Cats Musical

Just got back from watching 'Cats'. Cats is a musical performance composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber. It is based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T.S. Eliot.

If this is your first time watching Cats, you are in for some fun with lots of surprises. If you plan to get tickets, I suggest you get those seats near to the stage. You’ll feel like you are part of the theatre performance especially if you are seating at the aisles. Do not read on if you do not want to know more before watching for yourself.

Immersed into the starting of the show, I suddenly saw something that looked like two circles of torch light in front of me. I thought, “You must be kidding me. You are bringing people in now?”, before realizing it was a 'Cat'. Haha. Be prepared to have cats ‘rub shoulders’ with you throughout the show.


Loved the dance routines and their voices just soars. Some of them could really move like cats, like the black cat with a star on the hip. A fatter cat reminded me of the lion from wizard of oz. :) And these Jellicle Cats seem to appear everywhere in the theatre. You will find out what is a Jellicle Cat from the performances.

I would say the start was interesting. The mid was so-so. I like their group dance, especially with the Jellicle Ball song and before the end of the first part, ‘Memory’ was sang beautifully and again later in the second part. The second section was good. Overall, a must watch if you like to watch a lot of dancing and good singing.


(I thought I spotted the Mediacorp CEO with his trademark hair :) )

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Songs – 3.2/5
Performance – 4.2/5
Story – 3/5
Overall Rating – 3.8/5

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