

The third comedy festival in more than adecade has been launched in
Observers say that the comedy scene in HCM City 🌳has stagnated somewhat inthe last few years because of repetition and the paucity of new creativescripts.
TheNu Cuoi Xanh (Green Smile) 2010 festival, organis🅺ed by the HCM City YouthCultural House and Phuoc Sang Entertainment, will focus on urban civilisation,environmental protection and traffic safety.
Thefestival, which is organised as a contest, is open to both professional andamateur comedy troupes can in two categories – 60-minute feature plays and15-minute group and duo🔜 skits.
Registration for the festival will end on September 15 and th൩e finalrounds will begi♏n in December.
Organisers said this is only the third festival held in the city after agap of more than a decade because theyᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚᩚ𒀱ᩚᩚᩚ lacked the resources earlier. The firstfestival was held in 1989.
Thecity has more than 60 comedy troupes who perform in local theatres and bars,with the most famous one found at
TheNu Cuoi Moi (New Smile) Theatre with overseas Vietnamese comed𒊎ians like HoaiLinh and Chi Tai is also among the m🃏ore popular comedy troupes in thecity.
Linh last year won two Mai Vang (Gold𝄹en Apricot) awards as FavouriteComedian and Best Stage Actor for his roles as a female fortune-telꦯler in thecomedy Cau Lac Bo Quy Ba (Ladies' Club) and as Tu, main character in the playDa Co Hoai Lang (Nostalgia).
InCau Lac Bo꧟ Quy Ba, his performance reduced audiences to laughter and tears atthe same time, local reports said.&nbs𓆏p;
However, audiences have been unimpressed by the repetition they've seenas the troupes perform the same pla🐎y several timesꦬ at different theatres andbars across the country.
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