I have some new icons to share with you all, if you're interested then ( step this way! )

I didn't want to have to do this but after seeing some of the stage door pictures that I have uploaded for this fansite taken without permission and seeing myself and Liz edited off some pictures also without permission I have decided that it's for the best if I password protect these pictures.

I uploaded these pictures to share with people the lovely and varied characters off the Cats tour and encourage others to share their own experiences and although I understand that some members of the cast have now gained stronger followings after moves to the West End I still do not believe that that makes it acceptable for my pictures to be taken without permission.

I rarely, if at all, turn down a request to use my pictures and those of you who have approached me in the past I'm sure have found that I make little demand other than a short mention of either myself or preferably the site in association with the picture or pictures being used. I shall still allow people to request to use pictures and I shall still keep up the onstage, miscellaneous and headshots sections of the gallery however all the stage door folders will now be set to private.

Again I apologise and I did not want to have to do this but as these pictures are very special to me and serve as memories of some amazing times in the past few years of my life I would really rather they were not used without my knowledge and would certainly prefer for them not to be defiled/cropped without my permission.

Thank you to all of you who have previously asked my permission, I am extremely greatful for your consideration and I hope that this does not discourage others from asking if I have pictures of cast members which they would be able to use.

Malinda.x

The current cast of Cats are making their way around Italy at the moment for the closing leg of the tour. The tour in the UK has officially been 'closed' however the cast have assured me that it won't be long til it tours again and have also hinted that a lot of familiar faces may crop up when it does!

In other news, John McManus is in The Buccaneer in London, Callum Nicol and Philip Comley are joining the company of the West End production of Grease, Gary Watson is soon to finish in Les Miz however Lorraine Graham is said to be joining as ensemble and Lorraine Chappell is leaving Gone With The Wind as it is closing early. I think I know some other details...but I've forgotten them. I'll let you know when I have news!

As for this community, I've given it a bit of a tidy up, sorted out the tags and tidied up the links section and put a cast list up in custom text for reference purposes I s'pose! hehe

Malinda.x

Sorry yet again with the extremely long pause between updates for this site, but to be fair to Liz and myself our GCSEs are getting scarily close now!

As far as updates are concerned we have one or two up for grabs.

First of all, in February it was the Anniversary of the cast change and those of you who know about this place through youtube you may have already seen that I made a video to celebrate the day:



Also, updates on cast members.
Lorraine Chappell (Bombalurina) who actually stayed on before has now left the tour and is rehearsing for Gone With The Wind in the West End.
Zoe Curlett (Jellylorum) has also recently left as has Philip Comley (Coricopat) however we have yet to get news on them.
Meanwhile, Zak Nemorin who has remained with the cast for its entire run has been moved from playing Munojerrie to playing Skimbleshanks. A bit of a leap but I can tell you from first hand experience he plays the roll excellently and at times he even brings in a few of the move eccentric qualities which John McManus brought to the role...although at other times he is a bit of a Mungoshanks! But I think that's just bringing his own unique style to the role and can highly recommend him for anyone going to see the show before its run ends in May. Of course...now I've said that he will have moved back to being Mungo but never mind eh! hehe

An update regarding someone who left last year, which should have been posted a while back but somehow never was: Christopher Howell (Bustopher/Asparagus) is in South Pacific...we're pretty sure he still is anyway. Not sure how much longer for though so if you want to see him you should probably get your skates on!

And finally for cast member updates, Kevin McGuire (Carbucketty) has finished in Footloose...quite some time ago now! And has joined a boyband. There aren't many details about it yet, but Kevin has asked me on more than one occasion to spread the word and he promises me I will be the first to know if anything big happens. The band is called ViCe. The site was previously up and running but has somewhat deteriorated since then and now just has a little teaser page thing, however for future reference the site is: www.viceofficialsite.com

Now, lastly I would like to inform you of a new myspace page for the cast at: www.myspace.com/catsanniversarycast
I myself am not entirely sure who it is run by...however they have asked if they can use my videos and some of my pictures and I wasn't going to say no so we're now sort of...inter linked with said site! Enjoy!


Malinda.xx

Check out the first unofficial shiny site for Dianne Pilkington!

www.dianne-pilkington.net

And don't forget to join the forum!:)

http://diannefans.freeforums.org/index.php

Okaaaay, let's try this again with the video properly edited together!

