Last 3 June, my cousins and I watched a local play of Miss Saigon. We had to drive 2 hours from our suburb to be at Wonthaggi, Western Australia. This was my first time to watch a play and its Miss Saigon at that. I didn't read anything about the play so I had no expectations and didn't know the story line. We arrived at about 12:30 in the afternoon, had lunch and waited for the theatre play to start at 1:30 pm at Wonthaggi Union Cinema. I was fortunate that there was one extra ticket for me because one of my aunt's friend decided not to watch the show. The ticket costs 39 AUD.
There were a lot of promotional posters for the show outside the venue. I believe almost all seats were booked when we were there.
Program souvenirs was at a cost of 8 AUD each and were available in the foyer.
It contained the names of the cast and a bit about their background as well as the Director, Ensemble and whole production team. This souvenir has their signatures because we waited for them to come out to the foyer after the show.
The show was amazing. The actors were good and my Aunt even shed a tear when Kim shot herself. We sat at the center of the third row and the facial expressions, singing, dancing and acting of the cast was so good and convincing. Their hours of rehearsals turned into a wonderful production. Most of the audience did a standing ovation when they had the finale.
The pretty lady in the middle played Kim and the theater play's director is on the far right. Lucky to have met them, praised them and had a photo with them.
photo courtesy of L.M. Ungab-Ty
They are now also promoting another upcoming play. The folks I was with were excited and planned to come back to Wonthaggi to support this project.
I am now inspired to watch more theater plays in the future. Hopefully I can do this soon when I find a job and get a salary. But it was such a great first time for me.
Thank you for reading and 'til next blog! :)
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