Drama theater changes the mode of performance to survive

The drama is “dying”, that is the mouthpiece of the pregnant men and women when asked about the current situation of the theater stage. Previously, the Social Drama Theater of Ho Chi Minh City. Ho Chi Minh is among the strongest in the country.

For decades, socialization units have maintained weekly lights to create a cultural identity, a unique feature of this place. However, according to the statistics of the City Theater Association. In Ho Chi Minh City, at present, 80% of the stage is in a state of exhaustion. Exhausted means exhausted to the extreme. The peak was after the COVID-19 pandemic, a series of stages had to be declared closed.

According to People’s Artist Hong Van, the direct difficulty that forced the stage to suspend performances was the cost of renting a performance venue increased by one and a half times, from 4.5 million VND to 6.5 million VND per night. With current ticket prices, if the audience buys tickets half full, they will have enough money to pay the ground. On the other hand, according to the new regulations, the theater can only sign a 3-month contract, cannot sign 1-2 years like before, so it is not possible to invest in and upgrade the theater. Only in the past 2 years, people’s artist Hong Van has closed 3 stages in turn.

“A house I’ve spent a third of my life in, but spent at the most beautiful time, the youth of man. Suddenly one morning when I wake up, I have to go out of that house. Honestly, to Losing the stage, losing theatrical art is an extremely regrettable thing,” said People’s Artist Hong Van.

In fact, the theater stages in the city. Ho Chi Minh has been suffering from a serious illness for many years. However, this is the first time the stages have had to close so many times.

Even though we know that every “Glory” has its “scenes”, when seeing the dramatic stages in the midst of life and death, everyone can’t help but feel moved.

A series of stages in the city. Recently, Ho Chi Minh City closed down, accidentally leaving hundreds of behind-the-scenes employees unemployed. If actors can participate in commercials, TVCs, Sitcoms or dramas, then the backstage staff have to struggle to make a living.

Faced with difficulties, the stages were forced to transform in order to survive. Currently, Hoang Thai Thanh Drama Theater has completely stopped all classic plays of the stage to switch to a new performance method, called Season of Performance. This is a risky move, but it is the last attempt of Hoang Thai Thanh Drama Theater to save its own stage.

Starting from the end. After finishing the previous plays, Hoang Thai Thanh will change the mode of performance. Instead of rotating plays weekly, performing about 10 old and new plays every month, the stage will switch to a seasonal mode. Each performance season only performed 1 play and continuously performed that play for 3-5 months.