National Theatre Arts Festival for children and teenagers

Speaking at the closing ceremony, People's Artist Xuan Bac - Chairman of the festival's Jury Board affirmed that the plays participating in the festival all aim for the beauty of truth - goodness - beauty, suitable for the age and taste of teenagers and children. The themes of the works participating in the festival range from fairy tales, Vietnamese folk tales, teenage heroes, fairy tales around the world , characters in comics, cartoons, popular video games to social issues, about family, about friends, about school violence or painful problems happening in reality.

"The works participating in the festival all have serious investment and refinement from each unit, each artist in each role, performance - combined with creative components such as: author, director, music , art, costumes, sound and light. The plays are invested in new technology - techniques, familiar dialogue trends for children have created interactive effects, exciting, explosive performances between artists and audiences", People's Artist Xuan Bac emphasized.

People's Artist Xuan Bac - Chairman of the festival's Jury Council spoke at the closing ceremony.

Besides many bright spots, the festival still has many limitations. There are too few authors and stage works for children, and some creative elements and actors still bring an adult perspective to their entries.

“Many units have not really distinguished clearly between works about children and works for children, leading to some plays in this festival not really attracting young audiences. Some works also have loose structures, lack of persuasion, incoherent stories, inappropriate and sensitive situations, which can easily cause confusion in young audiences' perception of the meaning and message of the work,” People's Artist Xuan Bac commented.

In addition, the entries are mostly foreign stories or stories inspired by foreign countries, partly proving the lack of attractive scripts from Vietnamese folk stories and plays.

People's Artist Trinh Thuy Mui, President of the Vietnam Stage Artists Association, acknowledged the efforts of art units.

Speaking at the closing ceremony, People's Artist Trinh Thuy Mui, President of the Vietnam Stage Artists Association and Head of the Festival Steering Committee, acknowledged the efforts and endeavors of creative elements and artists of art units participating in the festival, with their serious and tireless artistic work, to bring to teenagers and children attractive and unique works.

At the closing ceremony, the Jury decided to award 4 Gold medals to the plays: The Cat Who Taught the Seagull to Fly (Youth Theatre), The Return of the Dragon (Vietnam Drama Theatre), The Adventures of a Cricket (Hai Phong Puppetry Art Troupe), Magical Sticky Rice or The Story of Bom ( Hanoi Cheo Theatre) and 3 Silver medals to the plays: Tam Cam "Bong Bong, Bang Bang" (Vietnam Circus Federation), Homeland Sun (Hai Phong Drama Troupe), The Flag Embroidered with Six Golden Words (Sen Viet Stage).

Awarding Gold medals to units with winning plays.

The award for Outstanding Director went to director Dao Duy Anh (Youth Theatre); Outstanding Artist went to Meritorious Artist Van Truc (Hanoi Cheo Theatre); Outstanding Musician went to Musician Tuan Nghia (Hai Phong Puppetry Art Troupe); Outstanding Choreographer went to choreographer Phung Khai (Hanoi Cheo Theatre).

In addition, the Organizing Committee also awarded the following prizes: Outstanding Sound Director; Outstanding Lighting Designer, Outstanding Visual Artist and gold and silver medals to actors participating in the Festival.

News and photos: Trung Nguyen

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