Miss Saigon revival to play Sheffield’s Crucible Theatre in 2023

The the first regional non-replica production of Miss Saigon is to debut in Sheffield in 2023.

Sheffield Theatres will present a brand new production of Boublil and Schönberg’s hit musical retelling of Madame Butterfly set during the Vietnam war.

In special arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh, the show will run from 8 July – 12 August 2023 at the venue’s Crucible Theatre.

Joanna Ampil, who has previously played Kim in the London, Sydney, UK touring and 10th anniversary productions of Miss Saigon, will be cast as The Engineer

Miss Saigon will be reimagined by Sheffield Theatres’ Artistic Director Robert Hastie and RTYDS Associate Artistic Director Anthony Lau as co-directors, with design by Ben Stones and lighting design by Jessica Hung Han Yun.

Full casting and creative teams are to be announced.

Also in 2023, Sheffield Theatres will welcome new play Wildfire Road to its newly renamed Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse Written by Eve Leigh and directed by Laura Keefe, the piece is an environmental thriller about a highjacked plane and a disparate group of passengers who try to make sense of their situation as the world burns below.

Robert Hastie, Artistic Director of Sheffield Theatres, said: “As we reach the culmination of our 50th anniversary year we are proud to announce new productions that continue our quest to give Sheffield audiences thrilling experiences they can only get in the theatre. A new production of Miss Saigon – the first in the UK to be given permission to explore new approaches to staging and casting since the original 1989 production – will light up the Crucible in Summer 2023. Anthony and I are thrilled to be co-directing Boublil and Schönberg’s iconic show, and could not be more excited to be welcoming Joanna Ampil to Sheffield to play The Engineer.

“And as ever at Sheffield Theatres the classic sits alongside the brand new, with a mind-bending new play from Eve Leigh taking audiences to new heights in the Playhouse, our flexible, intimate space recently renamed in honour of our founding designer, Tanya Moiseiwitsch.”

For more information and tickets, visit sheffieldtheatres.co.uk