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Wajdi Mouawad. Play + Masterclass / Show + Masterclass

On Saturday, October 4, Lebanese actor Wajdi Mouawad made his debut on the stage of the University of Navarra Museum theater with a masterclass for a small group of people and students. The event was rounded off with a theatrical performance of the play "Seuls" in the afternoon at the Teatro Principal in Vitoria. Wajdi Mouawad is a Canadian actor, theater director, and writer. Due to the civil conflicts in Libya during the 1970s, his family had to flee to Paris and later settle permanently in Quebec. This exile has had a profound impact on his artistic work. During the masterclass, his first in Spain, Wajdi Mouawad explained his creative method and his constant struggle against reason in order to give free rein to improvisation and creativity. In 2009, he was the associate artist of the Avignon Festival and received the Grand Prix du Théâtre from the Académie Française for his entire body of work.

Seuls show: Harwan, a Montreal student in his thirties, about to present his doctoral thesis, finds himself, after a series of trivial events, locked up for an entire night in one of the rooms of the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg.

The night will be long. It will last more than two thousand years and will drag him, without a moment's hesitation, to the cradle of his mother tongue, long forgotten beneath the deepest layers of everything that is multifaceted in him. "My name is Harwan."

Wajdi Mouawad Beirut(Lebanon, October 16, 1968) is a Canadian writer, actor, and theater director. His parents fled Lebanon for Paris, France, in 1977. In 1983, they settled in Quebec. He graduated from the National Theater School of Canada in 1991. From 2000 to 2004, he directed the Quat'Sous Theater in Montreal, and in 2005, he founded the creative companies "Au carré de l'hypoténuse" in France and "Abé carré cé carré" in Montreal with Emmanuel Schwartz.

In 2009, he was the associate artist of the Avignon Festival and received the Grand Prix du Théâtre from the Académie Française for his entire body of work.

 

 
Seuls Show: Harwan, a student from Montreal aged about 30, about to present his dissertation, and after a series of banal events, finds himself, for one whole night, shut in one of the rooms of the Hermitage Museum in St Petersburg.
 
It will be a long night. It will last for more than 2000 years and it will take him, without him being able to doubt for a single second, to the cradle of his native language, forgotten for many years under the deepest layers of everything that is multiple in him. "My name is Harwan."
 
Wajdi Mouawad Beirut ( Lebanon, October 16, 1968) is a writer, actor, and theater director of Canadian nationality. His parents fled from Lebanon to Paris, France, in 1977. In 1983, they settled in Québec. He obtained his diploma from the National Theater School of Canada in 1991. From 2000 to 2004, he managed the Theatre of Quat’Sous in Montréal, and in 2005, he founded the creative companies “Au carré de l’hypoténuse” in France and “Abécarrécécarré” in Montréal with Emmanuel Schwart.
 
In 2009, he was the associate artist of the Avignon Festival and received the "Grand Prix du Théâtre" award from the French Academy for his accomplishments.
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October 4, 2014

Events-Audience: University students Events-Theme: Theater Events-Type: Performing Arts