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Set Design
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based on ‘Old Possum’s Book
of Practical Cats’ by
Orchestrations by David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber. Original production by Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. and The Really Useful Group Ltd.
An amateur production by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd
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It is with enormous pride and an immense honour that I welcome you
to our beautiful Gaiety Theatre for one of the most exhilarating and
innovative musicals ever staged.
I distinctly recall the moment last autumn when I received a call to
say Taylorian Productions had been granted the opportunity to perform
Andrew Lloyd Webber’s unique and magical theatrical experience.
I remember less, however, when the news eventually sank in!
To be tasked with bringing the show to the Isle of Man for the first ever
time – all this when the UK tour is receiving critical acclaim – is something
which not only creates great joy but also a responsibility which weighs
heavy on our shoulders.
To The Really Useful Group for their faith and for trusting us with this
gargantuan challenge, thank you – we won’t let you down!
I began setting Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats to music
‘The Naming of Cats’. But what was most thrilling was to find a
late in 1977, partly because it is a book I remember with
reference in one of Eliot’s letters to coherent, albeit incomplete
It’s fair to say there’s no better way to introduce new audiences to the
wonders of live theatre than with the magic, the mystery, the memory
of CATS.
affection from my childhood and partly because I wanted to
structure for an evening; he proposed that eventually the cats
set existing verse to music. In my associations with lyricists
were to go “Up up up past the Russell Hotel, up up up to the
it has tended to be the case that once a dramatic story line
Heaviside Layer”.
It is a magnificent marriage of words, music, dancing, design and direction
and a brilliantly imaginative show.
had been agreed, the lyrics are written to music I compose.
Who else then could be charged with bringing all these facets to life?
Under the majestic direction of John Cumberlidge, this spectacular new
production will not disappoint you.
Trevor Nunn, who I discovered has a taste for tackling theatrical
I was very curious to see whether I could work the other
problems that most people consider insoluble, set to work
way round.
immediately with me combing Eliot’s works and we were
Very luckily Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats contains verses
reminded of the many references to cats in the main body of his
We once again welcome back West End musical director Andrew Hilton to
our close-knit team: a company of outstanding singers and dancers of all
ages whose commitment to the project has been vast.
that are extraordinarily musical; they have rhythms that are very
writing.
To them and to the crew and members of the production company for
their hard work, thank you also.
will accompany them, they are frequently of irregular and exciting
That the company is able to present its seventh summer show and
continues to bring much remembered theatrical entertainment to the
Manx public - the wish of the much-missed Patrick Taylor - is something
which everyone associated with Taylorian is extremely proud of.
much their own, like the ‘Rum Tum Tugger’ or ‘Old Deuteronomy’
I have enjoyed working on Cats as much as on any show on
and although clearly they dictate to some degree the music that
which I have worked. My gratitude will be undying to Valerie
Eliot without whose encouragement the musical could never have
metre and are very challenging to a composer.
taken its present form.
I wrote some settings in late 1977 which I began performing at the
© Andrew Lloyd Webber and The Really Useful Group Ltd
piano for friends, but I never progressed the idea seriously until
after I had composed Tell Me On A Sunday. This was performed
Finally, on behalf of Taylorian Productions, I thank YOU, the audience, for
coming along and for your continued support.
on BBC TV in the early part of 1980 and I began to think of Old
Now sit back and enjoy what I’m sure will be an uplifting theatrical
experience.
that could also be performed on television. With this in mind,
Possum’s Book of Practical Cats as a possible concert anthology
some of my settings were performed in the summer of 1980
at the Sydmonton Festival. Valerie Eliot fortunately came to the
concert and with her brought various unpublished pieces of verse
by her husband; one of these was ‘Grizabella the Glamour Cat’.
The musical and dramatic images that this created for me made
me feel that there was very much more to the project. I needed
It’s difficult to think that more than five years have elapsed since the
passing of our co-founder and the man whose name lives on through
this company.
Quite a coup for Taylorian Productions. Quite a coup for the Isle of Man.
the support of another to encourage me to re-work my settings
What would he have made of it all? To be honest, we will never know
exactly – but we can hazard a pretty good guess!
and to see if a dramatic whole could be woven from the delightful
verse that I was now to be allowed to develop.
‘Mr T’, as he was affectionately known, derived so much pleasure
from his involvement in theatre, that it was infectious.
