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cryptidvoidwritings · 2 days ago

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Theatre Royal Sydney, June 2025 - my detail photos for this iteration of the NAP13R set. I did take some photos of the whole set from farther back, but they don't add anything to what we'd get from pro or even amateur footage, so.

Please enjoy the little Aussie junk details, if you can pick them.

(Free to use anywhere.)

Admetus' ball of yarn that he tosses to Tugger surveys the scene. Has backup buddies: Misto and Skimble's pollicle slipper hats.

Stage right steps, just feeling glam ✨

Stage left: just a simple dustbin lid, hanging out here, all alone. Sure would be a shame if someone were to... build a train out of me.

Or hide some Peke costumes behind me.

Oh, you want a cat on the stage? Here he is!

Mark Vincent as Old Deuteronomy, opening night (17 June 2025). The other photos are from both 17th and 18th.

#cats australia tour 2025 #stage cats

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cryptidvoidwritings · 2 days ago

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The amusement park is so open baybeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

#cats fulton 2025 #stage cats #look at themmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm #yes i am so late to this party but i'm also on vacation

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cryptidvoidwritings · 2 days ago

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Australia tour 2025 media day - Jellicle Ball

Different angle on (and starting slightly earlier than) this footage!

On media day, they invite the press in and do only a few numbers. International tour usually does 'Jellicle Songs -> Naming', 'Rum Tum Tugger', and 'Memory'. But here they've decided to give us the end of the Jellicle, apparently starting from the Tugger step - so Tugger literally summons the ball into existence around himself!

Because of course he does. 😌

Australia tour 19 June 2025, all first cast. Source. See the date tag for more clips.

(try to look away from axel alvarez' misto challenge)

#cats australia tour 2025 #stage cats

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cryptidvoidwritings · 2 days ago

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Australia tour media day (Jellicle Songs) - another one

Australia tour 19 June 2025. Cast notes under the cut.

Source. See the date tag for more clips.

Presumably all first cast except for (I think) Aimee Jones covering baby Griz, Joe Miller covering chorus Tugger, and Tod Strike covering chorus Deut, since the first cast actors for Tugger and Deut would already have been got up in their full costume for the Jellicle Ball number.

#cats australia tour 2025 #stage cats

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cryptidvoidwritings · 5 days ago

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One day of tech week to go and we have our first glimpse of a full cat from the 2025 Aussie tour - Jarrod Draper as Munkustrap.

(Incidentally he is also, so far as I know, our first indigneous Australian Munk in a replica production.)

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cryptidvoidwritings · 5 days ago

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Never-before-published model sheets for canned Amblin Cats movie 🐈‍⬛✏️👁️

Hi all. As promised, I am sharing a comprehensive .PDF of model sheets that were created for the Amblimation Cats movie that never saw the light of day. Most of these model sheets have not been published or posted anywhere on the internet as far as I'm aware. I'm going to get ahead of some questions for the good of the order:

Are these real? I certainly didn't sit and create all 117 pages myself for the sake of an elaborate hoax!

How did you get these? I work in the animation industry. A senior coworker caught wind of my cats obsession and said he had the Xeroxes and asked if I wanted him to bring them in. Internally, I flipped my shit. And then I digitized his hard copies.

How did your coworker get these? They were found in the library of the university he used to go to. (Not super unusual at an arts school in southern California.) He made photo copies back then and has been holding onto them. The thing is he knows nothing about CATS; isn't a CATS fan, never seen it, etc. I guess he just felt it was something worth holding on to!

Can you upload better quality? Unfortunately what you're seeing as good as the quality gets. These are scans of photocopies from the 90s. There is nothing to be done for the crunchiness.

What about (missing characters)? I'm showing you everything I was personally given!

Which character is (nondescript drawing of a cat)? If the image isn't labeled, your guess is as good as mine! I put all the misc./unlabeled cats in the back of the PDF. The only exceptions are ones that I felt were abundantly obviously supposed to be a specific character.

Who are the artists? Unfortunately, there's no way I can tell for sure. None of the sheets are signed. I wouldn't even go about guessing because many concept artists can perfectly emulate more "well known" illustrators whose styles were sought after. My coworker said he might be able to figure out who the draftsmen were; until then it's a mystery! If I find out, I will come back to this post and update it with that information.

Are these all the model sheets ever? No! In fact, there are model sheets that have been posted online that are not in the bundle I was given. I have no idea of the sum total of model sheets in existence.

Where's the link?! Here it is! Have fun kitties!

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cryptidvoidwritings · 5 days ago

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Wow, looks like there’s some show on there starting tonight. Maybe I should drop by and see what it’s about. 👀