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Theatre
Marlborough
6 th MARCH
16 th MARCH
31 st MARCH
12 th APRIL
13 th -15 th APRIL
Cats
Jellicle cats come one, come all…
One of the world’s best-loved musicals, CATS, is coming to our very own ASB Theatre
Marlborough in April as part of its most extensive tour of New Zealand ever.
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.
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
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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.
BOOK NOW at ticketek.co.nz , phone 0800 842 538 or call into the box office
ASB Theatre Marlborough - www.asbtheatre.com (service fees apply)
18 th -21 st APRIL
19 th -21 st APRIL
23 rd APRIL
8 th -18 st MAY
26 th MAY
2 nd JUNE
www.asbtheatre.com