#2002 london

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Not just any old Tugger/audience member dance...

that's John Partridge as Tugger

2. That's Bonnie Langford he's dancing with—OG London Rumpelteazer!

3. the date is May 11 2002. This is the closing night of the original London production. This is the last time a London rockstar Tugger will pick anybody from the audience—so far!

And it was his Rumpelteazer friend.

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John Partridge (chorus Tugger) pushing Sarah Jane Honeywell (Etcetera) on the trapeze, in the final performance of the original London run (11 May 2002). Also Jye Frasca (Carbucketty) in the foreground.

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Tears all around at the end of an era.

John Partridge as Tugger on the closing night of the original London production, May 11 2002.

Also Oliver Tydman as Coricopat, Kenny Linden as Admetus, Benjamin Tyrrell as Mistoffelees, Adrian Edmeades as Mungojerrie, and a brief glimpse of Jack Rebaldi’s Munkustrap going zoom.

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Skimbleshanks and Bombalurina listening attentively while Demeter speaks, before Bombalurina takes the microphone.

This is from an interview with some cast members on the closing night of the original London production. Barbara King is Demeter, Ross Finnie is Skimbleshanks, and Alexis Owen-Hobbs is Bombalurina. Also please notice John Partridge fidgetting with his Tugger-paws behind Bomba's ear in the centre gif.

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“The Rum Tum Tugger is a terrible bore.”

John Partridge and Benjamin Tyrrell in the final performance of the original London run, Covent Garden 2002.