Cats the Musical of the century
Opens 9 January 2015
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The Grammy award winning legend, Sir Andrew Lloyd Webber’s critically acclaimed Cats the musical will hit the shores of Singapore. With a fantastically oversized stage set, prodigious choreography and surreal costume designs.
Cats the musical has been hailed by critics as “the musical of the century” across the globe and now the award winning musical will be hitting the sandy shores of Singapore. The musical has won 7 Tony awards and 2 Olivier Awards.
Following an extensive search for Europe’s brightest star, joining the star-studded cast of Cats the Musical is Nicole Scherzinger, Antoine Murray-Straughn, Joseph Poulton and Nicholas Pound playing Grizabella, Rum Tum Tugger, Mister Mistoffolees, and Old Deuteronomy respectively. With a mix of both veteran and first time performers, this production is set to blow you away.
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Nicole Scherzinger makes her theatre debut as Grizabella, one of principal characters in this award-winning musical. In addation to theater work Nicole Scherzinger was also a judge on the well known television show “X Factor” and has recently released her new solo album “Big Fat Lie” through RCA records.
Antoine Murray-Straughn, a graduate from The Urdang Academy, plays the role of Rum Tum Tugger in Cats the musical and this will be his West End debut. Antonie has done work in Jesus Christ Superstar in the US arena tour and was also a dancer in Brit Awards After Party.
Joseph Poulton plays Mister Mistoffolees in the musical. A trained Ballet Dancer from The Royal Ballet School Junior and Mid Associates (Leeds); Northern Ballet under Yolo Ichino (Leeds); Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance; Central School of Ballet, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Professional Dance and
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