Cuba's La Colmenita (The Little Beehive) children's theatre troupe will be performing in Vietnam from April 22-23.
Performances of Abracadabra featuring 12 actors will be held at theHaiphong Opera House on April 22 and the Hanoi Workers' Theatre thefollowing night.
The shows will amaze both young and old with extraordinary performances that combine rock 'n' roll and fairy tales.
Abracadabra was written by the children themselves based on a truestory. In the play, the children transform into famous characters fromchildren's literature including of Peter Pan, Tom Sawyer, the LittlePrince and Pippi Longstocking.
The play is ahigh-energy musical that conveys messages of peace and justice. Withbright costumes and loads of enthusiasm, the children of La Colmenitawill bring joy to local audiences.
La Colmenita wasfounded by Carlos Alberto Cremata to pay homage to his father who waskilled in a 1976 terrorist attack on Cuban Airlines flight 455.Cremata's father was very involved in the community and loved theatreand music.
La Colmenita began in Havana as a smallcommunity theatre and relied on volunteer help from children, parentsand grandparents to succeed. By 1990, 14 years after its inception, LaColmenita had become a fully functioning children's theatre.
The theatre has performed in more than 25 countries across the worldincluding the US, Denmark, Belgium and Bangladesh. It has alsoco-produced movies such as Viva Cuba ; Y sin embarg (AndNevertheless) and Habanastation which earned the theatre UNICEF'sInternational Centre of Films for Children and Young People CIFEJ award.
La Colmenita was developed with the specific purposeof conveying a message of peace, humanity and forgiveness. As officialUNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors, the children of La Colmenita are requiredto demonstrate these values not only in their performances but in theirdaily lives.-VNA
Performances of Abracadabra featuring 12 actors will be held at theHaiphong Opera House on April 22 and the Hanoi Workers' Theatre thefollowing night.
The shows will amaze both young and old with extraordinary performances that combine rock 'n' roll and fairy tales.
Abracadabra was written by the children themselves based on a truestory. In the play, the children transform into famous characters fromchildren's literature including of Peter Pan, Tom Sawyer, the LittlePrince and Pippi Longstocking.
The play is ahigh-energy musical that conveys messages of peace and justice. Withbright costumes and loads of enthusiasm, the children of La Colmenitawill bring joy to local audiences.
La Colmenita wasfounded by Carlos Alberto Cremata to pay homage to his father who waskilled in a 1976 terrorist attack on Cuban Airlines flight 455.Cremata's father was very involved in the community and loved theatreand music.
La Colmenita began in Havana as a smallcommunity theatre and relied on volunteer help from children, parentsand grandparents to succeed. By 1990, 14 years after its inception, LaColmenita had become a fully functioning children's theatre.
The theatre has performed in more than 25 countries across the worldincluding the US, Denmark, Belgium and Bangladesh. It has alsoco-produced movies such as Viva Cuba ; Y sin embarg (AndNevertheless) and Habanastation which earned the theatre UNICEF'sInternational Centre of Films for Children and Young People CIFEJ award.
La Colmenita was developed with the specific purposeof conveying a message of peace, humanity and forgiveness. As officialUNICEF Goodwill Ambassadors, the children of La Colmenita are requiredto demonstrate these values not only in their performances but in theirdaily lives.-VNA
