Preparations for Việt Nam en Scène 2026 Enter the Final Stretch

With just over a month to go, the Vietnamese Theatre Week in France — Việt Nam en Scène 2026 — will officially open in Paris (24–31 October 2026). These days, preparations are moving forward at full speed on both the Vietnamese and French sides.

In Hanoi and Đà Nẵng, the participating companies — the Vietnam Drama Theatre, the Vietnam National Traditional Theatre, the Đà Nẵng Traditional Arts Theatre, the Vietnam Puppetry Theatre, and the Vietnam Opera and Ballet Theatre — are putting the finishing touches on the Chèo, Tuồng, Cải lương and water puppetry excerpts they will bring to Paris. Every movement and every melody is being refined to suit a new performance space, thousands of kilometres from home.

In Paris, the technical crew is working with partner venues — Théâtre Marigny, Théâtre de la Tour Eiffel, Carreau du Temple and the Grand Rex — to prepare the stage, lighting and sound for each programme. This is also the stage when French and Vietnamese artists rehearse together on the bilateral co-productions Trương Chi (Winterreise Compagnie Théâtre) and The Soul of Trương Ba, in the Butcher’s Skin (directed by Anne Bouvier with the Vietnam Youth Theatre) — a process that calls for constant listening and adjustment between two different theatrical languages.

The organisers — under the patronage of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism, the Vietnamese Embassy in France, and the Permanent Delegation of Vietnam to UNESCO — report that all logistics, from transporting props and costumes to performance visas for the touring companies, are being finalised on schedule. Despite the tight timeline, the organisers are confident that each programme will retain its full artistic spirit and quality when it reaches audiences in Paris.

Việt Nam en Scène 2026 will keep sharing the latest behind-the-scenes updates in the coming weeks, as the opening night on 24 October draws near.