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  • 67 of 67 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 9 KarenUK

    Member since 08/07/2000

    Reviews written: 1125

    5 Stars HIT SAIGON! Diamond review Review with images 08/06/2006
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages An excellent show, high quality throughout

    Disadvantages Disadvantages No helicopter!

    The Bristol Hippodrome is currently home to Cameron Mackintosh's new production of the hit musical Miss. Saigon. Being a big fan of this genre, my daughter and I really wanted to see it, so I bought the tickets through Ticketmaster - £35 for mine, £30 for hers - and we saw it last night, fourth row of the stalls. Miss. Saigon is quite a 'heavy' musical, not one I would recommend for young kids (swearing, murder, suicide, skimpy costumes) or for casual fans. It is a "through-composed" musical, which means there is no spoken dialogue, everything is conveyed through song. I know some people don't ... more
  • 29 of 29 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Critchyboy

    5 Stars Noooooooooooooooo 10/02/2003
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Excellent show

    Disadvantages Disadvantages None

    Those were the last words of the show. Not just a simple ‘no’ or a direct ‘no’ but a ‘no’ so full of pain and agony that you could not fail to be moved by it. A ‘no’ I felt like shouting as I could have happily sat through the entire performance again… Miss Saigon is a remarkable musical/opera – I have never experienced a show quite like it. The passion, the drive, the energy, the simple nightmarish consequences of actions we make – this was a first for me. Normally, I am quite reserved with my emotions – I’ve seen Les Mis and managed to hold back the sniffles ‘till half way through the first ... more
  • 23 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 8 zoe_page

    Member since 08/07/2001

    Reviews written: 871

    4 Stars Ikea Hits Asia 23/04/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages ..

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    I live near the Palace theatre – so near, in fact, that you can see the immense clock tower from my kitchen. In the middle of the night, when the rest of that area of the city is plunged into darkness, I can usually find my way home by aiming for the bright, shining red letters that spell out its name. In short, it’s my local theatre when I’m in Manchester. At the moment, Miss Saigon is showing there about 8 times a week (6 x evenings and 2 matinees). It’s been on since last November, and will continue to show until June, and I saw it for the first time last weekend ... more
  • 19 of 19 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    darrenaspinall

    5 Stars the heat is on in saigon 22/01/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages great musical

    Disadvantages Disadvantages don't presume you don't like musicals until you;ve seen this one

    I went to see Miss Saigon on Saturday 19th January 2002, at the palace theatre in Manchester. We had to go to the matinee because all of the evening performances were sold out. The palace theatre itself has recently undergone a development costing in excess of 300,000. There is a modern box office, different signage and front façade, new canopy, another kiosk and merchandise positions and a fully re-fitted pit bar. The surroundings looked and felt very elegant. The programme cost just £3.00 and they were on sale just as you walk through the entrance. The bar prices were a little steeper than ... more
  • 20 of 20 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    consumer5

    5 Stars A brilliant, heart renching experience. 19/06/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Powerfull, moving and dramatic.

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Expensive tickets.

    One word to summarise Miss Siagon? I would certainly say Intense, intense and intense. I went to the Apollo theatre in Manchetser (after paying a tear jerking amount for my ticket) with no idea of the story, form, style or critical response to the play. Thankfully for me (and my empty purse) I was actually very surprised at the brilliance of the whole affair. Yes, it was heavy and the constant operatic form did, in parts become quite tiring. But it had to be, I mean the Vietnam war was no bunch of roses. Miss Saigon is a love story set in Vietnam in 1975. Kim is a 17-year-old orphan who flees ... more
  • 14 of 14 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    darrenasprin

    5 Stars SEXY LADIES 07/12/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages great show

    Disadvantages Disadvantages none

    I went to see Miss Saigon on Saturday 19th January 2002, at the palace theatre in Manchester. We had to go to the matinee because all of the evening performances were sold out. The palace theatre itself has recently undergone a development costing in excess of 300,000. There is a modern box office, different signage and front façade, new canopy, another kiosk and merchandise positions and a fully re-fitted pit bar. The surroundings looked and felt very elegant. The programme cost just £3.00 and they were on sale just as you walk through the entrance. The bar prices were a little steeper than ... more
  • 15 of 15 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    holty

    5 Stars Must see show 01/03/2002
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages fantastic!!

    Disadvantages Disadvantages May need to invest in a waterproof mascara!!

    I went to see Miss Saigon at the Palace Theatre, Manchester, at a cost of approximately 36.00 per ticket. I wouldn't usually pay so much for tickets, but I heard so much about the production I decided to take the plunge!! As the show began I was slightly unsure of whether I had made the right choice - I had attended musical theatre productions before - but not a musical where there were no spoken words. I soon forgot my reservations as the production progressed and I was swallowed up in the touching and somewhat shocking portrayal. For anyone who does not know the story of Miss Saigon, it ... more
  • 22 of 23 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    Level 5 digitalenvironmentalist

    Member since 31/01/2007

    Reviews written: 43

    5 Stars ~~A Superb Masterpiece from Mackintosh~~ Review with images 31/01/2007
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Most spectacular production around the world

    Disadvantages Disadvantages The UK tour has already ended but there might be possible future shows

    THERE ARE SO MANY POSITIVE REVIEWS and documented reports about the musical - from West End to Broadway and Down Under acclaiming that Miss Saigon is one of the best productions ever shown around the world! After reading reviews available on-line, I was inspired to write my own review considering that I was able to watch the play for 3 times: April 1997 (New York, USA), October 2000 (Manila, Philippines) and October 2005 (Belfast, Northern Ireland). With no doubt, each review has its own merit of telling us why Miss Saigon is highly recommended play to watch. Having that, so what is the reason ... more
  • 10 of 10 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    RuthHolohan

    5 Stars Victims of war 14/07/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages Brilliant story and songs

    Disadvantages Disadvantages Sad

    My parents first took me to see Miss Saigon in the West End when I was 11 years old and I don't think I truly understood the meanings behind it, but it made a big impact on me even then. The musical begins during the Vietnam war in a Saigon brothel run by the Engineer - an 'entrapreneur' who is desperate to get to the USA to live the 'American Dream'. Its Kim's first night and she is young and nervous but very beautiful. Chris - a US marine who was dragged on the night out by his friends - is surprised how taken he is by Kim and they spend one unexpected but perfect night together in which ... more
  • 8 of 9 Ciao users found the following review helpful
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    anjib

    5 Stars Bring your tissues 05/01/2001
    User recommends the product

    Advantages Advantages dramatic, emotional, good songs and storyline

    Disadvantages Disadvantages need plenty of tissues, not so suitable for children

    This musical is guaranteed to have you crying (filling up at the very least). What really makes this musical outstanding and different from some of the other Cameron Mackintosh/Andrew Lloyd Webbers is the many different emotions that it has to portray. On minute you are in a brothel and all the girls are singing and performing (literally!!!!), the next you have very emotional ballads between a marine, his wife and his lover (father of his child) and then you have the excitement and fear when a helicopter is bought on stage and all the girls are trying to escape for a better life. If that ... more
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