Miss Saigon to return to the West End

Cameron Mackintosh, in association with Michael Harrison, has announced that Miss Saigon will return to the West End.

The show will run for a strictly limited eight-month season at the Prince Edward Theatre from May 2027. The engagement marks more than a decade since the musical was last seen in London and brings the production back to the same theatre where it previously played.

The announcement comes as the new production continues a sell-out UK and Ireland tour, currently booking through to August 2026, with return engagements in Manchester and Birmingham added due to demand.

Mackintosh said the response to this latest production has highlighted the musical’s continued relevance, adding: “We set out to achieve this by moving away from the show’s original operatic Madame Butterfly inspiration and instead refocusing on its gritty 1970s dramatic and musical roots.

“The show, through its extraordinary score, retains its epic scale and emotional power. But now – 50 years on from when our war-torn love story was set, during the Fall of Saigon – the plight and struggles of its innocent characters fighting for survival are more poignant and moving than ever in a world still beset by many conflicts.”

Tickets for the West End run will go on sale in March 2026, with full details of dates and casting to be confirmed at a later time.

Set during the final days of the Vietnam War, the musical follows 17-year-old Kim, who is forced to work in a Saigon bar run by the Engineer. She falls in love with an American GI.

The score includes songs such as “The Heat Is On in Saigon”, “The Movie in My Mind”, “Last Night of the World” and “The American Dream.” The musical has been performed in 33 countries, across 378 cities, in 15 languages, and has won 75 major awards, including Olivier, Tony and Drama Desk Awards.

Miss Saigon has music by Claude-Michel Schönberg, lyrics by Richard Maltby Jr and Alain Boublil, adapted from the original French text by Boublil, with additional lyrics by Michael Mahler and new orchestrations by Stephen Metcalfe based on the original by William David Brohn. The new production is directed by Jean-Pierre van der Spuy, with co-choreography by Chrissie Cartwright and Carrie-Anne Ingrouille.

The creative team also includes set and costume designer Andrew D Edwards, lighting designer Bruno Poet, sound designer Adam Fisher, video designer George Reeve and musical supervisor Graham Hurman.