Biggest NZ tour ever!
CATS the musical
Blenheim |Christchurch | Ashburton| Oamaru| Dunedin| Invercargill|
Whangarei| Kerikeri | Auckland| Hamilton| Gisborne| Tauranga | Napier
Wellington| Palmerston North| New Plymouth
TICKETS ON SALE TOMORROW
One of the world’s best-loved musicals, CATS, will embark on its most extensive tour of New Zealand ever in 2019.
This new production of the Andrew Lloyd Webber masterpiece will visit 16 cities nationwide in April and May. It will be
the first major theatrical performance at the $127.5 million refurbished Christchurch Town Hall.
Tickets to this classic stage spectacular go on sale tomorrow. Dates and locations below. Check Eventfinda for details.
As of 2018, CATS is the fourth-longest-running show in Broadway history, and was the longest running Broadway show in history from 1997
until 2006 when it was surpassed by The Phantom of the Opera. Cats is the sixth-longest-running West End show. It has been performed around the world many times and has been translated
into more than 20 languages. In 1998, Cats was turned into a made-for-television film. The musical has grossed approximately $342.2 million.
It has won many awards, including Best Musical at both the Laurence Olivier Awards and the Tony Awards, and is
considered among the all-time favourites of musical theatre fans.
Since its world premiere, CATS has been presented in over 30 countries, and has been seen by over 73 million people worldwide.
Both the original London and Broadway cast recordings won Grammy Awards for Best Cast Album. The classic Lloyd Webber
score includes Memory, which has been recorded by over 150 artists, from Barbra Streisand and Johnny Mathis to Liberace and Barry Manilow.
CATS is based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot. The musical tells the story of a tribe of cats called the Jellicles and the night they make what is
known as "the Jellicle choice" and decide which cat will ascend to the Heaviside Layer and come back to a new life.
For media inquiries, contact Sandra Roberts
021 525104 | Sandra@skip.co.nz
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Cats tour of NZ – 2019
April12BlenheimASB Theatre7:30pmTicketek
14ChristchurchTown Hall4pm & 8pmTicketek
15AshburtonEvent Centre7:30pmTicketdirect
16OamaruOpera House7:30pmTicketdirect
17DunedinRegent Theatre7:30pmTicketdirect
18InvercargillCivic Theatre7:30pmTicketdirect
23WhangareiForum North7:30pmTicketek
24KerikeriTurner Centre7:30pmThe Centre
26AucklandBMC7:30pmTicketmaster
27HamiltonClaudelands7:30pmTicketek
29GisborneMemorial Theatre7:30pmTicketdirect
30TaurangaBaycourt Theatre7:30pmTicketek
May1TaurangaBaycourt Theatre7:30pmTicketek
2NapierMunicipal Theatre7:30pmTicketek
3WellingtonMFC7:30pmTicketmaster
4P NorthRegent Theatre7:30pmTicketdirect
5New PlymouthTSB Showplace4pm & 8pmTicketek
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