Miss Saigon - a critical review.
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On Monday February 10th 2003, I watched Miss Saigon at Bristol Hippodrome, It was directed by Nicholas Hytner, Originally Written by Claude-Michel Schonberg. The Staging was very impressive. Everything was life-sized looking extremely realistic, they even went to the extreme of getting a computer operated helicopter weighing 800kg. The helicopter was so large it would need a 2.5m cube box. Also the Ho Chi Minh gold statue creates a amazing atmosphere, it is 12ft tall and forms an amazing backdrop to the stage. Props this large were used to create the visual effects to really shock the audience, and put across to them on just what a scale this performance was on. They help make the show impact you in a big way, the performance is put together extremely well, there are a lot of large sets, but not a stagehand in sight or a pause in the action. This is...


