Miss Saigon land at Sunderland Empire

Cameron Mackintosh to bring award-winning epic production of “Miss Saigon to Sunderland Empire for 3 weeks only 

Cameron Mackintosh’s spectacular award-winning epic production of Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical MISS SAIGON will land at Sunderland Empire next month (24 October – 17 November) for a LIMITED 3 WEEK engagement.

MISS SAIGON is one of the largest productions on tour with a cast of 38, orchestra of 15 and a technical team of 32 who bring the show to life 8 times a week.

It will take 16 45-foot trailers to move the production to Sunderland Empire! 100 production and local crew will be involved in putting the show in to Sunderland, working 24 hours a day for 3 days, making MISS SAIGON one of the biggest productions ever to be seen on the Empire stage.

The epic love story of our time, 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.

The famous helicopter in the show weighs over 3 tons and the blade span of the helicopter at full extension is 2.6 metres. At full height it’s the same as 1.5 London double Decker buses, it has 10 different moving elements, independently controlled and there are over 35 feedback functions on board. In an 8 show week the Helicopter rotor blades spin approximately 3,600 times. By the end of the tour, the helicopter will have travelled an Olympic running track over 50 times, that’s over 20,000 metres!

MISS SAIGON has been performed in 32 countries, 369 cities and in 15 different languages. The acclaimed production has won over 70 awards including 2 Olivier Awards, 3 Tony Awards, and 4 Drama Desk Awards and it has now been seen by over 36 million people worldwide.

Tickets – Sunderland Empire Box Office on High Street West, via the ticket centre 0844 871 3022* or www.ATGtickets.com/Sunderland *calls cost up to 7p per minute plus standard network charges. Booking and transaction fees may apply to telephone and online bookings.