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 -26: Performed at [[Artscape]] in Cape Town from 10 December 2025 to 11 January 2026, and at [[The Teatro]] at [[Montecasino]] from 17 January tot 22 February. The show was produced by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[GWB Entertainment]], by arrangement with  Lloyd Webber's international entertainment company '''The Really Useful Group'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LW_Entertainment] and in association with [[Cape Town Opera]]. Utilizing the original designs by John Napier, choreography by the late Gillian Lynne and direction by Trevor Nunn, the production was locally directed and choreographed by [[Duane Alexander]], with a huge South African cast that included [[Cindy Ann Abrahams]] (as Grizabella), [[King B]] (as Old Deuteronomy), [[Dylan Janse van Rensburg]] (as Rum Tum Tugger) and [[Che-jean Jupp]] (as Munkustrap), [[Stephan Van Der Walt]], [[Sibusiso Mxosana]], [[Sipesihle Ngamlana]], [[Tatum Coleman]], [[Tshepo Ncokoane]], [[Michael Fullard]], [[Hannah Marshall]], [[Darren Rockman]], [[Brittane van Loggerenberg]], [[Morgan Marshall]], [[Harry Smallman]], [[Noa Duckitt]], [[Scarlett Pay]], [[Zoe Mclaughlin]], [[Austin Tshikosi]], [[Jordan Roelfze]], [[Tannah Levick]], [[Logan Timbre]], [[Tania Mteto]], [[Cassiel Eatock-Winnik]], [[Ryan Flynn]], [[Jackie Lulu]], [[Marco Titus]] and [[Phoebe Charles]] as swings.
-The company management and technical crew included: [[Juanita van Wyk]] (Company manager), [[Duane Alexander]] (Resident director), [[Morgan Marshall]] (Dance captain), [[Wicus Louw]] (Stage manager), [[Amber Fox-Martin]] (Deputy stage manager), [[Allan Peterson]] (Head mechanist), [[Francois van der Hoven]] (Deputy Head mechanist), [[Frankie van Straten]] (Costume head of department) and [[Madelein Krugell]] (Wigs head of department)
+The vast company management and technical crew included: [[Juanita van Wyk]] (Company manager), [[Duane Alexander]] (Resident director), [[Louis Zurnamer]] (Musical dirtector), [[Morgan Marshall]] (Dance captain), [[Wicus Louw]] (Stage manager), [[Amber Fox-Martin]] (Deputy stage manager), [[Allan Peterson]] (Head mechanist), [[Francois van der Hoven]] (Deputy Head mechanist), [[Frankie van Straten]] (Costume head of department) and [[Madelein Krugell]] (Wigs head of department)
 -2027: The company followed up the South African season with a two-year tour of India and the Middle East in 2026-2027.

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 : The production moved to the [[State Theatre]] in Pretoria in February for a 16-week run.
--26: Performed at [[Artscape]] in Cape Town from 10 December 2025 to 11 January 2026, and at [[The Teatro]] at [[Montecasino]] from 17 January tot 22 February. The show was produced by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[GWB Entertainment]], by arrangement with  Lloyd Webber's international entertainment company '''The Really Useful Group'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LW_Entertainment] and in association with [[Cape Town Opera]]. Utilizing the original designs by John Napier, choreography by the late Gillian Lynne and direction by Trevor Nunn, the production was locally directed and choreographed by [[Duane Alexander]], with a huge South African cast that included [[Cindy Ann Abrahams]] (as Grizabella), [[King B]] (as Old Deuteronomy), [[Dylan Janse van Rensburg]] (as Rum Tum Tugger) and [[Che-jean Jupp]] (as Munkustrap), [[Stephan Van Der Walt]], [[Sibusiso Mxosana]], [[Sipesihle Ngamlana]], [[Tatum Coleman]], [[Tshepo Ncokoane]], [[Michael Fullard]], [[Hannah Marshall]], [[Darren Rockman]], [[Brittane van Loggerenberg]], [[Morgan Marshall]], [[Harry Smallman]], [[Noa Duckitt]], [[Scarlett Pay]], [[Zoe Mclaughlin]], [[Austin Tshikosi]], [[Jordan Roelfze]], [[Tannah Levick]], [[Logan Timbre]], [[Tania Mteto]]and [[Cassiel Eatock-Winnik]], [[Ryan Flynn]], [[Jackie Lulu]], [[Marco Titus]] and [[Phoebe Charles]] as swings.
