10 Performances in Hanoi That You Shouldn't Miss

The Four Palaces show (Tứ Phủ) is inspired by Đạo Mẫu (refers to the worship of mother goddesses in Vietnam), thousand years of history. Four Places show is a beautiful journey into spiritual world. A unique ritual performance of Vietnam with three part, beautiful costume, fantastic music, and special performance that you have never seen it before.

Lang Toi is one of the Vietnamese Bamboo Circus shows, now performing in Hanoi. Lang Toi, also known as My Village, is a delicate merging of tradition and innovation, where the poetic beauty of Vietnamese village life is laid out, astonishingly, in a Bamboo Circus. Farming, building activities, traditional games, and the lifestyles of villagers are re-created through the traditional media of ancestral bamboo, in breathtaking circus performances. You will experience eye-popping contortions, stunning acrobatics, and juggling that might take your breath away. Enchanting folk melodies are created live on stage from more than twenty exotic traditional musical instruments. Since 2009 the show has gained worldwide recognition with over a thousand performances in Vietnam and overseas.

The Heritage Show Vietnam is the first show to use traditional folk music instruments to tell about the story of the daily life of Vietnamese people in the Northern Delta countryside of 90s decade The idea of combining the three following art performances into the show has been implemented: - Instruments: with more than 20 different kinds made by bamboo such as monochord, two-string zither, sixteen-string zither, thirty-six-string zither, plucked lute, drum and flute are being used throughout the 45 minutes show’s length - Singings: we use two ancient musical styles with contemporary elements featuring by intangible cultural heritages recognized by UNESCO including “Ca Tru” and “Quan Ho” - Dancing: traditional dancings are to demonstrate local daily life from dawn early morning until dawn, but also one of the most favorite modern dancing “Woman by the moon” is being featured - Celebrated artists: the show converges more than 15 various artists who are famed over many music festivals

Water puppet is a unique traditional folk performing art, established from wet rice farming culture with a history of 1000 years. From an art of folk customs, water puppet has become a traditional art, a special creation of Vietnamese Under the skillful operation of artiest, water puppet replicates daily life picture of Northern farmers and the exciting festival atmosphere in rural areas. The program at The Kite water puppet features many experienced artists in water puppet industry. Directed by insightful producer, water puppetry - only in Vietnam – is built harmoniously between folk customs and contemporary arts while still keeping traditional characteristics.

The Bamboo Talk is a perfect combination of TRADITION and CONTEMPORARY art by the independent artist community of Phu Sa Lab. The creativity of new BAMBOO instruments and BIG JAR drum with folk instruments and saxophone make a whole new level of performance in Vietnam which is full of PASSION and ENTHUSIASM but also contain a great message about NATURE, RELIGION and SOCIETY.

In preserving an intangible cultural heritage recognized by UNESCO in 2009, Kim Duc Ca Tru Theatre is the last remaining professional theatre in Ca Tru art performing in a 5-star class of luxury ancient Ca Tru art space but bold traditional Vietnamese culture. Mrs. Kim Duc was trained in the traditional way. She is the seamless bridge of FIVE generations of Ca Tru consecutively in her family line.

"Visiting Vietnam without listening to a rhythm of ca tru traditional music means that you've not discovered the real spirit of Vietnam yet." "Free yourself and get immersed in ca tru while enjoying performance by Thang Long Ca Tru Theatre. It is a voluntary, non-profit group of ca tru musicians founded in 2006. Long-time history, unique instruments, impressive music tones and meaningful song lyrics made ca tru recognized by UNESCO as the World Intangible Cutural Heritage." "This is a concert for about 70 persons held in an old temple in the old quarter of Hanoi. They are good about explaining the instruments and the history of the music. They even let you come try out the instruments. The hot tea and little cake is a nice touch at intermission" "The singers had such dear, expressive faces and sang with such intensity. The instruments were unique and had a real otherworldly quality to them and the presentation and overall performance were of a very high quality.

Every Saturday (8PM-9PM). Price: 150.000 VND (US$7). Please contact our hotline for booking and further information.You can also buy tickets directly at: Golden Bell Theatre, No.72, Hang Bac St., Hoan Kiem Dist., Ha Noi.The "Golden Bell Show" is the only one of its kind! The show presents to you all the sights and sounds of Viet Nam through eight performances of various traditional folk styles - all in just one hour. With our simultaneous interpretation and visual aids, we assure that you will enjoy the show, experience the life, and understand the very soul of Vietnamese people.

HANOI CATRU CLUB Address: 42 Hang Bac Str (inside Kim Ngan Temple) Live performances 3 nights a week in a 500 year old temple. An experience not to be missed! Learn about a special Vietnamese traditional singing Ca Tru. In 2009, Ca Tru was officially recognized by UNESCO as the World's Intangible Cultural Heritage in Need of Urgent Safeguarding. Ca Tru Master Le Thi Bach Van, the Director of the Club, was awarded the title of "Meritorious Artist" by the Vietnamese government in 2012 in recognition of her contribution to this ancient art. Concerts are available from 8pm to 9pm every Wednesday, Friday and Sunday. Ticket price: VND 320,000 Text message to: 078 200 1660

A unique thing to do in Hanoi: embrace a beautiful Hanoi's modernism on stage. iONAH is the first and only variety show in Vietnam. The perfect combination of circus, dance, music and theatrical arts will fill you with excitement by leading you wandering in a wonder-world.