Thus in the late summer I had my first meeting with Trevor Nunn.
So when you add in the playful, eye catching, heart-stopping
ingredients of this show, it’s fair to say Patrick Denton Taylor would
fully endorse Taylorian’s eighth production.
three of which we have incorporated into Cats in their entirety.
Soon after Valerie Eliot produced various other uncollected poems,
She also gave us a fascinating rough draft of an opening poem
for what appears to have been conceived as a longer book about
CATS puts the sense of occasion back into going to the theatre,
transporting the audience into a completely new fantasy world as
only truly great theatre can do.
cats and dogs. This poem was not appropriate for the stage but it
inspired us to write a lyric with the same intention of celebrating
the supremacy of Jellicle cats. We have been able to include
No doubt during this run, ‘Mr T’ will be looking down with an
encouraging word, particularly thrilled with younger members of the
cast who he loved to see thrive and progress.
lines from the end of Eliot’s draft poem which now introduce
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The theatrical experience that is Andrew Lloyd Webbers’ CATS at the
Gaiety Theatre in the summer of 2013, marks John’s eighth consecutive
production with Taylorian. As one of the founder collaborators whose
vision seven years ago was to re-define the summer presentations at the
Gaiety, John and the entire Taylorian organisation have, without doubt,
faced their biggest challenge to date with the production of CATS.
John’s career began in Theatre, Television and Cabaret – in London and
the Provinces, USA and Germany. West End credits are Underneath
the Arches at the Prince of Wales Theatre, La Cage aux Folles at the
London Palladium and the Wizard of Oz for the RSC at the Barbican
and Stratford.
Wizard of Oz, Barnum, Hello Dolly, Jekyll and Hyde –The Musical and
Me & My Girl – for which he received the Best Director Award at the
First International Festival of Musical Theatre.
He achieved great personal success and satisfaction tutoring the
NODA musical performers’ courses at Warwick and Loughborough
Universities, where he studied Jesus Christ Superstar, Evita, West Side
Story, Sunset Boulevard and Sweeney Todd.
John also specialises in period hair design and make-up. He has
his own small company which styles and co-ordinates video and
television productions.
On television: Love Story, Parkinson, Halls of Fame with Roy Hudd, A
Night of a 100 Stars, Royal Variety Shows, many award ceremonies
and cabaret in the Talk of London revues. Provincial credits include
My Fair Lady, Abracadaver with Frank Langella, The Boy Friend and
many others.
The entire tribe returns as their benevolent and wise old leader Old Deuteronomy
arrives. The cats adore and respect him; indeed he is father to some of them:
The cats are at first suspicious and proud, reluctant to allow an audience into their
domain. In “The Naming of Cats”, however, they begin to reveal who they are
and that cats have three different names: the one the family uses daily, a more
dignified name, and a secret name. It is the contemplation of these secret names
that keeps felines deep in thought:
Old Deuteronomy’s lived a long time;
He’s a Cat who has lived many lives in succession.
He was famous in proverb and famous in rhyme
A long while before Queen Victoria’s accession…..
When you notice a cat in profound meditation,
The reason I tell you is always the same;
His mind is engaged in a rapt contemplation
Of the thought, of the thought, of the thought of his name:
His ineffable effable
Effanineffable
Deep and inscrutable singular Name…..
Another crash from the villainous Macavity is heard, which sends the cats scurrying.
Old Deuteronomy soothes them as they come back one by one. It is time for The
Jellicle Ball, the great annual dance in which all the cats celebrate.
Grizabella appears once more, wanting to rejoin her family and be a part of the
celebration. She is left to contemplate her “Memory” of the time before she left
the tribe. She stretches out her hand behind her, hoping another cat will touch her.
She is still not accepted and, disappointed, slinks off into the night.
Victoria, a young white cat, dances to signal “The Invitation To The Jellicle Ball”.
Munkustrap, a large grey tabby, explains that the Jellicle Cats meet once a year
to rejoice. They are waiting for their leader, the wise Old Deuteronomy, who will
choose which of the Jellicle Cats will journey that night to the Heaviside layer to
be reborn into a new life.
After the Jellicle Ball, the cats rest and contemplate “The Moments of Happiness”
before introducing more cats. Gus the Theatre Cat is an aged stage actor who
worked with the greatest actors of his day. Gus tells of his greatest theatrical
triumphs and yearns to perform again.
