Patrycja Wódz as Bombalurina in Cats Warsaw
Photos (besides the 3rd one) taken most likely sometime before the premiere, possibly during preview shows
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Polish version of "the Ad-Dressing of Cats" from Cats Warsaw CD album, titled simply "Przesłanie" - the message
Sang by Zbigniew Macias, accompanied by the artists and orchestra of Roma Musical Theatre
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was playin sm (heavily modded) starbound w/ my partners recently :> so this is dyzio, my neki ! he's a sorta dumb lil housecat who lost his owner pretty bad. his floran crewmates (their names are man, biba, and wah and i WISH i had come up with those) are all plotting to eat him
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Star Wars: Visions volume 2 will stream on Disney+ on May 4, 2023.
Volume 2 shorts:
Title: “Sith”
Studio: El Guiri
Writer-director: Rodrigo Blaas
Rodrigo Blaas is an Emmy Award®-winning director who has spent more than 20 years in animation. After co-founding Stromboli Animation in 1997, Blaas joined Blue Sky Studios in 2000, working on the feature film Ice Age, before transitioning to Pixar Animation Studios. There, he worked on such projects as Finding Nemo (2003), The Incredibles (2004), Ratatouille (2007), and Wall-E (2008) and on the Oscar®-nominated short film La Luna (2011). More recently, Blaas partnered with Guillermo del Toro to develop the award-winning series Trollhunters, served as creative director for Mikros Animation Paris and, in 2021, created El Guiri Studios in Madrid with his partner, Cecile Hokes. He also wrote and directed 2009’s award-winning short film Alma.
Title: “Screecher’s Reach”
Studio: Cartoon Saloon
Director: Paul Young
Paul Young is a co-founder of Cartoon Saloon, an IFTA winner and Oscar®, Emmy® and BAFTA nominee. He produced the animated features My Father’s Dragon, WolfWalkers, The Secret of Kells, Song of the Sea, and The Breadwinner as well as award-winning TV series including Puffin Rock, Dorg Van Dango, and Viking Skool.
Title: “In the Stars”
Studio: Punkrobot
Writer-director: Gabriel Osorio
Gabriel Osorio majored in Fine Arts at Universidad de Chile, later specializing in 3D animation. After working in commercials, movies and television series, he founded Punkrobot Studio. Since 2008, he has directed projects for children’s television including Flipos, Muelin y Perlita, Soccer Girls, and television spots. In 2016, his short film Bear Story became the first Latin American project to win an Oscar® in the animated short category.
Title: “I Am Your Mother”
Studio: Aardman
Director: Magdalena Osinska
Magdalena Osinska is an award-winning director who has been with Aardman for eight years. She has directed stop-motion, CGI, 2D and live-action commercials including Wallace & Gromit’s “The Great Sofa Caper” and “Share the Orange.” Osinska directed development of the children’s series Joyets and has also directed films including Spirits of the Piano and Zbigniev’s Cupboard. A graduate of the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, UK, as well as the Polish Film School in Lodz and Art College in Warsaw, Osinska is currently developing the feature film Jasia, based on her grandmother’s memories of WWII Poland.
Title: “Journey to the Dark Head”
Studio: Studio Mir
Director: Hyeong Geun Park
Rising star Hyeong Geun Park had already made a name for himself when he entered the Korean animation industry in 2017, thanks to his strong drawing and animation sensibilities. He has directed animation for dozens of cinematic game trailers and has since expanded into animated series, working on projects including Dota: Dragon’s Blood: Book 3 (2022) and Lookism (2022). Journey to the Dark Head is the first title he has executive produced from start to finish.
Title: “The Spy Dancer”
Studio: Studio La Cachette
Writer-director: Julien Chheng
Julien Chheng is CEO of Studio La Cachette, an Emmy Award®-winning French animation studio he co-founded in 2014 with fellow Gobelins school’s alumni Oussama Bouacheria and Ulysse Malassagne. Chheng was trained in visual development at Disney and has worked as a character animator on acclaimed 2D animated features The Rabbi’s Cat, Mune, and the Academy Award®-nominated Ernest and Celestine. In 2021, he won an Emmy Award® as animation executive producer of Genndy Tartakovsky’s Primal, for which he also served as animation supervisor. In 2022, Chheng directed with Jean-Christophe Roger the Cesar-nominated feature Ernest and Celestine: A Trip to Gibberitia.