A year with us at stage door (goes up until the cast change)...laughs, tears, randomness, it's all there! hehe Enjoy!





Malinda.x

So I spent my Sunday night making icons using pic of the cast from the new colour brochure and maybe a couple have slipped in from the old one too. The pics from the new colour brochure have just been uploaded to the photobucket account along with some additions to the miscellaneous section with pictures of Dianne Pilkington pictures from Wicked and the Wicked cast change party, Dianne and J-C at the Wicked cast change, Kevin McGuire and the cast of Fame when Shilpa Shetty came to see the show and some larger headshots for John McManus, Lorraine Chappell and Nick Pound. All those new pictures can be found here: http://s100.photobucket.com/albums/m15/cats_uk_tour06/



( Now, step this way for iconage! )

This afternoon I will be posting a new batch of icons for your viewing pleasure and (school computers permitting) making a start on uploading the pictures I promised you ages ago but never found the time for. So...come back some time after 12.50 today and you may well come across some goodies! lol



Malinda.x



p.s. This is still the same mod, I've just changed my lj name from jbsbutterfly to jelliclerose ^_^

Guys, stuffage!

I have to remind you first of all to vote pleese! On Lin's video post, it's vital that she has someone other than me's opinion on this, because, you see, I'm nuts! (And the bad spelling ees intended!)

I don't have an amazing amount to say about much, but in case any of you wanted to know, there's been no update on anyone (especially John). The tour is still touring, Pete (I think) has returned to school XD Gary, well, you can tell where he's gone! Kevin's FAME tour ends on 1st September but I can't really say more at this moment, I've been told to plug so I shall do. FAME is a very bright production, lots of colours and some great dancing. The lead male's not so hot on singing (disappointingly)

Sometime soon there'll be some pictures of Dianne Pilkington from the Wicked cast change (and some J-C too!)

Watch this space people! XxX Lizzie

Hey just read that Gary will be doing a workshop about Cats. Not really sure when, but I know it's in London and should be around the next two weeks... I am on vacation in Spain at the mo, but even if I wasn't I'm not sure I could go... I'd love to see how's a workshop... specially about Cats!!! Anyways, more info about it contact Anita on 01733 427781, or e-mail anita@tudanse.co.uk

If someone goes... remember to let us know how it is...

Be good, stay good :o)
xxx

Hey guys...I'm posting to apologise for um...what is frankly shirking my duties. I've failed to provide stage door reports for at least two shows now for so long that I can't remember so well what happened. I'm really, really sorry and I swear that next show I go to (Cats in September) I WILL provide reports for, even if I have to stop Deano mid sentence to take notes.

I thought I'd finally come out and apologise because I've been feeling guilty for months. So, once again, je suis desole, please forgive me? *Puss In Boots face*

I'm sorry!! hehe. Yeah, I am though coz I haven't been around and I should have been coz I promised you videos and I didn't bring many. BUT! I do have reasons. Call them excuses if you'd rather but you see, I'm in Seychelles for the summer (sounds posh, but it's only coz my dad works out here! ^_^). Now Secyhelles' internet speeds are...slow at best. So uploading anything would take at least half a day and on a bad day then it could take the whole day. Second reason, I've actually not got videos plural ready for uploading. I've got a hlaf made one. This is because I've been making a different video entirely recently as a present for Kevin for his birthday which I'm not intending to officially say is finished until the day I send it to him.

Now, despite this, I promise you I am working on a new video to the song You Get What You Give - New Radicals. It's going to be a sort of..."Half A Year After Cast Change Tribute" thing. If you can think of a better title PLEASE tell me! hehe.


Anyway, I need your help if I'm ever to get this vid done. Explanation? In the poll below...

Poll #1029520 cats_uk_tour06's next video
Open to: All, detailed results viewable to: All, participants: 3

Should the video include out of character pictures or be only in-costume shots?

Please vote coz the future of the vid depends on it! hehe And any comments you have are welcome too in relation to the video - I'm open to most suggestions!


Malinda.xx

Pete Tyler is in a show called The Kid Inside at the New End Theatre...so he's not a hologram after all! Although me and Liz were beginning to wonder if he was too good to be true!




Also, I've now added pictures to the photobucket of our West End trip to see Fame on June 16th and also some pictures from Fame's new (massive!) colour brochure!



