Further Touring Dates Announced for MISS SAIGON in 2018
By: BWW News Desk Oct. 23, 2017
Cameron Mackintosh has just announced further touring dates for his acclaimed production of Boublil and Schönberg's legendary musical MISS SAIGON. Further to the previously announced dates, MISS SAIGON will now also play Bradford Alhambra (19 September - 20 October 2018), Sunderland Empire (24 October - 17 November 2018) and Theatre 11, Zurich (28 November 2018 - 13 January 2019). Full tour schedule below.
This tour of MISS SAIGON opened at Leicester Curve to sell-out business in July this year and has continued this success with rave reviews and nightly standing ovations in Birmingham and currently Dublin.
This new production was first seen in the West End in March 2014 where it opened to record-breaking advance sales and critical acclaim with Dominic Cavendish in The Daily Telegraph writing "This thrilling new production spills out beyond the theatre and speaks directly to the times we live in". The show swept the board at the 2015 Whatsonstage.com awards winning a record breaking nine awards, the most awards ever won by a single show in the 15-year history of the awards including: Best West End Show and Best Revival of a Musical. IN March this year, it opened on Broadway where it plays to nightly ovations and was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Revival of a Musical. The New Yorker recently called it a "Dynamite Broadway revival".
MISS SAIGON tells the story of 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.
MISS SAIGON has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg with lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. and Alain Boublil, adapted from original French lyrics by Alain Boublil, with additional lyrics by Michael Mahler. The new production is directed by Laurence Connor with musical staging by Bob Avian and additional choreography by Geoffrey Garratt. Production design is by Totie Driver and Matt Kinley based on an original concept by Adrian Vaux; costume design by Andreane Neofitou; lighting design by Bruno Poet; projections by Luke Halls; sound design by Mick Potter; and orchestrations by William David Brohn.
Since its London premiere in 1989, Cameron Mackintosh's production of Alain Boublil and Claude-Michel Schönberg's legendary musical MISS SAIGON has become one of the most successful musicals in history. The original Broadway production of MISS SAIGON opened on April 11, 1991 with what was the largest advance sale in Broadway history ($37 million). The show went on to play for nearly ten years and 4,063 performances seen by more than 5.9 million people. MISS SAIGON has been performed in 28 countries, over 300 cities in 15 different languages, has won over 40 awards including 2 Olivier Awards, 3 Tony Awards, and 4 Drama Desk Awards and been seen by over 35 million people worldwide.
For more information visit www.miss-saigon.com.
WEDNESDAY 4 OCTOBER - SATURDAY 18 NOVEMBER 2017
BORD GAIS ENERGY THEATRE, DUBLIN
www.bordgaisenergytheatre.ie - +353 (1) 677 7999
WEDNESDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2017 - SATURDAY 6 JANUARY 2018
WALES MILLENNIUM CENTRE, CARDIFF
www.wmc.org.uk - 029 2063 6464
WEDNESDAY 17 JANUARY - SATURDAY 17 FEBRUARY 2018
FESTIVAL THEATRE EDINBURGH
www.edtheatres.com - 01315296000
WEDNESDAY 21 FEBRUARY - SATURDAY 17 MARCH 2018
MAYFLOWER THEATRE, SOUTHAMPTON
www.mayflower.org.uk - 02380 711811
WEDNESDAY 21 MARCH - SATURDAY 12 MAY 2018
MANCHESTER PALACE THEATRE
www.atgtickets.com/venues/palace-theatre-manchester - 0844 871 3019
WEDNESDAY 16 MAY - SATURDAY 23 JUNE 2018
THE BRISTOL HIPPODROME
www.atgtickets.com/venues/bristol-hippodrome - 0844 871 3012
WEDNESDAY 4 JULY - SATURDAY 4 AUGUST 2018
www.theatreroyal.com - 01752 267222
WEDNESDAY 15 AUGUST - SATURDAY 15 SEPTEMBER 2018
NORWICH THEATRE ROYAL
www.theatreroyalnorwich.co.uk 01603 63 00 00
WEDNESDAY 19 SEPTEMBER - SATURDAY 20 OCTOBER 2018
BRADFORD ALHAMBRA
www.bradford-theatres.co.uk 01274 432 000
ON SALE 31 OCTOBER 2017
WEDNESDAY 24 OCTOBER - SATURDAY 17 NOVEMBER
SUNDERLAND EMPIRE
www.atgtickets.com/venues/sunderland-empire 0844 871 3022
ON SALE 27 OCTOBER 2017
WEDNESDAY 28 NOVEMBER 2018 - SUNDAY 13 JANUARY 2019
THEATRE 11, ZURICH
www.musical.ch/de/theater11zuerich
ON SALE SOON
Photo credit: Johan Persson
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