#ss: challenges

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let me love you

no, no, really, get back here, i need to love you some more

I'm so used to Tuggers who are a bit stand-offish and make cats beg for their attention that Des Flanagan's was an utter delight: he will love all his cats and he will make it their problem because he's an equal-opportunity weighted-blanket nuisance, good for him.

Des as Tugger, Jake O'Brien as Mungojerrie, Jarrod Draper as Munkustrap, Guy Pik as Carbuckety, 2025 Australia tour, 18/01/26 matinee, my footage.

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Annoyed an Alonzo by interrupting his 'this is all about me' moment? Why not try exiting through the Bombastance, for extra protection.

Charlie Follows as Bill Bailey, Rania Potaka-Osborne as Alonzo, and Mia Dabkowski-Chandler as Bombalurina. 2025 Australia tour, 18/01/26 matinee, my footage.

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Little bit of cute Bill Bailey x Mungojerrie flirting in the back there.

Bill's much smooth, most flirt, totally meant to slip and fall on that car there while giggling suavely.

Jerrie: oops I kissed your nose now I have hairball.

who left them unsupervised?

Charlie Follows as Bill and Jake O'Brien as Mungojerrie, plus Savannah Lind as Rumpelteazer. 2025 Australia tour, 18/01/26 matinee, my footage.

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did you know that cassandra and alonzo are All That

let them show you how

Rania Potaka-Osborne as Alonzo and Chaska Halliday as Cassandra (plus Mia Dabkowski-Chandler's Bomba in the background preparing herself to be Even More Than That).

2025 Australia tour, 8 October in Adelaide, my footage.

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when you can't bear to take your eyes off her for half an instant 🤩

George Maniadis and Anneeke Brunekreeft, with background Stephen Martin Allan and Johnny Randall as Mistoffelees and Carbuckety.

Vienna revival, 29 March 2022.

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What to do when you're down one slinky cat? The remaining one will just have to slink harder, is all.

A couple of clips of Michael Herrington's Alonzo covering part of Cassandra's track: 'Glamour Cat' and part of the ball, Oasis cast 16.

I can't get over that arched back as he oozes to his feet, or the little Cassandra-style mincing step in the second clip! And Munk's little scolding gesture to him in 'Glamour Cat': 'Back to your own track, boy!'

(Also featuring Rumpelteazer just dangling on the bedframe. 😌)

The only character missing is Cassandra, so I assume everyone else is first cast: Elise O'Connell as Grizabella, Anthony Lafornara as Munkustrap, Jasmine Eales as Rumpelteazer, Megan Little as Victoria, Sophie Cox as Sillabub, and Samuel Lewis-Wright as Mungojerrie.

(Source) (A couple of clips from the Jellicle ball)

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Demeter/Munk/Tugger arc part two for this performance, after their initial rather resentful reception of Tugger at the start of his number.

Before the honky-tonk in the ball, Munkustrap and Tugger are supervising from the tyre when Demeter joins them.

Last time I saw the show, Tugger glomped on Demeter who was clearly uncomfortable, and Munk chased Tugger away with a hiss and a swipe.

This time, Munk greets her first then Tugger swoops in for a greeting, which she seems more able to handle. Cuddles follow, and though she's still not quite sure about them, she is nuzzling back a bit and not immediately pulling away... and Munk doesn't bother to rescue her.

Until later.... 👀

Des Flanagan as Tugger, Jarrod Draper as Munkustrap, Olivia Carniato as Demeter, plus a photobomb from Mark Vincent's Old Deuteronomy who will keep on getting in the way during this section. Australia tour 28/12/25, my footage.

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when you're so offended by Mungojerrie's very existence that you just gotta...

Michael Herrington as both Alonzo and Cassandra. Alonzo doesn't have a Cassandra to fetch back from centre stage but he won't let that stop him from expressing how he is Just So Done with the colour orange.

Oasis 16, with Samuel Lewis-Wright as Mungojerrie.

(Video here.)