The production is set to open at the Newcastle Theatre Royal, where it will play from Saturday 4 to Saturday 25 October.
It has been announced that Miss Saigon, featuring music by Claude-Michel Schönberg and lyrics by Richard Maltby Jnr and Alain Boublil, will embark on a new nationwide toru starting from Autumn 2025.
Originally produced for the stage by Cameron Mackintosh, it follows the story of a young girl, Kim, who falls in love with an American GI. It includes the songs “Last Night of the World”, “The Movie in My Mind” and “I’d Give My Life for You”.
Talking about the news, Mackintosh said: “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.”
This new production of the musical is set to be directed by Jean-Pierre van der Spuy, who also directed the Australian Opera production of Miss Saigon. Further creative team and casting has yet to be announced.
Following its run in Newcastle, the production will then travel to: the Playhouse Theatre in Edinburgh (Tuesday 28 October to Saturday 1 November), Palace Theatre, Manchester (Tuesday 4 to Saturday 15 November), the Alexandra in Birmingham (Tuesday 18 to Saturday 29 November), Leeds Grand Theatre (Tuesday 2 to Saturday 13 December) and New Theatre, Oxford (Tuesday 16 December 2025 to Saturday 3 January 2026).
To find out more visit: https://miss-saigon.com/