Julian Rees

The Really Useful Group Ltd

The Really Useful Group Ltd (RUG) was founded in 1977 by Andrew Lloyd Webber and is wholly owned by him. At the heart of RUG's business are the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber, including Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus Christ Superstar, By Jeeves, Evita, Variations, Tell Me on a Sunday, Cats, Starlight Express, The Phantom of the Opera, Aspects of Love, Sunset Boulevard, Whistle Down the Wind, The Boys in the Photograph, The Woman In White, Love Never Dies and School of Rock the Musical. RUG is an established international entertainment company, producing and licensing Lloyd Webber's works throughout the world. The company's theatre and concert production, recording, merchandising, music publishing and licensing divisions provide specialised services for Lloyd Webber's works and also to other producers and authors.