#tuggerxvictoria

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Tugger has found a fan.... 👀

OH WAIT SHIT Tugger has a job to do he needs to sing about Mistoffelees!! on it 💯

tugger is not distractible. at all.

Dominik Hees and Hannah Kenna Thomas, plus Anna Carina Buchegger in the foreground as Rumpelteazer. Vienna revival, 19 June 2022, filmed by @falasta (despite me absent-mindedly also adding @cryptidvoidwritings to the watermark...).

#cats the musical #2021 vienna #220619 #tuggtoria #victugger #rum tum tugger #victoria cats #s: mistoffelees #c: rum tum tugger #c: victoria #tuggerxvictoria #dominik hees #anna carina buchegger #hannah kenna thomas #vienna revival

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Victoria and Jemima are Looking Disrespectfully.

(Denisse Moore(?) and Wendy Braga, Mexico 2018 X.)

#c: tugger #c: victoria #c: jemima #jemimaxvictoria #jemimaxtugger #tuggerxvictoria #jemimaxtuggerxvictoria #sensitive pairing #stage cats #suggestive content

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A wild Victoria spots her prey!

Encouraged by her packmate Electra, she gathers her courage and slinks in to striking range.

Thighs must be fondled. Biscuits must be made.

(oh no, the prey is aware of them. also Carbuckety is Grinning in the background. despite all Munkustrap's attempts to preserve his innocence.)

... touching the butt is for amateurs. Just. Get right in there, girls.

Taiwan tour, early 2022. Will Richardson as Tugger, Tyler Lotzof as Victoria, Anina Pletscher as Electra, Amy Everett as Jemima, Dominique Hamilton as Rumpelteazer, Mukeni Nel as Carbuckety, and Rafe Watts as Munkustrap('s chastity paws). From the press day before opening: 9 February 2022 (x).

#lemon #2022 taiwan tour #c: victoria #c: electra #c: rum tum tugger #c: jemima #c: rumpelteazer #c: pouncival #c: munkustrap #s: rum tum tugger #tyler lotzof #anina pletscher #amy everett #dominique hamilton #mukeni nel #rafe watts #tuggerxvictoria #electraxvictoria #jemimaxtugger #pouncivalxtugger #munkustrapxpouncival #will richardson

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"You would say we had nothing to do at all..."

girls. girls, no, not right now, Tugger's Vibing Alone.

(Victoria cottoned on quicker than the other two and avoided the Devastation of the Butt.)

Dominik Hees as Tugger, Hannah Kenna Thomas as Victoria, Anna Carina Buchegger as Rumpelteazer, and Anastasia Bertinshaw as Jemima.

Vienna revival, 21/6/22. Filmed by @cryptidvoidwritings and @falasta, giffed with permission.

#rum tum tugger #victoria cats #rumpleteazer #jemima cats #jemtugger #teazertugger #rumpletugger #dominik hees #anna carina buchegger #anastasia bertinshaw #hannah kenna thomas #s: song of the jellicles #rumpelteazerxtugger #tuggerxvictoria #jemimaxtugger #c: rum tum tugger #c: victoria #c: rumpelteazer #c: jemima #220621 #cats the musical #2021 vienna #vienna revival

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Tugger exists.

Alonzo is shaking his head over this tiresome fact.

Especially when the girls do the whole heart-throb thing.

... but he joins in the dance anyway. He just makes sure to dance a full-body eyeroll the whole time. And shake his head some more.

George Maniadis as Alonzo, Vienna revival. Plus Anastasia Bertinshaw as Jemima, Hannah Kenna Thomas as Victoria, Nicholas Li as Admetus, Rhys Batten as Coricopat, and Johnny Randall as Carbuckety. Filmed by @thunderwhenhepurrs on 6 May and @falasta on 19 June 2022.

#altugger #alonzoxtugger #c: alonzo #s: rum tum tugger #vienna revival #2021 vienna #220506 #220619 #george maniadis #hannah kenna thomas #anastastia bertinshaw #c: victoria #c: jemima #jemimaxtugger #tuggerxvictoria #johnny randall #rhys batten #nicholas li #c: plato #c: coricopat #c: pouncival #jemimaxvictoria

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new US tour Tugger has his priorities straight: his debut, and Travis Anderson is already posing with Hyla and sunglasses. 😎

#travis anderson #hyla mayrose perillo #victugger #c: victoria #c: rum tum tugger #tuggerxvictoria #cats in glasses #2021 us tour #220504 #a baby tugger! #debuts

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Victoria has two Tuggers! Lucky girl!

