Drama troupes from Japan and China willperform in Vietnam during November at the invitation of the Le QuyDuong Theatre.
The troupes shone at the Shanghai InternationalExperimental Theatre Festival in June alongside about 16 others fromtheatres and arts schools in the Republic of Korea, Japan, thePhilippines and the USA, said director Le Quy Duong, who was thefestival’s artistic director.
Hanjo, by well-known Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, will be performedby the Ikenoshita Theatre while the Zhejiang Beijing Opera willintroduce King Oedipus under directors Lu Ang and Weng Guosheng.
Earlier foreign art troupes invited to the theatre included the UK’sTNT Theatre which introduced Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet toappreciative audiences in the capital and also HCM City.
Many people had said the theatre would suffer a loss by inviting foreign artists but it made a profit on tickets sales.
“I targeted students of international schools where the show istaught,” Duong said. “The young people are fond of learning andspeaking English. We were happy tickets sold out days before the shows,despite a high price of 500,000 VND.”
The TNT Theatre is booked to return at the end of the year to perform AChristmas Carol, a drama by famous British writer Charles Dickens.
Duong wants to establish a theatre for foreign-language shows in HCM City.
“It wants a standard theatre which will welcome standard audiences,” hesaid. “This way, foreign art troupes will get more opportunities toperformed good theatrical works from throughout the world.
Le Quy Duong Theatre was more fortunate than the Youth Theatre, a pioneer in inviting foreign art troupes to Hanoi.
Recently, a 30-member troupe from the Tokyo Engeki Ensemble performedGerman writer Bertold Brecht’s The Good Person of Sichuan in thecapital.
The troupe intended to sell tickets for charity but was convinced theshow would not charm Vietnamese audiences and performed free in Hanoi,Hue, and HCM City with a view to showing a good theatrical work, saidTruong Nhuan, the Youth Theatre’s deputy director.
The performance tour did not incur high costs because of a simple but creative stage, Nhuan said.
The ensemble aims to realise Brecht’s dream of providing theatre tomodern societies and had performed the show more than 250 timesthroughout the world.
The play tells the story of a poor girl rewarded for sheltering gods,whose faith in humanity would be restored if the girl can maintainedher goodness.
Two months ago, the Youth Theatre hosted the Beijing Children Art’s Theatre when it performed The Dragon Child.
The performance required 3.5 tonnes of stage props and equipmenttransported from China. The theatres shared the estimated tour costsof 500-600 million VND, about a third of which was for equipmenttransport.
“On the Children’s Day, June 1, the show sold out despite the highprice. But we set up four performances,” said Nhuan. “Sales met about20 percent of the total cost."/.
The troupes shone at the Shanghai InternationalExperimental Theatre Festival in June alongside about 16 others fromtheatres and arts schools in the Republic of Korea, Japan, thePhilippines and the USA, said director Le Quy Duong, who was thefestival’s artistic director.
Hanjo, by well-known Japanese writer Yukio Mishima, will be performedby the Ikenoshita Theatre while the Zhejiang Beijing Opera willintroduce King Oedipus under directors Lu Ang and Weng Guosheng.
Earlier foreign art troupes invited to the theatre included the UK’sTNT Theatre which introduced Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet toappreciative audiences in the capital and also HCM City.
Many people had said the theatre would suffer a loss by inviting foreign artists but it made a profit on tickets sales.
“I targeted students of international schools where the show istaught,” Duong said. “The young people are fond of learning andspeaking English. We were happy tickets sold out days before the shows,despite a high price of 500,000 VND.”
The TNT Theatre is booked to return at the end of the year to perform AChristmas Carol, a drama by famous British writer Charles Dickens.
Duong wants to establish a theatre for foreign-language shows in HCM City.
“It wants a standard theatre which will welcome standard audiences,” hesaid. “This way, foreign art troupes will get more opportunities toperformed good theatrical works from throughout the world.
Le Quy Duong Theatre was more fortunate than the Youth Theatre, a pioneer in inviting foreign art troupes to Hanoi.
Recently, a 30-member troupe from the Tokyo Engeki Ensemble performedGerman writer Bertold Brecht’s The Good Person of Sichuan in thecapital.
The troupe intended to sell tickets for charity but was convinced theshow would not charm Vietnamese audiences and performed free in Hanoi,Hue, and HCM City with a view to showing a good theatrical work, saidTruong Nhuan, the Youth Theatre’s deputy director.
The performance tour did not incur high costs because of a simple but creative stage, Nhuan said.
The ensemble aims to realise Brecht’s dream of providing theatre tomodern societies and had performed the show more than 250 timesthroughout the world.
The play tells the story of a poor girl rewarded for sheltering gods,whose faith in humanity would be restored if the girl can maintainedher goodness.
Two months ago, the Youth Theatre hosted the Beijing Children Art’s Theatre when it performed The Dragon Child.
The performance required 3.5 tonnes of stage props and equipmenttransported from China. The theatres shared the estimated tour costsof 500-600 million VND, about a third of which was for equipmenttransport.
“On the Children’s Day, June 1, the show sold out despite the highprice. But we set up four performances,” said Nhuan. “Sales met about20 percent of the total cost."/.
