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

James Darch (Alonzo), Bill Bailey (Will Lucas), Melissa James (Bombalurina), Paul F Monaghan (Bustopher Jones / Asparagus / Growl Tiger), Joel Morris (Carbucketty), Jessica Buckby (Cassandra), Richard Astbury (Coricopat), Lily Frazer (Demeter), Joana Ampil (Grizabella), Clare Rickard (Jollylorum / Griddlebone), Dawn Williams (Jemima), Alice Redmond (Jannyanydots), Cameron Ball (Macavity / Admetus), Barnaby Thompson (MungoJerrie), Ben Palmer (Munkustrap), Nicholas Pound (Old Deuteronomy), Joseph Poulton (Quaxo / Mistoffelees), Katie Warsop (Rumpleteazer), Oliver Savile (Rum Tum Tugger), Ross Finnie (Skimbleshanks), Lizzi Franklin (Tantomile), Alicia Beck (Victoria / White Cat), Matthew Caputo (Swings), Collette Coleman, Barry Haywood, Ian Parsons, Freya Rowley, Francesca Whiffin

Creatives/Company

Author(s): Andrew Lloyd Webber, Trevor Nunn, Richard Stilgoe
Producer(s): Cameron Mackintosh, The Really Useful Theatre Company
Presented by: David Ian Productions
Director: Trevor Nunn
Choreographer: Gillian Lynne
Design: John Napier
Costume: John Napier
Lighting: David Hersey
Musical Director(s): Julian Bigg, David Firman