Details

Song and dance based loosely on the T.S.Elliot poems Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats. The plot is that all the cats are gathering for the Jellicle Ball at which one will be bestowed with an extra life. All the performers are cats in a outsize alley which takes over the whole auditorium. The show has a loose story but is essentially a series of pieces about the individual cats, their personalities and their lives. During the interval there is a chance for younger members of the audience to meet a cat and get an autograph. Time Out called it the dancing moggie show. The World's longest running mainstream musical, started 1981, slightly revamped in 1995. Cats website.

Cast/Performers

Sebastian Rose (Alonzo), Gareth Snook (Bustopher Jones), Julie Barnes (Cassandra), Chrissy Hammond (Grizabella), Alexandra Jay (Jemima), Kerry Washington (Jennyanydots), Campbell McKenzie (Mistoffolees), David Shannon (Rum TumTugger), Neil Reynolds (Victor), Emma Harris (Victoria), Simon Coulthard, Ben Hartley

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Andrew Lloyd Webber, Trevor Nunn, Richard Stilgoe
Company: Really Useful Group
Director: Trevor Nunn
Design: John Napier
Choreographer: Gillian Lynne