#tuggerxtumblebrutus

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That's Bill Bailey's bestie! They are so tight. Tugger definitely knows he exists.

(no he doesn't have a hopeless crush shutupyou'vegotacrush)

Jack Danson as Tugger and Matthew Levick as Bill Bailey - plus Petra Ilse Dam as Bomba, Taryn Donna Borman as Cassandra, Nathan Luke as Coricopat, and Meghan Peploe-Williams as Tantomile.

Asia tour, 7 Jan 2023.

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Callum Portugal looking smug: a very important collection

Tumblebrutus for Oasis cast 15, and he looks delightful already.

With Joey Kummert as Mistoffelees, Noah Lindquist as Tugger, Nick Woodford as Munkustrap, Ashlyn Fenn as temporary Rumpelteazer, and Josie Harbertson as Sillabub (X X).

With Regan Jackson as Coricopat and Matthew Tratch, his predecessor from cast 14 (X X).

And with Noah Lindquist and Sarah Moore (to be fair, who wouldn't be smug if they managed to acquire the Tugger hips?) (X).

All taken around the opening of Oasis cast 15, 19 April 2024.

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it's them, it's tugger and his little nemesis

He's sneaking up behind him. What will he do.

(Sean McManus as Tumblebrutus and Zach Bravo as Tugger, US tour 4 March 2022)

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Look, real talk for a moment? This is beautiful and it tugs at my heart.

As someone who's spent over a decade training in an industry / vocational environment where you're lucky if you can find a non-casual position for a year or two even in the country of your choice, let alone end up, say, in the same institution as your SO for long enough to build a life together...

... it hurts me and it makes me very very happy to see moments like this, where Matthew Levick can just flip across the stage and his partner Alexander Auler can be there every night to see him and say YES THAT'S MY BOY HE'S AWESOME. (plus delicate leggie, because, aulerstrap.)

Adulting and stability are becoming so much harder lately, and all the more so for devalued jobs like the arts, so. Moments like this, worth appreciating. And envying.

Be beautiful together, boys. ❤️

(Also, Alex Snova's Tugger going 'fuck yes, tumbleflips!')

Vienna revival, 7 April 2022; footage by @falasta.

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Last shimmies for Zach Bravo! Better make them count.

... and one final knee-slide too.

Happy trails, Zach! Rest well, and thank you.

2021 US tour, 8 May 2022. Footage by @angrylilstar.

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Tensions running high among the young toms today...

Tumblebrutus tried to shove Tugger out of 'his' spot one too many times.

Sean McManus as Tumblebrutus and Zach Bravo as Tugger, US tour 4 March 2022. (And yes, they're joking.)

Bonus below the cut: Tumble sneaking up behind Tugger with a smirk that says Ready To Start Shit.

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Boys, boys. Maybe you're in each other's space. How about you cuddle instead of shoving?

(Sulky sulky Sean-face!)

Sean McManus as Tumblebrutus and Zach Bravo as Tugger, 2021 US tour, 4 March 2022.

Tumble? Tugger? U ok there? 😂🤣

(From Bravo’s stories)

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Swimming lessons with the Rum Tum Tugger!

Pouncival: happy splooshing

Tumblebrutus: OH??? WATER IS WET???? YOU WET THE TUMBLEBRUTUS LIKE A FROG???! GAOL! GAOL FOR THE TUGGER FOR ONE THOUSAND YEARS!!!! 😭

Tugger: aw yiss, have found a new way to bully the childs while pretending to be helpful, I love me

bonus, panicking uncoloured tumble realising his doom:

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There are many possible ways you could react to the looming end of your show.

You could say that you're very sad, like Alonzo and Rumpelteazer. You could look cute and plop your chin on your friend's head, which is sure to cheer them up. If you're Tugger you can be contradictory and refuse to be sad about—jesus christ it's a cryptid get in the car.

Vienna revival, 8 June 2022, with 17 shows to go! George Maniadis as Alonzo, Anna Carina Buchegger and Jan-Eike Majert as Mungojerrie and Rumpelteazer, Dominik Hees as Tugger, and Tommie Luyben covering Bill Bailey.

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Bill Bailey's just hanging around... hoping Tugger will notice him... pawing at him when he doesn't....

oh look, that worked!

Aaron Hunt, with Dominik Hees as Tugger; Vienna revival, 15/01/22. Filmed by Daniel Rakasz.

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In which Bill Bailey is very subtle about his crushes. (It's not that Tugger noticed him particularly, he just automatically senses a camera turned on him.) Nathan Luke as Bill Bailey and Alex Snova as Tugger; Vienna revival, 6 March 2022.

Just taking a selfie, don't mind me.... hey look who I'm just really casually standing near..... because we're besties.... nbd nbd....... OH SHIT HE NOTICED ME!! 😳

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Please look at these doofus boys getting ready for their Big Tough Dance. And especially look at Tumble, under Plato's excited encouragement. He's gonna be BIG and TOUGH with the BIG BOYS!

Plato said 'hey you should join us!' Tumble went stomping over to Tugger with his BIG BOY STOMPY FEET to check if it was okay with him demand admission to the Big Boys Club get a fist bump! yay! Then he turned back to Plato to say OMG EXCITED WIGGLE! Then proceeded to prove how big and mature he is with some MUSCLE POSES which Plato was definitely not giggling at.

And Plato's hand staying on Tumblebrutus' shoulder until they hear their cue! He feels your excitement, smol friend! (and might be encouraging you to keep it in check just a tiny bit.)

Oasis cast 11, 23 October 2021. Joshua Donald as Tumblebrutus, Nick Woodford as Tugger, and Ryan Lay as Plato.

(Footage by @paulsmacias on instagram.)

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Tugger, Tumblebrutus, and The Giant Boot: a love story for some ages.

(They notice you, boot. They appreciate you.)

Zach Bravo and Sean McManus of the 2021 US tour; from Zach's insta takeover for the Hanover theatre, 3 March 2022.

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Tumbleflips!!

Sean McManus taking the final bow, introduced by Indalecio de Jesús Valentín as Deuteronomy. Bonus: Alonzo, Munk, and Tugger as his support group! (Vinny Andaloro, Devon McCleskey, and Zach Bravo.)

2021 US tour, 2 January 2022 (X).

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Aaron Hunt as Bill Bailey, UK tour 2016. With Lucinda Ward as Jennyanydots, Marcquelle Ward as Tugger, and Enric Marimon as Carbuckety.

Bonus: with Guy Salim as George!

Aaron taking over Instagram is the best thing ever

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Tugger leads the Rocking Out party!

José Raúl Mangual as Tugger, with Kieran MacDonald as Tumblebrutus and Vinny Andaloro as Alonzo.

2021 US tour, 27 October 2021. Footage by @selnost; please don't re-post without his permission.