Thang Long Water Puppet Theater
Shows are thrice daily, at 5:15, 6:30, and 8pm. This might sound like one for the kids, but there is something enchanting about the lighthearted comedy and intricately skilled puppetry of this troupe. They perform numerous vignettes of daily life in the countryside and ancient tales, including the legend of Hoa ...
Shows are thrice daily, at 5:15, 6:30, and 8pm. This might sound like one for the kids, but there is something enchanting about the lighthearted comedy and intricately skilled puppetry of this troupe. They perform numerous vignettes of daily life in the countryside and ancient tales, including the legend of Hoan Kiem Lake and the peaceful founding of the city of Hanoi. Puppeteers use bamboo poles to extend their puppets from behind the proscenium and up through the surface of a small pond that forms the stage. You will be amazed at their ingenuity, and it doesn't take much to suspend disbelief and get caught up in a magical hour of escape. The kids will like it, too. Buy tickets early in the high season. The theater is poorly raked, and that means that, though seats in the front cost a bit more, you'll have a better view -- and not look at the back of someone's head -- from the middle or the back (pick from a seating chart at the ticket office). You also get a better effect of verisimilitude from the back (it looks more real).
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More Hanoi Attractions
Vietnam Museum of Ethnology
Women's Museum
Hoan Kiem Lake
Hoa Lo Prison Museum
Ho Chi Minh Trail Museum
National Museum of Vietnamese History
Vietnam National Museum of Fine Arts
Hoa Lo Prison (Hanoi Hilton)
Temple of Literature and National University (Van Mieu-Quoc Tu Giam)
Ho Chi Minh's Residence
