, in Vancouver, British Columbia, at TheCommentary.ca.

The 2020 Downtown Eastside Heart of the City Festival is on this year, and a fascinating and necessary event, five actually, is In the Beginning: A Cultural Sharing. It’s produced and presented by the Firehall Arts Centre, and the Vancouver Moving Theatre. Over the five events, the storyteller, filmmaker and performer Rosemary Georgeson and the Firehall’s Artistic Producer Donna Spencer will be looking into the stories and history of the Indigenous people of the area, the place in and around Vancouver. Ms. Georgeson joins me now, and we’ll talk about what to expect on Wednesday and Thursday evening at 7.30pm, Friday and Saturday evening at 8pm, and on Saturday afternoon at 3pm. Each performance, for lack of a better word, will feature both Rosemary and Donna, with the moderator Kim Haxton, joined by Indigenous elders, artists, and knowledge keepers from the Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh, and Squamish homelands. Their stories will feature images projected of the land and waters, as well as other historic and personal photos. This will doubtless give ticketholders at the Firehall as well as online a sense of the cultural heritage in and around Vancouver’s East Side, especially Strathcona, Chinatown, Gastown, and Paueru Gai (Powell Street). Visit www.firehallartscentre.ca for tickets and information. There is a special ticket price of $15 for members of the Downtown Eastside community, and single tickets are $20, and a five-pack is $90. Visit Rosemary’s own website at https://rosemarygeorgeson.wordpress.com/ for more. Please welcome to the Planta: On the Line program, Rosemary Georgeson; Ms. Georgeson, good morning.

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