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. Cats website.

Cast/Performers

Kenny Linden (Admetus), Sebastien Rose (Alonzo), Nick Crossley (Bill Bailey), Heather Douglas (Bombalurina), Robert Hamilton (Carbucketty), Julie Barnes (Cassandra), Chris Houston (Coricopat), Wendy Kitching (Demeter), Julie Carlton (Electra), Emma Buckle (Etcetera / Trapeze), Steve Wayne (George), Chrissie Hammond (Grizabella), Catherine Terry (Gumbie / Jennyanydots), Gareth Snook (Gus / Bustopher Jones), Sara West (Jellylorum), Alexandra Jay (Jemima), Kenny Linden (Macavity), Matthew Cross (Mungojerrie), David Ashley (Minkustrap), Mark McKerracher), Campbell McKenzie (Quaxo / Mistoffelees), Marilyn Wulff (Rumpleteazer), Steve Wayne (Rumpus), Matthew Gould (Skimbleshanks), Rachel Mooney (Tantomile), Tom Lucas (Tugger), Emma Harris (Victoria), Neil Reynolds (Victor), Kit Benjamin (Walk In Cover), Samuel Hall (Swing), Clinton Brown (Swing), Thomas Paton (Swing), Brenda Moore (Swing), Brenda Moore (Swing), Cameron Leigh (Swing), Helen Baker (Swing), Julia Hunchcliffe (Swing), Helen Baker (Dance Captain), Steve Wayne (Dance Captain)

Creatives/Company

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