Several music and dance performances will be held in
HCM City to celebrate National Theatre Day, the 12th day of the eighth
lunar month [which falls on Thursday this year].
Up to 23 traditional operas of noted author Tong
Phuoc Pho will be staged at a festival in the central city of Da Nang
between September 24 and October 4.
L''Espace will stage a cheo (traditional opera) performance entitled To
Nu Dan Ca (literally means "the young ladies sing folk songs") from 8pm
this Saturday.
A new show combining Cheo (traditional opera) and Water Puppetry is
currently being staged daily between 5.30 and 6.30pm at the Ha Noi Cheo
Theatre, 15 Nguyen Dinh Chieu Street.
Eight theatres have registered to join the first Ha
Noi Theatre Festival, to be held between September 25 and October 5. The
event celebrates the 60th anniversary of Ha Noi''s liberation from the
French invaders (October 10, 1954).
Twice a week, a group of more than 20 young people gathers together to learn and practise Ly Truong Me Dop (Village Head and Mrs.Dop) – an excerpt from the famous cheo (Vietnamese traditional opera) repertoire Quan Am Thi Kinh.
As many as 60 students at three junior high schools in the northern
province of Ninh Binh have been taught how to perform four excerpts of cheo (traditional opera) and the five ancient melodies.
Hundreds of artists from 17 cheo (traditional opera) troupes throughout
the country have flocked to the northern coastal city of Hai Phong for
the National Professional Traditional Opera Festival.
The Viet Nam Cheo (Traditional Opera) Theatre has just staged a play
that the theatre bought the copyright to from the first online play
market (www.chokich.vn).