Jellicle Cats come out to-night,
Jellicle Cats come one come all:
The Jellicle Moon is shining bright Jellicles come to the Jellicle Ball…..
He once played a Tiger – could do it again Which an Indian Colonel pursued down a drain.
And he thinks that he still can, much better than most,
Produce blood-curdling noises to bring on the Ghost.
And he once crossed the stage on a telegraph wire,
To rescue a child when a house was on fire…..
And so begins our introduction to the cats. One by one they step forward to
audition for the role, to be chosen to make the special journey to be reborn.
Jennyanydots, The Old Gumbie Cat, sleeps and lounges all day long:
She sits beside the hearth or in the sun or on my hat:
She sits and sits and sits and sits – and that what’s make a Gumbie Cat!
Exploding on the set comes Rum Tum Tugger, a playful prankster that the female
cats find extremely attractive, and who enjoys being the centre of attention:
As a Director and Choreographer, John has received critical acclaim
for his productions of Follies, Oliver !, Kiss Me Kate, Evita, Kismet, The
Best Little Whorehouse in Texas, Scrooge- The Musical, Jesus Christ
Superstar, Back to the 80’s, Sweeney Todd, Mack & Mabel, My Fair
Lady, The King & I, La Cage aux Folles, We Will Rock You, the RSC
Skimbleshanks the Railway Cat introduces himself. A friendly uncle to all the cats,
Skimbleshanks attends the trains he rides, and makes sure every detail is perfect:
In the watches of the night he is always fresh and bright;
Every now and then he has a cup of tea
With perhaps a drop of Scotch while he’s keeping on the watch,
Only stopping here and there to catch a flea…..
Yes, the Rum Tum Tugger is a Curious Cat And there isn’t any need for me to spout it:
For he will do
As he do do
And there’s no doing anything about it!
A third crash interrupts the celebration, and this time the villainous Macavity
appears. Two of his henchmen invade the proceedings and kidnap Old
Deuteronomy. Demeter and Bombalurina sing what they know of Macavity,
whose evil deeds have resulted in his being dubbed the Napoleon of crime.
Macavity returns, disguised as Old Deuteronomy, but he is exposed and battles
with Munkustrap and the other male cats. Tired and almost defeated, Macavity
rigs an electrical explosion that puts out all the lights, leaving the Jellicles in the
dark. But they still have to find Old Deuteronomy. The Rum Tum Tugger calls upon
Mr Mistoffelees, the conjuring cat, to use his magical powers to bring back their
leader. Mistoffelees succeeds in reinstating the lights, locating Old Deuteronomy
and showing off his spectacular magic tricks, including his infamous conjuring turn:
Grizabella, The Glamour Cat, is shunned by the rest of the tribe despite being a
Jellicle Cat. She left the tribe years ago to explore the outside world and now
wants to return.
Bustopher Jones is a large “twenty five pounder”, always clad in signature white
spats. “The cat about town”, he spends his time eating, eating and eating in one
of the many English pubs and clubs that he frequents:
Andrew studied conducting and musical direction at the University
of East Anglia, Norwich. Recent credits include the first ever UK tour
of Alan Menken’s Sister Act, a west-end concert of The Who’s rockhit Tommy starring Joe McElderry, a highly successful revival of the
Broadway show Applause for the London School of Musical Theatre and
a lavish production of Cinderella at the Liverpool Empire with Coleen
Nolan and Liz McClarnon.
This new production of CATS marks Andrew’s 5th engagement with
Taylorian Productions after Oliver, The Wizard of Oz, The Adventures of
Dick Whittington and Evita.
Indeed, he is no stranger to the Isle of Man after previously conducting
the British amateur premieres of The Witches of Eastwick, Les
Miserablés, Beauty and the Beast and Miss Saigon for Douglas Choral
Union at the Gaiety Theatre and working on Seven Brides for Seven
Brothers and Closer Than Ever (Erin Arts Centre). He will be back again
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in January for the DCU’s rock show, The Who’s Tommy.
Other recent credits include Hairspray (UK Tour), that starred Michael
Ball, Les Dennis and Brian Conley; Disney’s High School Musical 2 (UK
Tour); Mel Brooks’ The Producers (Berlin); Monty Python’s Spamalot
(Palace Theatre, West End), Oliver! (Aberystwyth) and the London
premiere of Disney’s High School Musical (Hammersmith Apollo).