(And one of them bleps. 😌)

Hyla Mayrose Perillo, with Zach Bravo (left) and Travis Anderson (right); 2021 US tour, 6 May 2022.

#bleps #2021 us tour #c: rum tum tugger #c: victoria #tuggerxvictoria #hyla mayrose perillo #zach bravo #travis anderson #220506

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José Raúl Mangual covering Tugger and Gracie Anderson covering Victoria, sometime during the US tour's leg in Canada: 8–16 March 2022 (X).

#tuggerxvictoria #victugger #2021 us tour #gracie anderson #jose raul mangual #c: victoria #c: rum tum tugger

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GUESS WHO

went on for Tugger for the first time in a five-year Cats career? (5 March 2022)

Hayden Baum!

He covered Tugger in the 2017 and 2020 Asia tours but never went on for the role except in cover rehearsals: Ben Colley covered both Tugger and Munk, and on the only occasion that both first-cast actors for those roles were off at the same time, Thomas Inge (Admetus) covered Munkustrap, and Ben went on for Tugger.

So it's been YEARS... if indeed he ever went on for Tugger in the 2017 tour? It's entirely possible that the only photos we have of him for that role in 2017 are from cover runs. No doubt he'll make a post with some photos soon enough (since he does photos) and we'll know more.

Meanwhile, please enjoy the thought of Hayden and that expressive face and the precise, pedantic, feline mannerisms that he uses for Skimbleshanks (and, okay, let's face it, that incredibly toned and powerful body) being suddenly converted to a Rum Tum Tugger!

Edit:

More photos/gifs below: and yes, by Ellie’s comment it sounds like this was his career debut in this role! Ellie was with him in 2017 so she would know.

Getting fawned upon by the girls as Tugger deserves (Tyler Lotzof as Victoria and Amy Everett as Jemima)...

Being saucy with Cassandra (Emily Casey)...

... and adorable with Ellie Nunan.

#news #hayden baum #2022 taiwan tour #220305 #c: rum tum tugger #c: skimbleshanks #swings love #debuts #amy everett #tyler lotzof #emily casey #ellie nunan #c: jennyanydots #jennyanydotsxtugger #c: jemima #jemimaxtugger #c: victoria #tuggerxvictoria #c: cassandra #cassandraxtugger

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Victoria and the moon: Hyla's headcanons

A little snippet from Hyla Mayrose Perillo's insta live on 15 April 2022; plus Nick Davis as Munkustrap, Zach Bravo as Tugger, and a note on their relationship.

(Incidentally, I think this is the first time I've ever heard actors affirm a relationship between Munk/Tugger and Macavity—though it does make sense, given the Broadway redesign of Mac to resemble Tugger.)

2021 US tour, obviously.

Hyla (re. Munk and Tugger): These two are brothers apparently, and...

Nick: We are!

Zach: Brothers.

Hyla: *whispering dramatically* ... same with Macavity. *mimicking Demeter* MACAVITY!!!!

Nick: We're triplets.

Hyla: And then... i don't know where I'm from. I'm from the Jellicle moon. *laughs*

Zach(? out of shot): You theorised that Griz is your mum, right?

Hyla: No, actually...

Zach(?): I thought it was?

Hyla: We theorised... okay everyone, here's my headcanon-slash-backstory.

Zach: *settles in for storytime 👀*

Hyla: I was reborn from the Heavyside Layer and that's why Old Deuteronomy is so amazed by how pure white I came out.

(Zach bursts out laughing.)

Zach: That—so who were you before?

Hyla: I don't—

Nick: You are the Jellicle Moon.

Zach: You are the Jellicle....!? *gasps*

Hyla: Did you guys not know in rehearsal? That's why every single time the Jellicle moon is—like, *singing and miming lifting* 'The Jellicle moon is shining bright...!', that's why I'm lifted, and '...wait for the Jellicle Moon to rise', that's why I'm lifted.

Zach: Ooooh! ..... my mind just exploded.

Hyla: I represent the Jellicle moon.

Nick: Yeah.

Zach: That makes perfect sense.

Hyla: That's why Old Deuteronomy loves me.

Zach: Tumblr, are you writing this down?

Hyla: Yeah, tumblr, you better be writing this dooooown!

Tumblr hath written. 😌

(bonus, later when they have to rush back to get ready for act two:)

Hyla: I need to get ready for act two! I gotta go BOOP Griz's hand because I have the most pure heart, because everybody else sucks! *blows a raspberry at Zach then at Nick*

#hyla mayrose perillo #zach bravo #nick davis #artist quotes #c: victoria #c: rum tum tugger #c: munkustrap #c: macavity #macavityxtugger #macavityxmunkustrap #munkustrapxtugger #tuggerxvictoria #2021 us tour #220415 #oh and almost forgot #cats in glasses #very important tag

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The Rum Tum Tugger and some curious faces!

