UK Tour of Cats heads to the Milton Keynes Theatre

Casts, one of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history, is currently touring the UK and will visit the Milton Keynes Theatre for two weeks between 25th June and 6th July 2013. 

Based on T.S Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record- breaking adaptation is directed by Trevor Nunn, with choreography by Gillian Lynne and set and costume design by John Napier. 

On just one special night of the year, all Jellicle cats meet at the Jellicle Ball where Old Deuteronomy, their wise and benevolent leader, makes the Jellicle choice and announces which of them will go up to the heaviside layer and be reborn into a whole new Jellicle life. Music, dance and verse fuse together in an enchanting blend of fantasy, drama and romance. 

Cats opened at the New London Theatre on 11th May 1981 and played almost 9,000 performances. It closed on 11th May 2002 having celebrated 21 record-breaking years and winning an Olivier Award for Best Musical (1981). 

On Broadway it was the winner of 7 Tony Awards (including Best Musical and Best Director) and ran for an amazing 18 years making it second only to The Phantom Of The Opera as Broadway’s longest running musical. 

Cats continues to be a worldwide musical phenomenon; to date Cats remains one of the world’s longest running musicals and has been seen by over 50 million people. It has enchanted audiences in over 300 cities in 26 countries around the world and has been performed in at least 10 different languages. Cats was last seen in the UK in 2008 where it enjoyed a hugely successful tour playing to sell-out audiences across the country. 

Cats has featured some of this country’s most famous stage performers including Elaine Paige (Grizabella), Wayne Sleep (Mungojerrie), Bonnie Langford (Rumpleteazer), Paul Nicholas (Rum Tum Tugger), Brian Blessed (Old Deuteronomy), Sarah Brightman (Jemima) and Rosemarie Ford (Bombalurina & Grizabella). 

For further information and tickets, please visit www.atgtickets.com/miltonkeynes.

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