He was also Musical Director on a 350-date European tour of The Rocky
Horror Show and Musical Supervisor of the English Theatre Frankfurt
where his shows included new arrangements and productions of Hair,
Rent, Spend Spend Spend, They’re Playing Our Song and Cabaret.
After CATS he will be rushing back to the UK to start rehearsals on
the UK tour of the west-end/Chichester hit Singin’ In The Rain. He
would like to thank his incredibly hard-working and talented team, Liz
Dixon and Karen Corkhill, for their unending support, friendship and
professionalism.
He’s the Cat we all greet as he walks down the street
In his coat of fastidious black:
No commonplace mousers have such well-cut trousers
Or such an impeccable back…..
And not so long ago this phenomenal Cat
Produced seven kittens right out of a hat!
And we all said: OH!
Well I never!
Did you ever
Know a Cat so clever
As magical Mr Mistoffelees!
Suddenly a thunderous crash followed by the sound of police sirens and flashing
red lights signals that the villainous Macavity is on the loose! The cats scatter,
leaving an empty space.
Macavity, Macavity, there’s no one like Macavity,
There never was a Cat of such deceitfulness and suavity.
He’s always has an alibi, and one or two to spare:
At whatever time the deed took place MACAVITY WASN’T THERE!
At last the time has come for Old Deuteronomy to make the Jellicle Choice and
decide which cat will be reborn into a new Jellicle life. At that moment, Grizabella
reappears. Again she recalls her “Memory” of how things used to be. This time
the cats accept her back into the tribe and it is she who is chosen to Journey to
the Heaviside Layer and be reborn.
Distant giggles signal the entrance of Mungojerrie
and Rumpleteazer, a fun-loving, frolicking team of
pranksters who are always in trouble with the family
with whom they live:
The Jellicle Ball has come to a conclusion, but first Old Deuteronomy instructs the
human spectators in “The Addressing of Cats”:
So first, your memory I’ll jog,
And say: A CAT IS NOT A DOG.
A Cat’s entitled to expect
These evidences of respect.
And so in time you reach your aim,
And finally call him by his NAME…..
And when you heard a dining-room smash
Or up from the pantry there came a loud crash
Or down from the library came a loud ping
From a vase which was commonly said to be Ming Then the family would say: “Now which was which cat?
It was Mungojerrie! AND Rumpleteazer!” – And there’s
Nothing at all to be done about that!
For all of their unique qualities and differences, he says, cats are very much like you.
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Alonzo
Cassandra
Exotica
Gus, the
Theatre Cat
David Britton
Alice Smith
Kathryn Power
Apollo
Michael Diehl
Coricopat
Lewis Croft
George &
Macacvity Jason Ozenturk
Jemima Michelle Jamieson
Bob Harrison
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Bill Bailey
Matt Ogden
Bombalurina
Demeter
Griddlebone
Julia Bratty
Bustopher Jones
& Growltiger Mike Bonner
Carbucketty
Sarah Pearson
Electra Kayleigh Parkinson
Etcetera
Kelly Wilson
Jennyanydots &
Jellylorum
Jane Short
Grizabella
Mimi
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Lois Mooney
Minka
Sarah Callow
Chloe Shimmin
Trish Fargher
Gaynor Denham
Mungojerrie
Ben Jolly
Munkustrap
Lewis Kelly
Rumpleteazer Louise Jones
Rum Tum Tugger Matt James
Skimbleshanks Simon Fletcher
Tabitha
Laura Corkhill
Old Deuteronomy Gary Corkhill
Ben Karran
Plato
Shalimar Kasey Lachenicht
Tantomile
James Gilpin
Tumblebrutus
& Genghis
Victoria
Gena Turpin
Rob Kinrade
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Sillibub
Breeshey Crookall
Kayleigh Booth
Kittens
Baltique......Rosie Baxter
Caprice........Millie Christian
Clo Clo........Hattie James
Francesca....Ruth Corlett
Freyja..........Abbie Williams
India...........Amiee Fisher
Thomas
Quaxo &
Mr Mistoffelees Matt Cannell
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Isadora.......Emily-Rose Lally
Kiki..............Ellie Caine
Sweeney.....Freddie Dancox
Tinga...........Beau Tate
Valentino....Toby Irwin
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Grizabella..................................................Trish Fargher
Old Deuteronomy.....................................Gary Corkhill
Bustopher Jones & Growltiger.................Mike Bonner
Munkustrap...............................................Lewis Kelly
Bombalurina.............................................Julia Bratty
Demeter....................................................Sarah Pearson
Quaxo & Mr Mistoffelees.........................Matt Cannell
Mungojerrie..............................................Ben Jolly
Rumpleteazer............................................Louise Jones
Skimbleshanks..........................................Simon Fletcher
Victoria......................................................Gena Turpin
Jennyanydots & Jellylorum......................Jane Short
George / Macavity the Mystery Cat.......Jason Ozenturk
Jemima.....................................................Michelle Jamieson
Griddlebone..............................................Kelly Lawson
