Cats

Cats opens at Hull New Theatre on Tuesday 20 October, with the production staying in town until Saturday 24 October. It's a brand-new production on a major UK and Ireland tour, so it's a fresh take on a show that's been running for a long time.

For those who aren't familiar, it's Andrew Lloyd Webber's multi-award-winning musical, based on T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. The story follows a tribe of Jellicle Cats who gather at the Jellicle Ball to decide which one of them will be chosen to ascend to the Heaviside Layer and be reborn. It's carried by a score that includes 'Memory', and features characters like Old Deuteronomy and Macavity. The show first premiered in the West End in 1981 and on Broadway in 1982, and has since become one of the longest-running shows of all time. A film adaptation followed in 2019.

This particular production is directed and choreographed by Drew McOnie, who also worked on Brigadoon and Jesus Christ Superstar. There's an audio described performance available, too.

There are plenty of options to fit in: Tuesday 20 October at 7:30pm; Wednesday 21 October at 2:30pm and 7:30pm; Thursday 22 October at 2:30pm and 7:30pm; Friday 23 October at 7:30pm; and Saturday 24 October at 2:30pm and 7:30pm. Tickets start from £29.00, and the theatre is at Hull Kingston Square, HU1 3HF.