Skip The Lines and The Hassle with this book ahead service that includes Water Puppet Entrance Tickets. Choose your Showtimes to fit your travel schedule.
Arrive at the theater 20 minutes before showtime at our Office to Exchange your voucher for the real tickets and prepare to experience one of Vietnam's most memorable traditional art forms live on stage.
Posted By : Heather_M
We really enjoyed this experience, the puppeteers were so clever and it was great to see them appear at the end of the show. We found the audio guide helpful to understand some of the stories. The wooden puppets were adorable. A very enjoyable hour in Hanoi.
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Posted On : 2024-03-16 02:13:07 
Posted By : nnyd
A must go experience. Lively and enjoyable performance. Totally enjoy even without getting the audio for translation.
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Posted On : 2023-12-20 20:35:12 
Posted By : JoEllen_M
The play was enjoyable. The traditional music was an added bonus. I would highly recommend using the audio translator.
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Posted On : 2023-04-11 19:41:33
Posted By : Pratkx
The water puppet show was interesting - the way they could control and move the puppets on/under water was amazing to watch. The show is for 50mins which is the perfect duration for this. Any longer and people would get bored.
Some tips:
1. Audio guide is a must or you won’t understand what’s going on.
2. Take the VIP tickets which is the first 4 rows or it’s too far to see the tiny puppets. The first row is the best.
3. If you are booking online, the tickets are very expensive. I paid nearly 60% extra on Tripadvisor. The other sites like booking.com were charging nearly double. Also you won’t be able to select which row or which seat when you book online. I saw many people book directly at the theatre on the day they land in Hanoi and they could choose their seats at the counter. This seems to be a better option.
A few things they should do better.
1. Stop allowing people after the show starts. Many people came in 10mins late and made others get up while they got to their seats. Very bad.
2. Ask people not to record. Many people just held up their phones to record the show for extended durations. This obstructs the view (which is not great to begin with). Yet another reason to get the first couple of rows.
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Posted On : 2022-12-31 03:21:48
Posted By : anjulitenzin
If you are in Hanoi do not miss this show. 50 minutes well spent. I enjoyed it a lot. Great music, great show!
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Posted On : 2020-02-05 09:03:16
Posted By : Coully11
Lovely show well done.Puppets are amazing.Musicians are fantastic.Fully recommend.You should see this if you are able to.
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Posted On : 2020-01-16 22:10:27
Posted By : Ashok_G
This is most certainly over rated, what complicates this further is that there is absolutely no prelude/explanation provided in English so while the entire show is in Vietnamese (understandably) its purely upto your creative imagination to figure out what scene is being depicted.
However if you have never seen a puppet show ever in your life and you have a hour and some extra cash to spare then it is probably something you should consider to visit.
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Posted On : 2020-01-02 08:29:49
Posted By : tonykok29
The show is very interesting & innovative. Generally well performed on Vietnamese fishermen life in old days
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Posted On : 2019-10-24 11:20:53
Posted By : Threekidsandamum
My three children (9, 11, 13) all enjoyed the water puppets. Tickets were easy to collect and theatre was not far away for collection agency.
Although the show was in Vietnamese we all enjoyed the show. It was very entertaining, colourful and there was good humour throughout. The musicians were live and very talented. My only criticism was that the seats were not staggered enough and we all found it hard to see past the people n front if us(despite being in row G). There was a little girl (around 4 years old) in front of us who found the show too scary and her parents took her out.
Overall it was worth the $.
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Posted On : 2019-07-09 18:45:30
Posted By : Kimberly K
The Water Puppet show was quite interesting. We got there early to be able to get in and sit down, but they open the doors pretty late compared to when doors open for USA performances, so don't rush to arrive too early. The music is very beautiful and lulled a few of us to sleep a few times.
