2024臺北藝術節：同黨劇團《父親母親》

延伸閱讀：同黨劇團《父親母親》：一場跨性別尋根之旅

「 布袋戲與真人的演出沒有扞格，而且極美，是關於私人、性、政治暴力的好看故事。」——作家林傳凱

★ 從尋父到尋母，一場高潮迭起的尋根之旅
★ 臺版《霸王別姬》　6名實力派演員撐起 36 個角色的震撼實力

相片跌出衣櫃，泛黃的影像是一對站在布袋戲棚邊的男女；女人抱著嬰兒，男人拿著兩隻布袋戲老虎。年逾半百的阿文，在養父的遺物中找到疑似生父的舊照片，別人的中年危機是諮商轉職子不教，他卻是跳上車，開啟一趟南北走透透的尋父之旅。地毯式的搜索與詢問，橫跨不同時期的臺灣土地故事，也如潘朵拉的盒子層層開啟，揭開深埋50年的祕密⋯⋯

《父親母親》於2021年首演即大獲好評，充滿細節的劇本溫柔包覆了白色恐怖與身分認同的嚴肅議題，更透過日治時期本土布袋戲的發展，寫實呼應殖民下臺灣人轉換身分求生存的過往。透過主角尋找生父母的過程，同時解鎖上一代家庭秘密、處理下一代的性別認同，縝密又出色的劇本，外加一票實力派演員的精采詮釋，展現強大的戲劇張力。當觀眾隨著劇情笑淚交織之際，也能細細感受劇中每一具如布袋戲偶般被操縱的身體，如何堅強且勇敢地橫渡時代巨流，努力以自身的模樣活下去。 

資深劇場工作者邱安忱於2001年創立。「同黨」二字既是具共同興趣的藝術家組成的團體，亦為將不同藝術媒介融合，所創造出更風格與意象的藝術形式。作品多融合真人、戲偶、面具、多媒體等不同媒材，並以關懷弱勢、探討個人身分、性別與國族認同為主要探討題材。

臺灣｜邱安忱

畢業於美國紐約 Actors Studio Drama School at The New School University 表演創作藝術碩士班，因熱愛表演藝術，自1990年參與蘭陵劇坊為期一年的學員訓練後，即開始從事劇場工作，2001年創立同黨劇團，持續為推動台灣現代劇場藝術而努力。數十年表演經驗，參與百餘部作品演出，專長編、導、演及偶戲。除舞台劇編創、演出外，亦常獲邀參與電影、電視劇的演出，同時擔任表演藝術指導工作。編劇及演出作品《飛天行動》入圍第七屆台新藝術獎年度表演藝術獎，演出作品《白色說書人》入圍第十六屆台新藝術獎年度表演藝術獎。

演出暨製作人員名單

導演｜蘇洋徵

編劇｜邱安忱

演員｜吳世偉

演員｜林子恆

演員｜韋以丞

演員｜徐浩忠

演員｜古辛

演員｜邱安忱

Father Mother

After finding an old photograph of his biological father among his adoptive father's belongings, fifty-year-old A-Wen embarks on a journey across Taiwan to find the man. Delving into a half-century of history and politics, A-Wen's search not only details the evolution of Taiwan's glove puppet theater, but also depicts his personal evolution as he solves the mystery of his biological father's identity while grappling with his son's sexual orientation. Featuring a talented cast of six actors portraying thirty-six characters and having received enthusiastic reviews last year, Father Mother is a surprise hit that cannot be missed this summer!

Depicting moments from Taiwan's Japanese colonial period, its White Terror martial law era under Chiang Kai-shek's Kuomintang regime, and the nation's 2018 same-sex marriage referendum, Father Mother examines the relationship between and transformation of national identity and self-identity through the context of budaixi, traditional Chinese glove puppet theater, as it has evolved in Taiwan. Budaixi's adaptations to changing times mirroring those of ordinary people trying to survive Taiwan's turbulent history, the play unfolds a delicate yet brave story of the uniquely Taiwanese struggle for freedom of self-expression and social justice. 

The Party Theater Group

Founded in 2001, The Party Theater Group stages experimental theater productions of both acclaimed Western and original Taiwanese plays—often with minority themes—that are socially relevant, topical, enlightening, and entertaining. By combining actors, puppets, masks, and multimedia in theatrically innovative, thought-provoking ways and including the talents of artists from around the world, the group's performances aim to deliver novel experiences to theatergoers in Taipei, across Taiwan, and at international theater festivals. Over the years, The Party Theater Group has been recognized in many ways. Most recently, in 2017, the inaugural run of White Storyteller, a play about one family's ruin resulting from Taiwan's White Terror, was nominated as one of the top performing arts productions by the 16th Taishin Arts Awards. Past awards included the 7th Taishin Arts Awards' selection of another original Taiwanese play, The Sky Crisis, as one of the top ten performing arts productions in 2008 and Guling Street Avant-garde Theater's Best Performance Award for Child of God in 2009. In addition, since 2013, The Party Theater Group has been a recipient of a grant from Taiwan's Ministry of Culture in recognition of its work. Finally, at the request of the Taipei Arts Festival, the group collaborated with a French theater company to present the show Europe Connexion in both Taiwan and France in 2016.

An-Chen Chiu, Taiwan 

An-Chen Chiu graduated from Actors Studio Drama School in New York City. Currently, he is the artistic director of The Party Theater Group in Taipei, Taiwan. An-Chen Chiu's career in the theater spans nearly 35 years and includes work as an actor and playwright.  

Director: Sue, Yung-Cheun

Playwright: Chiu, An-Chen

Actor: Wu, Shih-Wei

Actor: Lin, Zi-Heng

Actor: Wei, Yi-Cheng

Actor: Hsu, Hao-Chung

Actor: Gusion

Actor: Chiu, An-Chen

演出全長：節目全長約120分鐘，無中場休息。

字幕語言：中文發音，中英文字幕。

演後座談：9.6 (五)19:30演後於藍盒子、9.7 (六)14:30演後於藍盒子

到場注意事項：

◎演出內容包含不雅用語，敬請斟酌入場

◎為避免影響演出品質，遲到或中途離席的觀眾，須依工作人員引導等候入場

◎ 120 mins, no intermission

◎ In Taiwanese Hokkien and Mandarin, Mandarin surtitles.

◎ Latecomers and re-entry subject to discretion.

◎ Contains strong language.

◎ Post-discussion: after 9.6 (FRI.) 19:30 performance, after 9.7 (SAT.) 14:30 performance