+-26: Performed at [[Artscape]] in Cape Town from 10 December 2025 to 11 January 2026, and at [[The Teatro]] at [[Montecasino]] from 17 January tot 22 February. The show was produced by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[GWB Entertainment]], by arrangement with  Lloyd Webber's international entertainment company '''The Really Useful Group'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LW_Entertainment] and in association with [[Cape Town Opera]]. Utilizing the original designs by John Napier, choreography by the late Gillian Lynne and direction by Trevor Nunn, the production was locally directed and choreographed by [[Duane Alexander]], with a huge South African cast that included [[Cindy Ann Abrahams]] (as Grizabella), [[King B]] (as Old Deuteronomy), [[Dylan Janse van Rensburg]] (as Rum Tum Tugger) and [[Che-jean Jupp]] (as Munkustrap), [[Stephan Van Der Walt]], [[Sibusiso Mxosana]], [[Sipesihle Ngamlana]], [[Tatum Coleman]], [[Tshepo Ncokoane]], [[Michael Fullard]], [[Hannah Marshall]], [[Darren Rockman]], [[Brittane van Loggerenberg]], [[Morgan Marshall]], [[Harry Smallman]], [[Noa Duckitt]], [[Scarlett Pay]], [[Zoe Mclaughlin]], [[Austin Tshikosi]], [[Jordan Roelfze]], [[Tannah Levick]], [[Logan Timbre]], [[Tania Mteto]], [[Cassiel Eatock-Winnik]], [[Ryan Flynn]], [[Jackie Lulu]], [[Marco Titus]] and [[Phoebe Charles]] as swings.
 The company management and technical crew included: [[Juanita van Wyk]] (Company manager), [[Duane Alexander]] (Resident director), [[Morgan Marshall]] (Dance captain), [[Wicus Louw]] (Stage manager), [[Amber Fox-Martin]] (Deputy stage manager), [[Allan Peterson]] (Head mechanist), [[Francois van der Hoven]] (Deputy Head mechanist), [[Frankie van Straten]] (Costume head of department) and [[Madelein Krugell]] (Wigs head of department)

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 https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-12-12-animal-instinct-why-cats-is-the-musical-everybody-remembers/
-''''Business Day'''', 11 December 2001.
+''''[[Business Day]]'''', 11 December 2001.
 https://www.litnet.co.za/cats-is-terug-en-die-hele-kaapstad-kattemaai/
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 https://www.netwerk24.com/kunste/teater/resensie-gaan-kyk-cats-en-neem-jou-kinders-saam-20251216-0337
-''[[CATS]]'' (2026) Programme, [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[GWM Entertainment]].
+''[[Cats]]'' (2026) Programme, [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[GWM Entertainment]].
 == Return to ==
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 1 C|C]] in Plays 1 Original SA Plays
+Return to [[South_African_Films]]
-Return to [[ESAT Plays 2 C|C]] in Plays 2 Foreign Plays
+Return to [[South_African_Television/Plays|South African Television Plays and Series]]
-Return to [[South_African_Theatre/Plays]]
+Return to [[The ESAT Entries]]
 Return to [[Main Page]]

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		+	''[[CATS]]'' (2026) Programme, [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[GWM Entertainment]].

