HANOI PERFORMANCE Live Music Event ‘The Music Emporium’ Hanoi Social Club 6 Hoi Vu Street, Hoan Kiem District ‘The Music Emporium’ – a new intimate live music event Tickets: VND50,000 at the door Vietnam International Fingerstyle Guitar Festival 2015 Youth Theatre 11 Ngo Thi Nham Street, Hai Ba Trung District With the participation of 6 famous artists from 6 different countries, the concert promises to be an impressive cultural event featuring a spectrum of colorful sentimental works. Tickets: VND1 million – VND700,000 – VND500,000 – VND300,000 Live music with Australian musician Floyd Thursby Hanoi Social Club 6 Hoi Vu Street, Hoan Kiem District Songpoet, Floyd Thursby, born in Melbourne, Australia, will be performing his uniquely evocative folk and country songs with striking lyrics and strong melodies, exploring the collective – and personal – unconscious: love and death, brimstone and ecstasy, the sacred and the … [Read more...] about Nhandan Newspaper – July 13 – 19: A Night of Classics from Walt Disney in Ho Chi Minh City
Vietnam classic tour 8 days
The Vietnam Sketch
The Vietnam Sketch The Saigon Times Concert Harmony of Trust, slated for January 8, 2011, is organized by the Saigon Times Group to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Thoi bao Kinh te Saigon (January 4, 1991 – January 4, 2011). All the proceeds from the concert will be used to assist disadvantaged students in central provinces. By Son Tung & Thanh Phuong Over 110 years ago, Spanish maestro Francisco Tarrega visited Granada in his country. In no time, the beautiful Granada inspired Tarrega to compose Recuerdos de la Alhambra. Later, Tarrega’s work became an immortal masterpiece of classical guitar. That night, almost a year ago, in the hall of the HCM City Opera House, the timbre of Recuerdos de la Alhambra was magically brought to life again, indulging viewers with its musical treat. Characterizing the piece is tremolo, a well-known classical guitar technique of repeating the same note by using two or three fingers. That night, in the extremely tranquil hall, how … [Read more...] about The Vietnam Sketch
Social News 1/3
Quang Ninh welcomes nearly 2 million visitors The northern province of Quang Ninh received nearly 2 million visitors in the first two months of the year, up three per cent from the same period last year with international visitor numbers increasing by 10 per cent, according to the provincial Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism. Spiritual relics like Yen Tu Buddhist relic, Ba Vang Pagoda, Cua Ong Temple, and Cai Bau Pagoda attracted the most visitors, it said. The province's localities have organised art performances and sports and traditional games for visitors. The province reported that revenues from tourism in the period are estimated at more than VND1.2 trillion (US$53.7 million), a year-on year increase of 14 per cent. Boasting a 250km long coastline, Quang Ninh is famous for Ha Long Bay, one of the world's natural wonders. Tourists are also attracted by its many beautiful beaches like Bai Chay, Titop, Quan Lan, Minh Chau, Ngoc Vung, and others. Acacia forests a big … [Read more...] about Social News 1/3
WHAT’S ON MARCH 1-15 (DAILY UPDATE)
India Theatre Programme 4-Week Residency Deadline: 15 Mar 2016 Time of residency: 02 - 31 Jul 2016 The India Theatre Programme is aimed at drama school students, performers, performance-makers (with a minimum of 2-3 years of training or experience in theatre and/or performance), who are interested in expanding the range of methodologies that inform their practice and keen to work across cultural boundaries to explore other systems of performance. Through an engagement with four traditional forms of Indian theatre - Kudiyattam, Terrakoothu, Kudiyattam drumming, Seraikella Chhau - participants will explore the necessary connection between mind, body and being, and through this exploration, find their own performative truth. The first three weeks of the programme will be dedicated to learning the various forms, and the final week to creating contemporary pieces based on these learnings. Participants will also attend multiple performances and lectures curated around the learning … [Read more...] about WHAT’S ON MARCH 1-15 (DAILY UPDATE)
Gulliver’s Travels heads into town
Minh Nguyet The stage adaptation by Paul Stebbings debuted in 1996 and was a big hit. Prior to Vietnam, the play has been performed in over 20 countries by TNT. The two-hour production will have two acts performed by Paula James, Jofre Alsina, Nick Whitely and Roberta Crocker with other comedians, acrobats and stilt walkers. The version performed in Vietnam will be renewed with a combination of humor and ironic dialogue with live music. It is in English with Vietnamese subtitles. The first performance will take place at 8 p.m. on May 8 at the Hanoi Opera House, before heading to HCMC with three shows in two days on May 10 and 11 at the City Opera House. Previously, TNT Theater introduced to Vietnamese audiences classics like Romeo and Juliet, A Christmas Carol, Oliver Twist and King Lear and especially Macbeth as they toured the three regions of the country in 2011. Tickets are priced at VND500,000 and VND600,000 with VND300,000 for students. Capital fans can purchase … [Read more...] about Gulliver’s Travels heads into town