This is the gallery for the character of Rum Tum Tugger's basic, pre-solo look. Both the classic Rockstar Tugger and the short-lived Street Cat version wore this outfit in the first scenes; the Rockstar changes wig and adds items over the basic costume (typically collar, belt, gloves, a garter or sash tied around one leg, different shoes, and of course the mane); while the Street Cat and Broadway revival style costumes require a complete costume change for the performer. (Note that some backstage photos of Rockstar Tugger show the actor not wearing the mane, but otherwise wearing the wig, makeup, and other accessories of the full character: these photos should be counted as Rockstar Tugger, not Chorus Tugger.)
Chorus Tugger only appears in "Jellicle Songs" and "The Naming of Cats" before the performer changes into his full costume.
Whether this ensemble identity is meant to be Rum Tum Tugger or an entirely separate character depends on the production. In the Broadway revival for example, the character was given the name "Bill Bailey" and seemed to be unrelated to Tugger.
Designs[]
UK Productions[]
Original London Production[]
Paul Nicholas in the Original Cast, 1981
Subsequent London Casts[]
- Paul Jones (03/1982 - 05/1982)
- Paul Nicholas (05/1982 - 05/1983)
- Richard Lloyd-King (05/1983 - 05/1985, 03/1986 - 11/1990, 10/1995 - 10/1996)
- Allan Love (05/1985 - 03/1986)
- Christopher Howard (11/1990 - 11/1993)
- Keith Burns (11/1993 - 04/1995)
- John Partridge (04/1995 - 10/1995, 05/2001 - 05/2002)
- Richard Lloyd-King (05/1983 - 05/1985, 03/1986 - 11/1990, 10/1995 - 10/1996)
- Tee Jaye (10/1996 - 02/1999)
- Koffi Missah (02/1999 - 11/1999)
- David Shannon (11/1999 - 04/2000)
- Tom Lucas (04/2000 - 05/2001)
- John Partridge (04/1995 - 10/1995, 05/2001 - 05/2002)
UK Tour 1989 - 1990[]
UK Tour 1993 - 1995[]
1998 Film[]
UK/European Tour 2003 - 2009[]
- Stuart Ramsay (03/2003 - 12/2004)
- Gary Watson (03/2006 - 11/2008)
- Pepe Munoz (11/2008 - 01/2009)
- David Hulston (cover, 2003)
UK/European Tour 2013 - 2014[]
- Oliver Savile
- Filippo Strocchi
- Richard Astbury (cover)
- James Darch (cover)
London/Blackpool Revival 2014[]
UK / International Tour 2016 - Present[]
UK / Europe January - November 2016
Europe January - November 2017
- Pepe Munoz
- John Brannoch
- Jak Allen-Anderson (cover)
- Nathan Zach Johnson (cover)
- Oliver Ramsdale (cover)
Asia January - October 2018
- John Brannoch
- Nathan Zach Johnson (cover)
- Matthew Rowland (cover)
Europe December 2018 - April 2019
- Dan Partridge
- Lloyd Davies (cover)
- Nathan Zach Johnson (cover)
- Matthew Rowland (cover)
Asia June 2019 - January 2020
- George Hinson
- Lloyd Davies (cover)
- Brian O'Muiri (cover)
Europe May 2022 - February 2023
- Ed Wade
- Harrison Wilde
- Daniel Timoney (cover)
China October 2024 - January 2025
- Jesse Chidera
- David McIntosh (cover)
- Daniel Timoney (cover)
Europe April 2025 - Present
- Shem Omari James
- Jack Danson
- Liam Dean (cover)
- Joseph Lennox (cover)
- Daniel Timoney (cover)
US Productions[]
Original Broadway Production[]
Subsequent Broadway Casts[]
- Jamie Rocco (10/1984 - 03/1985)
- Terrence Mann (03/1985 - 09/1985)
- Rick Sparks (09/1985 - 02/1987)
- Steve Yudson (02/1987 - 03/1988)
- Frank Mastrocola (03/1988 - 04/1992)
