UK Tour 2013

The UK Tour IV (also known as the UK/European Tour) started on the 9th February 2013 in Edinburgh, Scotland. It toured the UK, Italy, Belgium, Turkey and Greece. This production closed in Birmingham on 27th September 2014, before rehearsals began for the 2014 London Palladium production. Technically the London Palladium run was an extended stop of this same tour production; practically the Palladium had significant alterations made that earn it recognition as a separate production.

Production Specifics
The production was mostly based on the 3rd UK Tour but featured a slightly reduced tour set - rather than the descending steps for Grizabella's ascent to the Heaviside layer, the tour used the "UFO" set for the chandelier rig. Also missing were Mistoffelees' rope entrance, and the trapeze in Jellicle Songs.  Otherwise the tour set (NAP 16) was indistinguishable from previous UK Tour. Also the number of cats in the ensemble (22; with no Electra) and the orchestration were the same as on the former tour.

Tour Dates
Edinburgh - Playhouse - 04/02/2013 - 02/03/2013

Aberdeen - His Majesty's - 04/03/2014 - 16/03/2013

Wolverhampton - Grand - 18/03/2013 - 30/03/2013

Manchester - Opera House - 01/04/2013 - 20/04/2013

Bradford - Alhambra - 22/04/2013 - 04/05/2013

Hull - New Theatre - 06/05/2013 - 18/05/2013

Sunderland - Empire - 27/05/2013 - 08/06/2013

Southampton - Mayflower - 10/06/2013 - 22/06/2013

Milton Keynes - Milton Keynes Theatre - 24/06/2013 - 06/07/2013

Woking - New Victoria - 08/07/2013 - 20/07/2013

Oostende, Belgium - 29/07/2013 - 17/08/2013

Dublin, Ireland - Bord Gais - 19/08/2013 - 08/09/2013

Glasgow - King's - 16/09/2013 - 28/09/2013

Northampton - Royal & Derngate - 30/09/2013 - 05/10/2013

Bristol - Hippodrome - 15/10/2013 - 26/10/2013

Stoke-on-Trent - Regent - 28/10/2013 - 02/11/2013

Belfast - Grand Opera House - 05/11/2013 - 16/11/2013

Liverpool - Empire - 26/11/2013 - 07/12/2013

Oxford - New Theatre - 17/12/2013 - 05/01/2014

Norwich - Theatre Royal - 02/04/2014 - 12/04/2014

Dunfermline - Alhambra - 28/04/2014 - 03/05/2014

Wimbledon - New Wimbledon - 06/05/2014 - 17/05/2014

Eastbourne - Devonshire Park - 20/05/2014 - 31/05/2014

Barnstaple - Queen's - 29/05/2014 - 31/05/2014

Newcastle - Theatre Royal - 01/07/2014 - 12/07/2014

Plymouth - Theatre Royal - 21/07/2014 - 26/07/2014

Cardiff - Wales Millennium Centre - 28/07/2014 - 09/08/2014

Torquay - 18/08/2014 - 30/08/2014

Birmingham - Hippodrome - 09/09/2014 - 27/09/2014

Monaco - 01/10/2014 - 04/10/2014

Lisbon, Portugal - 08/10/2014 - 19/10/2014

Tel Aviv, Israel - 05/11/2014 - 15/11/2014

Creative Team
Associate Director: Chrissie Cartwright

Choreographer: Gillian Lynne

Resident Director: Marina Stevenson

Set Designer: Raymond Huessy (after John Napier)

Dance Captain: Lizzi Franklin (2013), Ryan Gover (2014)

Cast


The 2014 Cast Change took place halfway through the two week run in Wimbledon.

Media and Press
Interview with Charlene Ford about becoming Bombalurina

Bournemouth - interview with Callum Train and Clare Rickard