NHỮNG THUỞ XUÂN VƯƠNG
Immersive & Multisensory Theatre
Cofounded, Scripted and Directed by Linh Pham
2026 Season: Còn bao thương nhớ? (Echoes of Longing)
On the eve of what will be its last Tết, a once-beloved 2000s book-rental shop in Hà Nội is being packed into boxes. Audiences step inside and are guided by the shop’s old regulars, its former neighbours, a different set of guides on each night. Together they borrow and wrap books, sign the lending ledger, and carry a parcel whose contents they do not know. Moving between the shop as it was on the 29th of Tết and as it stands now, they piece together why the Minh family left, and why Vân, who has waited on the balcony for her first love, Hiếu, never stopped waiting.
The answer is quieter than any rumour of debt or exile: nobody vanished. People left, and one woman refused to believe it. The “Hiếu” character the audience has been helping, straightening his shirt, knotting his tie, is the one Vân has built in order to keep waiting. In the final scene, she takes off his tie and lets him go, while her father, who is selling the house, tells her to let what has gone be gone. The last thing explained is a peach branch whose fallen petals Bà Mai taped back on, her own way of not letting go.
Audience Journey
The Gateway
Audiences arrive in the 1990s archive and learn the “rules of engagement”.
Parallel Memories
The audience splits into two groups, each witnessing a different half of the story in different rooms.
Interactive Deciphering
Audiences interact with the actors and props to decode the emotional puzzle together.
The Final Reveal (Closure)
Both audiences groups reunite for a unified emotional twist & resolution, bridging the past memories with the present reality.
Scriptwriting & Directing Process
Phase 1: Heritage Research & Brainstorming
Collecting oral histories and sensory inspirations to map the story’s "soul".
Phase 4: Character Deep-Dive & Coaching
One-on-one sessions to build psychological consistency and improvisational mastery.
Phase 2: Narrative Architecture (Puzzle-Scripting)
Assembling non-linear story fragments into a cohesive, interactive structural blueprint.
Phase 5: Site-Specific & Prop Integration
Spatial rehearsals with real objects to harmonize performance with the environment.
Phase 3: Experience Design & Detailed Scripting
Crafting detailed dialogue and mapping audience touchpoints for sensory immersion.
Phase 6: Post-Show Feedback & Refinement
Analyzing audience feedback after each session to fine-tune the emotional journey.
a team of
100+
performers & volunteers across 2 seasons.
As a director and playwright, my role included:
Writing the script and designing the audience journey, including every point where guests could touch the story
Training and coaching the performers, one-on-one
Scheduling rehearsals, and building the rosters and role allocation for the whole team
Liaising with the venue throughout, from agreeing access to running the space on the night, pack-down and closing, including rerouting guests when access changed at the last minute
Working with the costume and set designers on how each world would look and feel
Managing ticket sales, payments and visitor enquiries, and monitoring visitor flow and safety on the night
Coordinating the live performance remotely through cameras
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Featured on National Television
VTV ONLINE · 18 JAN 2025
‘Những Thuở Xuân Vương’: Tái hiện, tiếp nối giá trị văn hóa truyền thống Tết xưa góc nhìn Gen Z (Recreating and carrying on the traditional Tết of old, through a Gen Z lens)
MINISTRY OF CULTURE PORTAL · 3 FEB 2026
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