Title: “The Bandits of Golak”
Studio: 88 Pictures
Director: Ishan Shukla
Ishan Shukla started his career as a CG artist in Singapore. For more than a decade, he spearheaded projects ranging from TV commercials to series and music videos. His 2016 animated short, "Schirkoa," was long listed for the Academy Awards® after receiving dozens of awards and playing at 120 international festivals, including SIGGRAPH Asia where it was named Best in Show. He then set up his own animation studio to work on adult-oriented animated feature films including a feature-length version of Schirkoa, set to hit festivals in summer 2023.
Title: “The Pit”
Studios: D’art Shtajio and Lucasfilm Ltd.
Writer-director-executive producer: LeAndre Thomas
Co-director: Justin Ridge
LeAndre Thomas is an award-winning writer and director from Oakland, Calif., whose most recent film won Best Director at the Pasadena International Film Festival. In addition to his independent films, Thomas is a part of the franchise studio team at Lucasfilm Ltd. where he has worked for more than 11 years being credited on recent titles such as Light & Magic, The Mandalorian, Obi-Wan Kenobi, Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, and many more.
Justin Ridge executive produced the Emmy®-nominated series Star Wars Resistance. His credits also include Star Wars Rebels, Storks, The Cleveland Show, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Title: “Aau’s Song”
Studio: Triggerfish
Writer-directors: Nadia Darries and Daniel Clarke
Nadia Darries is a director, animator and co-founder of Goon Valley Animation, with an avocation for songwriting. Born in the Cape Flats in South Africa, Darries has worked on high-end animated film and motion design as an animator, project manager, creative director and director since 2015. Her experience includes animating at Triggerfish Animation Studios on the award-winning BBC films Stick Man, Revolting Rhymes, and Highway Rat.
Daniel Clarke is a Cape Town-based director and artist working in animation, film and illustration. He started his career in animation in 2008 at Triggerfish Animation Studios, where he has served as production designer, art director and director on projects such as the feature film Khumba, BBC’s Stick Man, and The Snail and the Whale. In 2018, along with James Clarke and Daniel Snaddon, he completed the graphic novel Kariba.
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No, I didn't end up rambling about Cats, I just didn't have time yesterday. Today also not so much, because I was linking all my quotes and that took quite a time. But, now I'm back!
Next thing I wanted to tell you about is a libretto/translation of it. I don't like the Polish translation much. Sorry, I think it could be done much better. It was almost the same as Warsaw's translation, but there were some differences. I know the 2004 version by heart so I heard them! They didn't change a sense, they were rather cosmetic. Maybe it was easier to sing it that way? I wish I had a record, because of course I don't remember them :(
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Round 1 poll 7: Fraszka from the 2004 Warsaw production of Cats! the musical vs Azazello from the 1996 adaptation of The Island Of Dr. Moreau
Propaganda under the cut:
Fraszka:
Okay, so in 2004 there was a production of Cats which is widely known as the first Non-Replica, which means it doesn't use the same costumes/choreo/theming as the West End and Broadway productions. Cats has a lot of nonreps, like a weird number of "what if they were cats.... in a circus" productions, and at least one "what if the cats were in a WWII bunker in London?" production. So Cats Warsaw is kinda set on a closed film studio, and kinda on a roof in Warsaw. And for some reason in this nonrep they had just loads of characters. Like 36 characters, and seven of them are original. That's where Fraszka comes in. She's a Warsaw exclusive kitten and she is the love of my life. She's so bubbly and excitable and lovely. She looks a little like a racoon. She's a random chorus character. She's inexplicably on the Wikipedia page for Cats. She's almost indistinguishable from Kocik Le Miau, an adult character. I had to recheck my reference guides for Warsaw to double check the Wikipedia pic is her. I have included her in a fic. I don't have a 100% rate of recognising her. I think I might be her 2nd biggest fan on all of Tumblr. I'm not sure if she sings any lines by herself. And I don't speak a word of Polish. Well that's a lie, I know several Cats themed words in Polish. The picture included is the one of her on Wikipedia.
