Tour dates added for new production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's CATS
Credit: Feast Creative
Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals presents the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre production of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s global sensation, CATS, across a major UK tour and has today confirmed full dates for the forthcoming tour.
The brand-new production of the multi-award-winning musical will open at Theatre Royal Plymouth, where it plays from 6 – 17 October and then tours through to June 2027.
The tour is directed and choreographed by Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Artistic Director, Drew McOnie and follows a summer season at the venue from 25 July – 12 September.
With music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot, this production of CATS recently announced 2026’s touring engagements, which after Theatre Royal Plymouth will visit Hull (20 – 24 October), Birmingham (27 Oct -7 November), Manchester (10 – 21 November), Bristol (24 – 28 November), Llandudno (1 – 5 December), and Glasgow (8 – 27 December).
Additional dates for 2027 confirmed today are: Nottingham (6 – 16 January 2027), Canterbury (19 – 23 January 2027), Sunderland (26 – 30 January 2027), Aberdeen (9 – 13 February 2027), Norwich (16 – 27 February 2027), Belfast (2 – 13 March 2027), Oxford, Southampton (30 March – 10 April 2027), Edinburgh (20 – 24 April 2027), Bradford (27 April – 1 May 2027), Liverpool (5 – 15 May 2027), Woking (18 – 22 May 2027), Cardiff (25 – 29 May 2027), Milton Keynes (1 – 5 June 2027), and Newcastle (8 – 19 June 2027).
With a legendary score which inspired generations featuring ‘Old Deuteronomy’, ‘Macavity: The Mystery Cat’, ‘Jellicle Ball’ and the chart-topping hit ‘Memory’, this brand-new production of CATS, directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie, is a magical musical like no other.
Joining McOnie on the creative team are set, costume and wigs designer Sami Fendall, lighting designer Jessica Hung Han Yun, sound designer Adam Fisher, makeup designer Guy Common, casting director Will Burton, and musical supervisor Alex Parker.
Full casting for the UK tour to be announced.
To book tickets for CATS at select touring venues, please click here.