The Blind

"Every Body in Motion" — the inclusive performing arts festival week — is the result of an ongoing process of working with the themes of inclusive arts and the participation of persons with disabilities in theatre and the performing arts. Works diverse in form and approach to the subject will be presented to the public from October 20 to 25.

The works are arranged and introduced to the audience as a journey of searching: beginning with dreams of a fantastical world, joyful with hope for the endurance of humanistic values, troubled and torn by the conflicts of separation and disconnection, quiet with a moment of pause at a crossroads, and ultimately confronting one's own sense of being lost.

The Blind marks the final stage of this journey of discovery, where audiences are invited to confront the characters' sense of disorientation and loss.
 
A young man leads twelve blind individuals away from their former lives. Pausing in a deserted forest, they wait and wait for their guide to return. As hope begins to fade, can they still find a way forward together?
 
The performance is adapted from Les Aveugles (1890) by Maurice Maeterlinck, the Belgian playwright and recipient of the 1911 Nobel Prize in Literature.
 
This adaptation has been developed through the voices and experiences of both blind and sighted performers, opening up a distinctive interpretation of the original work.
 
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THE BLIND
 Original Play: Maurice Maeterlinck
Festival Mentor (Every Body in Motion Festival of Inclusive Theatre and Performing Arts): Nguyễn Hoàng Điệp
Project Manager and Dramaturgical Consultant: Phạm Thanh Hải
Adaptor and Director: Nguyễn Trường Khang
 
CAST
The Guide: Trường Khang
The Old Blind Woman: Tú Oanh
The Talkative Blind Woman: Lê Hương Giang
The Two Praying Blind Women: Tú Anh, Mai Quỳnh Anh
The Young Blind Woman: Huyền Sâm
The Mad Blind Woman: Nam Linh
The Old Blind Man: Hồng MA
Blind Man by Birth 1: Phạm Thanh Hải
Blind Man by Birth 2: Hoàng Nam
Blind Man by Birth 3: Nguyễn Vũ
The Deafblind Man: Minh Harry
The Blind Musician: Đặng Tú Tài
 
CREATIVE TEAM
Producers: Lại Việt Hằng, Vũ Văn Huy
Stage Manager and Assistant Director: Nguyễn Công Thục Anh
Set Designer: Đỗ K. Đồng
Sound Designer: Nananarc
Lighting Designer: Doãn Hoài Nam
Costume Designer: Lê Ngọc Hà Thu
Graphic Design and Communications: Thanh Giang Nguyễn
BTS Photographer: Bùi Nguyễn Hải Yến