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 -26: Performed at [[Artscape]] in Cape Town from 10 December 2025 to 11 January 2026, and at [[The Teatro]] at [[Montecasino]] from 17 January tot 22 February. The show was produced by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[GWB Entertainment]], by arrangement with  Lloyd Webber's international entertainment company '''The Really Useful Group'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LW_Entertainment] and in association with [[Cape Town Opera]]. Utilizing the original designs by John Napier, choreography by the late Gillian Lynne and direction by Trevor Nunn, the production was locally directed and choreographed by [[Duane Alexander]], with a huge South African cast that included [[Cindy Ann Abrahams]] (as Grizabella), [[King B]] (as Old Deuteronomy), [[Dylan Janse van Rensburg]] (as Rum Tum Tugger) and [[Che-jean Jupp]] (as Munkustrap), [[Stephan Van Der Walt]], [[Sibusiso Mxosana]], [[Sipesihle Ngamlana]], [[Tatum Coleman]], [[Tshepo Ncokoane]], [[Michael Fullard]], [[Hannah Marshall]], [[Darren Rockman]], [[Brittane van Loggerenberg]], [[Morgan Marshall]], [[Harry Smallman]], [[Noa Duckitt]], [[Scarlett Pay]], [[Zoe Mclaughlin]], [[Austin Tshikosi]], [[Jordan Roelfze]], [[Tannah Levick]], [[Logan Timbre]], [[Tania Mteto]]and [[Cassiel Eatock-Winnik]], [[Ryan Flynn]], [[Jackie Lulu]], [[Marco Titus]] and [[Phoebe Charles]] as swings.
-The touring company management and technical crew included: Juanita van Wyk (Company manager), Duane Alexander (Resident director), Morganb Marshall (Dance captain), Wicus Louw (Stage manager), Amber Fox-Martin (Deputy stage manager), Allan Peterason (Head mechanist), (Francois van der Hoven (Deputy Head mechanist), Frankie van Straten (Costume head of department), Madelein Krugell Wigs head of department)
+The company management and technical crew included: [[Juanita van Wyk]] (Company manager), [[Duane Alexander]] (Resident director), [[Morgan Marshall]] (Dance captain), [[Wicus Louw]] (Stage manager), [[Amber Fox-Martin]] (Deputy stage manager), [[Allan Peterson]] (Head mechanist), [[Francois van der Hoven]] (Deputy Head mechanist), [[Frankie van Straten]] (Costume head of department) and [[Madelein Krugell]] (Wigs head of department)
--2027: The show followed up the South African season with a two-year tour of India and the Middle East in 2026-2027.
+-2027: The company followed up the South African season with a two-year tour of India and the Middle East in 2026-2027.
 == Sources ==

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	2025-26: Performed at [[Artscape]] in Cape Town from 10 December 2025 to 11 January 2026, and at [[The Teatro]] at [[Montecasino]] from 17 January tot 22 February. The show was produced by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[GWB Entertainment]], by arrangement with Lloyd Webber's international entertainment company '''The Really Useful Group'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LW_Entertainment] and in association with [[Cape Town Opera]]. Utilizing the original designs by John Napier, choreography by the late Gillian Lynne and direction by Trevor Nunn, the production was locally directed and choreographed by [[Duane Alexander]], with a huge South African cast that included [[Cindy Ann Abrahams]] (as Grizabella), [[King B]] (as Old Deuteronomy), [[Dylan Janse van Rensburg]] (as Rum Tum Tugger) and [[Che-jean Jupp]] (as Munkustrap), [[Stephan Van Der Walt]], [[Sibusiso Mxosana]], [[Sipesihle Ngamlana]], [[Tatum Coleman]], [[Tshepo Ncokoane]], [[Michael Fullard]], [[Hannah Marshall]], [[Darren Rockman]], [[Brittane van Loggerenberg]], [[Morgan Marshall]], [[Harry Smallman]], [[Noa Duckitt]], [[Scarlett Pay]], [[Zoe Mclaughlin]], [[Austin Tshikosi]], [[Jordan Roelfze]], [[Tannah Levick]], [[Logan Timbre]], [[Tania Mteto]]and [[Cassiel Eatock-Winnik]], [[Ryan Flynn]], [[Jackie Lulu]], [[Marco Titus]] and [[Phoebe Charles]] as swings.		