Hanoi Water Puppet Ticket

The puppet show is spectacular and the service from the local agency shows you the customs of Vietnam and part of the culture.

Lovely authentic theater. Very colourful. The music was very interesting. Had a wonderful evening. Sat in second row - very recommended

I Bought the tickets from online for my families for standard seats but when we redeem the tickets at Theater we saw the standard seats are lower price. If u have time, try to go earlier to buy the tickets directly at ticket counter.

It's an imposition to pick up tickets for a theater performance and a completely different location. And if this place isn't occupied, it's just not fun. Never again would I book the tickets through this organization.

DO NOT use the Trip Advisor linked company to buy tickets. They didn't give us the tix even after they were confirmed, then said only premium tix were left for the time we wanted, all basically to get us to upgrade if we wanted our time. They WAY OVERCHARGED us for the upgrade, and the seats were terrible, in the front but on the side, so we could see nothing and were getting annihilated by the overpowered speakers. The kicker was that there were people buying the cheaper tickets at the show for our performance as we came in. I don't know what all this racket involves, but you can avoid it entirely. Just show up in Hanoi, go to the theater when it's open the day before you want to see the show, and buy the tickets there and then.

Bought “VIP” tickets but there was nothing VIP about the experience. You are actually buying the tickets through a 3rd party and have to walk a few blocks away from the actual venue to pick up your tickets. Not exactly convenient or VIP. It would have been easier to just purchase tickets at the theater’s ticket window. The performance itself was interesting but we were a bit lost due to the language barrier.

We really enjoyed this experience, the puppeteers were so clever and it was great to see them appear at the end of the show. We found the audio guide helpful to understand some of the stories. The wooden puppets were adorable. A very enjoyable hour in Hanoi.

The play was enjoyable. The traditional music was an added bonus. I would highly recommend using the audio translator.

The water puppet show was interesting - the way they could control and move the puppets on/under water was amazing to watch. The show is for 50mins which is the perfect duration for this. Any longer and people would get bored. Some tips: 1. Audio guide is a must or you won’t understand what’s going on. 2. Take the VIP tickets which is the first 4 rows or it’s too far to see the tiny puppets. The first row is the best. 3. If you are booking online, the tickets are very expensive. I paid nearly 60% extra on Tripadvisor. The other sites like booking.com were charging nearly double. Also you won’t be able to select which row or which seat when you book online. I saw many people book directly at the theatre on the day they land in Hanoi and they could choose their seats at the counter. This seems to be a better option. A few things they should do better. 1. Stop allowing people after the show starts. Many people came in 10mins late and made others get up while they got to their seats. Very bad. 2. Ask people not to record. Many people just held up their phones to record the show for extended durations. This obstructs the view (which is not great to begin with). Yet another reason to get the first couple of rows.

If you are in Hanoi do not miss this show. 50 minutes well spent. I enjoyed it a lot. Great music, great show!