Some promotional images from Cats at the CPAC Musical Theatre.
Production description undercut (x)
Cats is based on T.S.Eliots 1939 poetry Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, the songs in the musical consists of Eliot's verse set to music by Andrew Lloyd Webber.
On September 3, 1939, Australian Prime Minister Robert Menzies announced that the country was at war with Germany, a sombre moment for a nation still reeling from the losses of World War I. Despite this, the war still felt remote to those on the home front – that is, until December 1941, when the Japanese bombed Pearl Harbor and began advancing through Southeast Asia. Suddenly, the threat of invasion placed Australia directly in the line of fire, as was evidenced by the bombing of Darwin on February 19. Enter Melbourne, where only a quarter of street lamps were lit and even electric trains had reduced lighting. The city's "brown out" period was a response to the danger of air raids, and it had a profound impact on daily life. In this production, amidst this tumultuous time, one unique story stands out – the inhabitants of Melbourne’s Jellicle Cats and the threat of war upon them. This assemblage of cats must decide who will journey to the ‘heavyside layer’ in a process of selection for each nominated cat to be considered to be reborn into a new life. In this newly reimagined production, our "Cats" tell this tale, set against the backdrop of wartime Melbourne in 1942, with a nod to the social changes brought on by the war effort, post-war reconstruction, migration, and the reintegration of returned servicemen into the local economy. The musical features no dialogue, only music, and provides a unique perspective on a pivotal moment in Australian history.
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I drew a whole bunch of different Tuggers, he's like those regional Pokemons, lmao!
Afterall, drawing a large amount of Rum Tum Tuggers is both a normal thing to want and possible to achieve.
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Cats kilworth house
Jemima and Electra
Coricopat and Tantomile
Amadeus and Victoria
Carbucketty
And Etcetera (she is not in this production, but I made my own design).
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CATS HDTV Standing Ovation / Bows & Walk Down Video Kilworth House Theat...
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Happy Blog-versary @storyweaverofgondor !!!! 🙆♀️♥♥ For the Cat-ucopia event I selected Cats Kilworth House 2019 because everything about that production is just so interesting and I've always wanted to draw something from it! For this artwork my initial plan was to just draw Tugger, but then I kept looking at the costume designs and set designs and going down a rabbit hole and AH what the heck let's draw the all three Doot Bros HAHA
I was struggling to paint like how I usually do when I was working on this painting so I changed it up a little and tried out something different this time! I referenced Kishimoto's colored art for Naruto and tried to replicate it with digital art, hopefully it works xD; it's definitely something different! Thank you so much to @storyweaverofgondor for hosting this event and for being such a wonderful member of the CATS fandom!! ♥♥ Here's to another year of funky lil cats dancing away 🥰♥
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No little German boy, don’t go into the abandoned London subway station
Oh mein gott zis place ist füll of dänsenkatsen
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Just got reminded of an old tuggoffelees idea i had, set in WW2 UK, where Misto is a foreign RAF pilot who parachute lands in the garden of Deuteronomy estate, Tugger offers to give him a ride back to his base and flirts all the way there
It's inspired by one of the plots from a musical "Piloci", and now I'm having a feeling same scenerio could work well for Platoria, with Plato as a pilot....
Which would work well with the one Mefistrap idea of mine where both of them were pilots, as Plato could be squad mate of either of them... Or Munk's squad mate who gets really excited that Munk's new "friend" is actually a cousin of the girl he's really into....
But idk what to do with Tugger and Misto now
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i love the kilworth house production so mutch
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I wish i had footage of the Kilworth House Macavity fight.
I just need more crumbs of this scene!
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