2025-26: Performed at [[Artscape]] in Cape Town from 10 December 2025 to 11 January 2026, and at [[The Teatro]] at [[Montecasino]] from 17 January tot 22 February. The show was produced by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[GWB Entertainment]], by arrangement with Lloyd Webber's international entertainment company '''The Really Useful Group'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LW_Entertainment] and in association with [[Cape Town Opera]]. Utilizing the original designs by John Napier, choreography by the late Gillian Lynne and direction by Trevor Nunn, the production was locally directed and choreographed by [[Duane Alexander]], with a huge South African cast that included [[Cindy Ann Abrahams]] (as Grizabella), [[King B]] (as Old Deuteronomy), [[Dylan Janse van Rensburg]] (as Rum Tum Tugger) and [[Che-jean Jupp]] (as Munkustrap), [[Stephan Van Der Walt]], [[Sibusiso Mxosana]], [[Sipesihle Ngamlana]], [[Tatum Coleman]], [[Tshepo Ncokoane]], [[Michael Fullard]], [[Hannah Marshall]], [[Darren Rockman]], [[Brittane van Loggerenberg]], [[Morgan Marshall]], [[Harry Smallman]], [[Noa Duckitt]], [[Scarlett Pay]], [[Zoe Mclaughlin]], [[Austin Tshikosi]], [[Jordan Roelfze]], [[Tannah Levick]], [[Logan Timbre]], [[Tania Mteto]]and [[Cassiel Eatock-Winnik]], [[Ryan Flynn]], [[Jackie Lulu]], [[Marco Titus]] and [[Phoebe Charles]] as swings.
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		+	The touring company management and technical crew included:

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 == South African productions ==
-: First South African production, produced by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[ArtsCape]] opening in December, directed and choreography recreated by [[Jo-Anne Robinson]]. The cast included [[Anton Luitingh]], [[Gareth Williams]], [[Robin van Wyk]], [[Marcus Desando]], [[Jo Galloway]], [[Fem Belling]], [[Marize Nel]], with [[Slindile Nodangala]] as Grizabella the Glamour Cat.
+: First South African production, produced by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[ArtsCape]] opening in December, directed and choreography recreated by [[Jo-Anne Robinson]]. The cast included [[Paul Warrick Griffin]], [[Gareth Hewitt]], [[Anton Luitingh]], [[Gareth Williams]], [[Robin van Wyk]], [[Marcus Desando]], [[Jo Galloway]], [[Fem Belling]], [[Marize Nel]], with [[Slindile Nodangala]] as Grizabella the Glamour Cat.
 : The production moved to the [[State Theatre]] in Pretoria in February for a 16-week run.
 -26: Performed at [[Artscape]] in Cape Town from 10 December 2025 to 11 January 2026, and at [[The Teatro]] at [[Montecasino]] from 17 January tot 22 February. The show was produced by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[GWB Entertainment]], by arrangement with  Lloyd Webber's international entertainment company '''The Really Useful Group'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LW_Entertainment] and in association with [[Cape Town Opera]]. Utilizing the original designs by John Napier, choreography by the late Gillian Lynne and direction by Trevor Nunn, the production was locally directed and choreographed by [[Duane Alexander]], with a huge South African cast that included [[Cindy Ann Abrahams]] (as Grizabella), [[King B]] (as Old Deuteronomy), [[Dylan Janse van Rensburg]] (as Rum Tum Tugger) and [[Che-jean Jupp]] (as Munkustrap), [[Stephan Van Der Walt]], [[Sibusiso Mxosana]], [[Sipesihle Ngamlana]], [[Tatum Coleman]], [[Tshepo Ncokoane]], [[Michael Fullard]], [[Hannah Marshall]], [[Darren Rockman]], [[Brittane van Loggerenberg]], [[Morgan Marshall]], [[Harry Smallman]], [[Noa Duckitt]], [[Scarlett Pay]], [[Zoe Mclaughlin]], [[Austin Tshikosi]], [[Jordan Roelfze]], [[Tannah Levick]], [[Logan Timbre]], [[Tania Mteto]]and [[Cassiel Eatock-Winnik]], [[Ryan Flynn]], [[Jackie Lulu]], [[Marco Titus]] and [[Phoebe Charles]] as swings.