- Bradford Minkoff (04/1992 - 03/1993)
- Brian K Kennelly (03/1993 - 09/1993)
- David Hibbard (09/1993 - 09/1996, 06/1997 - 03/1999)
- Stephen M Reed (09/1996 - 10/1996)
- Ron DeVito (10/1996 - 05/1997)
- Abe Sylvia (05/1997 - 06/1997)
- Stephen Bienskie (03/1999 - 09/2000)
US Tour 1 1983 - 1987[]
US Tour 2 1985 - 1986[]
US Tour 3 1986 - 1988[]
US Tour 4 1987 - 1999[]
- Steven Bland (03/1987 - 03/1988)
- Bradford Minkoff (03/1988 - 04/1990, 03/1991 - 01/1992)
- Brian K Kennelly (04/1990 - 03/1991)
- Timothy Smith (01/1992 - 08/1992)
- David Hibbard (08/1992 - 07/1993)
- Hunter Foster (07/1993 - 11/1993)
- Rohn Seykell (11/1993 - 07/1994)
- Ron DeVito (07/1994 - 05/1995)
- J Robert Spencer (05/1995 - 06/1996)
- Robert Bartley (06/1996 - 12/1996)
- David Villella (12/1996 - 03/1998)
- Andy Karl (03/1998 - 04/1999)
- Kevin Loreque (04/1999 - 12/1999)
US Tour 5 2001 - 2012[]
- Stan Stanley (07/2001 - 08/2003)
- Brian Gallagher (08/2003 - 07/2004)
- John Boy (07/2004 - 07/2005)
- Jeremy Hays (07/2005 - 07/2006)
- David Schoonover (07/2006 - 10/2007)
- Zander Meisner (10/2007 - 2008)
- Danny Beiruti (2008 - 02/2009)
- Adam Steiner (02/2009 - 08/2010)
- Matthew J. Taylor (11/2010 - 06/2011)
- Chris Stevens (12/2011 - 06/2012)
Broadway Revival 2016[]
The Broadway revival specifically names the chorus Tugger identity as "Bill Bailey", bearing no relation to the kitten Bill Bailey in other productions.
US Tour 6 2019 - 2023[]
Equity Cast
- McGee Maddox
- Cameron Edris (cover)
- Alex Dorf (cover)
- Zachary Berger (cover)
Non-Equity Cast
2021-2022
- Zach Bravo
- Travis Anderson
- José Raúl Mangual (cover)
- Brian Craig Nelson (cover)
- Devon McCleskey (cover)
- Taylor James Rosenberger (cover)
2022-2023
- Hank Santos
- José Raúl Mangual (cover)
- Luke Bernier (cover)
- Brian Craig Nelson (cover)
- Taylor James Rosenberger (cover)
Japanese Productions[]
Tokyo 1995[]
Nagoya 1999[]
Shizuoka 2013[]
Fukuoka 2014[]
Osaka 2016[]
Tokyo 2018[]
Fukuoka 2021[]
Nagoya 2022[]
Shizuoka 2024[]
Hiroshima 2024[]
Sendai 2025[]
Australian Productions[]
Australia Tour 1993[]
Australian Circus Tour 1999-2001[]
Australasia 2007-2010[]
Asia Tour 2014[]
Australia NZ 2015[]
Asia Tour 2017[]
- Will Richardson
- Zachary Berger (cover)
- Hayden Baum (cover)
Asia Tour 2020[]
South Korea 2020
- Dan Partridge
- Benjamin Colley (first cover)
- Hayden Baum (second cover)
Taiwan 2022
- Will Richardson
- Nathan Zach Johnson (cover)
- Hayden Baum (cover)
Asia Tour 2022-2023[]
- Jack Danson
- Ed Wade
- Nathan Zach Johnson (cover)
- Bradley Delarosbel (cover)
Australia Tour 2025[]
- Des Flanagan
- Joe Miller (cover)
- Edward Smith (cover)
German Productions[]
Hamburg 1986 - 2001[]
- Fred Butter (04/1986 - 07/1987)
- Paul Kribbe (07/1987 - 04/1988)
- Harald Paulsen (04/1988 - 10/1989)
- Rick Renzaneth (10/1989 - 10/1990, 08/1991 - 04/1992)
- Thomas Borchert (10/1990 - 04/1991)
- Steven Breese (04/1991 - 08/1991, 04/1992 - 10/1992)
- Koffi Missah (10/1992 - 10/1993)
- Kevin LeCaon (10/1993 - 09/1994)
- Christopher Holt (09/1994 - 04/1995)
- Brian K Kennelly (04/1995 - 10/1995)
- Kevin Patricks (10/1995 alt - 04/1996)
- Rick Qualls (10/1995 alt - 04/1996, 05/1997 - 11/1997)
- Timon Hofmann (04/1996 - 05/1997)
- Ray Strachan (11/1997 - 04/1999)
- Andreas Wolfram (04/1999 - ?)
