The 5th Hanoi Theater Festival kicked off on September 25 at the Dai Nam Theater in Hanoi.
The annual festival was organized by the Vietnam Theater Artists Association in collaboration with the Hanoi Department of Culture and Sports.
| A scene in the cheo play entitled “Trung trinh liet nu” by Hanoi Cheo Folk Troupe. Photo: nld.com.vn |
At the event’s opening ceremony, Head of the Vietnam Theatre Artist’s Association Trinh Thuy Mui said that the 5th Hanoi Theater Festival 2022 is one of the activities to celebrate the 68th anniversary of Hanoi Liberation Day (October 10, 1954 – October 10, 2022).
“The festival features many stage performances, from folk to traditional and modern arts. All of these works have a high artistic quality to honor Hanoi – the heroic capital and its people,” she stated.
“The festival also provides artists an opportunity to exchange and share performing experiences on how to serve the demand of modern audiences better,” she added.
She also urged state management agencies to invest more in fostering the development of the theatrical arts of the capital in particular and the country in general.
The Hanoi Theater Festival 2022 kicked off with the historical cheo play titled “Trung trinh liet nu” or “Loyal Female-Martyr” performed by the artists of the Hanoi Cheo Folk Troupe. The play tells the story of Princess An Tu, who sacrificed herself to help the Tran Dynasty troop win over the Mongol invaders in the 12th century.
The 2022 Hanoi Theater Festival will last until October 2 with the participation of 13 art units with 13 Hanoi-themed plays, including “Immortal with Thang Long”, “Song Contemplating the Lo River”, “The Night Before of the Zodiac”, the “Legend of the One Pillar Pagoda”, among others.
The festival is open to the public at various stages throughout Hanoi, such as Dai Nam Theatre in Hue Street of Hai Ba Trung District, Vietnamese Army Theatre in Ho Tung Mau Street of Cau Giay District, and Labor Theatre in Nguyen Chi Thanh Street of Dong Da District, among others.
Music Story of the Old Quarter
On Friday evening the second week of the month, a show entitled “Music Story of the Old Quarter” takes place at the Old Quarter’s Culture Exchange Centre, No. 50 Dao Duy Tu Street. It is a part of the program to introduce traditional and contemporary music of the land of Thang Long, Hanoi to both domestic and foreign visitors.
Communal House Cheo Performance
“Villagers, old and young, male and female, from north to south, west to east, Go to the communal house to eat, To find the Dives’ daughter, named Mau Thi, Who had a wrong love and got into trouble…” These words from the loudspeaker of a Cheo (traditional operetta) troupe urged the residents in Kim Lien Village to flock to the communal house to watch a Cheo performance.
People’s Artist Tran Bang: Artists should keep faith in traditional stage
NDO – Prof, People’s Artist Tran Bang, who has worked as a director of Cheo (Vietnamese traditional opera) for more than 50 years, granted an interview with a Nhan Dan (People) Newspaper reporter, sharing about the direction for the development traditional stage in the context that young audiences are no longer interested in because they have many choices for entertainment.
Programme offers Hanoi residents a glimpse of Thai Binh province’s culture
NDO – A programme introducing the traditional cultural practices of Thai Binh province was held at the Vietnam Museum of Ethnology in Hanoi on January 28 and 29.
Hunt Launched for New Talent in Traditional Arts
NDO – The 2017 national competition for professional stage actors of Tuong (classical drama) and Cheo (traditional opera) was launched on August 5, at Lam Son theatre in Thanh Hoa province.
