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[]
1998 Film[]
John Partridge as Tugger
UK Tours[]
UK Tour 1989[]
UK Tour 1993-95[]
UK/European Tour 2003-2009[]
UK/European Tour 2013-14[]
London / Blackpool Revival[]
UK/International Tour[]
UK Tour 2016
UK Tour 2017
- Pepe Munoz
- John Brannoch
- Nathan Zach Johnson (cover)
- Jak Allen-Anderson (cover)
- Oliver Ramsdale (cover)
UK Tour 2018 (01/2018-10/2018)
- John Brannoch
- Matthew Rowland (cover)
- Nathan Zach Johnson (cover)
UK Tour 2018 (12/2018-04/2019)
- Dan Partridge
- Matthew Rowland (cover)
- Nathan Zach Johnson (cover)
- Lloyd Davies (cover)
UK Tour 2019
- George Hinson
- Brian O'Muiri (cover)
- Lloyd Davies (cover)
UK Tour 2022
- Ed Wade
- Harrison Wilde
- Daniel Timoney (cover)
US Productions[]
Original Broadway Production[]
Subsequent Broadway Casts[]
US Tours 1-4[]
US Tour 5[]
Broadway Revival[]
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[]
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[]
Australian Productions[]
Australia Tour 1993[]
Australian Circus Tent Tour[]
Australasia 2007-2010[]
Asia Tour 2014[]
Australia NZ 2015[]
Asia Tour 2017[]
- Will Richardson
- Hayden Baum (cover)
Asia Tour 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)
German Productions[]
Hamburg 1986 - 2001[]
Stuttgart 2001-02[]
Berlin 2002-04[]
Düsseldorf 2004 / German Tour 2005[]
German Tent Tour 2010-2013[]
Other Productions[]
1980s[]
Vienna 1983-1990[]
Toronto 1985/Canadian Tour[]
Amsterdam 1987[]
Paris 1989[]
1990s[]
Zurich 1991 / Euro Tour 1994[]
Antwerp 1996[]
2000s[]
South Africa/World Tour 2001-05[]
Copenhagen 2002[]
Madrid 2003[]
Moscow 2005[]
Dutch Tour 2006[]
South Korea 2008[]
2010s[]
Brazil 2010[]
- Cleto Bacic (03/2010)
- Helcio Mattos (09/2010)
- Leonardo Wagner (cover)
- Rafael Machado (cover)
South Korea 2011[]
China 2012[]
Oasis of the Seas 2014[]
Cast 1
Cast 2
Cast 3
- Will Richardson
- Nathan Zach Johnson (cover)
Cast 4
- John Dempsey
- Billy Warren (cover)
Cast 5
- Stanley Allyn Owen
- Aarron Macauley (cover)
Cast 6
Cast 7
- Aaron Davey
- Adam Davidson (cover)
Cast 8
Cast 9
- Joseph Hewlett
- Daniel Timoney (cover)
Cast 10
- Nick Woodford
- Ryan Lay (cover)
Cast 11
- Nick Woodford
- Ryan Lay (cover)
Cast 12
- DevinRe Lewis Adams
- Luke Stone (cover)
Cast 13
- Jarrad Green
- Roberto Facchin (cover)
Cast 14
- Jarrad Green
- DevinRe Lewis Adams
- Joshua Clayton (cover)
- Joe Hewitt (cover)
Cast 15
Paris 2015[]
- Golan Yosef
- Yanis Si Ahmed (cover)
- Grégory Gonel (cover)
- Max Carpentier (cover)
Vienna 2019[]
- Dominik Hees
- Riccardo Sinisi (cover)
- Alex Snova (cover)
- Andrea Luca Cotti (cover)