- Gerald Marko (? - 04/2000)
- Jan Erik Madsen (04/2000 - 01/2001)
Stuttgart 2001 - 2002[]
Berlin 2002 - 2004[]
Düsseldorf 2004 / German Tour 2005[]
German Tent Tour 2010-2013[]
Other Productions[]
Vienna 1983 - 1990[]
Toronto 1985 / Canadian Tour[]
Amsterdam 1987-1988, 1992-1993[]
- Fred Butter (07/1987 - 11/1987)
- Frank Hoelen (08/1988 - 10/1988)
- Fred Butter (11/1992 - 08/1993)
Paris 1989[]
- Frédéric Norbert
- Frank Hoelen (cover)
- Gilles Vajou (cover)
Zurich 1991 / Euro Tour 1994[]
- Brian Carmack
- Rod Weber
- Brien Keith Fisher
- Charlie Marcus (tour)
- Martin Girouard (tour alt)
- Igor Barberic (tour alt)
- Michael Larsen-Disney (cover)
Antwerp 1996[]
South Africa/World Tour 2001-05 / South Africa 2009[]
- Paul Warwick Griffin
- Jan Erik Madsen (Norway)
Copenhagen 2002[]
Madrid 2003[]
- Edu del Prado
- David Ordinas
- Santiago Cano (cover)
Moscow 2005[]
- Alexey Bobrov
- Pavel Kotov (cover)
Dutch Tour 2006[]
South Korea 2008[]
- Daesung (09/2008)
- Kim Jin-woo (09/2008)
- Ra Jun (04/2009)
Brazil 2010[]
- Cleto Bacic (03/2010)
- Helcio Mattos (09/2010)
- Leonardo Wagner (cover)
South Korea 2011[]
China 2012[]
Oasis of the Seas 2014[]
Cast 1 - November 2014
Cast 2 - May 2015
Cast 3 - November 2015
- Will Richardson
- Nathan Zach Johnson (cover)
Cast 4 - May 2016
- John Dempsey
- Billy Warren (cover)
Cast 5 - November 2015
- Stanley Allyn Owen
- Aarron Macauley (cover)
Cast 6 - July 2017
Cast 7 - April 2018
- Aaron Davey
- Adam Davidson (cover)
Cast 8 - November 2018
Cast 9 - May 2019
- Joseph Hewlett
- Daniel Timoney (cover)
Cast 10 - November 2019
- Nick Woodford
- Ryan Lay (cover)
Cast 11 - September 2021
- Nick Woodford
- Ryan Lay (cover)
Cast 12 - June 2022
- DevinRe Lewis Adams
- Luke Stone (cover)
Cast 13 - February 2023
- Jarrad Green
- Roberto Facchin (cover)
Cast 14 - August 2023
- Jarrad Green
- DevinRe Lewis Adams
- Joshua Clayton (cover)
- Joe Hewitt (cover)
Cast 15 - April 2024
- Noah Lindquist
- Jared Johnson (cover)
Cast 16 - October 2024
- Harry Planck
- Michael Herrington (cover)
Cast 17 - May 2025
- Lachlan Moss
- Callum Leech (cover)
Cast 18
- José Raúl Mangual
- Jedidiah Leafe (cover)
Paris 2015[]
- Golan Yosef
- Yanis Si Ahmed (cover)
- Grégory Gonel (cover)
- Max Carpentier (cover)
Vienna 2019[]
- Dominik Hees
- Andrea Luca Cotti (cover)
- Riccardo Sinisi (cover)
- Alex Snova (cover)




































































































































































































































































































































































































































