Based in Sydney, RUCAP is responsible for RUG’s activities in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa, including producing, co-production and licensing. RUCAP productions in Australia have included Aspects of Love, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber, Sunset Boulevard, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera.

In Asia RUCAP has presented Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber. RUCAP has recently finished touring a production of Cats in Asia which first opened in December 2006 in Taiwan. It toured extensively including Seoul and other regional cities in South Korea, Bangkok, eleven cities in mainland China, Singapore and Hong Kong.

Licensed productions in Japan include Cats (which has been running in Japan for almost 30 years, most recently at the Canon Cats Theatre in Yokohama), The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, Aspects of Love, The Beautiful Game, The Woman in White, and the Andrew Lloyd Webber production of The Sound of Music. In Korea, licensed productions include Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, The Beautiful Game, Tell Me On A Sunday, Cats and The Phantom of the Opera. A Chinese production of Cats is scheduled to open in 2012. The Phantom of the Opera will return to South Africa later in 2011. The South African production will play in Cape Town and Johannesburg before touring to several cities in Asia in 2012 and 2013.

Love Never Dies is currently playing in Melbourne, the first city in the world after London to host this latest musical of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s. The brand new Australian production boasts some of the country’s finest talent, including Director Simon Phillips, Choreographer Graeme Murphy, Designer Gabriela Tylesova, Lighting Designer Nick Schlieper & Musical Supervisor Guy Simpson.