A new touring production of the global stage sensation, MISS SAIGON, by Boublil and Schönberg is reborn.
This year marks 35 years since MISS SAIGON made its West End premiere.
In the last days of the Vietnam War, 17-year-old Kim is forced to work in a Saigon bar run by a notorious character known as The Engineer. There she meets and falls in love with an American GI named Chris, but they are torn apart by the fall of Saigon. For 3 years Kim goes on an epic journey of survival to find her way back to Chris, who has no idea he’s fathered a son.
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 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”
Since its London premiere in 1989, Cameron Mackintosh’s original production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg’s epic musical MISS SAIGON became one of the most successful musicals in history. The original Broadway production of MISS SAIGON opened on April 11, 1991, and played for nearly ten years with its 4,097 performances attended by more than 6.3 million people. Cameron’s latest London production of MISS SAIGON opened in London in May 2014 to record-breaking advance sales and critical acclaim, followed by a UK tour in 2017. During this run, in 2016, the spectacular 25th Anniversary Gala Performance of this timeless musical, featuring appearances by the original cast, including Jonathan Pryce and Lea Salonga, took place and was filmed for television and cinema and continues to be shown around the world.
MISS SAIGON has been performed in 33 countries, 378 cities in 15 different languages, has won 75 major awards including 2 Olivier Awards, 3 Tony Awards, and 4 Drama Desk Awards and has been seen by over 38 million people worldwide.
MISS SAIGON UK TOUR 2025
NEWCASTLE THEATRE ROYAL
SAT 4 – SAT 25 OCT 2025
PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, EDINBURGH
TUES 28 OCT- SAT 1 NOV 2025
PALACE THEATRE MANCHESTER
TUES 4 – SAT 15 NOV 2025
THE ALEXANDRA, BIRMINGHAM
TUES 18 – SAT 29 NOV 2025
LEEDS GRAND THEATRE
TUES 2 – SAT 13 DECEMBER 2025
NEW THEATRE OXFORD
TUE 16 DEC 2025 – SAT 3 JAN 2026
Further dates to be announced
