The play "Water Demon" by Meritorious Artist Vu Xuan Trang, evil deeds will be punished

Meritorious Artist Vu Xuan Trang always creates conditions for young actors to shine in the play "Water Demon" that he directed.

Recently, there have been a series of shocking cases such as a maid kidnapping and murdering a 2-year-old girl; a 17-year-old girl whose body was dismembered and dumped in the Red River; or a lover killing and then committing suicide in Bac Ninh... The theater cannot stand aside to sound the alarm.

The play "Water Demon" was staged from a script by 3 young authors: Nha Uyen, Thanh Phuong and Quoc Huy. All 3 were students of the scriptwriting training class of Meritorious Artist Vu Xuan Trang and this play is the first work that the "Kathlete's Hamlet" stage introduced to the young actors, promoting its own products after a period of studying scriptwriting and acting from basic to advanced.

Actresses Nha Uyen (Tieu Vy) and Quynh Nhi (Tieu Linh) performed emotionally in the play "Water Demon".

Choosing a difficult topic for students to express their creative thinking, and at the same time step into the fates of characters with many different psychological levels, Meritorious Artist Vu Xuan Trang and his wife, artist Hoang Thy, have put all their efforts into this "big game".

Because, for a long time, only in the small stage, a series of plays were cheered by the audience, but now that the Experimental Theater of Ho Chi Minh City Dance School has opened its doors to welcome, the "Drama Hamlet" stage has a worthy work that is staged seriously and responsibly.

A scene from the play "Water Demon"

The play is set far from the city, where people upstream and downstream make a living by their own hard work. Downstream, there is Mr. Hao's family, who, in addition to farming, also takes up the job of retrieving corpses from the river.

For the unfortunate victims who died after being swept away by the water, he was the one who did the salvage work, even diving to the bottom of the deep river to find the bodies, bringing them back to contact their relatives or burying them himself. Then unexpectedly, one day he himself accepted someone else's request for help to retrieve his daughter's body.

Actress Do Yen Thanh (as Hoai Thu) and artist Hoang Thy (as Mrs. Duong) in the play "Water Demon"

From that pain, many hidden corners of evil and cruelty that even Mr. Hao could not have imagined emerged. Although borrowing the context of a time not today to reflect the depravity of evildoers, Meritorious Artist Vu Xuan Trang wanted to reflect today's life when a group of evildoers have the heart to take the lives of their own relatives and lovers.

The case of the body thrown in the Red River is a tragic bell, and for theater people, it is impossible to stay out of that heartbreaking pain.

Actor Thanh Phuong, after winning the first prize in the "2023 Drama Actor Talent Competition" organized by the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism in 2023, has had a very impressive new role (Mr. Duong), with the strong support of artist Hoang Thy (as Mrs. Duong).

Choosing the perspective from the common characteristics in recent shocking murder cases, the perpetrator and the victim have a close relationship. They can be grandchildren, lovers, parents and lovers... the group of authors cleverly interweaved and connected so that the perpetrator and the victim have a deep affection, but the play also condemns those who assist and cover up the crime, and the "Water Demon" is the wandering ghosts, crying day and night because the evil still exists.

The characters in the play are portrayed by the actors truthfully and delicately. Although they are young actors, they are highly trained, reflecting the play's ideology when condemning the evil that is masquerading as goodness, existing in life and if not eliminated, it will be blind support.

That's why when Mr. Hao knew who did the crime, he did not take revenge. His younger sister, Ms. Duong, tried to stop him because only the law was strong enough to punish such a cruel and heartless person.

Actress Nha Uyen and Meritorious Artist Vu Xuan Trang had performances that brought tears to the audience in the play "Water Demon".

The methods and tricks of committing the crime were handled delicately by the director, not following the trend of using violence to create popularity, that's why Meritorious Artist Vu Xuan Trang has a very unique way of telling the story, both creating suspense for the audience and creating space for her students to perform.

With the message, in life, everything that happens certainly has a cause, whether it is success or failure, good or bad. "Cause and effect" is that doing good will be rewarded with good results, and doing evil will be rewarded with evil results. "The law of cause and effect" is the method, the law that tries to make people afraid to stay away from and not help evil.

The play "Water Demon" creates many opportunities for the promising young actors of the Xom Kich stage.

In addition to the appearance in supporting roles for the young cast of Meritorious Artist Vu Xuan Trang (Mr. Hao) and Hoang Thy (Mrs. Duong), the play also features promising faces of the stage such as: Nha Uyen (Tieu Vy), Do Yen Thanh (Hoai Thu), Thanh Phuong (Mr. Duong), Quynh Nhi (Tieu Linh), Thuy My (Mrs. Hao), Quoc Huy (Truong Minh), Nguyen Le Hang Nga (Nhu My), Nguyen Hoang Minh Nhat (Thanh Tin), Tran Nhat Quan (Manh Hung), Le Quoc Minh (Chop), Si Nguyen (Nhay), Tran Thanh Liem (Mr. Linh), Ta Minh Dat (Miss Nhi).

The play "Water Demon" will be performed at the Experimental Theater of Ho Chi Minh City Dance School on December 2, 10, 16 and 23.

Source: https://nld.com.vn/van-nghe/xem-vo-thuy-quy-cua-nsut-vu-xuan-trang-gay-ac-lanh-nghiep-20231126084412812.htm