No more shows for me until September 1st when I see the last matinee and evening performances of Fame with my other best friend Charlie (Liz in France sadly) and then Charlie will also be joining me and Liz on September 3rd when we go and see Cats again in Birmingham.

Posting issues should all be sorted now...hope no one's upste with me coz of the accident. If you couldn't post coz it saidyou weren't allowed, it should now allow you! Don't know what happened there....I somehow ended up as the only one with posting access!


Still working on the videos I mentioned last week. Made one but I don't think I'll upload it as I had to use some pictures that don't belong to me to make the "plot" of the video work..so sorry about that. I'll get to work on one I can actually post soon!


See yers!


Malinda.x

Heya guys,

Sorry that things have slowed down round here so much recently but me and Liz have both been really busy at school and, the simple fact of things is that the NAP16ers haven't actually been up to all that much that we haven't already told you about!

Just thought I'd let you know that because Liz is away in Wales, performance reports for Cats in Manchester and for Fame (Kevin McGuire, as I'm sure you know by now!) could well be delayed. I would do them myself...but I'm working on some new videos to show you all at the moment so I'm going to leave the performance reports strictly to Liz.


On another note; I hope none of you have had promblems posting. Somehow some people got accidentally blocked (Liz included) and I don't want any of you to think that I hate you or something!


That's it for now...possibly some videos and trip reports in the near future!


Malinda xx

Last night, we went to Manchester to see Cats again! Needless to say, both the show and stage door were amazing. I'm hoping to upload the new pictures at some point when I have the chance. Liz is in charge of the performance/stage door report so that should appear some time next week I think.

I've also made a new video for your (hopeful) enjoyment! Song is Reach Out by Take That and the idea is the cast are reaching out to audiences to give them an amazing theatrical experience!






Malinda.xx



p.s. Massive love goes out to Ryan, Lorri, Schoony, Deano, Zoë C, Lauren, Zak and Al. One of the best Cats stage doors yet thanks to you guys!

Halloooooo! Who's up for some serious trip reportage!?

( Fame The Musical In The West End - 12th May - Kevin McGuire (former Carbucketty) )

( Sunshine On Leith in Edinburgh - 19th May - John McManus (former Skimbleshanks) )

So so so so sorry that I haven't updated in...ages. I've been busy at school and stuff. Um...updates updates...ok. Been to Fame and Sunshine on Leith to see John and Kevin in their new jobs, pictures of both trips now in the album. I think Liz is going to the actual trip reports...I haven't asked her yet so we'll see! Also, before our trips to see our guys, I made a video for them in their role as the best half of The In Crowd. (The In Crowd are still together, aren't they John! :P) That video is....here:




Updates on cast memebers' new jobs:

Nick Pound - doing something in Scotland...sorry..that was a bad one to open with!
Gary Watson - Les Miz in the West End
Heart-Throb Howell - teaching...Chris! You had to make it hard didn't you! :P
That's all the new ones...obviously I mentioned some before...like Carrie in Cabaret and stuff. Scroll down, it's on here somewhere! hehe. Anyway...there's obviously the guys that have stayed on, the new cast is up on the website now and Liz and me are off to see them again next week. We saw them once before...but they had only just started so we're giving them a second chance!


Ok...um...what else...ah! Video of Kevin in Fame here:


and there is also a video here: http://www.famewestend.co.uk/ in the 'Fun Stuff' section in which you can see the lovely Mr.McGuire as well...if you look hard enough! ><

and then here: http://www.proclaimers.co.uk/2003/sunshine_movie/index.html there is a video of the Sunshine On Leith rehearsals in which you can see John McManus jumping around in a red t-shirt. See if you can spot him...Liz did!





Malinda xx

Well... it was a good idea that Lin updated us on what old NAP 2006 cast members are doing... so I thought I'd add something else too...

So............

Gary Watson: doing Les Misèrables as Lin said, playing a major character (Marius) and he's supposed to start on the role on June 25th if I remember correctly...

Carrie Sutton & Amèlie Munier: both of them doing Cabaret!!! They have to be really brave as they have to take their clothes off!!!

Jean-Claude Pelletier: taking some time and doing gigs with his band, The Vinyl Stitches.

