Thursday night I was treated with being able to watch the musical Cats on tour at the Princess Theatre in Torquay. Now if anyone is due to see it, and doesn’t know the story, well, I’ll be mentioning some of the plot and spoilers below so - you have be warned.

It was a pretty good show, lasting around three hours (including interval break), with a whole bunch of people dancing and running around dressed as cats! The show mainly goes along introducing various cat’s and thier personalities. From posh snobby cats to lively cats, they’re all pretty much shown! The main story though is of an old, somewhat frail moggy cat who recollects on her life, and what once was, while she continuingly tries to become accepted into the big gang of cats who exclude her, even though she continues to have hope that tomorrow will bring a new day, and another chance. The musical ends on somewhat of a sad tone, when finally she gets accepted into the group, but alas, it’s too little too late and she dies chasing her final dream to be accepted.

It was interesting to compare the different cat personalities with real person personalities, such as that old cat really is that strange weird old woman who know one talks too roaming the streets, and the lively and snobby cats are just like people too. Makes you think which personality you and you’re friends are!

The cats also use the walkways around the audience to run up and down and ‘interact’ with the audience; I was one of these said audience members, with one of the cats grooming me and rubbing up and down me, which was embarrassing! Overall it was a good night,and a good show, it’s been a while since I had been to a performance and it was a nice change from the norm!