Find out about the wonderful people who bring the International Tour of Cats to life!
Last year Lucy portrayed the infamous Rebekah Vardy in the smash-hit production 'VARDY V ROONEY: The Wagatha Christie Trial'. The play initially enjoyed a sold-out run at The Wyndhams Theatre in the West End. Due to popular demand, the show continued its success by opening at The Ambassadors Theatre West End before heading on tour.
Lucy has played the iconic role of Sophie Sheridan in ABBA’s global smash hit musical MAMMA MIA! in London’s West End, on the UK and International Tours & under the stars at Harewood House for the post-pandemic Open Air production.
Other theatre includes; Spring Awakening (West End); Earthquakes in London and Really Old, Like Forty Five (both at the National Theatre); The Crucible (Regent’s Park Open Air Theatre); The Reluctant Debutante and Oklahoma! (UK Tours); Sweeney Todd (Chichester Festival Theatre & West End) for which she won the BroadwayWorld.com award for Best Supporting Actress, Ben Travers’ Thark (Park Theatre); Ace of Clubs (Union Theatre); Pine (Hampstead Theatre).
Film & Television include; Still Up (Apple TV), The Woman in Black (Hammer Films), The Impressions Show with Culshaw and Stephenson, Scoop! and Doctors (BBC).
Radio includes; Lost in Mexico, The Russian Gambler (BBC Radio 4) and the Doctor Who series Charlotte Pollard (Big Finish). As well as voice artist in multiple television series, including Downton Abbey and Wild Bill.
Workshops include; I Should Be So Lucky, Painting the Town, Chocolate Lover's Club, A Changing World, My Best Friend’s Wedding, She Loves You, Standing at the Sky’s Edge, The Girls.
Training: Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama.
Stage Credits: Emperor & Cover Abanazar in Aladdin (Blackpool Grand Theatre); Joseph Buquet & Cover Monsieur Firmin/Auctioneer in The Phantom of the Opera (Her Majesty’s Theatre); Ensemble in Rodgers + Hammerstein's Cinderella (Cadogan Hall); Master Keypulet in Timpson: The Musical (Stockwell Playhouse); Lead Soloist/Vocal Captain in The International Magic Tenors (European Tour); Jenkins in My Land's Shore (Theatr Soar); Honey Bear in Snow White: Rotten To The Core (Above The Stag).
Concert Credits: Flop! Hit Songs From Musical Misfires (The Crazy Coqs); Sunday Afternoon At The Musicals (Pizza Express Live); West End Cabaret Club (Chequer Mead Theatre); West End Unplugged (Trinity).
Recording Credits: The Phantom of the Opera (2022 London Cast Single Recording); The Aeneid (LMTO/Audible); My Land’s Shore (Studio Cast Recording); Timpson: The Musical (Original Cast Recording).
Hal trained at the Guildford School of Music and Drama. He has worked extensively in the West End in many major musicals including Billy Bigelow in Carousel, Alex in Aspects of Love, Cousin Kevin in Tommy, Javert in Les Miserables, Bill in Me And My Girl, Arnaud Du Thil in Martin Guerre, George Morrison in Forbidden City and Professor Higgins in My Fair Lady. At The National Theatre, he performed in the award winning show, London Road, The Light Princess, Wonder.Land and The Pacifist’s Guide to the War on Cancer. More recently, Gus in Cats international tour and Albert in Flowers for Mrs Harris. For film and television Hal has appeared in 7 Cases, Dracula, The Tragedy of Macbeth, The Brylcreem Boys, Garrow’s Law, When In London, Next Of Kin, The Jungle Book: Mowgli & Baloo, Hey, Mr. Producer, Solo, and, The King’s Man. Hal’s screen adaptation of A Midsummer Night’s Dream was released this year and he is currently working on a new screen adaption of Twelfth Night.
Theatre credits include: Singing in the Rain (Kilworth House), Titanic (UK & International Tour), Mary Poppins (West End), West Side Story (Ljubljana Festival).
