Theatre

Thang Long Water Puppet Troupe, founded in 1969, is one of the most renowned performing arts groups in Vietnam. It has successfully toured the world, and received the silver and gold prizes at the Hanoi International Puppetry Festival in 2008 and 2010 respectively.

Exclusively built for the coming performance, a waist-deep pool will be located in front of the staircase at the Cultural Centre Piazza and skilful puppeteers will stand in the water to conjure up their tales of traditional Vietnamese life. Accompanied by live music, the puppets will engage in farming, bullfighting, frog hunting, water play and parades, presenting a delightful series of scenes vividly. There will also be Vietnamese “quan ho” folk songs, which have been included in UNESCO’s Representative List of Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity.