” There are things I ca n’t bear to throw away”, he said. From Miss Saigon,” things Alain and Claude-Michel found when they went to Vietnam– the most beautiful Asian overcoat, which I have at my swimming share. It’s finely made. I love having that. And one of those Asian toys they’re pretty popular for, from Hanoi”.
From the set of the Les Miserables drama, which he also produced, he’s kept” the wonderful elephant that Gavroche lives in. It’s made of styrofoam, but for me, it’s a work of art. It would be thrown aside, they said. I said,’ No, no, no, I ca n’t bear it.’ It also strides through my yard”.
According to Phantom,” I have one of the unique animals and chandeliers off in a room where I store all of my costumes.”
At the same time, he reminded us,” My another task is, I’m essentially a farmer. I have two great dairy farms. Extraordinary quality milk. I make my own cheese butter”. In short,” My thoughts might be in the theatre, but my head is in the countryside”.
His other love, strongly linked, is cooking. ” Last evening, I cooked a gorgeous piece of turbot with wonderful fresh vegetables grown in my yard. Chervil, oregano, lemon butter soup. I had my own tubers, which were brand-new from the yard. I baked them in the pan with a tiny bit of wild garlic basil that we made earlier in the year after boiling them until they were all done. I therefore mashed them and put some butter on top of them. And finally, raw vegetables from the yard, which I shelled myself”.
After all, where he is in existence, it’s his perception, not his real presence, that’s needed in the great no-business-like-show-business. ” I’ve often been good at taking breaks”, he quipped.
” I believe taking a vacation is just as important as working.” I’m extremely wealthy. About 60 years, I’ve been producing. I watched Salad Days for the first time and made the decision to work as a theatre manufacturer, and I’m still as passionate as I was when I was eight years old. ” I can develop in and also keep my passion for that little bit of extra secret dust that only I can deliver, while I’m still fit and healthy.”
Catch Miss Saigon at the Sands Theatre, Marina Bay Sands. Tickets from S$ 60 to S$ 250 via Marina Bay Sands, Sistic or Klook.