Credits whilst training include: Mick in Lysistrata Jones (ArtsEd); Larry The Lobster in The Spongebob Musical (ArtsEd)
Training: ArtsEd graduating 2024
Credits While Training: Vittorio Vidal in 'Sweet Charity' and Ensemble in 'Rent'
This is Jesse's professional debut. He would like to thank all his friends and family for all their support.
Training: Northern Academy of Performing Arts, The Royal Ballet School & Rambert School of Ballet and Contemporary Dance.
Theatre Credits: Billy in the original cast of Billy Elliot The Musical (2004-06) which he was awarded a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Actor in a Musical. A Linha Curva by Itzik Galili (Rambert Dance Company), Nutcracker! (2011–12), Play Without Words (2012), Count Lilac in Sleeping Beauty (2012–13), The Prince in Swan Lake (2013–14 & 2018-19), Edward in Edward Scissorhands (2014–15 & 2023-24), Angelo in The Car Man (2015), Count Lilac and Carabosse/Caradoc in Sleeping Beauty (2015–16), Ivan in The Red Shoes (2016–17 & 2019-2020), Angel in Cinderella (2017–18), Albert in The Midnight Bell (2021), Mr Mistoffelees in Cats The Musical (International Tour 2022-23).
Film Credits: Matthew Bourne’s Christmas (More4/Leopard Films), Sleeping Beauty (BBC2), Cinderella (BBC), Swan Lake (Sky Arts), Older Billy in Billy Elliot The Musical (Cinemas Worldwide), The Red Shoes (BBC2 and Sky Arts), Spitfire (BBC iPlayer), Disenchanted (Disney, 2022), The Greatest Days (2023)
Other Career highlights: Billy Elliot The Musical Original cast recording (2004), Elton John’s music video Electricity (2004), Electricity at Vogue’s The Met Ball New York City (2005), Mikey Adams in Wire in the Blood (ITV)
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Training: London Studio Centre & Royal Ballet Senior Associates
Theatre credits include: Ensemble in The Addams Family: Live in Concert (London Palladium); Skimbleshanks in Cats (International Tour); Associate Choreographer in The Addams Family (UK Tour); Onstage Swing/Dance Captain in The Addams Family (UK Tour); Ensemble in 42nd Street (Théâtre du Châtelet); Swing/Dance Captain in Hairspray (UK Tour); Assistant Choreographer for Cats (Royal Caribbean Cruises); Ensemble in We Will Rock You (Dominion Theatre); Mungojerrie and u/s Mr Mistoffelees in Cats (Germany); Mischief (Peacock Theatre & UK Tour); Shall We Dance (Sadler’s Wells); Be Mine! (The Place & Jackson’s Lane); Ensemble in Nixon In China (ENO at the Coliseum); Ensemble in The Mikado (ENO at the Coliseum); Ensemble in Carmen (ENO at the Coliseum); Night of a 1000 Voices (Royal Albert Hall).
Roles with Matthew Bourne’s New Adventures include Cygnet & Swan in Swan Lake (Sadler’s Wells, UK Tour & City Centre New York); Cupid, Gobstopper & u/s Fritz in The Nutcracker! (Sadler’s Wells); Kevin Boggs and Gerald Monroe in Edward Scissorhands (UK, European, Asia & USA Tour).
TV and Film credits: Swan in Swanlake the Movie (Leopard Films), Dancer in Swan Lake excerpt for The Paul O’Grady Show, Dancer in Turbine, Dancer in Beyond the Sea (Kevin Spacey and Rob Ashford), Dancer on So Graham Norton (Tiger Aspect).
Hazel Baldwin trained at ArtsEd, graduating with a BA (Hons) in Musical Theatre. She has just finished appearing in the powerhouse West End show Les Misérables in the role of Swing/Cover Factory Girl.
Credits while training include: Dorothy Shaw in 'Gentlemen Prefer Blondes', Mayor of Bikini Bottom in 'The Spongebob Musical', Alyson in 'A Grand Night for Singing', Satine in 'Moulin Rouge', Emily in 'Crabs'.
