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Hanoi: Water Puppet Show Skip-the-Line Entry Ticket

By Vietnamtravelers
Free cancellation available
Price is €5 per adult
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Features

  • Free cancellation available
  • 50m
  • Mobile voucher
  • Instant confirmation

Overview

  • Discover the ancient art of water puppetry at a live performance in Hanoi
  • Watch a 50-minute show that brings the traditions of Vietnam to life
  • Enjoy a programme that includes a variety of acts, from dragon dances to comedy
  • Learn about the show with a multilingual programme that is included the ticket
  • Choose from multiple showtimes to fit the performance into your schedule

Activity location

    • Hanoi
    • Hanoi, Hà Nội, Vietnam

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • 16 P. Lê Thái Tổ, Hàng Trống, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội 100000, Vietnam | Please arrive at our office: 1 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi to pick up your tickets. After that depart to the Lotus Water Puppet Center Please leave your WhatsApp information (with country code) so we can send you the address and contact you in case of need.
    • Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam

Multiple meeting/redemption points available, see location information for full list

Check availability

2nd Floor Tickets

  • Activity duration is 50 minutes50m
    50m
  • Vietnamese

This is a ticket for the 2nd floor of the theatre, so you can save more money.

Language options: Vietnamese
Starting time: 17:15
Price details
€5.02 x 1 Adult€5.02
Total
Price is €5.02

ground floor Tickets

  • Activity duration is 50 minutes50m
    50m
  • Vietnamese

This is a ticket for the 1st floor of the theatre.

Language options: Vietnamese
Starting time: 17:15
Price details
€5.69 x 1 Adult€5.69
Total
Price is €5.69

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's included
    Pre-reserved tickets to a Water Puppet Show
  • What's includedWhat's included
    Multilingual show programme
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Hotel pick-up and drop off
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    The delivery and pickup fee at your hotel is 20,000 VND
  • What's excludedWhat's excluded
    Audio Guide

Know before you book

  • Not allowed: Alcohol and drugs
  • Not suitable for: People over 95 years, People with altitude sickness, Wheelchair users
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.
  • This activity is provided by a professional trader (a party acting within their trade, business or profession).

What you can expect

Enjoy a traditional Vietnamese folkloric show with pre-reserved tickets to a Water Puppet Show in Hanoi. Reserve your tickets in advance and avoid having to wait in the queues at the theatre.

You can pick up your tickets directly at our office (address will be sent via WhatsApp confirmation message) or at your hotel for a delivery fee of 20,000 VND

Witness live performance in Hanoi that brings Vietnam’s rich traditions to life. Enjoy a 50-minute spectacle that showcases the art of water puppetry, a craft deeply rooted in the nation’s identity and originating over a millennium ago in the Red River Delta.

Witness scenes depicting the simple beauty of rural life, from agriculture and fishing to folklore and romance, all animated by skilled puppeteers. Learn more about the show from the multilingual show programme. Choose from multiple showtimes for a truly immersive cultural experience.

TRADITIONAL WATER PUPPET PROGRAM:

50 minutes/show

1-Openning: Northern Vietnamese folk music

II-Water Puppet Acts:

  1. Funny- man “Teu” & bounding the festival flags

  2. Dragon dance

  3. Octet Orchestra - Gratitude to ancestors after

achievements

  1. The legend of returning the sword by King Le Loi

  2. Agriculture- Fishing

  3. Swimming competition

  4. Chasing fox away from the flock of ducks

  5. The Spirit Mediums Spiritual dance

  6. Four sacred animals dance

  7. Artist's apprearance-The end

(some acts may be alternated within the show)

Welcome to Water Puppet Show

Location

Activity location

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    • Hanoi
    • Hanoi, Hà Nội, Vietnam

Meeting/Redemption Point

  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • 16 P. Lê Thái Tổ, Hàng Trống, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội 100000, Vietnam | Please arrive at our office: 1 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi to pick up your tickets. After that depart to the Lotus Water Puppet Center Please leave your WhatsApp information (with country code) so we can send you the address and contact you in case of need.
    • Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam
  • PEOPLEPEOPLE
    • 16 P. Lê Thái Tổ, Hàng Trống, Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội 100000, Vietnam | Please arrive at our office: 1 Hang Bo, Hoan Kiem, Hanoi to pick up your tickets. After that depart to the Lotus Water Puppet Center Please leave your WhatsApp information (with country code) so we can send you the address and contact you in case of need.
    • Hoàn Kiếm, Hà Nội, Vietnam