Mackintosh to stage his West End hits in China
Theatre impresario Cameron Mackintosh has struck a deal with the Chinese government to stage Mandarin versions of shows such as Les Miserables.
A scene from Les Miserables at The Queens Theatre, London Photo: Michael Le Poer Trench
An agreement has been reached with the China Arts and Entertainment Group, which is affiliated with the country’s ministry of culture, for Mackintosh to produce local versions of a number of his West End shows including Miss Saigon, The Phantom of the Opera and Mary Poppins.
The productions will be cast locally, with the first of the series - Les Miserables - opening at the National Grand Theatre in Beijing in November 2008.
In the long run, Mackintosh will also be looking to help train Chinese writers, performers and production crews to create original Chinese musicals.
The impresario was the first Western producer to take a large-scale musical to China, with an English language version of Les Miserables opening in Shanghai in 2002.
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