Training : Laine Theatre Arts
Theatre: Frozen the Musical London (Theatre Royal Drury Lane) Betty & 1st Cover Jennifer in Back to the Future The Musical (Original Cast, Manchester Opera House & Adelphi Theatre West End); Mrs Potiphar in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolour Dreamcoat (Kilworth House Theatre); Maria in Saturday Night Fever (UK Tour); Oklahoma (Grange Park Opera); Thursford Christmas Spectacular 2017 & 2019; Funny Girl (UK Tour); Cinderella (London Palladium); Dick Whittington (Southampton Mayflower); Peter Pan (Orchard Theatre Dartford/ Nottingham Theatre Royal)
Television: Sunday Night at the Palladium (ITV); Britain's Got Talent (ITV) Comic Relief (BBC); Sport Relief (BBC); This Morning (ITV); Oliviers (ITV); BBC Proms(BBC).
Film: Beauty & the Beast (Disney).
Other: Whats OnStage Awards (Prince of Wales Theatre).
Alice trained at Arts Educational Schools and graduated with a BA Hons in Musical Theatre in 2021. Theatre: THE BODYGUARD (Slovenia), FAME THE MUSICAL (Athens, Greece), CATS (South Korea and Taiwan), CLUELESS THE MUSICAL - WORKSHOP (Churchill Theatre, Bromley), CINDERELLA (Grand Theatre, Wolverhampton) and BEAUTY & THE BEAST (Stafford Gatehouse and Fairfield Halls, Croydon).
Roles whilst training: KIPPS - HALF A SIXPENCE, CATS, and TO GILLIE, WITH LOVE
Trained: Guildford school of acting
Credits: The Handyman (Choir of man onboard the Norwegian Encore)
Marcus is thrilled to be making his international debut in this renowned production
Lauren has been dancing since the age of 2, and in 2019 was named international tap champion and came second in Miss Dance Great Britain. She then went on to train at ArtsEd on the BA Musical Theatre course.
During her training, she was the dance captain in A Chorus Line, the flight attendant/nurse in Catch Me If You Can, and was part of the ArtsEd Ensemble that performed at the 2023 Olivier Awards.
Lauren also sang in Let’s Face The Music with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, and as Tusia’s Fiancé in the concert version of Dr Zhivago for Lambert Jackson Productions.
Training: ArtsEd and London School of Musical Theatre
Theatre credits include: Brenda & Cover Amber in Hairspray (Kilworth House Theatre); Ariel in Footloose (NCL); Lauren in Kinky Boots (NCL) and Lina Lamont in Singin’ in the Rain for Showtime Challenge; 48-hour Musicals (Adelphi Theatre)
Credits whilst training: Maria Merelli in Lend Me a Tenor (Bridewell Theatre)
Originally from West Yorkshire, Issy completed her Lower School training at Elmhurst Ballet School (2012-2016) before moving to SLP College (2017-2020).
Credits include: Cats (Royal Caribbean), Saudi Games Opening Ceremony, Maison Margiela Paris Fashion Week Rehearsal Muse, Swan Lake Candlelight Concerts and Legally Blonde.
Issy is honoured to be playing this role and would like to thank her friends and family for their unwavering love and support.
Training: London Studio Centre (graduating with a First-Class Honours Degree & the Most Progress Achieved Award); & Corraine Collins Dance Studios.
Credits include: Jemima in Cats (Asia Tour); Victoria, the White Cat in Cats (International Tour); Dancer in History of a Pleasure Seeker Pilot (Disney & Hulu)
Gabby is absolutely delighted to be returning to Cats.
She would like to thank her husband, family, and agents for their continued love and support.
