šxʷʔam̓ət means home in Hǝn̓q̓ǝmin̓ǝm̓, a local Indigenous dialect. This word has so many different meanings to all of us who are living on this land.
Date/Time: Mar 4 2017, 7:30 pm to 10:00 pm
Vancouver, Firehall Arts Centre | Event calendarCost: $19.00
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There’s a conversation happening in Canada about Reconciliation and how it is manifesting action in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities across this country. The City of Vancouver has officially declared that Vancouver sits on the unceded territory of the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations. But what do these initiatives really mean? If we are sincere about the desire for reconciliation, what kinds of shifts in perceptions and behaviours need to take place? What is the pulse of change each of us are shaping? How do we break down the walls of colonization that surround us all?
Created and performed by a mixed Indigenous and non-Indigenous cast and production team, šxʷʔam̓ət (home) weaves true stories together and challenges us to make reconciliation real and honourable.
Some things can’t be legislated.
The play is audience interactive. šxʷʔam̓ət (home) will invite audiences to change the patterns of behaviour inside characters who are struggling with these issues – patterns that audience members recognize inside themselves – and rehearse true reconciliation.
Theatre for Living (formerly Headlines Theatre) has a 36 year, multi-award winning history of creating cutting-edge, interactive theatre that challenges perceptions and creates social change. šxʷʔam̓ət (home) is a collaboration between Theatre for Living and Journeys Around the Circle Society, with support from the Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre.
Theatre for Living’s interactive theatre is both provocative and entertaining:
“Theatre for Living is one of the most prolific, life changing, humanity affirming and powerful theatre companies in the country.“ – Jenny Magenta
“This is theatre that reaches out and connects…fascinating and profoundly theatrical.” – David C. Jones
“Theatre for Living’s work is powerful, potent, connected.“ – Humaira Hamid
CAST | Asivak Koostachin (Inuk/Cree), Madeline Terbasket (Okanagan, Ho-Cak & Anishnaabe), Mutya Macatumpag, Nayden Palosaari (Cree), Rev. Meg Roberts*, Sam Bob* (Snaw-Naw-As/Coast Salish) & Tom Scholte*
Director | David Diamond
Associate Director | Renae Morriseau* (Cree & Saulteaux)
Technical Director | Tim Cardinal (Cree)
Costume Designer | Carmen Alatorre
Set & Props Designer | Carolyn Rapanos
Lighting Designer | Alan Brodie
Sound Designer | Muin S. Gould (Mi’kmaq)
Video Designer | Bracken Hanuse Corlett (Wuikinuxv & Klahoose)
Stage Manager | Dorothy Jenkins*
Webcast Master | Chris Bouris
Tele/webcast Director | Michael P. Keeping
Office/Production Manager/Webmaster | Dafne Blanco
Outreach Co-ordinator | David Ng
Outreach and Publicity Assistant | Cindy Charleyboy (Tsilhqot'in, Secwepemc & Norwegian)
Support Person | Susan Powell (Lakota)
Financial Administrator | Susan Shank
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