I hadn’t seen Cats in 10 years, so I was quite looking forward to seeing it on stage again.
The theatre was a great big new theatre, and when we walked in, there was a guy taking pictures of everybody,
that you could buy at the end of the show – just like at a regular tourist attraction! I didn’t really realize what was going on, so I look a little bit stunned in the picture, but it’s funny anyway. 🙂
We were sitting in the row right before an aisle, so we had a few close-up encounters with some of the cats. 🙂 The cast in general was really good. I was there mostly to see Ethan Freeman, and he certainly didn’t disappoint. He
was very cute as Bustopher, and great as Gus, with a perfect voice for him. The whole Growltiger sequence was a lot of
fun, and the operatic passages were fantastic. Definitely a departure from anything I’d seen him in before, and fun to
see him do something different!
John Partridge was the only other cast member I was familiar with, and he was wonderful as Rum Tum Tugger. He had very
different readings of a lot of lines, variations on the notes that made it really interesting, and of course he has a great
voice too. Cornelia Drese was wonderful as Grizabella too. “Memory” was beautiful.
“Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer” was fun, and I also really enjoyed “Mr. Mistofelees”, which was one of my very favourite songs
for years.
Anyway, my overall impression of the show was that it was a lot of fun, and a very talented cast, but still, as a show, it will
never be one of my favourites. I could probably wait another 10 years before seeing it again!
Me and Jörn before the show
(in amphibolical order)
Alonzo |
PAUL STAMPEHL |
Bombalurina |
CONSTANZE MÖRICK |
Bustopher Jones/Asparagus/Growltiger |
ETHAN FREEMAN |
Cassandra |
MICHELLE MARIER |
Coricopat |
ANTON PEREZ |
Demeter |
SUSA MEYER |
Elektra |
NATALIE HOLTOM |
Grizabella |
CORNELIA DRESE |
Jellylorum/Griddlebone |
TERSIA POTGIETER |
Jennyanydots |
NADJA SOLOVIEVA |
Mistoffelees |
BENJAMIN TYRRELL |
Mungojerrie |
MARKUS GIESS |
Munkustrap |
RÜDIGER RESCHKE |
Old Deuteronomy |
ANTON RATTINGER |
Plato/Macavity |
GIDO SCHIMANSKI |
Pouncival |
ZOLTÁN ÁDOK |
Rumpleteazer |
SELMA RUDALICS |
Rum Tum Tugger |
JOHN PARTRIDGE |
Sillabub |
JULIA BERGER |
Skimbleshanks |
ULI SCHERBEL |
Tantomile |
KARIN SANG |
Tumblebrutus |
SCOTT OWEN |
Victoria |
BRIDIE RACK |