Emma trained at Laine Theatre Arts from 2013- 2016. Theatre credits: WHITE CHRISTMAS (Sheffield Crucible), LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre), MY FAIR LADY (London Coliseum, UK & Ireland Tour), UP NEXT GALA (National Theatre), FUNNY GIRL (Theatre Marigny, Paris), 42ND STREET (Theatre Royal, Drury Lane), CINDERELLA (London Palladium), SNOW WHITE & THE SEVEN DWARFS (Hull New Theatre) and BILLY ELLIOTT (Victoria Palace Theatre, West End).
Emma’s TV and Film credits: LA CAGE AUX FOLLES (Whats on Stage Awards), WONKA (2023) and WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (BBC).
Training: The Urdang Academy
Theatre credits include The Artist (McOnie Company and Plymouth Theatre Royal), 42nd Street (UK Tour and Toronto), The Lion King (Lyceum Theatre), The Wizard of Oz (original cast, London Palladium), The Secret Garden (Ambassadors Theatre) and Snow White(Peacock Theatre), West End Does: Halloween, West End Does: Christmas
Screen credits include Brit Awards, X Factor, Britain’s Got Talent
Training - Tring Park School for the Performing Arts
Theatre Credits include - Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club (West End), Cats The Musical ( Royal Caribbean International), ‘Candy’ (Chrysalis London Dance Company), Oliver! (Theatre Royal Dury Lane & UK Tour)
Television & Further Credits include - Royal Variety Performance (Cabaret at the Kit Kat Club /ITV), Kit Kat Club X Selfridges (Immersive)
Training: Bailey recently graduated from Bird College Conservatoire of Dance and Musical Theatre.
Stage Credits: Ensemble in Jack and the Beanstalk (Alhambra Theatre), Dancer in DWWYFWT (Tracing Movement, Ugly Duck London), Ensemble in Cinderella (New Wimbledon Theatre)
Bailey would like to thank their friends and family for their continuous support and looks forward to making their professional debut.
Training: High School for the Performing and Visual Arts, Houston and Bird College, London
Theatre Includes: The Merry Widow (Opera North, UK Tour); Come What May (UK Tour); The Prince of Egypt (West End); Wuthering Heights (Off West End); The Bodyguard (UK and Ireland Tour); Platée (Garsington Opera)
Film Includes: Snow White (Disney Live Action)
Training: The BRIT School, Fourth Monkey Theatre Company and The American Musical Theatre Academy.
Credits include: Swing/cover Alderman Fitzwarren, Dick Whittington & Percy Rat in Dick Whittington (Salisbury Playhouse), Swing/1st cover Rum Tum Tugger, cover Macavity in Cats (International Tour), Gimble in The Elves Save Christmas (Brighton Christmas Festival), Plato/Macavity, cover Rum Tum Tugger, Munkustrap & Mungojerrie in Cats (Royal Caribbean) and Richard & Dance Captain in Skin Deep (UK Tour).
Daniel is represented by Russell Smith Associates Ltd and is thrilled to be returning to the International Tour of Cats!
Training: The Urdang Academy
Theatre Credits include; Ensemble in Back To The Future- The Musical (West End), Ensemble in Disney's The Lion King (West End), Ensemble in Aladdin (West End), Ensemble/ Onstage Swing in The Bodyguard-Das Musical (Cologne), Dance Captain/ Ensemble in Cinderella (Qdos Pantomimes), Dance Captain ( P&O Australia).
Film Credits include; Blitz (Apple TV)
TV Credits include; Ensemble in All Star Musicals (ITV), Dancer/Drummer in Strictly Come Dancing Launch (BBC), Brian in Sadie J (CBBC), Dancer/Actor in Club HSM: Make It Happen (Disney Channel UK). Ensemble in The Queen's Jubilee - The Lion King (ITV)
Workshop Credits include; Ensemble in Mamma Mia 2: Here We Go Again. ‘Residency’ a show for Celebrity Cruises.
Music Videos Credits include 'One wish for Christmas' by Limahl, ‘Chocolat’ by Misunderstood, Big Sick. ‘Crazy Youngsters’ by Ester Dean (from Pitch Perfect 2)
Modelling jobs include Nike, Tropic Skin Care and Goldwell.
