Miss Saigon rehearsals: Kim (Julianne Pundan) and Chris (Jack Kane), Danny Kaan Photography

The countdown is underway to the legendaryMiss Saigon musical - which sees Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical reborn - and opens at Newcastle’s Theatre Royal on Saturday, October 4, 2025.

The plot centres on the last days of the Vietnam War when 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 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.

Producer Michael Harrison, in association with Cameron Mackintosh, is delighted to reveal rehearsal photography for the new production in which Seann Miley Moore (X Factor UK; Miss Saigon, International Tour; Hedwig and the Angry Inch, Australian Tour) reprise their celebrated role as The Engineer following acclaimed performances across an international tour which visited Australia, the Philippines, Taiwan and Singapore.

The new UK production of Miss Saigon also welcomes bright new talent and recent Brit School graduate, Julianne Pundan, as she makes her professional debut as Kim alongside actor and singer Jack Kane (who has starred in DragonHeart Vengeance opposite Helena Bonham Carter, and Years And Years (BBC and HBO) with Rory Kinnear and Emma Thompson) as Chris.

Dom Hartley-Harris, recently seen in the West End as George Washington in Hamilton and on tour as Curtis Taylor Jr. in Dreamgirls, is John and Emily Langham (Singin’ in the Rain International Tour; Hello, Dolly! London Palladium; The Witches, National Theatre) is Ellen.

The cast is completed by Mikko Juan (Hulu /BBC iPlayer’s Better Things, Urinetown: The Musical) as Thuy and Ace who reached the semi-finals of BBC 1’s The Voice in 2024 as part of Sir Tom Jones’ team, as Gigi.

The cast also includes Bea Ward as Alternate Kim, Aaron Teoh as Alternate Engineer, 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.

Miss Saigon plays at Newcastle Theatre Royal from Saturday October 4, to Saturday, October 25, 2025. Tickets can be purchased at www.theatreroyal.co.uk or from the Theatre Royal Box Office on 0191 232 7010.

For information on the UK tour where venues include the Palace Theatre Manchester and the Leeds Grand Theatre, visit https://miss-saigon.com/