Japanese Film Festival: Comedy 2012

HANOI: 25 Oct – 4 Nov 2012
National Cinema Center

Japanese Film Festival: Comedy 2012 will kick off this week in Hanoi. This year, 8 popular and smash-hit films all made in 2000s are carefully selected to showcase the variety of comical senses in Japanese film.

The Second European Language Day

Conference, Language Festival:
Sat 27 Oct 2012, 9 am – 6 pm
Goethe-Institut Hanoi

The “2nd European Language Day” will be on this Saturday at Goethe Institut. Everybody who is interested in language and culture is more than welcome to join one of the languages classes or watch a short film at the exhibition hall.

Concert with Acies Quartet and Song Hong Quintet

Fri 26 Oct 2012, 8 pm
Hanoi Opera House
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Sun 28 Oct 2012, 8 pm
HCMC Opera House

Don’t forget a joint classic concert by two renowned music groups, one from each of the two countries: The Acies Quartet from Austria and the Song Hong Quintet from Vietnam.

Musick to Play in the Dark

Fri 26 Oct 2012, 7.30 pm
Hanoi Rock City

MUSICK TO PLAY IN THE DARK is a carefully curated (and planned) concert dedicated to boundary-pushing experimental music and video art. The evening boasts a killer line-up of international luminaries, local pioneers and new faces – all set to challenge unsuspecting audience as much as to guide them into new, unexplored terrains.

Cabaret Night in October

Sat 27 Oct 2012, 8.30 – 9.30 pm
L’Espace

Cabaret Night at L’Espace is the stage for new music talents. Come here to enjoy great drinks and listen to fabulous French, English and Vietnamese songs.

Made in Japan Jokes and Punch Lines

In HCMC: Sat 27 Oct 2012, 8 pm
The Student Cultural House of HCMC

Come to the Rakugo Master Katsura Utazo‘s sit-down comedy. Enjoy the “Made in Japan” jokes and punch lines through Utazo’s challenging performances.

Haunted Circus Caravan

Sat 27 Oct 2012, 7 – 11 pm

The Newly Renovated 21 North

Come One, Come All! Join the Haunted Circus Caravan as we venture into other worldly realms…

KING LEAR in Vietnam

HCMC OPERA HOUSE
25 and 26 Oct 2012, 11 am
26, 27 and 28 Oct 2012, 8 pm

It’s time to enjoy King Lear in HCMC. This magnificent but unwieldy text is streamlined and sharply focussed to create a unique theatrical event that blends live music, spectacular imagery and thrilling action.