Berlin 2002

Cats played in Berlin from 20th October 2002 - 30th January 2004.

After Hamburg and Stuttgart, Berlin was the third German production of the show. The costumes were mostly based on the Hamburg/Stuttgart designs while they used the UK designs for the wigs and make-ups. For Berlin, the show was retranslated by Michael Kunze (who had already written the 80's Vienna translation) and the score as well as the choreography was updated and very similar to the final London version. Berlin was the first German version to include Electra. It was the first German production that had Chrissie Cartwright as Associate Director.

Berlin used the NAP 15 set, which had already been used in Antwerp (Belgium) and Stuttgart before.

It was not the first time Cats played in Berlin. The 1987 Vienna cast alr eady performed at the Komische Oper in East-Berlin as a short guest appearance during the Vienna summer break.

Theatre
The Berlin cast of Cats played at the Theater am Potsdamer Platz, which is the venue of the annual Berlin International Film Festival.

Creative team
Director / Associate Choreographer: Chrissie Cartwright

Choreographer: Gillian Lynne

Dance Captain: Jacqueline Dunnley-Wendt

Translation: Michael Kunze

Set Designer: Raymond Huessy & Christoph Weyers (after John Napier)

Original Cast
Alonzo ~ Zoltán Ádok

Alt Deuteronimus ~ Anton Rattinger

Bombalurina ~ Sabine Hettlich

Bustopher Jones / Asparagus / Growltiger ~ Jeff Shankley

Cassandra ~ Constanze Möricke

Coricopat ~ Sanny Roumimper

Demeter ~ Lada Kummer

Elektra ~ Tiziana Doneda

Grizabella ~ Conny Drese

Gumbie Katze / Jenny Fleckenreich ~ Nadja Solovieva

Jellylorum / Griddlebone ~ Tersia Potgieter

Mistoffelees ~ Benjamin Tyrrell

Mungojerrie ~ Markus Giess

Munkustrap ~ Jack Rebaldi (till March 2003) / Rüdiger Reschke (from April 2003)

Plato / Macavity ~ Gido Schimanski

Pouncival ~ Mark John Richardson

Rum Tum Tugger ~ John Partridge

Rumpleteazer ~ Roimata Templeton

Sillabub ~ Leah delos Santos (till Dec 2002) / Julia Berger (from Jan 2003)

Skimbleshanks ~ Uli Scherbel

Tantomile ~ Karin Sang

Tumblebrutus ~ Scott Owen

Victoria ~ Bridie Rack

Swings ~ Roswitha Stadlmann, Natalie Holtom, Elena Margarolo, Tanja-Maria Meier, Christiane Heinke, Patricia Gressley, Michael Knese, Dimitri Frid, Paul Stampehl, Stephan Zenker, Romeo Salazar, Lachlan Youngberg, Steffen Friedrich, Lasinga Koloamatangi, Friedrich Bührer