Cats (musical) the London Palladium following the UK national tour with the original creative team featuring direction from Trevor Nunn, choreography by Gillian Lynne and design by John Napier. The run was later extended through April 2015. Along with this Andrew Lloyd Webber would be rewriting a number of songs from the musical. Speaking on the revival, Lloyd Webber himself said, "we wanted to do Cats again ourselves, then the Palladium came up and Trevor fell in love with it. We’re taking the Cats show that’s touring and working on it afresh." The musical returned to the London Palladium for a run
Cats (2019 film) Cats (2019 film) Cats is an upcoming British–American musical fantasy comedy-drama film based on the musical of the same name, which in turn was based on "Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" by T. S. Eliot. It will be directed by Tom Hooper, his second musical film following 2012's "Les Misérables", and stars Jennifer Hudson, Taylor Swift, James Corden, Idris Elba, Rebel Wilson, Ian McKellen, and Judi Dench. The film is scheduled for release on December 20, 2019, by Universal Pictures. Over a single night, a tribe of cats called the Jellicles make what is known as "the Jellicle choice"