Sheffield Theatres announces new 2023 shows including reimagined MISS SAIGON
Sheffield Theatres have announced new shows for 2023 including Eve Leigh’s Wildfire Road and a new production of Miss Saigon, marking the first regional non-replica production.
Wildfire Road will be staged in the intimate and flexible Tanya Moiseiwitsch Playhouse from 4-18 March 2023, directed by Laura Keefe. The play is an environmental thriller about a highjacked plane and a disparate group of passengers who try to make sense of their situation as the world burns below.
Miss Saigon will be reimagined in the Crucible from 8 July-12 August 2023 by Sheffield Theatres’ Artistic Director Robert Hastie and RTYDS Associate Artistic Director Anthony Lau as co-directors, with design by Ben Stones and lighting by Jessica Hung Han Yun.
Joanna Ampil, who has previously played Kim in the London, Sydney, UK touring and 10th anniversary productions of Miss Saigon, will be cast as The Engineer. Further casting and creative team will be announced in due course.
Robert Hastie said: “As we reach the culmination of our 50th anniversary year we are proud to announce new productions that continue our quest to give Sheffield audiences thrilling experiences they can only get in the theatre. A new production of Miss Saigon – the first in the UK to be given permission to explore new approaches to staging and casting since the original 1989 production – will light up the Crucible in Summer 2023. Anthony and I are thrilled to be co-directing Boublil and Schönberg’s iconic show, and could not be more excited to be welcoming Joanna Ampil to Sheffield to play The Engineer.
“And as ever at Sheffield Theatres the classic sits alongside the brand new, with a mind-bending new play from Eve Leigh taking audiences to new heights in the Playhouse, our flexible, intimate space recently renamed in honour of our founding designer, Tanya Moiseiwitsch.
“With these new productions joining a packed season, Life of Pi playing in the West End, Much Ado About Nothing about to depart on a national tour, and Standing at the Sky’s Edge arriving at the National Theatre in 2023, we are proud to be bringing the world to Sheffield Theatres and Sheffield theatre to the world.”
Tickets for Wildfire Road and Miss Saigon are on sale to Centre Stage Members at 10am on Saturday 24 September and on general sale at 10am on Saturday 1 October 2022. Tickets for all 2022 productions are on sale now here.
