《有故事的人：娭毑》 The Storyteller: Oi-Jia

《娭毑》是一齣從「成為母親」開始的單人劇。

當育兒的恐懼與不安浮現，一名女性回頭凝視自己的母親，並將視線延伸至已經過世的外婆。那些她長久以來深信不疑的家族敘事，在求證與追問中逐漸鬆動。原本清楚的責任鏈開始崩解，留下的是無法完全歸責於任何一代人的選擇與性格交錯。

這不是一封對上一代的控訴信，也不是一場和解儀式。《娭毑》更像是一個暫停的瞬間。當我們無法再把痛苦完全交給上一代時，我們是否仍然願意為現在的自己負責？

作品以極簡舞台與象徵性物件「痰桶」為核心，讓觀眾看見敘事如何在一個人心中崩解又重組。這不是角色衝突的展示，而是一場對記憶、責任與成為的凝視。

Oi-Jia is a solo performance that begins with the experience of becoming a mother.

As fear and anxiety surface in the midst of childcare, a woman turns to examine her own mother, and extends her gaze further to her late grandmother. The family narratives in which she has long believed begin to loosen under scrutiny and questioning – what once seemed like a clear chain of responsibility gradually dissolves, revealing choices and temperaments that cannot be fully attributed to any single generation.

This is neither a letter of accusation to the previous generation nor a ritual of reconciliation.

Rather, Oi-Jia unfolds as a suspended moment – when we can no longer hand our pain entirely to those before us, are we still willing to take responsibility for who we are in the present?

With a minimalist stage and the symbolic presence of a spittoon as its central object, the work allows the audience to witness how narrative collapses and reassembles within a single individual. This is not a display of interpersonal conflict, but a quiet meditation on memory, responsibility and becoming.

Credits:

Director/Playwright: Wong Lay Chin

Devised with and Performed by: MayJune