Azazello:
Everyone except me hates that movie and Azazello used to be a Saint Bernard
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A list of named swings and such
So. I know one of these already exists. BUT. I'm doing another. because i can
Old London Swings (pre-Revival, mostly late 80s and the 90s)
Greycat/Hysperia/NBQ (nameless brown queen)- Greycat was sometimes known as NBQ, it depended on her costume, which ranged from grey to tan. Hysperia is a different cat who has sometimes been called NBQ by fans even though she isn't Greycat/NBQ
AJ- "Almost Jemima". Female kitten
Tabbygirl- more mature queen (usually covered adult roles)
Patches- male kitten, often resembles Admetus
Calico- male or female
Caramel- male, looks very similar to Victor
Victor- originated here but used in productions worldwide
Post-revival London Swings
Electra (also Lightning Ellectra)
George
Pouncival
Victor
Early Broadway Swings (80s and 90s)
Spike- young male
George- young male
AJ- young female
Greycat- female
Carbucketty- male kitten, later cut when Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer became actual cats and not trash puppets
Babygriz's design was also used as a swing
US Tour Swing
Spike- different design. male.
China 2012
Grumbuskin
Jemima
Oliva
Murad
Quaxo
Noilly Prat
Latter four have since been used in other productions
Gothenburg 2006
Isis
Ramses
Garbo
Shakespeare
Tintomara
Agustus
Moses
Savannah
Warsaw 2004
Fraszka
Fantasia
Sierściuch
Zyleta/Kocik Le Miau
Angelika
Mamrotka
Turbo Ptys
Menello Bianco
Kara Kotek
Tecklenburg 2015
Rocketta
Eris
Barnaby
Buttons
Bonzo
Mab
Thunerseespiele 2017
Ishtar
Luna
Roxy
2009 Italian Tour
Caligola
Paride
Helsinki 1986
Aprilli
Gilbert
Lilli
Marina
Meijuli
Grumbuskin/Rokkonen
Russu
Sibylla
Oslo 1985
Kvesesta
Potefar
Godnattakatt
The Named Swings
Some of these are full ensemble characters in certain productions but when other productions cut that character or use an alternative, that name is often used for a swing.
Admetus- when he's replaced by Plato, Admetus is sometimes used by a male/female swing
Augustus
Autumn
Bill Bailey
Carbucketty
Electra
Etcetera
Exotica- first used to create a cameo for Femi Taylor (who played Tantomile in the OLC I'm pretty sure) in the 1998 film but has since been used for swings in large productions
George- male kitten
Jemima- female kitten
Jonathan- male
Murad- young male
Noilly Prat- young female
Olivia- young female
Peter
Quaxo- young male
Victor- kind of an elderly male? his performer usually covers the older roles like Gus and Old Deuteronomy
There's also a swing Babygriz in the current UK Tour
And now the mindfuck that is alternatives:
Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus- Bill Bailey originated in the original London production. Tumblebrutus was used instead of him on Broadway and in the 1998 film (the latter to maintain international something or other). In the 98 film it was Bill Bailey under the name Tumblebrutus.
Carbucketty/Pouncival- Carbucketty originated in the original London production. As with Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus, Pouncival was used instead of his London counterpart on Broadway and in the 1998 film. In the 98 film it was Carbucketty under the name Pouncival.
Pouncival/George- the 2014 London Palladium production included a third male kitten aside from Carbucketty and Bil Bailey named Pouncival, who's design was actually much closer to the original London George character than to Carbucketty.
