Play ‘born of rage’ over Asian female stereotypes lambasts Miss Saigon

Kimber Lee's award-winning drama, untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play, will be staged at Manchester's Royal Exchange while Miss Saigon opens at the Sheffield Crucible

The Royal Exchange theatre in Manchester is to present an award-winning play that rails against the portrayal of Asian women in the musical Miss Saigon.

The programming of Kimber Lee's drama untitled f*ck m*ss s**gon play was announced on Tuesday, following news that a touring theatre company of British east and south-east Asian (BESEA) artists has pulled a production from the Sheffield Crucible next summer because the venue is staging Miss Saigon. In a statement, New Earth Theatre said it would not present its play Worth alongside a musical that perpetuates deeply held notions of Asian inferiority".