2026臺北藝術節：瓦吉．穆阿瓦《海之邊》

帶著父親的遺體回到滿目瘡痍的故鄉安葬  一路讀著父親生前未寄出的信  逐漸了解自己的過去  家族的傷痛   歷史的無奈 當父親死亡的消息在清晨穿越海洋抵達，威弗里德(Wilfrid)接起電話，對這位幾乎陌生的父親，他做出一個近乎衝動的決定：將遺體帶回遠方的出生之地。 但當他抵達，才發現故鄉早已面目全非。戰後的墓地飽和，亂葬崗散落各處，雷區切割地景。一具無人接收的遺體，無法被安置。親族拒絕，村落緊閉。威弗里德只能背著逐漸腐敗的屍體，在這片破碎的土地上行走。 途中，他遇見一群同樣失去父母的年輕人。西蒙娜、阿梅、薩貝、瑪西、約瑟芬——每個人都帶著無法言說的過去。他們決定同行，輪流扛起這具不屬於任何人的遺體，朝海邊前進。 於是，一次個人的埋葬，逐漸轉變為集體的行動。在尋找安身之地的過程中，他們同時面對一個無法迴避的處境：當死者無處安放，歷史留下的只是斷裂與殘缺，留下來的人要如何繼續走下去？ 《海之邊》以極簡舞台構成世界：膠帶劃出邊界，身體建構場景，詩意的語言與豐滿的聲音承載一切。在現實與想像交錯之間，這段關於埋葬的旅程，逐漸轉化為對存在的提問。 瓦吉．穆阿瓦 (Wajdi Mouawad) 當代法語劇場最具國際影響力的劇作家、導演與演員。1968 年生於黎巴嫩，童年因內戰流亡巴黎，少年時隨家人移居加拿大魁北克，後返法國定居。著作逾四十部、劇作二十三部，作品譯為二十餘種語言，巡演五大洲。 其代表作《血誓四部曲》，以強烈的敘事結構與詩性語言，探討戰爭創傷、家族記憶與身分認同。《海之邊》為該系列開篇之作。系列第二部《烈火焚身》(Incendies)後由 丹尼．維勒納夫(Denis Villeneuve)改編為電影，入圍奧斯卡最佳外語片，使其作品獲得更廣泛關注。 其書寫深植於家族記憶、戰爭創傷與身分認同，融合古典悲劇的力量、美國電影的情節推進、法國劇場的語言密度與魁北克的敘事美學、魔幻寫實與時空跳接的手法，將私密創傷轉化為時代史詩。 2009 年擔任亞維農藝術節首席藝術家，推出長達11小時的《血誓四部曲》（Le Sang des promesses）；2016 年起接任法國國家珂嶺劇院（Théâtre national de la Colline）藝術總監至 2026 年。曾獲加拿大總督最佳戲劇文學獎（2000、2016）、法國藝術與文學騎士勳章（2002）、法蘭西學院戲劇大獎（2009）、德國斯圖加特國家劇院歐洲戲劇獎（2021）等殊榮。2025 年於法蘭西公學院（Collège de France）開設八堂課「書寫的動詞」，從「在」、「看」、「顫抖」一路講到「死亡」，拆解寫作作為存有方式的意義。   演職人員名單 導演｜Wajdi Mouawad 演員｜Julie Julien、Emmanuel Drap、Maxence Bod、Lucie Digout、Maxime Le Gac、Patrick Le Mauff、Theodora Breux、Yuriy Zavalnyouk 音樂家｜Charles Segard 音樂家｜Pascal Humbert 製作經理｜Solenn Reto 舞台監督｜Guillaume Lepert 導演助理｜Vanessa Bonnet 燈光技術｜Gilles Thomain 音響技術｜Annabelle Maillard 共同主辦｜臺北市政府、臺北表演藝術中心 特別感謝｜法國在台協會 When tidings of his father’s passing cross the sea to find him through the phone in dawn’s grey light, Wilfrid commits to an improbable journey. To a father who was a mere phantom in life, he offers a final, impulsive vow: to return the body to the soil of its origin. Yet, landfall reveals a homeland erased. Here, death has lost its ritual: the graveyards are full, and the earth is a minefield of forgotten burials. An unclaimed body is an impossibility. Shunned by those who survived, Wilfrid is left to wander a broken map, shoulder-to-shoulder with the deepening scent and weight of a father who cannot be buried. En route, he encounters a cadre of youths orphaned by the same silence—Simone, Amée, Sabe, Massi, and Joséphine—each the custodian of an unspoken trauma. Bound by a shared vacuum of lineage, they embark on a collective pilgrimage toward the sea, taking turns to carry the body that belongs to no one and everyone. A lonely rite of passage dissolves into a shared exodus. Searching for a place where a ghost might rest, they confront a stark, existential silence: when the dead are denied a grave and the past is but a trail of debris, how can the living stitch together a map of the heart? The world of Littoral is built upon a skeletal stage: tape delineates the maps of the mind, and physical bodies on stage construct the geography. Here, poetic breath and sonorous depth carry the gravity of all things. In the friction between reality and dream, this burial becomes a radical inquiry into the essence of being. WAJDI MOUAWAD Wajdi Mouawad is a playwright, director, actor, and the preeminent force in contemporary Francophone theatre. Born in Lebanon, 1968, his portfolio traces a trajectory of exile from Beirut to Paris and then Quebec. Having over forty publications translated into twenty languages, his voice has become a definitive bridge between Mediterranean history and Western avant-garde theatre. Mouawad’s reputation is anchored in his tetralogy, Le Sang des promesses, an epic exploration of ancestral trauma and identity scarred by war. While Littoral(Tideline) serves as the cycle's haunting genesis, its successor, Scorched (Incendies), reached global acclaim through Denis Villeneuve’s Oscar-nominated cinematic adaptation. Rooted in the triptych of ancestral memory, war, and identity, Mouawad’s writing transmutes private trauma into modern epics, often fusing the gravitas of Greek tragedy and French linguistic density with the cinematic momentum and magical realism of Québécois aesthetics. In 2009, Mouawad served as the Associate Artist of the Festival d’Avignon, premiering his monumental eleven-hour marathon, Le Sang des promesses. Since 2016, he has presided as the Artistic Director of France’s Théâtre National de la Colline. His career is marked by the highest honors, including the Grand Prix du Théâtre de l'Académie Française and the European Drama Award. In 2025, he was appointed to the Collège de France to deliver his landmark lecture series, "The Verb of Writing"—an ontological deconstruction of the creative act as a fundamental mode of existence, and a metaphysical trajectory through the verbs to be, to see, to tremble, and ultimately, to die. Creative and Production Team Director: Wajdi Mouawad Production Manager: Solenn Reto Stage Manager: Guillaume Lepert Director Assistant: Vanessa Bonnet Actress: Julie Julien Actor: Emmanuel Drap Actor: Maxence Bod Actress: Lucie Digout Actor: Maxime Le Gac Actor: Patrick Le Mauff Actress: Theodora Breux Actor: Yuriy Zavalnyouk Musician: Charles Segard Musician: Pascal Humbert Light Technician: Gilles Thomain Sound Technician: Annabelle Maillard Surtitles Operator: Ulrich Menke