Water Puppet Theatre Hanoi
The water puppets are amazing. You sit in a theatre looking down at the stage which is in fact a small lake where the scenes take place. The puppeteers stand behind painted bamboo scenery from which they control the puppets. There is a Vietnamese band which supplies the music played on traditional Vietnamese instruments. There are fire breathing Dragons, Buffalos and all sorts of animals and characters to enhance the peformance including fireworks. The show I saw lasted about an hour and cost $3. The theatre opens around 8pm from Tuesday to Sunday.
