Principal Auditions Sun 26th May 2pm onwards ──── Principal Call Backs CATS Sun 2nd June 2pm Onwards ──── AUDITION PACK Dancer Auditions Everything you need to know (for now) is here Sun 9th June 2pm Onwards Welcome to Platinum Entertainment’s CATS 2019. We’re going to update the staging of the show with a very exciting set and ──── costume design. Choir Auditions We’re looking for community performers and professional Sun 16th June artists of the highest calibre and attitude. 2pm Onwards Keep scrolling for info on specific characters, dancing, singing, choral work, schedules etc. Auditions: St Dominic’s School Hall, 95 Beatrice St, Innaloo CAST LIST PRINCIPAL SINGING ONLY ROLES Audition with this song Mild movement involved ASPARAGUS (GUS) Gus the Theatre Cat BUSTOPHER JONES Bustopher Jones GRIZABELLA Memory / The Rum Tum Tugger MR. MISTOFFELEES The Naming of Cats MUNKUSTRAP The Battle of the Pekes and the Pollicles OLD DEUTERONOMY The Addressing of Cats SKIMBLESHANKS Skimbleshanks PRINCIPAL TRIPLE THREAT ROLES Audition with this song Must attend principal AND dance auditions BOMBALURINA McCavity DEMETER The Rum Tum Tugger or McCavity JELLYLORUM Gus the Theatre Cat JEMIMA Moments of Happiness JENNYANYDOTS Bustopher Jones MUNGOJERRIE Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer RUMPLETEAZER Mungojerrie and Rumpleteazer THE RUM TUM TUGGER Rum Tum Tugger / Magical Mr Mistoffelees VICTORIA McCavity DANCE ROLES WITH MINIMAL SINGING Audition with ‘’McCavity’’ All Dancers need a 2nd skill of either singing, acro or tap. ADMETUS, ALONZO, BILL BAILEY, CARBUCKETTY, CASSANDRA, CORICOPAT, ELECTRA, ETCETERA EXOTICA, GRIDDLEBONE, GROWLTIGER, MACAVITY, TANTOMILE, TUMBLEBRUTUS, PLATO POUNCIVAL, RUMPUS CAT, SILLABUB, VICTOR, QUAXO THE AWESOME CHOIR Singers required who can hold their own. Audition with any song from the show. Our venues are huge and our onstage dancers will be leaping around more than ever so your voices will carry most of the vocal sound. Be prepared for a great big sing. EXTRA INFO • Accompaniment will be available at auditions. • Platinum rehearses on Weds evenings and Sundays. • Learning tracks will be provided. • CATS will be a short but intensive rehearsal process during August and September with performances in Oct/Nov where everyone is expected to attend. • See provisional schedule here. (Successful auditionees will be expected to learn music and lyrics at home during July). • Whilst Platinum shows are what we call Pro-Am we will be assisting with transport AND accommodation costs for cast this time during our week in Mandurah. Scroll down for character breakdown CHARACTER BREAKDOWN Old Deuteronomy Jellylorum Male, Playing age 35 – 55. Old Deuteronomy is the Female, Playing age 25 – 45. Jellylorum is practical and beloved leader of the tribe. Seeking a mature actor loving, a storyteller. Sings ‘Gus the Theatre Cat’ with with excellent high baritone/tenor vocals. Must be Gus, and appears as ‘Griddlebone’ in ‘The Ballad of able to express authority, dignity, wisdom, and Billy McCaw’. For this role we require an excellent humility – also great warmth and fun. Small amount of soprano with a crystal clear top C. Very good movement required. movement and comedy skills required. Grizabella Jennyanydots Female, Playing age 35 – 55. Grizabella is a survivor, Female, Playing age 25 – 45. Jennyanydots is the but she is vulnerable, and now outcast from the tribe. ‘Gumbie Cats’ motherly, an Edwardian ‘do-gooder’. She was once very glamorous, but with age her beauty For this role we require a character actress and singer is fading. Sings ‘Memory’. An exceptional who must have strong tap-dancing skills. Great singer/actress with sensational, powerful vocals comedy skills and good movement needed. needed. Must possess a wide dynamic vocal range with rich lower tones, and wonderful high belt to Eb. Bombalurina Female, Playing age 25 – 35. Bombalurina is one half Bustopher Jones usually also plays Gus (Asparagus) of the duo who sings ‘Macavity’. Tall and statuesque, a Male, Playing age 35 – 55. Bustopher Jones is a lightly sexual female, who is also a fierce protector of sophisticated and upper-class cat, respected by all. the tribe. Must be an excellent and experienced Gus is the theatre cat – a fragile old cat who in his dancer with fantastic extension, and also excellent dreams becomes a swashbuckling pirate, who fights to mezzo vocals. his death. A fantastic character actor/singer with excellent comedic skills to play these two distinct Demeter roles. Strong high baritone/tenor with minimal Female, Playing age 21 – 30. Demeter is one half of movement skills. the duo who sings 'Macavity'. A neurotic, but highly intuitive cat. An excellent and experienced dancer Rum Tum Tugger with very strong mezzo vocals. Male, Playing age 25 – 35. Rum Tum Tugger is the ‘rock-star’ cat, with a wild comedic sexuality. Must be Mungojerrie a charismatic performer with a fantastic rock/pop Male, Playing age 20 – 25. Mungojerrie is one half of a voice with very strong falsetto, great presence and notorious double act. He is cheeky, irreverent, young good dance skills. and full of energy. An outstanding dancer with acrobatic skills, excellent singing voice with bags of Munkustrap personality. Male, Playing age 25 – 35. Munkustrap is the son of Old Deuteronomy, who takes the lead in his father’s Rumpleteazer absence. Sings ‘Old Deuteronomy’ and ‘The Pekes and Female, Playing age 20 – 25. Rumpleteazer is one half the Pollicles’. For this role we require an excellent of a notorious double act. She is cheeky, irreverent, baritone singer with a commanding presence. Very young and full of energy. An outstanding dancer with good movement skills required. Ideally over 6’ tall. acrobatic skills, excellent singing voice with bags of personality. Skimbleshanks Male or Female, Playing 25 – 45. Skimbleshanks is the Victoria railway cat – a fastidious, neat and ordered cat, Female, Playing age 19 - 23. Victoria is young, obsessed with punctuality and cleanliness, yet uninhibited and inquisitive with a beautiful physique. possessing a big heart and sense of exuberance. An An outstanding dancer with excellent classical training excellent high baritone/tenor with good movement and technique required. Must have exceptional skills required. Must have authority and a bright extension and facility personality. .