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Griz and Alz: the masterpost

For Jo Ampil and Robin Lake’s ‘Griz and Alz’ backstage series, from when they were playing Grizabella and Alonzo on the 2018 international tour.

YouTube playlist now available here, and tumblr posts are below the cut.

EDIT (16 Jan 2021): Joanna Ampil now has her own youtube channel, and has uploaded these there - with some extra editing compared to the versions on insta / in these posts! Head over there and give her a follow.

Episode 1: The One With Macavity. (Gifset)

Episode 2: The One With Make-up Tips. (Gifset)

Episode 3: The One With The Diva. (Gifset)

Episode 4: The One With The Lemsip.

Episode 5: The One With The Weight Loss.

Episode 6: The One With The Opera Cat. (Gifset)

Episode 7: The One Where Cassandra Gets Impatient.

Episode 8: The One With The Dread Cucumber. (Gifset)

Episode 9: The One With The Disappearing Banana.

Episode 10: The One Where Robin Is Replaced. (Gifset)

Episode 11: The One With The Other Diva.

Episode 12: The One Where The Twins Are Not In Sync.

Episode 13: The One With The Litter Tray.

Episode 14: The One With All The Fans.

Episode 15: The One Where Sharing Is Caring.

Episode 16: The Last One. Originally posted on their instagrams - links provided in the video descriptions on youtube.

#international tour #2018 international tour #c: alonzo #c: grizabella #robin lake #joanna ampil #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #backstage #griz and alz #masterposts

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My mood right now it's griz

#griz and alz #grizabella #jo ampil

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love listening to dutch cats because 99% of the time i have no idea what they're saying but then suddenly it's a sentence that's almost exactly the same in swedish and each time i'm like ??? holdup

#same with the griz and alz episodes when alonzo suddenly starts speaking swedish #every time it takes me a few seconds and then i have to go back and listen again #My rambles

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Munkustrap is being replaced. :(

‘Griz and Alz’: Robin Lake as Munkustrap, Nathan Zach Johnson as Alonzo, and Jo Ampil as Grizabella, 2018 International tour.

#international tour #2018 international tour #c: alonzo #c: grizabella #robin lake #joanna ampil #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #backstage #griz and alz #alonzoxmunkustrap #grizabellaxmunkustrap #c: munkustrap #nathan zach johnson

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‘Griz and Alz’ episode 9: The One With The Disappearing Banana.

Robin Lake and Joanna Ampil, 2018 International Tour; with Alex Harrison as Mistoffelees.

(‘Griz and Alz’ masterpost.)

#alex harrison #c: mistoffelees #alonzoxmistoffelees #grizabellaxmistoffelees #international tour #2018 international tour #c: alonzo #c: grizabella #robin lake #joanna ampil #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #backstage #griz and alz

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‘Griz and Alz’ episode 14: The One With All The Fans.

Robin Lake and Joanna Ampil, 2018 International Tour; with Nathan Zach Johnson as Tugger being a little shit.

(‘Griz and Alz’ masterpost.)

Transcript below the cut.

Robin: Jo, I really feel like we’ve been neglecting our fans lately.

Jo: I feel realy guilty. We haven’t produced anything for a long time.

Robin: Do you think we’ve lost them?

Nathan: Guys, you’ve got fans waiting for you in your room.

Robin: Fans?

Jo: For us?

Robin: Our fans? ... I told you! We didn’t even need to worry. I mean, the fact that they actually travel all the way here to see us...!

Jo: Oh my god!

Robin: I mean that’s really a testament to the good work that we’re doing!

Jo: Okay, how do we look -

Robin: Right, play cool, play cool... Sorry to keep you waiting guys-!

Jo: Hi-!

@cat-b-amimation TUGGER IS A BRAT

#international tour #2018 international tour #c: alonzo #c: grizabella #robin lake #joanna ampil #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #backstage #griz and alz #c: rum tum tugger #nathan zach johnson #alonzoxtugger #grizabellaxtugger

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‘Griz and Alz’ episode 11: The One With The Other Diva.

Robin Lake and Joanna Ampil, 2018 International Tour. With Elizabeth Futter as Jellylorum and Mathieu Serradell (musical director) on piano. Nico Kirschstein Smith, their resident physio, is also tagged in the video, and I assume he’s the one massaging her leg. I’m not sure who’s fanning her and feeding her grapes though!

(‘Griz and Alz’ masterpost.)

