Miss Saigon opening night photos
Cameron Mackintosh’s new production of Boublil and Schonberg’s award-winning musical Miss Saigon will make its official premiere tonight at the Sydney Opera House.
Playing to roaring previews, the epic production that won 70 major theatre awards, including three Tony Awards and two Olivier Awards, is now thrilling Sydney audiences with an incredible Australian company of 42 performers, representing all corners of Asia-Pacific, and Miss Saigon’s renowned 4 tonne life-sized helicopter, for a strictly limited 7-week season.
Since it first premiered on the West End, Miss Saigon has been performed in 15 different languages, in over 32 countries and 350 cities.
This new production features stunning spectacle, a full 25-piece orchestra and a sensational cast of 42 performing Boublil and Schönberg’s incredible score, which includes ‘The Heat is On in Saigon.
The Movie in My Mind, ‘Last Night of the World’ and ‘The American Dream.
Leading the stellar Australian cast is Seann Miley Moore as the Engineer, Abigail Adriano as Kim, Nigel Huckle as Chris, Kerrie Anne Greenland as Ellen, Nick Afoa as John, Laurence Mossman as Thuy, and Kimberley Hodgson in the role of Gigi.
Opera Australia CEO, Fiona Allan:
Miss Saigon looks at the complex nature of love, whilst set against the destruction and violence of war, and examining the aftermath it leaves. What I find particularly exciting is to see this story told by an Australian cast, audiences will be blown away by the exceptionally high standard of the performers in this new production.
The musical tells the story of a young Vietnamese woman named Kim, who is orphaned by war and forced to work in a bar run by a notorious character known as the Engineer. There she meets and falls in love with an American G.I. named Chris, but they are torn apart by the fall of Saigon. For three 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.
Minister for the Arts and Minister for Jobs and Tourism, John Graham:
Seeing our theatres come alive with some incredible performances is a testament to the hard work and determination of the industry bringing them to us. Having Miss Saigon at the Sydney Opera House is a coup for our city and the visitor and night-time economy in NSW.
Miss Saigon is presented by Opera Australia and Cameron Mackintosh and is supported by the NSW
Government through its tourism and major events agency Destination NSW.
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