If anything, the atrocious reviews (The Telegraph gave Cats a rare zero stars) have set a high bar with a lot of genuine expectations. Find out more, The Telegraph values your comments but kindly requests all posts are on topic, constructive and respectful. But there was beauty here too. The film is directed by Tom Hooper. Dame Judi Dench lounging in a cat basket watching Sir Ian McKellen perform as Gus the theatre cat was everything. privacy and cookies. And I wasn't disappointed. Produced by Andrew Lloyd Webber & Greg Wells. Cats made its return to Broadway last summer at the Neil Simon Theatre and was also recently staged at the London Palladium for a limited 12-week run, starring former Pussycat Doll singer Nicole Scherzinger in the role of 'Grizabella'. As it all came to an end, I hadn’t known it was the version of Cats that I wanted, but I couldn’t have asked for anything more. Kayla Itsines. I laughed and I laughed, I laughed as I felt confused. Perhaps Cats is destined to follow in the footprints of The Greatest Showman or Bohemian Rhapsody, two supposedly gauche and overblown films reviled by critics, that went on to triumph in the box office, such was the joy they brought the average viewer. Steven McRae (born 19 December 1985) is an Australian ballet dancer and tap dancer. ©ROH, Johan Persson 2014, Rhapsody. And so, for the first time in 2019, I went to the cinema. As we read them, the friend with whom I saw the musical messaged: “Shall we?”.

The Cats film has found its Railway Cat! As for the outcry about scale (director Tom Hooper made the human-sized cast perform on a set of jumbo doors and tables, leading to strange dimensions) - people, it’s a film about cats, played by humans, it is off the scale! One that does not care whether it is accepted by today’s mores; how else could you explain the use of so much Eighties synth? The Sleeping Beauty. We rely on advertising to help fund our award-winning journalism. This website uses cookies to improve your experience and to show you personalised content. And she wasn’t the only Royal Ballet principal on show. And women in leotards do tend to have smooth boobs and no genitalia on show. The critical mauling confirmed what I had suspected and hoped: Hooper had produced something utterly remarkable that had to be seen. Steven McRae. Sarah Lamb as Perdita, teven McRae as Florizel. the content you have visited before. It was wonderful to see her artistry and luminosity being shared with a wider audience, and more than made up for her slightly thin rendering of Taylor Swift’s Beautiful Ghosts. I suspect that in 20 years time we will finally understand what we saw. The Skivvies Release New Music Video, SUPER HEROES, Exclusive: Watch Annaleigh Ashford Sing from THANKFUL: An Album for Jerad Bortz, Watch Ariana Grande's Official Video for 'positions', Josh Gad Talks ONCE UPON A SNOWMAN on THE LATE LATE SHOW, Trailer for DOLLY PARTON'S CHRISTMAS ON THE SQUARE, See Sarah Paulson in the Trailer for RUN on Hulu, Watch the Official Teaser for THE PROM on Netflix, Ethan Slater & Tom Kenny Chat About THE SPONGEBOB MUSICAL on DVD. ©ROH, Bill Cooper, 2014. ©ROH, Tristram Kenton 2011, Manon. Performance Art Theatre. alongside fellow Royal Ballet Principal Francesca Hayward, Bavarian State Ballet in quarantine and Swan Lake cancelled, La Scala UN documentary-dance gala, tonight at 6pm (CET), New York City Ballet presents a Festival of New Choreography 27 - 31 October, Aida suspended as entire La Scala company sent home in quarantine, Jonas Kaufmann steps in at La Scala as tenor Francesco Meli tests positive for coronavirus, La Scala cancels today's 2020/2021 season announcement amid Covid fears, English National Ballet returns to the stage and presents a new Christmas Nutcracker, UK government’s £250 million for arts organisations, Dancing Times, the world’s oldest dance magazine, celebrates 110 years, Balanchine's Dream sprinkles its magic fairy dust over La Scala for the last time, Rothko in Rome: an interview with Carolyn Carlson, Julio Bocca talks about his emotional 50th Birthday Gala in New York this Friday, The Tricks of the Trocks: powder, ice and pointe shoes, Dancers from the Royal Ballet and ENB reopen the glorious Teatro Colón in Bogotá, Isaac Hernández answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition, Baryshnikov and Bob Wilson take on Nijinsky in Milan: Letter to a Man, Meet Francesco Gabriele Frola — National Ballet of Canada and English National Ballet's new Principal Dancer, Martina Arduino answers the Gramilano Questionnaire… Dancers’ Edition, To Carla Fracci, on your 80th Birthday, from your colleagues and friends, Essential: Remember your cookie permission setting, Essential: Gather information you input into a contact forms newsletter and other forms across all pages, Essential: Keep track of what you input in a shopping cart, Essential: Authenticate that you are logged into your user account, Essential: Remember language version you selected, Functionality: Remember social media settings, Functionality: Remember selected region and country, Analytics: Keep track of your visited pages and interaction taken, Analytics: Keep track about your location and region based on your IP number, Analytics: Keep track of the time spent on each page, Analytics: Increase the data quality of the statistics functions, Advertising: Tailor information and advertising to your interests based on e.g.