Gus the Theatre Cat.................................Bob Harrison
Rum Tum Tugger......................................Matt James
Exotica......................................................Kathryn Power
Alonzo.......................................................David Britton
Bill Bailey..................................................Matt Ogden
Carbucketty...............................................Sarah Callow
Cassandra.................................................Alice Smith
Electra.......................................................Kayleigh Parkinson
Etcetera.....................................................Chloe Shimmin
Minka........................................................Gaynor Denham
Plato..........................................................Ben Karran
Coricopat...................................................Lewis Croft
Tantomile..................................................Kayleigh Booth
Tumblebrutus & Genghis.........................Rob Kinrade
Sillibub......................................................Breeshey Crookall
Shalimar...................................................Kasey Lachenicht
Mimi......................................................... Lois Mooney
Tabitha......................................................Laura Corkhill
Thomas.....................................................James Gilpin
Apollo.......................................................Michael Diehl
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Kittens
Sweeney....................................Freddie Dancox
Valentino....................................Toby Irwin
Kiki.............................................Ellie Caine
Baltique.................................... Rosie Baxter
Caprice.......................................Millie Christian
Freyja.........................................Abbie Williams
Francesca...................................Ruth Corlett
India...........................................Amiee Fisher
Isadora.......................................Emily-Rose Lally
Baby kittens
Tinga..........................................Beau Tate
Clo clo........................................Hattie James
Andrew Hilton..................................Conductor
Oliver Barnes...................................Woodwind I
Tony Barnsley....................................Woodwind II
Matt Crossley....................................French Horn
James Cleeve...................................Keyboard 1
Karen Corkhill..................................Keyboard 2
Nicholas Roberts.....................................Keyboard 3
Ruth Douthwaite....................................Cello
Mark Burrows.........................................Guitars
Anthony Lowey......................................Bass
John Kinley............................................. Drums
James Davis............................................Percussion
Booth Singers
Amy Corkhill, Jorja Christian, Liz Dixon, Tom Fayle, Mandy Griffin, Billy Hanrahan, Grace Hoodless, Liam Kaneen,
Georgia Maddocks, Paul O’Dea, Alice Quayle, Tim Riley, Peter Shimmin, Richard Waugh
Matt Cannell is performing due to the kind permission of Arts Educational Schools London
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DEMETER
SPONSORED BY
VICTORIA
SPONSORED BY
MR MISTOFFELEES
SPONSORED BY
EXOTICA
SPONSORED BY
OLD
DEUTERONOMY
SPONSORED BY
BUSTOPHER JONES
SPONSORED BY
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RUM TUM TUGGER
SPONSORED BY
GROWLTIGER
SPONSORED BY
GRIZABELLA
SPONSORED BY
ETCETERA SPONSORED BY
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SPONSORED BY
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Original costume designs
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Taylorian Productions by Jeanne Spaziani
Insolvency Practitioners
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Chartered A
ACT I
Overture............................................................Orchestra
Prologue: Jellicle Songs for Jellicle Cats.......... The Company
The Naming of Cats..........................................The Company
The Invitation to the Jellicle Ball.....................Victoria, Quaxo, Munkustrap
The Old Gumbie Cat.........................................Jennyanydots, Munkustrap,
Bombalurina, Demeter, Electra
The Rum Tum Tugger........................................Rum Tum Tugger and Company
Grizabella: The Glamour Cat ...........................Grizabella, Demeter, Bombalurina
and Company
Bustopher Jones: The Cat About Town............Bustopher, Jennyanydots, Bombalurina,
and Company
Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer.......................Mungojerrie, Rumpleteazer
Old Deuteronomy............................................. Munkustrap, Rum Tum Tugger,
Old Deuteronomy
The Song of the Jellicles...................................The Company
The Jellicle Ball.................................................Orchestra
Grizabella, The Glamour Cat (Reprise)............Grizabella
Memory.............................................................Grizabella
ACT II
The Moments of Happiness / Memory...........Old Deuteronomy, Jemima
