Skip the line: Thang Long Water Puppet Theater Entrance Tickets
Overview
50 minutes
Mobile ticket
Experience the Best Local Art Show of Water Puppetry in 50 minutes for your own group with the Fixed Times of the show.
Today's Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique variation on the ancient Asian puppet tradition.
The puppets are made out of wood and then lacquered. The shows are performed in a waist-deep pool. A large bamboo rod supports the puppet under the water and is used by the puppeteers, who are normally hidden behind a screen, to control them. Thus the puppets appear to be moving over the water. When the rice fields would flood, the villagers would entertain each other using this form of puppet play.
Additional Info
Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Public transportation options are available nearby
Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
Wheelchair accessible
Infant seats unavailable
Not suitable for pets
Wheelchair accessible
Cancellation Policy
All sales are final. No refund is available for cancellations.
What‘s Included
All Fees and Taxes
Entrance fee
Coffee and/or Tea
Meeting and Pickup
Meeting points
End points
This activity ends back at the meeting point.
What To Expect
Thang Long Water Puppet
Experience the Best Local Art Show of Water Puppetry in 50 minutes for your own group with the Fixed Times of the show. Today's Vietnamese water puppetry is a unique variation on the ancient Asian puppet tradition. The puppets are made out of wood and then lacquered. The shows are performed in a waist-deep pool. A large bamboo rod supports the puppet under the water and is used by the puppeteers, who are normally hidden behind a screen, to control them. Thus the puppets appear to be moving over the water. When the rice fields would flood, the villagers would entertain each other using this form of puppet play. - Show Private charter for Small group/ Medium Group/ Big Group - Charter Private Show Fix time: 08:00 am/ 09:15 am/ 10:30 am and 15:00PM - Can be flexible as your timing for Prebooked
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Entrance Tickets for Thang Long Water Puppet Theater
Options
Deluxe Class Show
(Seats Row G-H-I-K-L-M-N-O)
Duration: 55 minutes
VIP First Class show
(Seats row from A-B-C-D-E)
Duration: 50 minutes
Standard Class Show
(Seats row from P-Q-R)
Duration: 1 hour
Reviews
101 reviews
Total reviews and rating from Viator & Tripadvisor
musical experience not to be missed
micathz,
Aug 11, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00We dive into Vietnamese culture with these many puppet scenes in the water, it's fairy tale, we're not bored. The orchestra is interesting and the music 🎶 typical. The monochord instrument đàn bau, is magic. Not to be missed!
Good show, poor process.
Shaunalea,
Mar 25, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00The water puppet performance was wonderful, and it was great to see a live performance so close. Kudos to the puppeteers for creating such fun, interesting and entertaining movements, and to the lovely singers and musicians. I am not giving 5 stars because of the way we received our tickets. It seemed that there was only one line for both picking up pre-purchased tickets and for purchasing. So I’m not sure what line we were “skipping”. And the line was understandably slow. We almost missed the start of the show, and I suspect some people did. We received our tickets from someone wandering the crowd. No sign, no calling out. I’m still not sure how he recognized that we were the people waiting for the tickets he held. Perhaps our experience was the exception and this is not how it normally happens. It is certainly not how it should happen. Many ways to improve the process.
Delightful tradition come alive. Must see!
Compass36732411380,
Mar 12, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Delightful show, great stories told with traditional puppets. Wonderful experience, an absolute must visit and see while you are in Vietnam.
Great Puppet Show - Buy at the Box office
Natalie9696,
Jan 9, 2025
- Review from Tripadvisor
3.00The puppet show itself was fantastic. However there is no skip the line buying these tickets. Just go to the box office 45 minutes early and purchase. You are going to have to stand in line either way.
Fun show.
Kerry G,
Oct 29, 2024
- Review from Viator
4.00A fun show. Puppets were hilarious. Great musicians on traditional instruments. Skipping the very long line was good. It wasn't clear where to meet representative with tickets.
Asian live theater.
Leigh On C,
Oct 10, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
4.00Not sure if buying a ticket online was all that necessary. High broker fee. Not excessive but close to 90% of value of ticket. $4 fee for a $5 ticket. Still $10 for a great piece of live theater. Who cares
Easy use!
Dreamer66137086652,
Sep 17, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Super easy to use tickets delivered directly to you and great show highly recommend to anyone in Hanoi! Good price too for the tickets
Worthy!
Evangelia X,
Aug 31, 2024
- Review from Viator
5.00Nice Vietnamese experience and important tradition! Almost every tourist visits the water puppet theatre And if you visit it too, you will experiense something really original!
Best showw
Quest33911577054,
May 28, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Good show. Best show ever. One of the signature shows when you visit Hanoi, Vietnam. Good street food, good location, just by Hoan Kiem lake.
Very original
332angelg,
May 6, 2024
- Review from Tripadvisor
5.00Original show, on a pool, Vietnamese cultural aspects are represented with puppets. Set with exotic instruments that give it a magical atmosphere. recommendable
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