Triumphant return for Miss Saigon
Miss Saigon, Wales Millennium Centre
MISS Saigon makes a triumphant return to the Wales Millennium Centre, more than a decade after it broke ticket sales as the venue’s first big production.
Based on the opera Madam Butterfly, the famous Boublil and Schönberg (also the brains behind Les Mis) musical moves the action to 1970s Saigon during the Vietnam War.
Madam Butterfly’s story of an American Lieutenant’s Japanese marriageof-convenience to Cio-Cio San becomes a romance between Chris, an American GI and a Vietnamese bargirl named Kim.
The absence of any famous names means that you can really lose yourself in the show. There are no weak parts in the whole ensemble company, but Red the staging is impressive would be doing Concepión as the Engineer and Shooha the production a disservice, Totie Driver Kim as Kim steal the show. Concepión’s and Mark Kinely’s production design is Engineer is a slimy cockroach of a character, outstanding – the production is huge. surviving on a certain conniving The production design, along with charm; the role is played with a cheeky Andreane Neofitou’s costume design charisma that brings light moments to and Ben Osbourne’s choreography come an otherwise tragic musical. together in the outstanding company
Shooha Kim’s Kim is beautifully numbers “The Morning of the Dragon” believable; a fateful, naive innocence and “The American Dream.” Then there’s runs through her portrayal of the girl the famous helicopter scene - it is awesome, from the Vietnamese countryside who in the true sense of the word, you falls in love with a GI. Kim’s act two portrayal might forget to breathe during it. of the protective mother is nothing Without exaggeration, I can say this but powerful and heartbreaking. production of Miss Saigon is a truly stunning,
The sets use every inch of the Wales five-star spectacular stage show. Millennium Centre’s impressive stage, Miss Saigon runs until January 6. For and during certain scenes there is action tickets call 029 2063 6464 on every part of those sets. To just say Chris Williams Last night’s National Lottery Lotto winning numbers are 03, 19, 24, 31, 50, 52. The Bonus Ball is 16. The National Lottery Thunderball winning numbers are 02, 10, 13, 16, 25. The Thunderball is 06.