Ban Mai Stage returns to Ho Chi Minh City Children's House, performs first play Colora - The Land of Brilliant Colors

Bird house design in the play Colora - The Land of Brilliant Colors - Photo: Ban Mai Stage

Ban Mai Stage specializes in children's drama, established on January 23 this year at Hoa Binh C30 stage (District 10, Ho Chi Minh City).

Ban Mai Stage: Like a fish returning to water

Director Bao Chu, one of the founders of Ban Mai Theater, confided that having a theater dedicated to children operating at the Ho Chi Minh City Children's House, right in the center, is a great happiness.

"Like a fish returning to water. To make our long-standing dream come true, the theater would like to thank the leaders of the City Children's House for their dedicated help and support" - Bao Chu said.

Four months ago, when Ban Mai unexpectedly debuted right on the occasion of Lunar New Year, many people in the profession were happy but also worried about how the stage would survive when a young unit "dared" to join the Tet drama race.

The Board of Directors said that despite many difficulties, the children's play Rago - The First Journey was able to perform about 20 shows, serving about 6,000 spectators.

The first play was invested quite heavily in terms of scenery, costumes, music ... with the participation of many famous artists such as Trinh Kim Chi, Huu Quoc, Phuong Binh, Phuong Dung, Phi Phung, Quach Ngoc Tuyen, Nam Cuong, Phuc Zelo...

Artist Phi Phung plays the role of Mistress Hoa in the play

Turn waste into props, toys...

To open the new performance at the Ho Chi Minh City Children's House, Ban Mai presents to the young audience the children's play Colora - The Land of Radiance . The first performance will be at 4:30 p.m. on May 31.

Throughout June, the play will be scheduled to be performed back-to-back with Rago - The First Journey .

Director Bao Chu revealed that this play is very special as the crew used recycled waste to make props, stage costumes and even toys.

This helps children raise awareness of environmental protection. There are about 15 new songs composed by musician Bui Truong Giang.

The play focuses on the story of a bird family. In addition to the message of environmental protection, it also emphasizes that parents should not be too protective, but should let their children go out and grow up.

About 50 actors will participate in the play, including artists Trinh Kim Chi, Phuong Binh, Diem Phuong, Thao Vy, Kim Dao, Le Hieu, Kan Hy, Duy Khiem...

The crew also said that in the first performance, some audiences complained that the ticket prices were quite high, so when moving to the new location, the board of directors considered and calculated to lower the ticket prices to 260,000 VND/ticket and 190,000 VND/ticket.

With this ticket price, the theater hopes to reach more audiences. Before watching the play, the theater sets up a Ban Mai Garden for young audiences to interact and participate in some games.

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/san-khau-ban-mai-ve-nha-thieu-nhi-tp-hcm-dien-vo-dau-colora-xu-so-ruc-ro-20240523144026919.htm