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We went to see a production of 'Miss Saigon' on Tuesday, 1st July 2003 at the Birmingham Hippodrome. We saw the evening performance that started at 7:30. 'Miss Saigon' is based on Puccini's opera 'Madame Butterfly' but has been brought forward into a modern context, so the audience can relate to the story more. There is a shift in the time period in which it uprooted the story of 'Madame Butterfly' and replants it during the Vietnam War of the 1970's. It tells the story of a young girl, Kim, who is forced into prostitution, and meets an American soldier. They have a relationship for a short period of time before Chris returns to America and Kim falls pregnant with Chris' child. Her dream is for her and their son, Tam, to move to America away from the war. The stage The stage had a proscenium arch, no 'thrust' or...

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