Miss Saigon To Head Out on UK Tour

Artwork for the new tour of Miss Saigon

Boublil and Schönberg’s hit musical Miss Saigon is set to tour the UK starting next year.

The classic musical, last seen in the UK only a year previous over at the The Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, tells the story of Kim and her doomed romance with American GI Chris. It is adapted from Puccini's Madama Butterfly.

The tour will open in Newcastle before heading out to Edinburgh, Manchester, Birmingham, Leeds and Oxford. It is likely more venues will be announced.

Miss Saigon's original producer Cameron Macintosh said of the announcement: "Thirty five years after Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical Miss Saigon first opened to international success, I am delighted that this powerful heart–wrenching love story has remained timeless around the world. The story of two young people – an American soldier and a Vietnamese girl – who fall in love as their lives are torn apart by war, ultimately causing a mother to sacrifice her life for her child, has become a worldwide hit, as well as one of the most popular musicals ever in Asian countries, with separate companies regularly playing in Korea, Japan, the Philippines and Singapore.

“The recent hugely successful Sheffield Crucible production took a contemporary look at this great musical and that inspired producer Michael Harrison and I to also take a fresh look at Miss Saigon and create a modern version that can play in many theatres that the original was unable to do.

Directing this exciting new production is Jean-Pierre van der Spuy, who recently directed the acclaimed Australian Opera production of Miss Saigon and, with Matthew Bourne, is co-directing my hugely successful new production of Oliver! in the West End. Like the phoenix that is so central to the show’s story, Miss Saigon will rise again next year – a legend reborn”

The production team are yet to announce any casting details.

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