Carrie trained at Laine Theatre Arts & The Royal Ballet School (White Lodge)
West End & London Credits: Ensemble in OKLAHOMA IN CONCERT (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Tiller Girls/Dance Captain in PANTOLAND (London Palladium); Ensemble in CHESS (London Coliseum); Swing & Cover Milo Davenport in AN AMERICAN IN PARIS (Dominion Theatre); DER ROSENKAVALIER (The Royal Opera House); Swing/Twin MCQUEEN THE PLAY & Dance Captain/ensemble in YOU WON'T SUCCEED ON BROADWAY IF YOU DON’T HAVE ANY JEWS (both at the St James Theatre now The Other Palace); Dance Captain for MIMMA (Cadogan Hall)
UK & International theatre credits: Dance Captain/Swing cover: Demeter, Jemima, Jellylorum & Victoria in CATS (International Tour); Dance Captain/Ensemble for WHAT’S NEW PUSSYCAT! (Original Cast, Birmingham Repertory Theatre); Graziella in WEST SIDE STORY (Salzburg Festival); CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG (UK Tour); Swing in MACK AND MABEL (UK Tour of Chichester Festival Theatre's production); Dorcas in SEVEN BRIDES FOR SEVEN BROTHERS (UK Tour); BEAUTY AND THE BEAST ensemble/understudy “Beauty” (Hexagon Theatre); The Good Fairy in SLEEPING BEAUTY (Middleton Arena).
Carrie has also worked extensively for Matthew Bourne’s company NEW ADVENTURES. She was part of the EDWARD SCISSORHANDS 23/24 touring company and has also played The Girlfriend in SWAN LAKE - UK AND INTERNATIONAL Tour.
Television credits: WITNESS FOR THE PROSECUTION (BBC1) & Tiller Girl in JOHN BISHOPS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL 2013 & 2014 (BBC1).
Film credits: THE GREATEST DAYS (Elysian); THE SOUVENIR PART II (BBC Film) and MATTHEW BOURNE'S: SWAN LAKE (Sky Arts).
Meghan trained at Arts Ed graduating in 2021.
She has recently just come back from the South Korean/Taiwanese tour of Cats as Assistant Dance Captain. Other Credits include: Swing in Cats (Vienna), Ensemble (cover Helen) in Half a Sixpence (Kilworth Theatre) and Georgie in Basset (National Theatre). Workshops include: Gypsy (Mill at Sonning) and Cabaret (Lido2Paris).
Credits whilst training include: Victoria in Cats and Ann in Half a Sixpence.
Nikki Trained at The London School Of Musical Theatre, graduating in December 2020.
Credits Include: ‘Ensemble’ in Made In Dagenham: The 10th Anniversary Concert (The London Palladium), ‘Tybalt’ in Romeo & Juliet (Middle East), ‘Jesse Pinkman’ in Faking Bad: A Parody Methsical (The Turbine Theatre), ‘Bobby Cratchit’ in Ghosted: Another F***ing Christmas Carol (The other palace), Lead vocalist (Aida Cruises) and ‘Queen Rat’ in Dick Whittington: A new Dick in town (Above the stag).
Jamie grew up in Inverness, Scotland where he trained at his local performing arts school TFX, before moving to Glasgow to join the Musical Theatre course at The Dance School of Scotland. After 2 years Jamie then furthered his education at Laine Theatre Arts in Surrey.
Credits include: Charlie and the Chocolate Factory UK Tour (Swing) and CATS on Royal Caribbeans Oasis of the Seas (Pouncival).
Jamie is delighted to return to CATS and would like to thank his family and friends for their constant love and support.
Training: Performing Arts Studio Scotland
West End credits: Ensemble in OKLAHOMA IN CONCERT (Theatre Royal Drury Lane); Ensemble in COOL RIDER (The London Palladium); Ensemble in WE WILL ROCK YOU (London Coliseum) and Resident Choreographer, Swing & Cover Lumière in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (The London Palladium).
