Thang Long water puppet theatre

 Thang Long Water puppet theater is a familiar place for all most tourists  love  and want to discover the traditional art .This is kind of unique art and just have only in Viet Nam.Dont miss it and let make your trip more perfect with amazing experience when you enjoy the water puppet show.

Located at 57B, Dinh Tien Hoang street, nearby Hoan Kiem Lake, Thang Long Water Puppet Theater was established in 1969 and since 1990 many water puppet shows have been performed by Thang Long theater artists.Every year, about 500 shows are offered to approximately 150,000 audiences. Moreover, the theater has brought water puppetry art to more then 40 foreign countries like Japan, France, America, Australia, Spain… through performance tours, or international cultural exchange program or puppetry festivals.

The content of water puppet performance is very variety.They describle Viet Namese 's life such as  daily life of Vietnamese farmers (cultivating, tending buffalo, catching fishes…), communal entertainment (swimming contest, dragon dancing…), or historical legends (Le Loi returns precious sword…), with modest performance way have appealed audiences for centuries. However, the artists of Thang Long Water Puppet Theater want to renew the old puppet shows with effect of light, music and combination between people and puppets.

That's an awsome thing here that there is a coffee lounge which is right in front of the theater, you can sip a cup of coffee and see both people on the road and  beautiful view of Hoan Kiem lake,maybe that can make your mood feel cooler after or before enjoying a lovely water puppet show.

There are puppet show every day at 15:30 - 17:00 - 18:30 - 20:00 - 21:15 and Sunday at 9:30

Ticket costs between 60.000 - 100.000 VND  depend on your seat is close or far the stage and can be purchased at doors or by contacting the theatre:

Tel: (84-04) 3 824 9494, 3 825 5450 

Fax: (84-04) 3 824 5117

Email: thanglongwpt@fpt.vn

Website: www.thanglongwaterpuppet.org