Update: March, 01/2021 - 07:58 | Young actors of the Phú Nhuận Drama Stage. Photo courtesy of the theatre HCM CITY Phú Nhuận Drama Stage, a leading private theatre in HCM City, will close in April as its investors are going bankrupt due to the impact of the COVID-19 outbreak. “The closing is not temporary but forever,” said the theatre’s owner and People’s Artist Hồng Vân in a recent interview with local media. “I opened my first theatre, Phú Nhuận Drama Stage, in 2000. I spent my own money, several billions of
đồng, running the theatre. I lost,” she said.
Update: February, 05/2021 - 07:27 | Theatre artists of HCM City perform in Nghệ Sĩ Tri Âm (Traditional Performers Together), a charity programme that raises funds for poor artists and their families. The event is organised by People’s Artist Kim Cương, a guru of cải lương (reformed opera) who has 65 years of experience in the industry. Photo courtesy of the producer HCM CITY Poor artists and their children living in HCM City will receive
Tết (Lunar New Year) holiday gifts this weekend thanks to a charity programme launched by People’s Artist Kim Cương, a guru of
Update: January, 24/2021 - 08:52 | The 2020 National Contest for Students of Art Schools and Centres held in Huế City attracted more than 700 students, aged under 25, from 24 art schools and entertainment centres across the country. Photo courtesy of the organiser
By Thu Anh Private theatres and drama troupes have been offering training courses in performance skills as the number of talented actors has declined in recent years. 5B Theatre, the first private theatre in HCM City, offers training courses for students aged 10 to 25, who first take part in selection rounds hosted by the theatre’s veteran artists before training. “Young people prefer to study fashionable subjects such as singing and contemporary dance, which help them earn fame quickly, at art schools instead of theatre, particularly traditional theatrical arts,” Meritorious Artist Ngô Mỹ Uyên, the theatre’s director, said.
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