Gus: The Theatre Cat........................................Asparagus, Jellylorum
Growltiger’s Last Stand.....................................Growltiger, Griddlebone
and Company
Gus: The Theatre Cat (Reprise).........................Asparagus
Skimbleshanks: The Railway Cat.....................Skimbleshanks and Company
Macavity: The Mystery Cat...............................Demeter, Bombalurina
Macavity Fight..................................................Macavity, Munkustrap, Alonzo
Mr. Mistoffelees................................................Quaxo, otherwise known as
Mr. Mistoffelees, Rum Tum Tugger
Jellicle Choice / Daylight.................................Munkustrap and Jemima
Memory (Reprise)............................................Grizabella, Jemima
The Journey to the Heaviside Layer.................The Company
Finale: The Ad-Dressing of Cats.......................Old Deuteronomy and Company
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Conceived, Directed
and Staged by...............................John Cumberlidge
Musical Director............................Andrew Hilton
Costume Design..........................Jeanne Spaziani
Set Design.....................................Nick Murley
Lighting Design.............................Paul Seed for
PSC Productions
Sound Design...............................Alex Linney
Make Up Design...........................Janet Norris and
John Cumberlidge
Dance Captain...............................Julia Bratty
Assistant Director..........................Ben Jolly
Assistant Musical Director............Liz Dixon
Official Accompanist.....................Karen Corkhill
Stage Manager.............................John Skinner
Deputy Stage Manager................David Neill
Wardrobe Supervisor....................Diane Killip
Make-up Supervisor.....................Janet Norris
Marketing/PR & Sponsorship......James Davis
Publicity/Programme Design......Geoff Legan,
Mark Procter
Production Co-Ordinator..............Jenny Halstein
Company Photographer...............Steve Woodley
Front of House.............................Pat Danks, Becky Dawson, Natalie Dawson, Georgia Perry, Olivia Perry
Costume Creation and Hire.........Adrian Gwillym
for Academy
Costumes, London,
Taylorian Costumes
and NSOS Costumes
Set Construction...........................Belgrave Theatre Scenic Workshop and Taylorian Productions
Transportation..............................Richard Solomon & Manx Independent Carriers
Wigs and Facial Hair.....................Wigs up North and
Taylorian
Prop Creation and Hire.................John Skinner,
Paul Devereau, Brian Diehl,
Carolyn Christian,
Tony Millichap and NSOS
Hair Technicians...........................Mary O’Dea, Tracey Booth,
Yvonne Karran
Wardrobe and Dressing Team.....Diane Killip, Tracey Booth,
Kate Caine, Kim Croft,
Jenny Halstein,
Rachel Kissack,
Vicki McCausland,
Jane Mooney, Dawn Bremner,
Lindsay Scarffe, Gill Skinner,
Sam Waldron
Follow Spot Operators.................Graeme Jolly,
Joanna Curphey
Properties Supervisor...................Carolyn Christian
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Make up team.............................Janet Norris, Mary O’Dea, Michelle Moffat,
Claire Tonks, Kim Croft, Alice Quayle, Jo Tate,
Rosie Moffat, Rosie Cowell, Kate Caine
Backstage Crew............................Paul O’Dea, Lindsay Riordan,
Tony Millichap, John Callow,
Martin Devereau, Heather Hanniford,
Kieran Quinn, Jerry Thompson,
Joanna Curphey, Graeme Jolly, Tom Kinrade,
Paul Devereau, David Daugherty
Theatre Staff
Operations & Technical Manager.........................................................Seamus Shea
Stage Manager................................................................................Ted Faragher
Theatre Technician.........................................................................Alex Davidson
Assistant Theatre Technician..........................................................Carl Crellin
Front of House Manager................................................................John Foster
Front of House Manager................................................................Neil Cowin
Patricia Wild and her team at Patricia Wild for
their invaluable support
Christine Latham of principal sponsors Lloyds
Mark Denton of gold sponsor SMP
Bob Harrison, Ben Hartley and Alex Brindley of
Manx Radio
Steve Hadfield and Linda Gosnell of Paddy
Power, our programme sponsor
Baldrine WI for their help during the Southern
Agricultural Show
Andrew Allen from Academy and Peter Wadell,
Alan Bryan, Peter Morris and Margaret Noyce
from NSOS
The Manx Youth Band & Manx Concert Brass present
THE
MANX
LAST NIGHT
OF THE PROMS
featuring guest soloist
Mark Wilkinson
Principal Cornet of Foden’s Band
Call the Box Office:
Saturday 21 September
8pm, Gaiety Theatre
28
600555
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Hediya
Arabic Dance Club
Dance for fitness
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Dance for friendship
Whatever the reason we say DANCE…
At Hediya Arabic Dance Club we enjoy various styles of
traditional and fusion Arabic dances.
