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The play Assoiffés by Wajdi Mouawad tells the story of two characters, Murdoch and Norvège, who represent different aspects of adolescence and the transition to adulthood. Murdoch realizes that adulthood is not as hopeful as he imagined, which leads him to frustration and anger. Norvège has barricaded herself in her room unable to accept her changing body. Their stories build tension and ...
Apr 10, 2023 · Over the past twenty years, Wajdi Mouawad has risen to fame in Canada and internationally, acclaimed for the power of his writing and the originality of his vision as a theatre director. He is the author of an epic quartet for the stage, The Blood of Promises (Tideline, Scorched, Forests, Heavens), and two novels, Visage retrouvé and Anima, which garnered numerous prizes and distinctions.
Wajdi Mouawad was born in Lebanon in 1968. Mouawad fled the war-torn country with his family; they lived in Paris for a few years, then settled in Montreal. In 1991, shortly after graduating from the National Theatre School, he embarked on a career as an actor, writer, director, and producer.
It is based on a play by Wajdi Mouawad, a Lebanese-Canadian who, among other projects, produced a trilogy of Greek plays by Sophocles. “Incendies” is a journey and a search for identity that is redeveloped through experiencing trauma, suffering and a recollection of the past.
Apr 30, 2011 · Article content Critics making their way out of Wajdi Mouawad’s Forests. were presented with a family tree of the characters’ tangled relationships over two continents and several generations.
Apr 15, 2007 · English Language translation by Linda Gaboriau of Wajdi Mouawad’s Incendies English-Language translation commissioned and developed by the NAC English Theatre Play Development program with support from the Marti Maraden Canadian Play Creation FundSet and Lighting Design : Graeme S. Thomson
Jan 10, 2018 · Born in Lebanon in 1968, Wajdi Mouawad enjoys a quadruple career as an actor, writer, director and producer in Canada, his adopted home. He is the recipient of numerous awards and honours for his writing, including the Chevalier de l'Ordre National des Arts et des Lettres from the French government in 2002, in recognition of his lifetime artistic contribution.