Sarah Meade: she's in Oslo, doing A Tribute to Dirty Dancing!!!!!!!!! She's one of the dancers/singers.

Dianne Pilkington: she's covering for whoever is doing Galinda in Wicked on her days off (sorry can't remember her name) and she'll start full time on July 16!

Alex Durrant, Louise Barratt, Lauren Brooke, Lorraine Chappell, Philip Comley, Zoë Curlett, Rachel Ensor, Barry Haywood, Dean Maynard, Zak Nemorin, Louise Perez, Trevor Schoonraad & Zoë Smith are still doing CATS, doing the same characters as before, except for Louise Perez who's now playing Tantomile and Philip Comley who's covering for Skimbleshanks when needed.

Guess that's all for now...

Ah, no I forgot...

Philip Comley has an official website! You can check it on www.philipcomley.com!

One more thing... saw CATS once again on May 5th... the new cast... quite impressive it was! Loved it! It was a wonderful day... a big nice surprise that my friend that used to work with them here in Portugal did for me!!! I will never forget it... Boy I wanna see it all over again...............

Ok, nighty-night peeps!

Hugs, kisses and cookies
- són

Ok, here we are again. Sorry to repost the goodbye post but there's more stuff to add to it and also I broke my promise about posting up the new cast list (I might be able to do it tonight but no promises!). Anyway.Yes. Goodbye to our lovely lovely cast. It's been over a month since they went their separate ways and they leave behind them a legacy of ROCKING shows!! hehe. Here are three videos.The first is mine, it a combination of four videos in one and I may well make another one or two some time soon. The second two are Sonia's which I know she already posted but I've moved them for want of keeping everything together. Also in this post is a cast list again with some of the most amusing in-jokes of the tour! Enjoy!!

Cats UK Tour Cast 2006-2007


Alex OH MY GOD THAT'S ALEX DURRANT!!! Durrant - Bill Bailey
Callum Fangs Nicol - Admetus/Macavity
Carrie *model face* Sutton - Tantomile
Chris Oink oink! Steve Diamond Heart-Throb Howell Howell - Bustopher/Gus/Growltiger
Dean Go!! Five?!! Well in with the cast of Cats Deankerstrap Maynard - Munkustrap
Dianne Just deal with this... Pilkington - Grizabella
Gary Meeeeeeehowwwwwwwwww!! Alreet?!! Watson - Tugger
John CUH! Why does everybody always want to be the white cat?!! Come in! Come in come in come in come in!! What time's your train back? Bit of a trek Log on and browse Mind your back Could do with a chocolate Oh God yeah, have a Merry Christmas! Such a bloody long way! McManus - Skimbleshanks
Kevin KEVIN!!!....I mean.....Hello!! Recognised y' face!! McGuire - Carbucketty
Lauren WE LOVE YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!!!! Brooke - Cassandra
Lorraine Tinkerbell This is Lorraine who plays Bombalurina Chappell - Bombalurina
Lorraine Graham Lorraine Jenny Lorraine Graham - Jennyanydots
Louisa Tim. Big Tim. He's huge! You'll see him! Barratt - Jemima
Nick Oh that's real subtle!! Pound - Old Deuteronomy
Pete *drinks imaginary tea* Bendy Back pete-dancing Pirate Pete Tyler - Alonzo
Philip *empties popcorn* Comley - Coricopat
Rachel Give the hair a moosh! And plie...and plie... Ensor - Victoria
Sarah The Meade Meadey Meade - Rumpleteazer
Trevor Trevster Aberdundee Schoony Schoonraad - Mistoffelees
Zak Zakery-Zak! Picture?...No? Nemorin - Mungojerrie
Zoë Cuhcuhcuhcuhcuhcuhcuhcuhcuhcuh Curlett - Jellylorum
Zoë When Callum's quite done crashing... Maynard-Smith Smith - Demeter


Dance like Pete, sing like Dean, improvise like Chris, laugh like John, flip like Al, bounce like Zak and grin like Kev!! Live for NAP16!!


The End Of An Era Tribute Video: http://vids.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=vids.individual&videoid=2014735631

Sonia's Goodbye Video One (images from the show to the sound of Take That's "Never Forget"):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7U2QC4fC3gU
And the second(images of almost all cast members to the sound of Guns 'n Roses' "Don't Cry": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKfQ7ywGQKU


Malinda xx