苏州评弹就是用苏州话来表现的地方特色剧种，一般男女两人表演，男的手里是三弦，女的手里是琵琶，有说有唱，内容大多为广为流传的民间故事，比如端午时节发生的故事---白蛇传等等，随着休闲旅游日益兴起，现在苏州大街小巷均可听到评弹，有的是书场，专门是给本地人听的，10元足矣，并含一杯清茶，而有的是文化休闲茶室，是给旅游者难得一听的，价格相对较高，除了茶资外，如要点唱的话，一首在40-100元之间。

Suzhou Pingtan is one of the most famous local operas of China, which is performed by one man and one woman with Suzhou Dialect. Most of local people like it very much and it is very popular in Suzhou. There are so many teahouses for actors and actresses to perform Pingtan. Some are for local people and others are for tourists.