Some melodies never leave you.
The original London cast recording of The Phantom of the Opera was released on 9 February 1987. It became the first cast album in British musical history to enter the charts at No. 1.
More than a few famous faces have appeared on stage as one of ALW’s Jellicle Cats. Who do you recognise? 😽🤔
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Where the Jellicle magic lived for 21 years...
Swipe for Andrew Lloyd Webber and Michael Coveney outside the New London Theatre, now the Gillian Lynne Theatre.
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Imagine opening a musical where nobody knows what to expect… and the cast are all dressed as cats 🐾
ALW and the original team look back on the nerves, excitement, and the moment they realised the @catsmusical might actually be something very special.
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How do you turn a cast of humans into Jellicle Cats?
Andrew looks back on the early days of creating CATS and the journey behind one of theatre’s most unexpected hits.
The idea to bring T.S. Eliot’s poems to the stage was already very bold. Add a theatre-in-the-round experience with the audience rotating around the action, and CATS instantly felt special.
Then came Gillian Lynne’s challenge of turning humans into Jellicle cats. 45 years later, it still feels instantly recognisable.
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Swipe back to the beginning of the @catsmusical 🐾
Before it became one of the most recognisable musicals in the world, it was Andrew Lloyd Webber, Trevor Nunn, Gillian Lynne, John Napier, Cameron Mackintosh, the cast and creative team experimenting in rehearsal rooms and building something completely new.
The music. The movement. The makeup. The junkyard. The Jellicle world.
45 years later, these behind-the-scenes moments still feel iconic.
What’s your first memory of CATS?
Over £500,000 raised for music education 🎻
ALW's final wine cellar auction in support of @musicinsecondaryschoolstrust and its Andrew Lloyd Webber Programme will help thousands more children access free instruments and weekly music lessons across the UK.
Swipe through to read why this matters so deeply to him.
