Cats Musical Characters Victoria

Eliot it tells the story of a tribe of cats called the jellicles and the night they make the jellicle choice deciding which cat will ascend to the heaviside layer and come back to a new life.

Cats musical characters victoria. The 2019 cats movie made victoria its protagonist played by francesca hayward. Victoria is the protagonist of the 2019 cats movie. Meet the cast of cats the movie. Victoria also known as the white cat is a principal character in the 1981 musical cats written by andrew lloyd webber based on t.

1 personality 2 role 3 etymology 3 1. Ballet dancer francesca hayward is in the remake of cats with taylor swift bombalurina james corden bustopher jones dame judi dench old deuteronomy sir ian mckellen gus the theatre cat idris elba macavity jennifer hudson grizabella. Two toms meek magician mr. Cats is a sung through musical composed by andrew lloyd webber based on the 1939 poetry collection old possum s book of practical cats by t.

She is portrayed by francesca hayward. The character s role has been greatly expanded from her stage counterpart. Victoria is the sweetest and most innocent of all the cats and is visible throughout the entire musical and is very easy to spot. Judi dench as old deuteronomy dench will play a gender flipped version of old deuteronomy the leader of the jellicle tribe in charge of choosing which cat will ascend to the heaviside layer to be reborn.

Mistoffelees who develops a crush on victoria and the loyal munkustrap and two queens the snooty cassandra and demeter take victoria under their wing and show her the world of the jellicles as they hype up the jellicle ball an annual ceremony where cats compete for the chance to go to the heaviside layer and be granted a new life. She is very popular among the young ones and it is because of her caring nature that she and the rest of the tribe accepted grizabella once more. Francesca hayward plays victoria in cats 2019 live action remake. Read more about this version of the character here.

The role of victoria in past productions of cats has been played by phyllida crowley smith pictured above also an english ballerina. Cats 1998 cast and crew credits including actors actresses directors writers and more. She is a beautiful and graceful kitten who is coming of age. Primarily a dance role with no solo singing parts playing victoria demands extensive ballet training and a high degree of flexibility.

The musical has a star studded cast if you can recognise them as cgi cats share on facebook. Victoria the white cat is a featured dancer in the musical cats. The musical includes the well known song memory as. Eliot s 1939 old possum s book of practical cats.