Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre announces full cast for CATS
Photo credit: Mark Senior
Full casting has been announced for Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre’s brand-new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s CATS, directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie, which runs from 25 July – 12 September.
The cast includes Fin Adams (A Chorus Line, Curve/Sadler’s Wells/UK tour) as Alonzo, Carla Bertran (Bat Out Of Hell, UK tour) as Electra/Co-Dance Captain, Elliot Broadfoot (Kathy & Stella Solve a Murder, West End) as Bustopher Jones, Grace Burrows (Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Kilworth House Theatre) as Offstage Swing, Matthew Caputo (Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Theatre Royal Bath) as Skimbleshanks, Josie Chambers-Sims (professional debut) as Syllabub (Jemima), Briana Craig (The Artist, Theatre Royal Plymouth) as Rumpleteazer, Katie Dunsden (Diamonds and Dust, Emerald Theatre) as Bombalurina, Joshua-Samuel Freeman (Sleeping Beauty, Royal Tunbridge Wells) as Tumblebrutus (Bill Bailey), Regan Garcia (The Secret Diary of Adrian Mole Aged 13¾ The Musical, West End) as Pouncival (Carbuckety), Aaron Jenkins (Matilda the Musical, West End) as Offstage Swing, Hannah Joseph (Dream Ballets: A Triple Bill, Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre) as Victoria, Taziva-Faye Katsande (Bugsy Malone, UK tour) as Tantomile, Melanie La Barrie (Hadestown, West End) as Old Deuteronomy, Diante Lodge (Les Liaisons Dangereuses, National Theatre) as Macavity/Admetus, Owen McHugh (Why Am I So Single?, West End) as George, Danny Nattrass (ELF the Musical, West End) as Mungojerrie, Millie O'Connell (Come Fall in Love, Opera House Manchester) as Demeter, Andrew Parfitt (The Lion King, West End) as Coricopat, Charlotte Riby (Midnight, Sadler’s Wells East) as Jennyanydots (Gumbie Cat), Nathan Rigg (Guys and Dolls, Bridge Theatre) as Offstage Swing, Lucie-Mae Sumner (Mary Poppins, UK tour) as Jellylorum (Griddlebone), Jaydon Vijn (Starlight Express, Troubadour Wembley Park Theatre) as Rum Tum Tugger, Jack Wilcox (Singin’ in the Rain, Kilworth House Theatre) as Munkustrap, Gary Wilmot (A Man for All Seasons, West End/National tour) as Gus, Rachael Wooding (Military Wives, York Theatre Royal) as Grizabella, Jet Yau (Gerry & Sewell, West End) as Mr. Mistoffelees/Quaxo, Taela Yeomans-Brown (Wicked, West End) as Offstage Swing/Co-Dance Captain), and Patricia Zhou (Dr Semmelweis, West End) as Cassandra.
Drew McOnie said: “I’m so excited to welcome this astonishing group of performers to Regent’s Park. CATS has always celebrated the unique talents of its performers, and I can’t wait for our audiences to experience this company’s brilliance in this brand-new production. Each of these cast members will play their own special part in creating animalistic harmony under the Jellicle Moon. It’s going to be quite an adventure and we look forward to welcoming you to join us.”
Also on the creative team are resident director and choreographer Josh Baker, casting director Will Burton, make-up designer and supervisor Guy Common, set, costume and wigs designer Sami Fendall, sound designer Adam Fisher, lighting designer Jessica Hung Han Yun, intimacy director Ingrid Mackinnon, fight director Kev McCurdy, voice coach Fiona McDougal, musical director Geraint Owen, and musical supervisor Alex Parker.
