Full casting and additional venues announced for spectacular new production of MISS SAIGON

Full casting has been announced for the upcoming major UK and Ireland tour of MISS SAIGON, which opens at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal on 4 October.

Additional tour dates have also been confirmed today following huge public demand for the thrilling new production. With several of the already announced venues nearly sold out, return visits to several cities are also being scheduled.

The production will star Seann Miley Moore (X Factor UK; Miss Saigon, International Tour; Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Australian Tour) reprising their celebrated role as The Engineer following acclaimed performances across an international tour which visited Australia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Singapore. The Australian dates saw the Filipino-Australian actor take home the Critics’ Choice Award for Best Performance in a Musical at the inaugural Time Out Sydney Arts & Culture Awards.

Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical is being reborn in this new UK production of MISS SAIGON which welcomes brilliant new talent and recent Brit School graduate, Julianne Pundan, making her professional debut as Kim, alongside exciting actor and singer Jack Kane (Dragonheart Vengeance; Years And Years) as Chris.

Dom Hartley-Harris (Hamilton, West End; Dreamgirls, UK tour) will play John, with Emily Langham (Singin’ in the Rain, International Tour; Hello, Dolly!, West End) as Ellen.

The cast is completed by Mikko Juan (Better Things, BBC) as Thuy, Ace (The Voice, BBC) as Gigi, Bea Ward as Alternate Kim, and Aaron Teoh as Alternate for The Engineer, with Jamil Abbasi, Aaron Aisoni, Daniel J Brian, Ann-Marie Craine, Ben Fenwick, Aaron Gonzales, Owen Johnston, Evita Khrime, Caleb Lagayan, Rayhan Lee, James Mateo-Salt, Shania Montevalde, Ryan Ocampo, Julius Sahr, Tonny Shim, Anh Koha Trần, Yiling Yang, Aimee Yue and Carmen Zhu.

Following incredible public demand, further 2026 venues are also confirmed today. New dates include:

Milton Keynes Theatre (7-11 April 2026); Empire Theatre, Liverpool (21 April-2 May 2026); Alhambra Theatre, Bradford (5-9 May 2026); Theatre Royal, Norwich (12-23 May 2026), Millennium Forum, Derry/Londonderry (26-30 May 2026); Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff (2-6 June 2026); King’s Theatre, Glasgow (9-20 June 2026); Winter Gardens, Blackpool (30 June-4 July 2026), Marlowe Theatre, Canterbury (7-18 July 2026) and Hippodrome Theatre, Bristol (21 July-1 August 2026).

The tour previously announced its 2025 dates, a Christmas season in Oxford and early 2026 venues - which are already breaking Box Office records – and include: Theatre Royal, Newcastle (4-25 October 2025); Playhouse Theatre, Edinburgh (28 October-1 November 2025); Palace Theatre, Manchester (4-15 November 2025); The Alexandra, Birmingham (18-29 November 2025); Grand Theatre, Leeds (2-13 December 2025) and New Theatre, Oxford (16 December 2025 - 3 January 2026); Venue Cymru, Llandudno (6-10 January, 2026); Bord Gáis Energy Theatre, Dublin (13-17 January, 2026); Hull New Theatre (20-24 January, 2026); Mayflower Theatre, Southampton (27 January-7 February, 2026); Theatre Royal, Plymouth (17-28 February, 2026); His Majesty’s Theatre, Aberdeen (3-7 March, 2026); Grand Opera House, Belfast (10-21 March, 2026); Nottingham, Theatre Royal (24 March-4 April, 2026).

Of the new production, Cameron Mackintosh comments: “Since we first announced this new production, I have been genuinely delighted at the enthusiasm of the public determined not to miss SAIGON, with tickets flying out of the Box Office and several of the announced cities already nearly sold out. We have now completed our search for a really fantastic cast, full of exciting discoveries, that will bring Boublil and Schönberg’s extraordinary, powerful musical back to thrilling life. I can’t wait to see MISS SAIGON reborn again.”

MISS SAIGON has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg with lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr. and Alain Boublil, adapted from the original French text by Alain Boublil, with additional lyrics by Michael Mahler, and orchestrations by William David Brohn.

The production is directed by Jean-Pierre van der Spuy, with co-choreography by Chrissie Cartwright and Carrie-Anne Ingrouille, set and costume designer Andrew D. Edwards, lighting by Bruno Poet, sound by Adam Fisher, video design by George Reeve, musical supervision by Graham Hurman, and casting by Sarah Leung CDG.

This new production of MISS SAIGON is overseen by Cameron Mackintosh.

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