1. Himself, being cute, with a fuming chaperone and chaperone's apprentice behind (plus Cassandra having Thoughts):

2: Everyone: wtf is Teazer squealing about?? Bonus points to Admetus and Jemima for cuteness.

3. Munkustrap and Skimbleshanks gesturing despairingly at each other while Tugger does a little hoppity and the boys start waving their arms around.

4. Chaperones say :o, fans say :D. (Mistoffelees has given up on him and is pouting on top of the oven.)

5. Final pose! Fans extend a paw (front or back or both, according to choice). Tugger is a fan of himself so he throws up a paw too. Skimbleshanks just flings his into the air in despair.

Will Richardson in the 2022 Asia tour, on the press event before opening night (9 Feb). Everybody's first cast, so: Rafe Watts as Munkustrap, Xavier Pellin as Mistoffelees, Hayden Baum as Skimbleshanks, Dominique Hamilton as Rumpelteazer, Amy Everett as Jemima, Tyler Lotzof as Victoria, and Anina Pletscher as Electra.

(Sources X X)

#220209 #2022 taiwan tour #c: rum tum tugger #s: rum tum tugger #will richardson #rafe watts #xavier pellin #hayden baum #dominique hamilton #amy everett #anina pletscher #tyler lotzof #mukeni nel #munkustrapxtugger #mistoffeleesxtugger #skimbleshanksxtugger #rumpelteazerxtugger #tuggerxvictoria #c: munkustrap #c: skimbleshanks #c: mistoffelees #c: rumpelteazer #c: jemima #c: victoria #c: electra

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Max Craven (Mungojerrie), Hyla Mayrose Perillo (Victoria), and Zach Bravo (Tugger) win the prize for our first in-character photos for the 2021 US tour! And they're just as adorable as we knew they would be.

#guess that means I have to ship it #2021 us tour #backstage #210916 #c: victoria #c: mungojerrie #c: rum tum tugger #mungojerriexvictoria #mungojerriextugger #tuggerxvictoria

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Victoria has discovered a new cute self-ship!

Sarah-Anne McClaren, with Ryan Lay (usually Plato) covering Tugger. Oasis cast 11, 1 March 2022.

#220301 #ryan lay #sarah anne mclaren #oasis #oasis 11 #c: rum tum tugger #c: victoria #tuggerxvictoria

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Well, they do say Halloween is for 'come as you aren't'.

Zach Bravo and Hyla Mayrose Perillo, US tour, 31 October 2021.

#cats in glasses #c: victoria #c: rum tum tugger #tuggerxvictoria #zach bravo #hyla mayrose perillo #2021 us tour #211031

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Anina Pletscher and Hayden Baum, 2020 Asia tour: in their own characters as Electra and Skimbleshanks, covering Cassandra and Admetus, and in a cover rehearsal as Victoria and Tugger. (Anina did play Victoria several times, but Hayden never had a chance to go on for Tugger, alas.)

#anina pletscher #hayden baum #artist focus #backstage #2020 asia tour #c: electra #c: skimbleshanks #electraxskimbleshanks #c: cassandra #c: plato #cassandraxplato #c: victoria #c: rum tum tugger #tuggerxvictoria

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Taiwan tech day part 5 (9 February 2022)

A couple of photos from the press event held by the 2022 Asia tour on February 9.

Above, Will Richardson's Tugger - please note Anina Pletscher is still doing her adorable double-earscritch as Electra, Bradley Delarosbel's Admetus is doing a yearn, and Rafe Watts and Hayden Baum's chaperone cats are pretending not to see it.

Below, Joanna Ampil as Grizabella.

And some footage from the same event! Jellicle Songs and Tugger's song, no Memory.

Rehearsals and tech masterpost here

#220209 #news #2022 taiwan tour #will richardson #c: rum tum tugger #joanna ampil #c: grizabella #anina pletscher #c: electra #platugger #bradley delarosbel #c: plato #tyler lotzof #c: victoria #s: rum tum tugger #s: jellicle songs #videos #s: memory #tuggerxvictoria #amy everett #c: jemima #rafe watts #c: munkustrap #hayden baum #c: skimbleshanks #dominique hamilton #c: rumpelteazer #ashlee hammerin #c: demeter #Youtube