The makeup used by performers in Cats is absolutely essential to the transformation of the human face into a Cat. The most common makeup designs, as used in the Cats Video, are by Karen Dawson, who worked on many UK-based productions. Nancy Powell worked on the designs used in the US tours, Candace Carell worked on the original Broadway production.
Interviews and Stage By Stage Links
Often when journalists see "Behind the scenes" on Cats they watch a performer applying their makeup, while interviewing them.
- UK Tour 2014 - Birmingham, Filippo Strocchi and Callum Train
- UK Tour 2006 - Stoke on Trent, Peter Tyler as Alonzo
- Broadway 2016 - Day in the Life of Andy Huntington Jones
Makeup Design Charts
Makeup Product References
Backstage photos that include the range of products used by the professional casts.
Makeup Application Collages
When you are studying a makeup design independently, it can be very useful to see how a range of performers have interpreted the same basic design. Rather than scrolling through a dozen different photos, these collages bring together several different interpretations in one image.