Musical theatre credits: Tommy Tune & Dance Captain in CLOSE-UP: THE TWIGGY MUSICAL; Dance Captain, Swing & Cover Lumière in Disney's BEAUTY AND THE BEAST (UK Tour); Ensemble in BERLIN BERLIN (Germany); Alonzo & Cover Mr Mistoffelees in CATS (Kilworth House Theatre); Ensemble/Dance Captain in THE WIZARD OF OZ (Pitlochry Festival Theatre); Messenger Boy in MARY POPPINS (Germany); Onstage Swing/Assistant Dance Captain in FUNNY GIRL (UK Tour); Brad in HAIRSPRAY (Royal Caribbean Productions).
Further stage credits: Anton and Erin's JUST GOTTA DANCE (UK Tour); PUTTIN' ON THE RITZ (UK Tour); THAT’S ENTERTAINMENT (UK Tour), CINDERELLA (Belfast Grand Opera House); JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (Theatre Royal Plymouth).
Screen credits: BIG NIGHT OF MUSICALS (BBC); TOMORROW MORNING (Visualise Films); ANT AND DEC’S SATURDAY NIGHT TAKEAWAY (ITV); THE HELENE FISCHER SHOW (ZDF); MIRANDA: MY SUCH FUN CELEBRATION (BBC); THE NUTCRACKER AND THE FOUR REALMS (Walt Disney Pictures); FUNNY GIRL (Digital theatre).
Training: Laine Theatre Arts.
Theatre Credits: Swing, Assistant Gym Captain and understudy Rudolpho & Michael Wormwood in Matilda (Cambridge Theatre, London); Ensemble and understudy Mary Sunshine in Chicago (UK & Ireland Tour); Ensemble in Matilda (International Tour); Admetus/Macavity and understudy Rum Tum Tugger in Cats (Kilworth House Theatre); Neleus in Mary Poppins (Hamburg, Germany); Ensemble in Wicked (Apollo Victoria Theatre, London).
Film/Television Credits: Cats (Universal Pictures/Working Title Films); Big Night of Musicals (BBC); Workshops for Matilda the Musical (Netflix); Dancer in Miranda: My Such Fun Celebration (BBC).
Training: The Dance School of Scotland, Knightswood (Musical Theatre Course) under the direction of Graham Dickie, National Youth Music Theatre and Mountview Theatre School where he graduated in 2004 with a BA degree in musical theatre.
Theatre credits while training include: Whilst at Knightswood, Connor played Papa- Ge in Once on This Island (Scottish premiere) and recited the Address to a Haggis at the Lord Provost’s Millennium Burns’ Supper in Glasgow alongside many of Scotland’s greatest talents and leaders. Roles at college included Pirelli in Sweeney Todd, Ko-Ko in The Hot Mikado and God in Children of Eden.
Theatre credits include: Backing Vocalist for BBC Musicals – The Greatest Show (London Palladium, BBC1), Standby Old Deuteronomy, Bustopher Jones and Gus in CATS (International Tour & Taiwan Arena Tour), Genie in Aladdin, (Venue Cymru), Gaffer in Snow White for Qdos Pantomimes (Glasgow), Ensemble in Still Game Final Farewell (The Hydro Arena, Glasgow), Genie and Emperor in Aladdin (Newark), Gus, Bustopher Jones, u/s Old Deuteronomy in CATS (RCCL), Standby Old Deuteronomy, Bustopher Jones, Gus in CATS (UK & European Tour), Lend Me A Tenor (Gielgud Theatre, London), Billy Elliot (Victoria Palace Theatre), High Priest in Jesus Christ Superstar (Scandinavia arena tour), Daniel Kramer’s revival of Hair (Gate Theatre, London), Sir Topham Hatt (The Fat Controller) in Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends – The All Aboard Live Arena Tour (UK tour including Glasgow SECC and Wembley Arena) and Monsieur D’Arque and understudy Maurice and Cogsworth in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast (International tour).