TIM MCFARLANE Producer The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific Pty Ltd

Tim McFarlane is Managing Director of The Really Useful Company and is responsible for The Really Useful Group’s activities in Asia, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa.

Prior to joining RUC, Tim was General Manager of the Adelaide Festival Centre Trust and the world renowned Adelaide Festival from 1986 to 1994. Tim produced many theatre events while at the AFCT, including co-producing with John Frost the acclaimed production of The King and I and a production of South Pacific which toured Australia and Hong Kong. Tim also co-produced with Helen Montagu the Australian and New Zealand tour of 42nd Street, beyond its Sydney season.

Since starting with Really Useful, Tim has produced productions of CATS, The Phantom of the Opera, Sunset Boulevard, Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat and The Music of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

Tim was President of the Entertainment Industries Association, Australia’s national Theatre Industry Body from 1992 to 1994 and is a life member. He is on the National Council of Musica Viva and is a Councillor for the Sydney Theatre Company Foundation. He was a Trustee of the Sydney Opera House from 1997 until 2005 and Chairman of the Sydney Opera House Risk Management Committee from 2002 - 2005. Tim was appointed a Director of Opera Australia in June 2006, where he is also a member of the Audit Committee.

About The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific Pty Ltd

The Really Useful Company Asia Pacific Pty Ltd (RUCAP) is a fully owned subsidiary of the London based The Really Useful Group Ltd (RUG), which is owned by Andrew Lloyd Webber. 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 is currently touring a production of CATS in Asia. The World Tour of CATS has been presented in Taipei, Shanghai, Beijing, Seoul, Athens, Doha, Lebanon, Scandinavia a seven city tour of China and most recently returned to Seoul for a four month season. The first Korean Language of CATS opened in September this year in Seoul.

Licensed productions in Japan include Cats, The Phantom of the Opera, Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, The Beautiful Game and The Woman in White, and in Korea Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, The Beautiful Game and Tell Me on A Sunday.

RUCAP is working with Disney and has just closed a season of The Lion King in Taipei. RUCAP is also co-producing the Australian production of High School Musical, which will open in Sydney in December before continuing on an Australian National Tour.