{"id":48882,"date":"2025-12-16T08:18:23","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T08:18:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/?p=48882"},"modified":"2025-12-22T10:25:01","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T10:25:01","slug":"this-world-famous-musical-cats-is-taking-over-abu-dhabi-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/this-world-famous-musical-cats-is-taking-over-abu-dhabi-may\/","title":{"rendered":"This World-Famous Musical &#8220;CATS&#8221; Is Taking Over Abu Dhabi May 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>You don\u2019t need to be a musical expert to know when something is kind of a big deal. <strong>CATS<\/strong> is one of those shows. It\u2019s been performed across the world, broken records, and confused (and impressed) audiences for decades, and now it\u2019s finally landing in Abu Dhabi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s CATS<\/strong> is coming to <strong>Etihad Arena from Thursday 14 May to Sunday 24 May 2026<\/strong>, bringing with it a full-scale production that\u2019s meant to be seen live at least once in your life. Not watched on a screen. Not explained by a friend. Experienced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">So\u2026 why is everyone obsessed with CATS?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>CATS isn\u2019t just a musical, it\u2019s <em>the<\/em> musical. It\u2019s one of the longest-running and most loved shows in theatre history, seen by millions around the world. The music is iconic (yes, <strong>\u201cMemory\u201d<\/strong> will absolutely give you chills), the choreography is next-level, and the characters are\u2026 well, cats. Dramatic ones. Emotional ones. Mischievous ones. Very expressive ones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\u2019s something strangely magical about how this show pulls you in. You don\u2019t need to \u201cget\u201d musicals to enjoy it. You just sit back, watch the story unfold through music and movement, and suddenly you\u2019re emotionally invested in a group of dancing cats. Theatre is wild like that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>CATS runs from 14\u201324 May 2026 at Etihad Arena, Abu Dhabi. <strong>Book your tickets, they won\u2019t last long!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"py-0\" data-slot=\"card\"><div class=\"grid grid-cols-1 md:grid-cols-2 px-0 rounded-xl overflow-hidden\" data-slot=\"card-content\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/doha.platinumlist.net\/qar\/event\/48888\/tuesday-free-drinks-for-ladies-all-night-happy-hours-8pm-to-10pm\" class=\"\"> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.platinumlist.net\/upload\/event\/tuesday_free_drinks_for_ladies_all_night_1970_jan_01_x_lounge_48888-full.jpg\" width=\"960\" height=\"361\" alt=\"Tuesday Free Drinks for Ladies All Night Happy hours 8pm to 10pm\" class=\"size-full! object-cover m-0! rounded-none!\"\/> <\/a><div class=\"flex flex-col gap-4 p-4 md:px-6\"><div class=\"flex flex-col gap-2\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/doha.platinumlist.net\/qar\/event\/48888\/tuesday-free-drinks-for-ladies-all-night-happy-hours-8pm-to-10pm\" class=\"text-title-base font-bold hover:text-link-base line-clamp-2\"> Tuesday Free Drinks for Ladies All Night Happy hours 8pm to 10pm <\/a> <span class=\"text-sm text-content-secondary\"> Tue 18 Apr 2017 <\/span><\/div><div class=\"flex flex-row justify-between gap-4 mt-auto\"> <span class=\"font-bold\"> Event ended <\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/doha.platinumlist.net\/qar\/event\/48888\/tuesday-free-drinks-for-ladies-all-night-happy-hours-8pm-to-10pm\" class=\"text-link-base hover:text-link-hover\"> View event <\/a><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Book Your Tickets!<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>If you\u2019re looking for something different to do in Abu Dhabi, or you\u2019ve always been curious about iconic musicals but never knew where to start, this is a very good place to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Tickets are expected to go fast, so if this has been on your \u201cone day I\u2019ll watch a musical\u201d list, this is your sign.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You don\u2019t need to be a musical expert to know when something is kind of a big deal. CATS is one of those shows. It\u2019s been performed across the world, broken records, and confused (and impressed) audiences for decades, and now it\u2019s finally landing in Abu Dhabi. Andrew Lloyd Webber\u2019s CATS is coming to Etihad [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":14,"featured_media":48893,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-48882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"tags":[{"id":15449,"slug":"show-events","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/show-events\/","title":{"rendered":"Show and Events"}},{"id":15448,"slug":"news","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"Latest News"}}],"countries":[{"id":15497,"slug":"uae","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/","api_id":254,"title":{"rendered":"UAE"}}],"cities":[{"id":15499,"slug":"abu-dhabi","link":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/uae\/abu-dhabi\/","api_id":2,"title":{"rendered":"Abu Dhabi"}}],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/14"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=48882"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48882\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48893"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/platinumlist.net\/guide\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=48882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}