#international tour #2018 international tour #c: alonzo #c: grizabella #robin lake #joanna ampil #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #backstage #griz and alz #c: jellylorum #elizabeth futter #mathieu serradell #alonzoxjellylorum #nico kirchstein smith

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‘Griz and Alz’ episode 8: The One With The Dread Cucumber. (Giffed here.)

Robin Lake and Joanna Ampil, 2018 International Tour. With Mathieu Serradell (musical director) as the Bringer of the Dread Cucumber.

(‘Griz and Alz’ masterpost.)

(also pouncival’s foot - Bruce Aguilar-Rohan, who is, incidentally, filming for most of these.)

#international tour #2018 international tour #c: alonzo #c: grizabella #robin lake #joanna ampil #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #backstage #griz and alz #mathieu serradell

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Robin Lake’s Alonzo and Joanna Ampil’s Grizabella, and a dread cucumber. (2016 UK/International tour, 2018)

(Masterpost.)

#robin lake #joanna ampil #c: alonzo #c: grizabella #international tour #cucumbers #2018 international tour #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #backstage #griz and alz

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The Adventures of the Two Divas continue...

Jo: I think I’m switching to opera after Cats.

Robin: “I didn’t know you could do that?

Jo: Oh yes! I’ve been practising ‘Queen of the Night’.

Robin, challenging: Show me then.

Jo: Alright! *mimes singing*

*sounds of whistling (the infamous staccato runs in the Queen of the Night’s aria)*

Robin: *opens cupboard door with smug judgey face*

Gregor: ....

*whistling trails off*

Everyone: ...

Robin: *further smug judgey face*

Bonus:

“... Jo. You’re still going to pay me, right?”

(Robin Lake and Joanna Ampil, 2016 UK/International tour, 2018; plus Gregor Stewart as Munkustrap.)

(Masterpost for their ‘Griz and Alz’ series, including a link to the video.)

#c: grizabella #c: alonzo #c: munkustrap #robin lake #joanna ampil #international tour #backstage #2018 international tour #griz and alz #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness

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Joanna Ampil and Robin Lake, 2018 (2016 UK/International tour)

(Complete series here.)

#c: alonzo #c: grizabella #backstage #international tour #joanna ampil #robin lake #2018 international tour #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #griz and alz

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“Robin? Could you just check my whiskers? I can’t get it right tonight.”

“Yeah, I just think you need... just a bit more colour... like that.”

“Oh yeah, that looks better. Thank you.”

Jo Ampil and Robin Lake, International tour 2018: 'Griz and Alz’ masterpost here.

#c: alonzo #c: grizabella #joanna ampil #robin lake #backstage #international tour #2018 international tour #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #griz and alz #c: macavity decoy

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‘Griz and Alz’ episode 10: The One Where Robin Is Replaced.

(It’s all about branding, Robin!)

Robin Lake and Joanna Ampil, 2018 International Tour. With Nathan Zach Johnson as Alonzo.

(‘Griz and Alz’ masterpost.)

#alonzoxmunkustrap #grizabellaxmunkustrap #c: munkustrap #nathan zach johnson #international tour #2018 international tour #c: alonzo #c: grizabella #robin lake #joanna ampil #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #backstage #griz and alz

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Griz and Alz episode 16: The Last One.

Robin Lake and Joanna Ampil, 2018 International Tour of CATS.

‘Griz and Alz’ masterpost. 

#international tour #2018 international tour #c: alonzo #c: grizabella #robin lake #joanna ampil #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #backstage #griz and alz

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‘Griz and Alz’ episode 7: The One Where Cassandra Gets Impatient.

Robin Lake and Joanna Ampil, 2018 International Tour, with Nell Martin as Cassandra.

Jo is speaking Filipino and Robin is speaking Swedish.

(‘Griz and Alz’ masterpost.)

#international tour #2018 international tour #c: alonzo #c: grizabella #robin lake #joanna ampil #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #backstage #griz and alz #c: cassandra #nell martin #cassandraxgrizabella #alonzoxcassandra

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Griz and Alz episode 2: The One With The Make-up Tips. (Giffed here.)

Robin Lake and Joanna Ampil, 2018 International Tour of CATS.

(‘Griz and Alz’ masterpost.)

#international tour #2018 international tour #c: alonzo #c: grizabella #robin lake #joanna ampil #alonzoxgrizabella #silliness #backstage #griz and alz #c: macavity decoy