Paris 2015

Paris Revival 2015
Location	Mogador Theatre, Paris
Opening Date	1st October 2015
Closing Date	3rd July 2016
Set Used	NAP 70
Production Team
Producers	Stage Entertainment
Director	Trevor Nunn
Resident Director	Véronique Bandelier
Associate Director	Chrissie Cartwright (asst) Ryan Gover
Choreographer	Gillian Lynne Gumbie Tap choreography: Bill Deamer
Set Designer	John Napier, Asst. Alan Walker
Lighting Designer	Howard Eaton
Sound Designer	Greg Pink

Cats opened at the Mogador Theatre, Paris on 1st October 2015 (after 10 previews) and closed on 3rd July 2016. This was the second permanent Cats production in France, the first being in 1989. The two productions used completely different adaptations of the song lyrics, and some cats had different names.

This production was nominated for the 2016 Molière Award for Best Musical.

Production Details

The production follows the London Palladium production, with the Street Cat Tugger and new material. Unlike the Palladium, this production has cut the named role Carbucketty, choosing to use the name Pouncival for the kitten. Further, Pouncival is the alternate Mistoffelees. The set is a duplicate of the London Palladium set, even to the exact details of the car number plate reading "NAP 70/ GRITTY KITTY GB". However both sets were in use concurrently.

Theatre

The Mogador Theatre is owned by Stage Entertainment. It was home to the French production of Tanz der Vampire prior to Cats arrival. Cats closed to make way for the 30th anniversary production of The Phantom of the Opera, however the theatre suffered a devastating fire in September 2016 which caused the production to be cancelled.

Cast and Creatives

Creative Team

• Director: Trevor Nunn
• Choreography: Gillian Lynne
• Gumbie Tap choreography: Bill Deamer
• Associate Director & Choreographer: Chrissie Cartwright
• Assistant to Chrissie Cartwright: Ryan Gover
• Costume and Scenic Design: John Napier
• Makeup Design: Karen Dawson
• Associate Scenic Design: Alan Walker
• Lighting Design: Howard Eaton
• Sound Designer: Greg Pink
• Music Supervisor: Graham Hurman
• Resident Director: Véronique Bandelier
• Script adaptators: Nicolas Nebot, Ludovic-Alexandre Vidal
• Producers: Joop van den Ende, Laurent Bentata

Cast

The production starred Prisca Demarez as Grizabella (except for a month during which Chimène Badi took her place for publicity purposes).

The London Revival cast performed at the press launch on 28th April 2015, immediately following the closure of the Palladium production. The cast were gradually announced via the production's Facebook Page. The full cast was announced on Playbill on September 8 2015.

Cast

Admetus / Macavity	Nicolas Turconi
Alonzo / Rumpus Cat	Grégory Gonel
Bill Bailey	Yoan Grosjean
Bombalurina	Rachael Ward (until March 2016) Marie Glorieux (from March 2016)
Bustopher Jones / Growltiger / Asparagus / Gus (as Endive / Yves)	Wim Van Den Driessche
Cassandra	Federica Capra
Coricopat	Lucas Radziejewski
Demeter	Emmanuelle N'Zuzi
Grizabella	Prisca Demarez Chimène Badi (28th April to 3rd June 2016)
Jellylorum / Griddlebone	Léonie Thoms
Jemima	Oonagh Jacobs
Jennyanydots (as Jennychatoyante)	Katharina Lochmann
Mistoffelees	Axel Alvarez (Alternate Pouncival)
Mungojerrie	Stoyan Zmarzlik
Munkustrap	Cédric Chupin
Old Deuteronomy (as Vieux Deutéronome)	Pierre-Yves Duchesne
Pouncival	William Pedro (Alternate Mistoffelees)
Rumpleteazer	Vanessa Cailhol
Rum Tum Tugger	Golan Yosef
Skimbleshanks	Sylvain Mathis
Tantomile	Alexandra Girard
Victoria	Emmanuelle Guélin (Dance Captain)
Swings	Denis Ayzin Pascale Moe Bruderer Max Carpentier (from April 2016) Mélina Mariale (from April 2016) Virginie Perrier Charlyne Ribul Conte Alessandro Ripamonti (Assistant Dance Captain) Yanis Si Ahmed Els Smekens Fabrice Todaro

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Awards and Nominations

Main article: Awards