About the Show

This outdoor production features the legendary Andrew Lloyd Webber score.

This production of CATS takes place in the summer of 2026 at the magical outdoor setting of Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre. Based on T.S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, the plot follows a gathering of London’s stray and rebellious felines from locations like Euston Station to Victoria Grove. The cats assemble under the Jellicle moon, where each hopes and dares to be the single individual chosen for a mystical ascension.

The global sensation features the legendary score by Andrew Lloyd Webber, which includes well-known songs. This new staging is directed and choreographed by Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre Artistic Director Drew McOnie.

Critic Reviews (7)

"Drew McOnie now directs and choreographs a bold, contemporary, exhilarating revival that banishes all thoughts of the nightmarish 2019 movie. It is, in short, a purr-fect rebirth."
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"It is a hodgepodge in style, although always very stylish… the balance here is tipped too much in one direction so it seems like Cats: The Dance, with extended choreographed sequences and circus-like acrobatics."
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The plot, famously, is not the point. What matters is the numbers for the individual cats in the frame, and these are delivered with aplomb.
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"His love shines off the new outdoor revival at Regent's Park Open Air Theatre, which lacks a single big concept but is pleasantly whimsical enough to dispel memories of the 2019 film."
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"What Drew McOnie has created with this production is nothing short of sensational — truly awe-inspiring and a show that has just established himself as the front-runner to sweep the Olivier Awards next year."
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"Drew McOnie's revival makes a visual feast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's iconically odd musical."
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"This Cats is tremendous fun. Dignity is restored. Hellscape no more. But if a pacy plot’s your thing, you’d get more of a story watching Crufts."
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