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−	2025-26: Performed at [[Artscape]] in Cape Town from 10 December 2025 to 11 January 2026, and at [[The Teatro]] at [[Montecasino]] from 17 January tot 22 February. The show was produced by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[GWB Entertainment]], by arrangement with The Really Useful Group and in association with [[Cape Town Opera]]. Utilizing the original designs by John Napier, choreography by the late Gillian Lynne and direction by Trevor Nunn, the production was locally directed and choreographed by [[Duane Alexander]], with a huge South African cast that included [[Cindy Ann Abrahams]] (as Grizabella), [[King B]] (as Old Deuteronomy), [[Dylan Janse van Rensburg]] (as Rum Tum Tugger) and [[Che-jean Jupp]] (as Munkustrap), [[Stephan Van Der Walt]], [[Sibusiso Mxosana]], [[Sipesihle Ngamlana]], [[Tatum Coleman]], [[Tshepo Ncokoane]], [[Michael Fullard]], [[Hannah Marshall]], [[Darren Rockman]], [[Brittane van Loggerenberg]], [[Morgan Marshall]], [[Harry Smallman]], [[Noa Duckitt]], [[Scarlett Pay]], [[Zoe Mclaughlin]], [[Austin Tshikosi]], [[Jordan Roelfze]], [[Tannah Levick]], [[Logan Timbre]], [[Tania Mteto]]and [[Cassiel Eatock-Winnik]], [[Ryan Flynn]], [[Jackie Lulu]], [[Marco Titus]] and [[Phoebe Charles]] as swings.	+	2025-26: Performed at [[Artscape]] in Cape Town from 10 December 2025 to 11 January 2026, and at [[The Teatro]] at [[Montecasino]] from 17 January tot 22 February. The show was produced by [[Pieter Toerien]] and [[GWB Entertainment]], by arrangement with Lloyd Webber's international entertainment company '''The Really Useful Group'''[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LW_Entertainment] and in association with [[Cape Town Opera]]. Utilizing the original designs by John Napier, choreography by the late Gillian Lynne and direction by Trevor Nunn, the production was locally directed and choreographed by [[Duane Alexander]], with a huge South African cast that included [[Cindy Ann Abrahams]] (as Grizabella), [[King B]] (as Old Deuteronomy), [[Dylan Janse van Rensburg]] (as Rum Tum Tugger) and [[Che-jean Jupp]] (as Munkustrap), [[Stephan Van Der Walt]], [[Sibusiso Mxosana]], [[Sipesihle Ngamlana]], [[Tatum Coleman]], [[Tshepo Ncokoane]], [[Michael Fullard]], [[Hannah Marshall]], [[Darren Rockman]], [[Brittane van Loggerenberg]], [[Morgan Marshall]], [[Harry Smallman]], [[Noa Duckitt]], [[Scarlett Pay]], [[Zoe Mclaughlin]], [[Austin Tshikosi]], [[Jordan Roelfze]], [[Tannah Levick]], [[Logan Timbre]], [[Tania Mteto]]and [[Cassiel Eatock-Winnik]], [[Ryan Flynn]], [[Jackie Lulu]], [[Marco Titus]] and [[Phoebe Charles]] as swings.

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 == Original text ==
-Based based on the 1939 poetry collection ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' by T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot], which Lloyd Webber had begun setting to music in 1977. First performed as a song cycle in 1980, but then producer Cameron Mackintosh (1946-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Mackintosh] had it turned into a complete musical with the help of the director Trevor Nunn (1940-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Nunn] and the choreographer Gillian Lynne (1926-2018)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Lynne]. It opened to at the New London Theatre in the West End in 1981 and then at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway in 1982.
+Based on the 1939 poetry collection ''Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats'' by T.S. Eliot (1888-1965)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T._S._Eliot], which Lloyd Webber had begun setting to music in 1977. First performed as a song cycle in 1980, but then producer Cameron Mackintosh (1946-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cameron_Mackintosh] had it turned into a complete musical with the help of the director Trevor Nunn (1940-)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trevor_Nunn] and the choreographer Gillian Lynne (1926-2018)[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillian_Lynne]. It opened to at the New London Theatre in the West End in 1981 and then at the Winter Garden Theatre on Broadway in 1982.
 == South African productions ==