Miss Saigon will visit Southampton early in 2026, the Daily Echo can exclusively reveal. 

Michael Harrison and Cameron Mackintosh have announced that a new version of Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical will tour to Mayflower Theatre from January 27 to February 7.

Tickets for the show will go on general sale on March 5 with a members pre-sale from February 21.

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Celebrated producer Cameron Mackintosh told the Daily Echo: "Over 35 years after Boublil and Schönberg’s legendary musical Miss Saigon first opened to international success, I am delighted that this powerful heart-wrenching love story has remained timeless around the world.

"The story of two young people - an American soldier and a Vietnamese girl - who fall in love as their lives are torn apart by war, ultimately causing a mother to sacrifice her life for her child, has become a worldwide hit.

"The recent hugely successful Sheffield Crucible production took a contemporary look at this great musical and that inspired producer Michael Harrison and I to also take a fresh look at Miss Saigon and create a modern version that can play many theatres that the original was unable to do."

(Image: Mayflower Theatre) In the last days of the Vietnam War, 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.

Since its London premiere in 1989, Cameron Mackintosh’s original production of the epic musical became one of the most successful musicals in history. Miss Saigon has been performed in 33 countries in 15 different languages, has won 75 major awards including two Olivier Awards and three Tonys and has been seen by over 38 million people worldwide.

The score features the songs The Heat is On in Saigon, The Movie in My Mind, Last Night of the World and The American Dream.

Full casting is to be announced.