Dunedin Operatic
Proudly Presents
A musical by ALAIN BOUBLIL & CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG
Music by CLAUDE-MICHEL SCHÖNBERG
Lyrics by RICHARD MALTBY Jr. and ALAIN BOUBLIL
Additional Material by RICHARD MALTBY Jr.
Originally Produced on the stage by CAMERON MACKINTOSH
Orchestrations by WILLIAM DAVID BROHN
MISS SAIGON is presented through special arrangement with Cameron Mackintosh Limited, Music Theatre International (NY) and Hal Leonard Australia.
Regent Theatre
September 16th to September 25th 2010
Director: Stephen Robertson
Musical Director: Steve Miles
The Story
Set in 1975 during the final days of the American occupation of Saigon, Miss Saigon is an epic love story about the relationship between an American GI and a young Vietnamese woman.
Kim is working in a sleazy Saigon night club owned by a notorious wheeler-dealer known as 'The Engineer'. John, an American GI, buys his friend Chris the services of Kim for the night. That night will change their lives forever.
Three years later, the US Army has fled Saigon. Chris has returned to America and, believing Kim is dead, marries an American women named Ellen.
However, unbeknown to Chris, Kim is alive, has left Saigon and is living in poverty with her three year old son, Tam, in Bangkok. When John tells Chris that Kim is alive and has bore Chris a son, Chris and Ellen go to Asia.
When Kim learns that Chris is in Bangkok with his new wife, all her hopes to be reunited with him disappear. She is desperate for her son to have a future in America with his father and will make the ultimate sacrifice to achieve this.
Saigon Company
Principal Roles
Maria Christina Bergantinos – Kim
James Adams – Chris
Greg McLeod – The Engineer
Chris Crowe – John
Kelly Hocking – Ellen
Kyle Chuen – Thuy
Melinda Joe – Gigi
Male Company
Ahmad Abdul-Rahman, Alistair Martyn, Andrew Inglis, Chris McRae, Damian Bertanees,
Darrel Read, Dave Goosselink, Dominic Angelo - Laloli, Ed Khrisanapant, Ethan Keenan,
Hung Do Trong, James Tarbotton, Jeff Vanderpham, Jeffrey Dick, Karlo Feliciano,
Matt Joyce, Ngoc Luc Tuan, Michael Grant, Neil Williamson, Paolo Feliciano, Paul Fidow,
Peter Hocking, Philip Keenan, Richard Woods, Thomas Ding, Vladimie Manza
Female Company
Alia Abdul Halim, April Xu - Holland, Eilonwy Fung, Iris Chan, Janna Cachola, Jing Song,
Kaye Feliciano, Laura Sew Hoy, Scarlett Wu, Shih Yen Chang, Thuy-Tien Vanderpham
Company Dancers
Amelia Rose Balfour, Esther Smith, Gina Miles,
Lizzie Adams, Mike Royston, Petra Leonard
Company Offstage Chorus
Jane Craigie-Read, Megan Neill,
Melanie Kirk, Meric Hoffman, Nicola Dyer, Gina Miles,
Lizzie Adams
Booking Details
Prices will be as follows including the $2.00 Regent Theatre Development Levy. Booking fees still additional to these prices.
- $61 Adults
- $52 Concessions
- $47 Opening Night Special only (numbers limited at this price)
- $37 Special Student Price for Tuesday only (numbers limited)
Bookings open to the public on Monday 26 July at the Regent Theatre Ticket Direct. However, Preferential bookings open one week earlier on Monday 19 July. If you want to purchase Early Bird Preferential Discount Vouchers for $50 (saving $11 on the Adult price) and book your seats before the public bookings go on sale, then call Marie Maker on 454-5220 or email: mariemaker@gmail.com to arrange this.