5 plays won Gold Medals at Ho Chi Minh City Theater Festival

(CLO) The first Ho Chi Minh City Theater Festival left deep emotions in the hearts of the audience and demonstrated the enduring vitality of drama in the cultural life of the City.

On the evening of November 29, at the City Theater, the first Ho Chi Minh City Theater Festival 2024 with the theme "Southern Aspiration" closed.

With the participation of 19 theater units, along with 24 plays of diverse artistic colors, the first Ho Chi Minh City Drama Festival 2024 brings the audience an attractive "feast".

The Organizing Committee awarded Gold medals to outstanding works and plays at the first Ho Chi Minh City Theatre Festival. Photo: T. Phuong

The festival left deep emotions in the hearts of the audience, as well as demonstrated the enduring vitality of drama in the cultural life of Ho Chi Minh City.

At the closing night, the Organizing Committee awarded 5 gold medals to the plays "Giang Huong" (Thien Dang Drama Theater), "Canh Dong Ruc Lua" (Quoc Thao Drama Theater), "Comrade" (Ho Chi Minh City Theater Association), "The Last Dream" (Hoang Thai Thanh Drama Theater), "Duc Thuong Cong Ta Quan Le Van Duyet - The Man with 9 Death Sentences" (Idecaf Drama Theater).

Regarding individual awards, there were 28 Gold Medals and 43 Silver Medals. The Organizing Committee also awarded the following prizes: Children's Play ("Colora - the Glorious Land" by Ban Mai Theatre); Play with Impressive Media Promotion ("Bong Canh Co" - Hong Van Theatre); Outstanding Author (author Ngoc Truc, play "Canh Dong Ruc Lua" by Quoc Thao Theatre); Outstanding Music (Nguyen Huu Thu, play "Giang Huong" - Thien Dang Theatre); Outstanding Artistic Design (Tham Thi Lua, play "Ngay Ay Cong Troi" - Trinh Kim Chi Theatre); Outstanding Lighting Design (Meritorious Artist Thien My, play "Ngay Ay Cong Troi" - Trinh Kim Chi Theatre).

In her closing speech, People's Artist Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, Deputy Director of the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City, assessed that the Festival had set many goals, including a professional activity that would contribute to assessing the quality of the city's drama stage. Many plays were highly appreciated by the Arts Council and the audience.

One of the differences of the Festival is that the units do not perform at a single location as usual. Instead, the Arts Council goes to each unit's stage to watch and evaluate.

According to People's Artist Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuy, performing at the units' daily operating locations will be an objective condition for management agencies to evaluate not only the quality of the play but also the organization and quality of operations of each stage.

The play "The Left General Le Van Duyet - The Man with 9 Death Sentences" by Idecaf Drama Theater. Photo: HK

Besides many plays highly appreciated by the Arts Council and audience, the Festival also showed that Ho Chi Minh City's drama stage still has limitations and difficulties.

Some of the plays are of low quality, reflecting the lack of thoroughness in investment by a few units and individuals; difficulties in facilities of some performance venues or limited funding have affected the quality of the works submitted; strong competition from many other modern forms of entertainment...

According to the Organizing Committee, after the Festival takes place, the Department of Culture and Sports of Ho Chi Minh City will coordinate with units to re-perform the plays that won high prizes to continue spreading quality works; helping the audience have more conditions to enjoy the good quality plays of the Festival.

Khanh Ngoc

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