900 artists and actors participate in the 2025 National Cheo Festival

The public has the opportunity to enjoy unique plays, created on the basis of traditional art but with the breath of the times, contributing to enriching people's spiritual life.

The 2025 National Cheo Festival will take place from October 20 to November 2, gathering 11 professional Cheo art troupes from many provinces and cities across the country.

The audience will enjoy 21 elaborately staged plays, deeply reflecting social life, praising the homeland, country and people of Vietnam, honoring moral and humanistic values ​​and aspirations for goodness.

Nearly 900 artists, actors and musicians participated in the performance, bringing to the audience who love Cheo unique works, carefully invested in both ideological content and staging art, demonstrating the dedication, talent and serious working spirit of art units across the country.

Units participating in this year's Festival include: Vietnam National Traditional Theater, Hanoi Cheo Theater, Army Cheo Theater, Ninh Binh Provincial Art Theater, Hai Phong Traditional Theater, Hung Yen Cheo Theater, Lam Son Art Theater (Thanh Hoa), Lac Hong Theater of Phu Tho Province, Bac Ninh Cheo Theater, Quang Ninh Provincial Art Troupe, Thai Nguyen Provincial Ethnic Arts Troupe).

The National Cheo Festival is a national-scale art activity, organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism every three years, to summarize and evaluate the quality of creation, staging and performance of Cheo art by art units nationwide.

The Cheo play “General Vo Nguyen Giap” by the Army Cheo Theatre recreates 56 days and nights of steadfast and arduous fighting by our army and people. (Photo: CTV/Vietnam+)

This is also an opportunity to honor collectives and individuals who have made many contributions to the work of preserving and promoting the artistic value of Cheo - a unique national theatrical form, rich in identity and vitality in the spiritual life of Vietnamese people.

The festival also provides an opportunity for artists, actors, musicians, directors, painters, choreographers, etc. to demonstrate their talents, exchange and share creative experiences, while contributing to affirming the position of Cheo stage in the general picture of Vietnamese performing arts in the period of integration and development.

The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism has assigned the Department of Performing Arts to preside over and coordinate with the Vietnam Stage Artists Association, the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Bac Ninh province and relevant units to organize at the Bac Ninh Provincial Exhibition Cultural Center, Nguyen Thi Dinh Street, Bac Giang Ward, Bac Ninh Province.

According to information from the Department of Performing Arts, the 2025 National Cheo Festival will be held in Bac Ninh province - a land rich in traditional culture and art, hoping to continue promoting cultural exchange, tourism, and promoting the image of Bac Ninh to domestic and international friends.

From Kinh Bac land, the resounding Cheo melodies will continue to extend the source of Vietnamese culture, contributing to preserving and spreading traditional values, nurturing the soul, personality and identity of Vietnamese people in the new era./.

(Vietnam+)

Source: https://www.vietnamplus.vn/900-nghe-sy-dien-vien-tham-gia-lien-hoan-cheo-toan-quoc-2025-post1070252.vnp