Andrew Lloyd Webber’s Cats Have Arrived in Blackpool!

The full cast arrived in the resort this week complete with 15 articulated HGV’s making it one of the biggest sets to ever go into the Blackpool Opera House.

The hit show will run for a strictly limited eight weeks and the Blackpool performances will be the only place theatre-goers can see CATS North of London in 2015.

Jane McDonald, who is starring as Grizabella, said: “I am thrilled to finally be in Blackpool. We have been having a great time in rehearsals and now we are at the Winter Gardens we are all getting very excited about the show opening.

“It is going to be a great summer and I am really looking forward to performing in Blackpool and being part of such a wonderful and huge production.”

Adapted from TS Eliot’s ‘Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats’, with an amazing musical score that includes the timeless “Memory”, spectacular set designs, stunning costumes and breath-taking choreography, CATS is a magical musical like no other.

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.

CATS has a successful history in Blackpool. It first came to the Opera House in 1989 for an unprecedented six-month run. It then returned to wow audiences in 2003 as part of a national tour.

Winter Gardens Managing Director Michael Williams said: “It is great to see all the Cats in Blackpool ahead of next week. The set is looking absolutely amazing and audiences are going to be absolutely wowed when they see it.

“The entire staging has come to the Opera House direct from the London Palladium and I have no doubt that everyone is going to have a fantastic time when they see the show in Blackpool.”

One of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history, CATS has been seen by more than 73 million people and enchanted audiences in more than 300 cities around the world – now you too have the chance to experience this legendary musical phenomenon.

CATS is directed by Trevor Nunn, with Gillian Lynne as Associate Director and Choreographer and designs by John Napier.  Book is by T. S. Eliot with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.

CATS was originally produced by Cameron Mackintosh and The Really Useful Group Limited.

CATS will be at Blackpool Opera House from Thursday 9 July to Saturday 5 September.

Tickets priced form £20 are on sale now and are available by clicking here.

Showtimes

Thursday 9 July (preview night), Opening Night Friday 10 July to Saturday 5 September 2015

(Tuesday – Sunday evenings at 7.30pm, Wednesday and Saturday matinees at 2.30pm)

There will be NO performances 4- 9 August.