Cats: The Musical


06:00 am - 08:00 am, Saturday, May 2 on Sky Arts (350)

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About this Broadcast

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A production of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical based on TS Eliot's much-loved Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, filmed at the New London Theatre on Drury Lane. The cast includes Elaine Paige, John Mills, Ken Page, Rosemarie Ford and Michael Gruber


16x9 subtitles
General Music/Ballet/Dance

Cast & Crew

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Elaine Paige (Actor) .. Grizabella the Glamour Cat
John Mills (Actor) .. Gus the Theatre Cat
Ken Page (Actor) .. Old Deuteronomy
Rosemarie Ford (Actor) .. Bombalurina
Michael Gruber (Actor) .. Munkustrap
John Partridge (Actor) .. Rum Tum Tugger
Aeva May (Actor) .. Demeter
Geoffrey Garratt (Actor) .. Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat
Susie McKenna (Actor) .. Jennyanydots the Gumbie Cat
Jacob Brent (Actor) .. Magical Mr Mistoffelees
David Mallet (Director)

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Did You Know..

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Elaine Paige (Actor) .. Grizabella the Glamour Cat
Born: March 05, 1948 in London.
Best Known For: A string of West End and Broadway musicals.
Early-life: Born Elaine Jill Bickerstaff in London on March 5, 1948. Her father was an estate agent and her mother a milliner. Elaine's original ambition was to become a professional tennis player, but it was after listening to the film soundtrack of West Side Story as a teenager that evoked her desire for a career in musical theatre. She was a member of her school choir and her first stage role was playing Susanna in a school production of The Marriage of Figaro. She went on to attend the Aida Foster Theatre School. After graduating, her first job was modelling children's clothing.
Career: Paige's first professional stage appearance was the role of a Chinese urchin in the musical The Roar of the Greasepaint - the Smell of the Crowd in 1964. At the age of 20, she made her West End debut in Hair. During the 1970s, she played roles in a number of musicals, including Jesus Christ Superstar, Grease, Billy and The Boyfriend. Her big break came when she was offered the title role of Eva Peron in the first stage production of Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber's Evita. She played the role for 20 months between 1978 and 1980 and her performance won her an Olivier Award for Best Performance in a Musical. She went on to achieve success in Cats, Chess, Anything Goes, Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street, Sunset Boulevard, The King and I and Follies. She has also released a number of albums and since 2004, she has hosted her own Radio 2 show called Elaine Paige on Sunday. In December 2013, she was a contestant on the Strictly Come Dancing Christmas Special.
Quote: 'Learn to take rejection, keep fit and work only with the best in your field.'
Trivia: Paige has acted in a number of TV shows, notably in an episode of Agatha Christie's Marple. Her signature song is Memory from Cats.
John Mills (Actor) .. Gus the Theatre Cat
Born: February 22, 1908 in Norfolk
Best Known For: A distinguished film and TV career.
Early-life: Born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills at the Watts Naval School in North Elmham, Norfolk on February 22, 1908. His father was a teacher and his mother worked as a theatre box-office manager. John trained as a dancer in London at Zelia Raye's Dancing School and began appearing as a chorus boy in revues on the London stage.
Career: Mills made his film debut in The Midshipmaid (1932) and went on to appear in a number of films, including Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939), before he enlisted in the Royal Engineers at the start of the Second World War. His war was cut short in 1942 by a stomach ulcer. He quickly returned to acting and went on to star in a number of acclaimed films in a career that spanned 70 years. Notable works included Great Expectations (1946), Scott of the Antarctic (1948), The Colditz Story (1954), Ice Cold in Alex (1958), Tunes of Glory (1960), Swiss Family Robinson (1960), Oh! What a Lovely War (1969), Ryan's Daughter (1970), Young Winston (1972), Gandhi (1982) and Hamlet (1996). Among his roles on TV, he starred in Quatermass, Young at Heart, A Woman of Substance and Martin Chuzzlewit. He also appeared in a number of productions on Broadway. He was knighted in 1976. He died on April 23, 2005, at the age of 97.
Quote: 'One of the luckiest things that ever happened to me was to be born with a desperate desire to become an actor.'
Trivia: Father of actors Juliet and Haley Mills. Won an Academy Award for Ryan's Daughter. He portrayed a military character, usually an officer, in a number of films.
Ken Page (Actor) .. Old Deuteronomy
Rosemarie Ford (Actor) .. Bombalurina
Michael Gruber (Actor) .. Munkustrap
John Partridge (Actor) .. Rum Tum Tugger
Born: July 24, 1971 in Bury, Lancashire
Best Known For: Playing Christian Clarke in EastEnders.
Early-life: John Partridge was born on July 24, 1971, and grew up in Bury, Lancashire, where he developed a love of dance at a young age. When he was just 10, he won a place at the prestigious Royal Ballet School, and was able to attend thanks to a government grant _ which has led the media to describe him as a real-life Billy Elliot. John eventually decided he wasn't cut out to be a ballet soloist, and turned his attention to musical theatre, joining a touring production of Cats when he was 16.
Career: Partridge went on to star in numerous other stage musicals, including Tommy, Starlight Express, Grease, Rent and The Drowsy Chaperone while also appearing in various TV adverts. Away from acting, he's also worked with Kim Wilde and bands including U2 and Pet Shop Boys. In 2008, he joined the cast of EastEnders as Christian Clarke and stayed with the show until 2012 (he returned for two episodes in 2014 to attend the funeral of Lucy Beale). After leaving Albert Square, he starred in a revival of A Chorus Line. He was also a judge on Andrew Lloyd Webber's Over the Rainbow. In August 2014, he was a participant on BBC One celebrity gymnastics contest Tumble. In January 2016, he entered the Celebrity Big Brother house.
Quote: 'At 16, auditions are fun because you get to show off and do high kicks and the splits. It's only as you get further down the line that you get more insecure.'
Trivia: In 2009, he won an Inside Soap award in the sexiest male category.
Aeva May (Actor) .. Demeter
Geoffrey Garratt (Actor) .. Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat
Susie McKenna (Actor) .. Jennyanydots the Gumbie Cat
Jacob Brent (Actor) .. Magical Mr Mistoffelees
David Mallet (Director)