Why not come and join in
For further information see our web-site
www.hediya.org.uk or contact [email protected]
Or Call: 07624 210200 (Evenings only)
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Bright and stimulating home from home experience
Friendly qualified staff
Various sessions available for 2 to 5 year olds
Dedicated pre-school room teaching the early years
foundation stage under the guidance of a teacher
Cooked lunch available
Learning through play
Ideal location for local residents or those driving
Storytime Nursery, 79 Main Road, Onchan
through the village with excellent parking
Email: [email protected]
Public park right on the doorstep
Tel: 616254 or 251237
We believe in quality not quantity
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FOR ALL YOUR CLEANING, HYGIENE
AND CATERING NEEDS
PROUD TO SUPPORT TAYLORIAN
AND WISH THE CAST OF
CATS THE MUSICAL
EVERY SUCCESS
SMP Partners is
proud to be Gold
Sponsor of this
year’s Taylorian
Production of
CATS.
8 Snugborough Trading Estate, Union Mills, IM4 4LH.
Best wishes to everyone involved!
Telephone: 01624-671200 | Fax: 01624-671716 | E-mail: [email protected]
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SMP Partners is delighted to announce that the proceeds of all its fundraising
activities in 2013 will go to Hospice IOM and Alzheimer’s Association IOM.
We pride ourselves on growing the
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and we’re proud to support the
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wishing all the cast and
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2008
2009
Gaiety Theatre,
Douglas
MONDAY 8TH
TO SATURDAY 20TH
AUGUST, 2011
EVENINGS 7.30PM
MATINEES
SATURDAY 2.30PM
Gaiety Theatre, Douglas
(NO PERFORMANCE SUNDAYS)
TICKETS
AVAILABLE ON
Monday 9th to
Saturday 21st August 2010
694555
OR TICKET HOTLINE
600555
Evenings 7.30, Matinees Saturday 2.30
www.villagaiety.com
Tickets available on 694555
or Ticket Hotline 600555
www.villagaiety.com
in association with
The amateur rights for this production by arrangement with MusicScope and Stage Musicals Ltd, New York.
Amateur rights given by arrangement with MusicScope and Stage Musicals Limited of New York
A TAY L O R I A N P R O D U C T I O N
2010
2011
2011
TAYLORIAN PRODUCTIONS PRESENTS
Music by
based on ‘Old Possum’s Book
of Practical Cats’ by
at THE GAIETY THEATRE
MONDAY 6TH - SATURDAY 18TH AUGUST, 2012
TICKET HOTLINE - 600555
Orchestrations by David Cullen & Andrew Lloyd Webber. Original production by Cameron Mackintosh Ltd. and The Really Useful Group Ltd.
An amateur production by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd
EVENINGS 7.30PM MATINEES SATURDAY 2.30PM (NO PERFORMANCE SUNDAYS)
TICKET HOTLINE 600555
OR AVAILABLE FROM VILLAGAIETY.COM, WELCOME CENTRE & VILLA MARINA
An amateur production by arrangement with The Really Useful Group Ltd
2012
2013
2014
Would you like to become part of the Taylorian team? Why not join us onstage or backstage?
For more information contact James Davis on 07624 483623 or e-mail [email protected]