《西線無戰事： 一戰華工版》由亞洲民眾戲劇節協會（ 香港）及平民劇團（ 法國）合作， 融匯東西古今， 以面具劇場、現場音樂、形體、雜技等，訴說一百多年前十四萬遠戰華工失落他鄉的故事。
第一次世界大戰時， 十四萬華工被派遣到英法與德軍交戰之西線上， 從事後勤苦工， 成為一戰的強大後援。而除了抵受空襲和戰亂， 他們亦不得不應對著截然不同之語言、習俗、文化及待遇，甚至歧視壓迫。這群流離失所的華工究竟如何在異國他鄉生存，甚至落地生根？
這次中法合作創演的形體音樂面具劇場， 詩意而幽默地演繹這段鮮為人知的歷史故事，巡迴法國，在香港站作中國首演， 再北上到中國內陸多地演出，與兩國觀眾一同探問，戰爭、殖民、全球化的大時代中，人，應何去何從？
On the Way to the Front brings together artists from Asian People's Theatre F
estival Society (Hong Kong) and Théâtre de l'Ordinaire (France), presenting an innovative Mask Theatre performance, fusing live music, movement, juggling and stories between the East and West, then and now, to reveal the political, tragic and sentimental histories that made up the grand History. The production re-creates the life and times of the Chinese Labour Corps, the 140,000 workers recruited by the French and British Armies to the Western Front of First World War. They worked under extreme conditions, killed by bombs and air raids and oppressed by military officers. At the embarrassing situation of meeting of cultures, what happened to the Chinese workers, who had never travelled before, when they arrived at the countryside of France, with radical cultural differences between them and the locals? Being a creative commemoration at the centenary of First World War, this artistic exchange, tours from North of France to Hong Kong and China. Creating a fantastic and non-realistic universe, this highly musical and visual show is bringing you to a world of poetry and humour, exploring the hope of a solidarity world. Théâtre de l'Ordinaire, a French professional Mask Theatre group based in Lille, North of France, has been performing in theatres, communities and villages. Asian People’s Theatre Festival Society was established in 1994 and has been organising international artistic exchanges with artists all over Asia, Europe, Africa, Australia, North America and South America.
