The 6th International Experimental Theatre Festival in 2025, chaired by the Vietnam Stage Artists Association, in coordination with the People's Committee of Ninh Binh province and relevant agencies, will take place from November 16 to 30 in Hanoi , Ninh Binh, Hai Phong, and Ho Chi Minh City.
Speaking at the closing ceremony, Deputy Minister of Culture, Sports and Tourism Phan Tam emphasized that over the past two weeks, more than 27 plays by 8 international troupes from Poland, the Netherlands, Mongolia, Japan, Korea, Israel, China and 19 Vietnamese art troupes have together created a colorful art festival, rich in form and bursting with creativity. The performances were packed with audiences, full of emotions and left deep impressions of experimental art, where tradition and modernity dialogue with each other in a sophisticated and innovative theatrical language.
According to Deputy Minister Phan Tam, this International Experimental Theatre Festival has a greater significance than an art event, because it is a meeting point between cultures, a place to share common values of humanity. The festival demonstrates Vietnam's spirit of openness and proactive integration in the field of performing arts; contributing to building friendship, peace, respect for cultural diversity, in line with the spirit of cultural diplomacy that Vietnam is persistently pursuing.
“With its own identity, increasingly large scale and increasingly high artistic quality, the festival is gradually becoming an “international art brand” of Vietnam,” Deputy Minister Phan Tam affirmed.
In terms of expertise, Dr. and playwright Nguyen Dang Chuong, Vice President of the Vietnam Stage Artists Association and Chairman of the Festival Jury, said that this is the festival with the most participating units ever, with 8 works from 8 international troupes and 19 works from 19 domestic art units participating. The richness of the 10 participating theater genres demonstrates the constant creativity and innovation in the context of strong changes in science, technology and social life. The festival is a multi-colored picture, showing the efforts of artists to explore and experiment through many new creative methods, from non-traditional structures, conventional spaces, to the blending of modern and traditional forms.
Delving into the experimentation of theatrical art creation in Vietnam, Dr. Nguyen Dang Chuong believes that it has become richer, trying to find new and strange things in terms of artistic techniques and forms of expression, but it has not reached the desired level. The Vietnamese theatrical creative team is lacking in quantity and quality; the acceptance of new things sometimes unintentionally breaks traditional values...
According to Dr. Nguyen Dang Chuong, experimentation always goes hand in hand with both success and failure. Failure is also a valuable lesson, nurturing the desire for creativity. Therefore, artists need to continue to devote themselves to creativity, preserve national identity and strive for the values of truth, goodness and beauty.
Speaking at the closing ceremony of the festival, People's Artist Trinh Thuy Mui, Vice President of the Vietnam Union of Literature and Arts Associations, President of the Vietnam Stage Artists Association, said that the 6th International Experimental Theatre Festival in 2025 has helped Vietnamese and international stage artists have quiet moments to contemplate and look back at themselves, thereby finding new things in art, scriptwriting, directing, acting, fine arts, music and other supporting elements to always renew the stage based on the foundation of traditional values in the stage art of each country.
“Some foreign artists shared that they have learned many interesting things from Vietnamese stage art. I hope that Vietnamese artists will also learn a lot from the creativity of their international colleagues. Through the works participating in this festival, international friends will better understand the people and country of Vietnam, a country with a rich cultural history, beautiful nature, and brave, resilient, friendly, hospitable Vietnamese people who always strive for beauty and humanistic values,” People’s Artist Trinh Thuy Mui expressed.
Closing the festival, the Organizing Committee awarded 2 Excellence Awards, 6 Gold Medals, 4 Silver Medals for the plays; 39 Gold Medals, 52 Silver Medals for the actors and 12 awards for the creative components.
Outstanding Performances: “What Night Is Tonight” (Zhanhua Ancient Fish Theatre Troupe, Shandong Province, China); “The Man in Rubber Sandals” (Vietnam Drama Theatre).
The 6 plays that won Gold Medals are “Universe” (Mongolia Theater for Creative Research); “Pipa Story” (Viet Kich Troupe of Thuy An City, Zhejiang Province, China); “Moon Summer” (Hong Van Drama Theater); “Green Frog Dream” (Hai Phong Traditional Theater); “The Elderly Carrying Benches” (Ninh Binh Province Traditional Arts Theater); “Tam - Cam” (Thang Long Puppet Theater).
Awards for outstanding creative elements in the festival include: Outstanding Author - Delgerbuyan Uranchimeg (play "Universe"); Outstanding Director - Nghe Dong Hai (play "Pipa ji"), Le Manh Hung (play "Rubber sandal wearer"); Outstanding Choreography - Delgerbuyan Uranchimeg (play "Universe"), People's Artist Kieu Le - Ha Hang (play "Rubber sandal wearer"); Outstanding Lighting Design - Nhu Son (play "Green Frog Dream"), Pham Thanh Ha - Nguyen Nhu Quynh (play "Rubber sandal wearer"); Outstanding Orchestra - Army Cheo Theater Orchestra (play "Love Story"); Outstanding Art Design - Le Van Truc (play "Tam - Cam"), Kha Nhu Y (play "The Story of Wealth"); Outstanding Music - Luu Xuan Quang (play "Which Night Is Tonight"); Excellent orchestra conductor - Dang To Nhu (play "Tam - Cam").
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