Four plays received gold medals at the children's theater festival

The 2024 National Stage Arts Festival for Children and Youth, jointly organized by the Vietnam Stage Artists Association, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, and the People's Committee of Hai Phong City, has just closed in Hai Phong .

Scene from the play "The Cat Who Taught the Seagull to Fly" (Youth Theater)

At the end of the festival, the Organizing Committee awarded 4 gold medals to the excellent plays: "The Cat Who Taught the Seagull to Fly" (Youth Theater), "The Dragon Returns" (Vietnam Drama Theater), "The Adventures of Men the Cricket" (Hai Phong Puppetry Art Troupe) and the play "The Magical Sticky Rice" or "The Story of Bom" ( Hanoi Cheo Theater).

In addition, the Organizing Committee awarded 25 gold medals and 37 silver medals to outstanding actors. 7 excellent awards for directors, sound, musicians, choreographers...

People's Artist Xuan Bac said that the works all convey positive messages in a gentle and humorous way.

Speaking at the closing ceremony, People's Artist Xuan Bac, Chairman of the Jury of the Festival, assessed that the Stage Arts Festival for Children and Youth for the first time gathered art units nationwide with diverse genres, such as drama, musical, circus, Cheo, Southern folk songs, puppetry, magic. The works all had educational messages, aimed at raising awareness, conveying positive messages in a gentle and humorous way to children and youth.

In addition, the Chairman of the Jury acknowledged and pointed out the shortcomings of this festival such as the number of stage works for children is still too small. Some creative elements and actors still bring an adult perspective to the works submitted, the performance of some artists makes many works submitted not have an innocent, pure, lovely perspective that attracts children.

Many units have not really distinguished clearly between works about children and works for children, leading to plays that do not really attract young audiences. Some works also have loose, unconvincing structures, 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 Trinh Thuy Mui

In her closing speech, People's Artist Trinh Thuy Mui, President of the Vietnam Stage Artists Association and Head of the Festival Steering Committee, said that with 17 plays performed by 14 art troupes nationwide, the festival brought children an artistic atmosphere with lots of laughter, joy, and lessons learned.

People's Artist Trinh Thuy Mui expressed her hope that from this festival, artists will gain more knowledge and professional experience, continue to improve their skills, create more meaningful and quality works to serve the youth and children, the future owners of the country, and at the same time build a young audience for the stage.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/bon-vo-dien-nhan-huy-chuong-vang-tai-lien-hoan-san-khau-thieu-nhi-196240521143721456.htm