Cats in the World

The Musical
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Two Unforgettable Nights
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The Origins
- Thomas S. Eliot
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Cats Video
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Cats in Italy
- Milan, 1995
- Milan, 2003...?

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Cats in the world

Running productions

USA Tour: fifth national Tour, by Troika Entertainment. The most updated website about that is Cats Tour V, by Ms Jellicle, where you can find all the scheduled dates.

Japan: Cats have been running for many years in Japan, by Gekidan Shiki (Four Seasons Theatre Group). The show is currently playing in Shizuoka until July. In August, it will move to Hiroshima.

Hungary: Cats opened in Budapest in 1983 at the theatre Madách Színház, third production in the world after the London and the Broadway ones. The show is still running.

USA Regional Productions
Cumberland, Playhouse. Jun 13 - Jul 27

World Tour: the South African producation of Cats is travelling in lots of countries such as Lebanon, Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, and South Korea. Unfortunately, the SAS Emergency obliged the producers to cancel the schedule steps in China, but the success of this Tour is growing. Next scheduled dates:
- Taiwan, Taipei - August 1st-10th
- Qatar, dates unknown
- Sweden, Oct 29th - Nov 1st - Globen Arena, Stockholm
Nov 21st - Nov 22 - Scandanavium, Gothenburg
- Norway, Nov 6th - Nov 8th - Specktrum Arena, Oslo
- Finland, Nov 13 - Nov 15th - Hartwall Areena, Helsinki

Germany: after bankrupt of company Stella, which had produced the show in Stuttgart, the rights of Cats have been bought by the Stage Holding group. The show had its debut in Berlin on October 20th, 2002. There are no informations about the closing date (some rumours talk about an year).

United Kingdom: a Cats tour is travelling all over England, Scotland and Ireland, as the official tour website reports. Next scheduled dates:
Belfast, Grand Opera House, 10 - 28 June 2003;
Bradford, Alhambra Theatre, 1 - 19 July 2003
Blackpool, Opera House, 29 July - 16 August 2003;
Eastbourne, Congress Theatre, 19 - 30 August 2003;
Milton Keynes Theatre, 23 September - 11 October 2003;
Birmingham, Alexandra Theatre, 14 October - 1 November 2003;
Woking, New Victoria Theatre, 4 - 22 November 2003;
Stoke, Regent's Theatre, 25 November - 13 December 2003;
Oxford, New Theatre, 16 December 2003 - 3 January 2004.

Future productions

USA Regional Productions
Sacramento, CA - CMT, Jul 8 - Jul 20, 2003
Beverly, MA - NSMT, Jul 8th - Aug 3rd, 2003
Chanhassen, MN - Chanhassen Th., Oct 31 - Dec 30th, 2003
Mesa, AZ B'way Palm West, Apr 22 - Jun 2, 2004

Canadian Regional Production
Halifax, Neptune Theatre, 2004

Italy: see page Milan, 2003 of this website.

For the images, thanks to: Idiosylph, Carbucketty and Tuggerine.
For news and informations: Carbucketty, Sachmet, Munkujanna and Feliciradeya.