Quaxo/Mistoffelees- Big mindfuck! In UK-style productions, the performer is credited as Quaxo up until his song, where he is revealed to be The Magical Mr. Mistoffelees. This is usually explained as Mr. Mistoffelees being Quaxo's stage name. However, in some productions they're completely different cats, with Quaxo using a totally different design. Also, as Quaxo/Misto used to dance a tap dance duel against Jennyanydots while dressed as the lead beetle. Because of this, all pre-revival London productions attached the name Quaxo to the lead tap dancing beetle regardles of whether or not it was played by Mistoffelees.
Plato/Admetus- Even bigger mindfuck! Admetus was the original double for Macavity in London and I think London-based prodctions still use Admetus. Plato is the Broadway version of the same cat. The Plato you see in the 1998 film is the Admetus design. Plato's design originally had a lot of brown and grey but since the 98 film, which used the Admetus design, you get a lot of "Admetus costume and makeup but named Plato". In productions where Plato is the Macavity double, the name Admetus is sometimes used for a swing (this is common in Australian-style productions)
Admetus/George- This one is purely to do with the 98 film. Frank Thompson was credited with playing the Rumpus Cat and Admetus. Fans assumed the cat who was actually using the George design was Admetus, but it is unknown if the renaling of the George design to Admetus was intentional or not.
Jemima/Sillabub- Jemima originated from the original London production but was renamed Sillabub in the US and in US-based prosuctions to avoid any negative racial connotations. Since then, the name Sillabub is used more often outside of Europe, though in productions where Sillabub is used as the principle version, the name Jemima is sometimes used for a female swing. Jemima is a named swing in the China 2012 and Shiki productions.
Other names
There are two names in Old Possum's that haven't been used in any production (that I know of): James and Cat Morgan.
Then there's Socrates, who is exclusive to the 2019 film.
So! That's that! Wow this got long and kinda detailed. If you've any questions/additions/whatever, send them in an ask and I'll do my best to answer.
There are many, many, more unnamed swings, but this is a compiled list of named swings.
I got the majority of my information from the wiki and also from this post by @/theimpossiblescheme.
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La playlist de l'émission de ce jeudi matin sur Radio Campus Bruxelles entre 6h30 et 9h : Sun Ra "There is Change in the Air" (The Antique Blacks/Kindred Spirits-Art Yard/1974-2010) Angel Bat Dawid "We Are Starzz" (The Oracle/International Anthem/2019) Tony Scott "Spirits Return" (Hyperituals Vol. 1 - Soul Note/Hyperjazz Records/1984-2022) Moondog "Oasis" (The Viking of Sixth Avenue/Honest Jon's Records/1953-2004) Terry Callier "Dancing Girl" (What Color is Love/Cadet/1972) David Crosby & Graham Nash "To the Last Whale... (A. Critical Mass/B. Wind on the Water)" (1975) Sourdure "Vespres dau Raibar" (De Mòrt Viva/Les Disques du Festival Permanent/2018) Jimmy Smack "Anguish" (Death is Certain/Knekelhuis/1982-2022) Tarwater "The Watersample" (Silur/Gusstaff Records/1998) Kraftwerk "Nummern" (Computerwelt/Kling Klang/1981) Midget "Sans Ombre/Cristal" (Bois & Charbon/We Are Unique! Records-Matamore/2014) Myriam Gendron "Au Coeur de ma délire" (Ma délire - Songs of love, lost & found/FEEDING TUBE RECORDS/Les Ateliers Claus/2021) The Fire Stones "Cécile" (7"/Robar/1967) Lewsberg "Getting Closer" (In Your Hands/Autoproduction/2021) Rose Mercie "Cats & Dogs" (¿ KIERES AGUA?/Jelodanti Records/2022) Wet Leg "Chaise longue" (Wet Leg/Domino Recording Company/2022) Jun Miyake, Arto Lindsay & Vinicius Cantuaria "Três" (Innocent Bossa in the Mirror/Nektar/2002) Antena "Camino del sol" (Camino del sol/Les Disques du Crépuscule/1982) Brigitte Fontaine & Areski Belkacem "La déchirure" (Vous et nous/Saravah/1977) Colin Newman "Not Being in Warsaw" (Not Seems/Crammed Discs/1988) Facteur Cheval "Adieu l'organique" (Adieu l'organique/Humpty Dumpty Records/2016) Dragibus "Salam" (Barbapoux/Saravah/1996) The Gun Club "Mother of Earth" (Miami/Animal Records/1982) https://www.instagram.com/p/CddHiDdNult/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=
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Cats Warsaw portraits pt. 6
Katarzyna Gaweł-Stańkowska as Kasandra [Cassandra]
Wojciech Paszkowski as Kot Bywalec [Bustopher Jones]
Paweł Strymiński as Mungojerrie
Tomasz Steciuk as Gus
Photos taken before one of the preview shows
January 7, 2004
Photos by Grażyna Jaworska
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I was inspired to make a list of all the swing cats I’ve come across in different productions, partially from a post @the-cat-at-the-theatre-door made. These are all the babies I was able to collect!
