古巴哈瓦那，2026年10月2日，Impulso Teatro劇團演員在無電力供應下演出劇作《Ensueno》。每日停電對當地劇團與表演藝術造成嚴峻挑戰。路透／Norlys PerezActors from the Impulso Teatro theater group perform the play 'Ensueno' staged without electricity, as daily blackouts pose severe challenges for local theater groups and the performing arts, in Havana, Cuba, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
古巴哈瓦那，2026年10月2日，Impulso Teatro劇團成員在一場無電力供應的晚間演出前相互擁抱。每日停電對當地劇團與表演藝術造成嚴峻挑戰。路透／Norlys PerezMembers of Impulso Teatro theater group embrace each other before an evening performance staged without electricity, as daily blackouts pose severe challenges for local theater groups and the performing arts, in Havana, Cuba, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
古巴哈瓦那，2026年10月2日，觀眾前往觀賞Impulso Teatro劇團在無電力供應下演出的劇作，走過照亮入口、同時也是舞台布景一部分的火把。每日停電對當地劇團與表演藝術造成嚴峻挑戰。路透／Norlys PerezPlaygoers walk past torches that illuminate the entrance and form part of the stage set as they attend a performance staged without electricity by the Impulso Teatro theater group, as daily blackouts pose severe challenges for local theater groups and the performing arts, in Havana, Cuba, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
古巴哈瓦那，2026年10月2日，演員賽・阿爾布拉沃（Say Albravo）參與Impulso Teatro劇團在無電力供應下演出的劇作《Ensueno》。每日停電對當地劇團與表演藝術造成嚴峻挑戰。路透／Norlys PerezActor Say Albravo performs in the play 'Ensueno' in a production staged without electricity by the Impulso Teatro theater group, as daily blackouts pose severe challenges for local theater groups and the performing arts, in Havana, Cuba, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
古巴哈瓦那，2026年10月2日，Impulso Teatro劇團演員準備一場無電力供應的晚間演出時，利用窗外自然光上妝。每日停電對當地劇團與表演藝術造成嚴峻挑戰。路透／Norlys PerezActors from the Impulso Teatro theater group use the natural light from a window to apply makeup while preparing for an evening performance staged without electricity, as daily blackouts pose severe challenges for local theater groups and the performing arts, in Havana, Cuba, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
古巴哈瓦那，2026年10月2日，Impulso Teatro劇團88歲成員卡洛斯・裴瑞斯（Carlos Perez）在一場無電力供應的晚間演出前排練劇作《Ensueno》。每日停電對當地劇團與表演藝術造成嚴峻挑戰。路透／Norlys PerezCarlos Perez, 88, from the Impulso Teatro theater group rehearses the play 'Ensueno' before an evening performance staged without electricity, as daily blackouts pose severe challenges for local theater groups and the performing arts, in Havana, Cuba, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
古巴哈瓦那，2026年10月2日，Impulso Teatro劇團演員在一場無電力供應的晚間演出前排練劇作《Ensueno》。每日停電對當地劇團與表演藝術造成嚴峻挑戰。路透／Norlys PerezActors from the Impulso Teatro theater group rehearse the play 'Ensueno' before an evening performance staged without electricity, as daily blackouts pose severe challenges for local theater groups and the performing arts, in Havana, Cuba, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
古巴哈瓦那，2026年10月2日，音樂家凱羅・羅德里格斯（Kairo Rodriguez）在一場無電力供應的晚間演出前，與Impulso Teatro劇團排練時演奏低音提琴。每日停電對當地劇團與表演藝術造成嚴峻挑戰。路透／Norlys PerezMusician Kairo Rodriguez plays the double bass during a rehearsal with the Impulso Teatro theater group before an evening performance staged without electricity, as daily blackouts pose severe challenges for local theater groups and the performing arts, in Havana, Cuba, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
古巴哈瓦那，2026年10月2日，Impulso Teatro劇團演員比蒂亞・薩馬拉爾（Bitia Zamaral）與音樂家基雷尼亞・吉貝爾（Kirenia Guibert）在一場無電力供應的晚間演出前，一邊上妝一邊交談。每日停電對當地劇團與表演藝術造成嚴峻挑戰。路透／Norlys PerezActor Bitia Zamaral and musician Kirenia Guibert of the Impulso Teatro theater group talk while having makeup applied before an evening performance staged without electricity, as daily blackouts pose severe challenges for local theater groups and the performing arts, in Havana, Cuba, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
古巴哈瓦那，2026年10月2日，在Impulso Teatro劇團一場無電力供應的晚間演出前，塞西莉亞・魯伊斯（Cecilia Ruiz）藉著窗外自然光替演員比蒂亞・薩馬拉爾（Bitia Zamaral）上妝。每日停電對當地劇團與表演藝術造成嚴峻挑戰。路透／Norlys PerezCecilia Ruiz applies makeup to actor Bitia Zamaral by the natural light from a window before an evening performance staged without electricity by the Impulso Teatro theater group, as daily blackouts pose severe challenges for local theater groups and the performing arts, in Havana, Cuba, October 2, 2026. REUTERS/Norlys Perez
作者：安奈特・里奧斯（Anett Rios）、艾連・費南德斯（Alien Fernandez）By Anett Rios and Alien Fernandez
哈瓦那，10月8日（路透）——哈瓦那一處高級住宅區的停電時間開始逼近一天24小時後，古巴首都眾多小眾但備受肯定的劇團之一士氣大跌。HAVANA, Oct 8 (Reuters) - When blackouts in an upscale neighborhood of Havana began approaching 24 hours a day, morale plummeted at one of the Cuban capital's many niche but celebrated theater groups.
