#Babygriz

[hysterical-cats]

the half-siblings of all time <3

[white-cat-of-doom]

Moments captured by Yurina M. Photography of Adam Hearn as Coricopat, heavily featuring partner Dena Philpott as Tantomile.

Also with Martha-Frances Henry as Babygriz, Jaime Mollineaux as Jennyanydots, and Jamie Armour as Pouncival.

Cast 14 of the Oasis of the Seas.

[ratherchaseamouse]

🔥 a popular headcanon/trope you don’t agree with or don’t like?

I don’t really subscribe to the theories that Grizabella is one of Old Deuteronomy’s wives, it brings up too many unnecessary questions.

My headcanon is that she’s Gus’s sister. They’re both performers, for a start, and the Babygriz and Asparagus Jr costumes look really similar.

Especially in the 1998 movie, sorry I couldn’t really get better pics than this but you see what I mean right?

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Ana Milva Gomes as Babygriz in 'the Naming of Cats'; with Rory Six as Deuteronomy and Florian Fetterle as Munkustrap.

Vienna revival, 21/6/22. Filmed by @cryptidvoidwritings and @falasta.

[indianasolo221]

Lily de la Haye as Babygriz.

[kittycast-archive]

5/12/22 - Photo Dump

Hyla Perillo (Victoria), Indalecio de Jesús Valentín (Old Deuteronomy), Chris Salvaggio (Skimbleshanks), Aiden Pressel (Plato), & Tayler Harris (Babygriz & Grizabella)

[godnattakatta]

they look like siblings tho 👀

[jennanydots]

CATS at the Paramount Theatre in Illinois, 2014

here's a link to the production trailer (warning for the inclusion of growltiger)

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[jelliclekay]

Mother daughter moments!

[fleece-and-feltical-cats]

My first ever Babygriz! The body was a bit hard to figure out and while I know I didn’t get it quite accurate to the costume, I think it works for this particular design. I’m pretty happy with her. :)

[theimpossiblescheme]

Babygriz and Sillabub, US Tour 6 (2019)

[hysterical-cats]

realized i never posted this!!! i drew Anna's swing babygriz, Autumn. shes such a cutie, she's probably my favorite named swing now. I sent it to Anna and she even posted it on her instagram story :')

[white-cat-of-doom]

More Naming of Cats fun from Cast 14 of the Oasis of the Seas.

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December 2023.

With Gabriela Rodriguez as Sillabub, Charlotte Reavey as Bombalurina, Charlotte Lovell as Victoria, Jamie Armour as Pouncival, Dena Philpott as Tantomile, Daniel Chesnut as Mistoffelees, Rina Punwani as Rumpleteazer, Alice Rimmer as Cassandra, Samuel Lewis-Wright as Mungojerrie, Joe Hewitt as Alonzo, Matthew Tratch as Tumblebrutus, Helen Turner as Demeter, Jaime Mollineaux as Jennyanydots, Jackey Good as Jellylorum, Thomas Alsop as Skimbleshanks, and Martha-Frances Henry as Babygriz.

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A list of named swings and such

So. I know one of these already exists. BUT. I'm doing another. because i can

Old London Swings (pre-Revival, mostly late 80s and the 90s) Greycat/Hysperia/NBQ (nameless brown queen)- Greycat was sometimes known as NBQ, it depended on her costume, which ranged from grey to tan. Hysperia is a different cat who has sometimes been called NBQ by fans even though she isn't Greycat/NBQ AJ- "Almost Jemima". Female kitten Tabbygirl- more mature queen (usually covered adult roles) Patches- male kitten, often resembles Admetus Calico- male or female Caramel- male, looks very similar to Victor Victor- originated here but used in productions worldwide

Post-revival London Swings Electra (also Lightning Ellectra) George Pouncival Victor

Early Broadway Swings (80s and 90s) Spike- young male George- young male AJ- young female Greycat- female Carbucketty- male kitten, later cut when Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer became actual cats and not trash puppets Babygriz's design was also used as a swing

US Tour Swing Spike- different design. male.