For the London swings, we have Greycat (who was apparently named Hysperia at one point), NBQ, AJ, Tabbygirl, Patches, a female and male version of Calico, Caramel, Victor, and the Walking Cover.
For the Broadway swings we have Spike, older versions of Greycat and NBQ and AJ, and a handful of nameless cats.
For the China 2012 production, we have Grumbuskin, Murad, Noilly Prat, Olivia, and Quaxo (the latter four have shown up in different productions such as the Australasia and World Tours).
The Gothenburg 2006 production gives us Isis, Ramses, Garbo, and Shakespeare. They also have swings named Agustus, Moses, Savannah, and Tintomara, but I was unable to find pictures of them.
The Warsaw 2004 production gives us Fraszka, Fantasia, Sierściuch, and Zyleta/Kocik le Miau. They also have swings named Angelika, Mamrotka, Turbo Ptys, Menello Bianco, and Kara Kotek, but they also don’t have pictures available.
The Tecklenburg 2015 production has a frankly ridiculous amount of swings, but the “main” ones--the ones who take bows with the main cast--have been named Rocketta, Eris, Barnaby, Buttons, Bonzo, and Mab (shout-out to @rumplteazer for coming up with them!). The rest are just part of the circus background chorus.
From the Thunerseespiele 2017 production, we have Ishtar, Luna, Roxy (based on a hashtag suggestion from the actress’s Instagram), and another handful of unnamed swings.
The 2003 World Tour gave us Jonathan.
And the 2009 Italian Tour gave us Caligola, as well as an unpictured swing named Paride who apparently resembles Asparagus with a Cassandra-style rolled wig.
If anyone knows of another other swings I was unable to find, or if anyone can find pictures of the others I mentioned, feel free to add on!
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Been digging through some archival press notes and articles about Cats Warsaw and found one with a casting call posted about a month after the premiere (at first it was planned to run for 60 shows with possibility of extension, and when it was clear they'll be extending they wanted to bring few more people for covers and stuff)
The only requirements for this call was to have the dance/vocal/acrobatic skills and to preferably be under 26 years old XD
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Devi watches Cats - masterpost
I've made a bucket list of all the productions I want to watch and have recently put my plan into motion. And then... I thought it would be cool to review every one I watch. So, here is a masterpost of all the reviews.
Reviews consist of:
Pros and cons
Highlights
Rating (overall, and split into categories: design, dance, music, interactions, and comfort - the last one referring to whether the production has anything that makes me go "yikes", not counting Growltiger, or feel sick for not ethical but rather personal reasons)
Would I watch again? If the answer is "no", it doesn't mean the production was horrible. Rather, if I say "yes", it means that either the production was extraordinarily good in ways that matter to me the most or it gained a lot of emotional attachment from me - sometimes a production can have a low score because of technical issues but still have a profound impact on me regardless.
💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜💜
WARSAW 2004 (with link) - [PART 1] [PART 2]
Overall score: 7.8/10 (rated highest in music, interactions, and comfort, lowest in design)
Would I watch again? YES.
MEXICO 2013 - [PART 1] [PART 2]
Overall score: 6.8/10 (rated highest in design, lowest in dance)
Would I watch again? NO.
