Dutch Tour 2006

The Dutch tour of Cats had its premiere on October 7, 2006, in the new Luxor Theatre in Rotterdam. The show closed on October 7, 2007, after 320 performances.

Production Specifics
Produced by Joop van den Ende for Stage Entertainment nl. The text was translated by Gerrit Komrij, translating many character names.

The Dutch tour used the "NAP 17" set, previously used for the Madrid 2003 and Moscow 2005 productions.

Tour Dates
The musical Cats was shown in 2006 in the Nieuwe Luxor Theater in Rotterdam and continued to 21 different venues in total.

The production visited Amsterdam in March 2007 to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the 1987 Amsterdam production, with a gala featuring guests from the original production, including Stanley Burleson who returned as Tugger for the leg (March 21 to April 29, 2007), as well as Ruth Jacott, Pia Douwes, Corine Boon, Debbie Jenner, Rob van de Meeberg and Jan Polak.

Creative Team

 * Director and choreographer: Chrissie Cartwright (after Trevor Nunn and Gillian Lynne)
 * Musical supervisor: Daniël Bowling
 * Musical leader: Carlo van der Put
 * Set Design: Alan Walker (after John Napier)
 * Costume Design: Tracy Stiles (after John Napier)
 * Wig Design: Jenny Dean
 * Lighting design: Howard Eaton (after David Hersey)
 * Sound design: Jeroen ten Brink (after Martin Levan)
 * Translation: Gerrit Komrij
 * Casting: Carline Brouwer
 * Casting: Fons van Kraaij
 * Technical supervisor: Henk van Gilpen
 * Associate producer: Marcel Klein Ovink
 * Executive Producer: Willem Metz

Links
Fan Reports (2007): Feb 01, Feb 02, Apr, May, Jun, Jul & Aug, Aug