China 2012 Grumbuskin Jemima Oliva Murad Quaxo Noilly Prat Latter four have since been used in other productions

Gothenburg 2006 Isis Ramses Garbo Shakespeare Tintomara Agustus Moses Savannah

Warsaw 2004 Fraszka Fantasia Sierściuch Zyleta/Kocik Le Miau Angelika Mamrotka Turbo Ptys Menello Bianco Kara Kotek

Tecklenburg 2015 Rocketta Eris Barnaby Buttons Bonzo Mab

Thunerseespiele 2017 Ishtar Luna Roxy

2009 Italian Tour Caligola Paride

Helsinki 1986 Aprilli Gilbert Lilli Marina Meijuli Grumbuskin/Rokkonen Russu Sibylla

Oslo 1985 Kvesesta Potefar Godnattakatt

The Named Swings Some of these are full ensemble characters in certain productions but when other productions cut that character or use an alternative, that name is often used for a swing. Admetus- when he's replaced by Plato, Admetus is sometimes used by a male/female swing Augustus Autumn Bill Bailey Carbucketty Electra Etcetera Exotica- first used to create a cameo for Femi Taylor (who played Tantomile in the OLC I'm pretty sure) in the 1998 film but has since been used for swings in large productions George- male kitten Jemima- female kitten Jonathan- male Murad- young male Noilly Prat- young female Olivia- young female Peter Quaxo- young male Victor- kind of an elderly male? his performer usually covers the older roles like Gus and Old Deuteronomy There's also a swing Babygriz in the current UK Tour

And now the mindfuck that is alternatives: Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus- Bill Bailey originated in the original London production. Tumblebrutus was used instead of him on Broadway and in the 1998 film (the latter to maintain international something or other). In the 98 film it was Bill Bailey under the name Tumblebrutus. Carbucketty/Pouncival- Carbucketty originated in the original London production. As with Bill Bailey/Tumblebrutus, Pouncival was used instead of his London counterpart on Broadway and in the 1998 film. In the 98 film it was Carbucketty under the name Pouncival. Pouncival/George- the 2014 London Palladium production included a third male kitten aside from Carbucketty and Bil Bailey named Pouncival, who's design was actually much closer to the original London George character than to Carbucketty.

Quaxo/Mistoffelees- Big mindfuck! In UK-style productions, the performer is credited as Quaxo up until his song, where he is revealed to be The Magical Mr. Mistoffelees. This is usually explained as Mr. Mistoffelees being Quaxo's stage name. However, in some productions they're completely different cats, with Quaxo using a totally different design. Also, as Quaxo/Misto used to dance a tap dance duel against Jennyanydots while dressed as the lead beetle. Because of this, all pre-revival London productions attached the name Quaxo to the lead tap dancing beetle regardles of whether or not it was played by Mistoffelees. Plato/Admetus- Even bigger mindfuck! Admetus was the original double for Macavity in London and I think London-based prodctions still use Admetus. Plato is the Broadway version of the same cat. The Plato you see in the 1998 film is the Admetus design. Plato's design originally had a lot of brown and grey but since the 98 film, which used the Admetus design, you get a lot of "Admetus costume and makeup but named Plato". In productions where Plato is the Macavity double, the name Admetus is sometimes used for a swing (this is common in Australian-style productions) Admetus/George- This one is purely to do with the 98 film. Frank Thompson was credited with playing the Rumpus Cat and Admetus. Fans assumed the cat who was actually using the George design was Admetus, but it is unknown if the renaling of the George design to Admetus was intentional or not. Jemima/Sillabub- Jemima originated from the original London production but was renamed Sillabub in the US and in US-based prosuctions to avoid any negative racial connotations. Since then, the name Sillabub is used more often outside of Europe, though in productions where Sillabub is used as the principle version, the name Jemima is sometimes used for a female swing. Jemima is a named swing in the China 2012 and Shiki productions.

Other names There are two names in Old Possum's that haven't been used in any production (that I know of): James and Cat Morgan. Then there's Socrates, who is exclusive to the 2019 film.

So! That's that! Wow this got long and kinda detailed. If you've any questions/additions/whatever, send them in an ask and I'll do my best to answer.

There are many, many, more unnamed swings, but this is a compiled list of named swings.

I got the majority of my information from the wiki and also from this post by @/theimpossiblescheme.

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Carrie Willis as her 'Babygriz' swing and Sebastian Goffin as Alonzo, on the closing night of the 2022 International tour (26 February 2023).

[indianasolo221]

The wiki says that Babygriz was not included in the Broadway Revival...is there a reason why?