Cats tour announces almost entire company

Cats has announced the bulk of cast members for its new UK and Ireland tour, which opens at Theatre Royal Plymouth on 6 October 2026.

The production, presented by Michael Harrison for Lloyd Webber Harrison Musicals, follows the record-breaking run of the Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre revival, directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie, which continues in London until 19 September.

The touring company will feature Fin Adams (Alonzo), Kalisha Amaris (Old Deuteronomy), Carla Bertran (Electra and co-dance captain), Elliot Broadfoot (Bustopher Jones / Gus), Grace Burrows (offstage swing), Matthew Caputo (Skimbleshanks), Josie Chambers-Sims (Syllabub), Briana Craig (Rumpleteazer), Katie Dunsden (Bombalurina), Joshua-Samuel Freeman (Tumblebrutus), Regan Garcia (Pouncival), Aaron Jenkins (offstage swing), Hannah Joseph (Victoria), Taziva-Faye Katsande (Tantomile), Diante Lodge (Macavity), Shona Mairi Masson (offstage swing), Owen McHugh (George), Danny Nattrass (Mungojerrie), Millie O’Connell (Demeter), Andrew Parfitt (Coricopat), Dean Rickards (offstage swing), Nathan Rigg (offstage swing), Lucie-Mae Sumner (Jellylorum / Griddlebone), Laura Tyrer (Jennyanydots / Gumbie Cat), Jaydon Vijn (Rum Tum Tugger), Jack Wilcox (Munkustrap), Jet Yau (Mr Mistoffelees), Taela Yeomans-Brown (offstage swing and co-dance captain), and Patricia Zhou (Cassandra).

Casting plans for the role of Grizabella will be announced later this year.

McOnie said: “Cats has always celebrated the unique talents of its performers, and I can’t wait for audiences across the country 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.”

Featuring music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and based on Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats by T S Eliot, the production will tour to Hull, Birmingham, Manchester, Bristol, Llandudno, Glasgow, Nottingham, Canterbury, Sunderland, Aberdeen, Norwich, Belfast, Dublin, Oxford, Southampton, Edinburgh, Bradford, Liverpool, Woking, Cardiff, Milton Keynes and Newcastle, with performances scheduled through to June 2027.

The creative team includes set, costume and wigs designer Sami Fendall, lighting designer Jessica Hung Han Yun, sound designer Adam Fisher, makeup designer Guy Common, intimacy director Ingrid Mackinnon, voice coach Fiona McDougal, associate director and choreographer Ebony Molina, fight director Kev McCurdy, casting director Will Burton and musical supervisor Alex Parker.

Also on the creative team are associate lighting designer Lucy Adams, resident director and choreographer Josh Baker, associate set designer Tim Blazdell, associate sound designer Ollie Durrant, associate wigs and hair designer and supervisor Georgia Nosal and musical director Geraint Owen.