劇團Impulso Teatro的導演琳達・索里亞諾（Linda Soriano）說：「演員根本不可能準時抵達；他們精疲力盡，也難以應付。」她說：「我告訴他們，他們可以自由離開。」"It became impossible for the actors to arrive on time; they were exhausted and struggling to cope," said Linda Soriano, director of theater group Impulso Teatro. "I told them they were free to leave."
但劇團成員決定，演出必須繼續——他們仍持續現身。But the group's members decided the show must go on — and they kept turning up.
古巴劇場與音樂、芭蕾並列，長久以來被譽為這座島國的文化標誌；古巴推廣藝術的傳統已綿延數世紀。Cuban theater, alongside music and ballet, has long been hailed as a cultural hallmark of an island with a tradition of promoting the arts that spans centuries.
然而，自COVID-19疫情以來，島上許多年輕人——演員、藝術家與音樂家——已在一波破紀錄的外流潮中離開這個國家。However, many of the island's youth — actors, artists and musicians — have left the country in a record-breaking exodus since the COVID-19 pandemic.
今年1月，美國為了試圖顛覆由共產黨治理的政府，對古巴實施燃料封鎖；自那時起，留下來的人必須面對長達數日的停電、食物、燃料和用水短缺，以及大眾運輸不足。Since January, when the US imposed a fuel blockade on Cuba in a bid to upend the communist-run government, those who remain have had to contend with blackouts spanning days, food, fuel and water shortages, and a lack of public transportation.
最近一個週五晚間，在哈瓦那維達多商業區一棟由宅邸改建的大樓裡，演員汗流浹背地在舞台上跳躍穿梭，聲音迴盪在寬敞房間中。劇場大廳外燭光搖曳，室內則由各式各樣、大小不一的充電式照明設備照亮——這些燈具與許多古巴家庭中可見的相似。On a recent Friday evening, actors dripping with sweat pranced about the stage, voices echoing across a large room in a converted mansion in Havana's Vedado business district. Candles flickered outside the theater hall, while the inside was lit by an array of rechargeable lights in all shapes and sizes — similar to those found in many Cuban homes.
現場沒有電，沒有空調，也沒有音響系統。所有戲劇張力全靠演員表演支撐。There was no electricity, no air conditioning, and no sound system. All the drama was dependent on the acting.
88歲的卡洛斯・裴瑞斯（Carlos Perez）說：「支撐我們繼續做劇場的，是要確保……它不會消亡的決心。」他是古巴國家劇場獎得主，也是這個14人小劇團中年紀最長、且明顯高出其他人許多的成員。他說：「但這是有代價的。」"What keeps us making theater is the determination to ensure … that it does not die out," said 88-year-old Carlos Perez, a winner of Cuba's national theater prize and by far the oldest of this small company of 14 actors. "But it comes at a cost."
裴瑞斯說，在這個物價隨著本地披索匯率重挫而飆漲的國家，許多演員與舞台工作人員都兼好幾份工作來維持生計。Many actors and stagehands work multiple jobs to make ends meet in a country where prices have soared alongside the plummeting local peso currency, Perez said.
他說：「我不知道如果我25歲時處在他們的境遇，自己能不能撐得下去。」"I don't know if I could have managed if I had been in their shoes at 25," he said.
阿曼達・費霍（Amanda Feijo）最近在這座臨時劇場觀賞演出。她說，在一片黑暗之中，這場演出帶來了它自己的那一小束光。Amanda Feijo, attending a recent performance at the makeshift theater, said the show had provided its own snippet of light amid all the darkness.
她說：「看到在當前真正令人痛心的處境下，仍有觀眾尋求滋養自己的靈魂，這令人振奮。」"To see that there is an audience seeking to nourish their souls, despite the truly lamentable situation unfolding right now," she said. "It is heartening."
（安奈特・里奧斯與艾連・費南德斯報導；戴夫・雪伍德與羅莎爾芭・歐布萊恩編輯）(Reporting by Anett Rios and Alien Fernandez; Editing by Dave Sherwood and Rosalba O'Brien)