Japan 1983/Score

The Shiki Japan Production was originally based off the Original London Production. The show went through a major overhaul in 1998 that introduced new choreography, staging and character designs. Another round of revisions were made in 2018, including an updated score for the "Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer" number.

Notable features of the Modern Japanese Score (used since 2018):


 * Grizabella is included in "Jellicle Songs" and "Naming of Cats" in an ensemble costume (as a calico cat similar to Jemima's design)


 * Mistoffelees sings the "Invitation to the Jellicle Ball"


 * Jennyanydots makes her entrance from an oven not a car boot


 * The Gumbie Trio are Jemima, Jellylorum and Tantomile


 * Tumblebrutus, Gilbert, and Rumpus Cat sing the "Terrible Bore" line in "The Rum Tum Tugger"


 * Jellylorum sings the "Curious Beast" line in "The Rum Tum Tugger" that is usually sung by Bombalurina in western productions


 * Jemima and Jellylorum sing "Grizabella the Glamour Cat" instead of Demeter and Bombalurina. There is no reprise of this song in Memory Act 1.


 * Sillabub sings the lines in "Bustopher Jones" that are usually sung by Bombalurina in western productions.


 * "The Pekes and the Pollicles" was reintroduced in 2018 after being cut in 1998.


 * Sillabub does the "I believe it is Old Deuteronomy" line that is usually sung by Coricopat and Tantomile in western productions


 * Sillabub sings the "Moonlight" and "Daylight" refrains


 * The Aria is sung in "Growltiger's Last Stand". The "Chi e la? Mi amore! ... Sono qui" lines are sung in Italian, but the rest of the song is in Japanese.
 * The staging of Macavity has almost all the cast join instead of just the ensemble females
 * The Macavity fight is staged not so much as a fight but rather more of a "search for macavity", where he pops up, laughs and disappears before the cats can get to him.


 * Mistoffelees does not sing in his song


 * Victoria is Mistoffelees' assistant when he performs the magic trick to bring back Old Deuteronomy (previously it was Bombalurina)


 * Sillabub sings the soprano part in "Memory"


 * Sillabub, not Victoria, is the first cat to touch Grizabella