GERMAN TENT TOUR (2013 CAST) - [PART 1] [PART 2] [PART 3]
Overall score: 9/10 (rated highest in interactions, lowest in comfort)
Would I watch again? YES.
TROIKA TOUR (2005 CHICAGO CAST, with link) - [PART 1]
Overall score: 7.2/10 (rated highest in comfort, lowest in interactions)
Would I watch again? NO.
BUENOS AIRES 1993 (with link) - [PART 1] [PART 2]
Overall score: 6.6/10 (rated highest in interactions, lowest in dance)
Would watch again? MAYBE.
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Victoria playing with stars in Cats Warsaw, 2004, [colourized]
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From August 1st to August 31st we are going to be appreciating different productions of Cats!. I’ve put two on each day since I want to include as many productions as possible, this includes replica and non-replica productions. You don’t have to do both of them, you can do just one or do both (it is up to you). You can do fanart, Gifs, edits et, anything you want to do to appreciate these wonderful productions. Please spread the word!.
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August 1st - Original London production (1981 - 2002) / Budapest (1983 - present)
August 2nd - Brazil (2010) / broadway 2016 revival (2016 - 2017)
August 3rd - Mexico tour (2018 - 2019) / Mexico (2013 - 2014)
August 4th - Cats video cast (1998) / Zurich (1991 - 1993)
August 5th - Shiki cats Japan (1983 - present) / uk tour (1989 - 1990)
August 6th - Antwerp (1996) / London palladium (2014 - 2015)
August 7th - Madrid (2003 - 2005) / Tecklenburg (2015)
August 8th - German tent tour (2010 - 2013) / Oasis of the seas (2014 - present)
August 9th - Prague (2004 - 2005) / Sydney (1985 - 1987)
August 10th - Buenos Aires (1993) / Asia tour (2017 - 2018)
August 11th - Hamburg (1986 - 2001) / Oslo (1985 - 1987)
August 12th - Australasia (2007 - 2010) / China (2012 - 2014)
August 13th - Moscow (2005 - 2006) / Dutch tour (2006 - 2007)
August 14th - Operà populaire (2017) / Amsterdam (1987 - 1993)
August 15th - UK tour (2003 -2009) / Vienna revival (2019 - present)
August 16th - World tour (2001 - 2005) / Stuttgart (2001 - 2002)
August 17th - Mexico tour (1991 - 1992) / Australian Circus Tent Tour (1999 - 2001)
August 18th - Asia Tour (2014 - 2015) / South Korea (2011 - 2012)
August 19th - Toronto (1985 - 1989) / Copenhagen (2002 - 2003)
August 20th - Australia tour (1989 - 1990) / Warsaw (2004 - 2010)
August 21st - Paris (1989 - 1990) / Italian tour (2009)
August 22nd - Vienna (1983 - 1990) / South Africa (2009 - 2010)
August 23rd - South Korea (2008 - 2009) / Düsseldorf (2004 - 2005)
August 24th - German tour (2005 - 2006) / US tour 2 (1985 - 1986)
August 25th - Original broadway production (1982 - 2000) / Berlin (2002 - 2004)
August 26th - US tour 1 (1983 - 1987) / Uk tour (1993 - 1995)
August 27th - Euro tour (1994 - 1996) / US tour 6 (2019 - present)
August 28th - US tour 5 Troika (2001 - 2012) / UK/European tour (2013 - 2014)
August 29th - Paris revival (2015 - 2016) / US tour 4 (1987 - 1999)
August 30th - US tour 3 (1986 - 1988) / Australia tour (1993 - 1996)
August 31st - Australia / New Zealand Tour (2015-2016) / uk/international tour (2016 - present)
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Here’s some prompts/questions to answer if anyone needs them
1.Favourite thing about this production?
2.Favourite actor(s)?
3.Favourite costumes/makeup?
4.Favourite song performed in that particular production?
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Please use the #catsproductionsappreciationmonth so I can see any posts you’ve made and share them!
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