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. Running time: 2hrs 30mins Cats website.

Cast/Performers

Cameron Ball (Macavity / Admetus), Kathryn Barnes (Tantomile), Cassie Clare (Cassandra), Ross Finnie (Skimbleshanks), Charlene Ford (Bombalurina), Stevie Hutchinson (Pouncival), Adam Lake (Alonzo), Paul F Monaghan (Bustopher Jones / Asparagus / Growl Tiger), Joel Morris (Carbucketty), Natasha Mould (Jemima), Benjamin Mundy (Coricopat), Antoine Murray-Straughan (Rum Tum Tugger), Joseph Poulton (Quaxo / Mistoffelees), Nicholas Pound (Old Deuteronomy), Sophia Ragavelas (alternate Grizabella), Clare Rickard (Jellylorum / Griddlebone), Adam Salter (Bill Bailey), Laurie Scarth (Jennyanydots), Kerry Ellis (Grizabella), Hannah Kenna Thomas (Victoria / White Cat), Callum Train (Munkustrap), Zizi Strallen (Demeter), Dawn Williams (Rumpleteazer), Benjamin Yates (Mungojerrie), Ryan Gover (swing), Barry Haywood (swing), Alice Jane (swing), Grace McKee (swing), Dane Quixall (swing), Libby Watts (swing)

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Andrew Lloyd Webber, Trevor Nunn, Richard Stilgoe
Producer: The Really Useful Group Limited
Director(s): Chrissie Cartwright, Trevor Nunn
Design: John Napier
Choreographer: Gillian Lynne