(Claudia Hastings as Victoria, Ella Fitzpatrick as Jemima, Des Flanagan as Tugger, Chaska Halliday as Cassandra, Edward Smith as Admetus, Jarrod Draper as Munkustrap; Australia tour 28/12/25)
OH WAIT SHIT Tugger has a job to do he needs to sing about Mistoffelees!! on it 💯
tugger is not distractible. at all.
Dominik Hees and Hannah Kenna Thomas, plus Anna Carina Buchegger in the foreground as Rumpelteazer. Vienna revival, 19 June 2022, filmed by @falasta (despite me absent-mindedly also adding @cryptidvoidwritings to the watermark...).
Victoria: The moon looks beautiful, doesn’t it?
Plato, looking at Victoria: Yeah… but do you know what’s more beautiful?
Victoria and Plato in unison: *sigh* Tugger.
No relationships in Cats are set in stone, and every production does things a bit differently—although some are more common or official than others! So here's what we've collected so far from actors' comments about the relationships between characters in the 2021 US tour.
Under a cut so it can be expanded as we go. If I've missed one, let me know—but with a link please! Sources are key.
(Alphabetical order.)
Alonzo x Demeter: A cute friendship which Lauren enjoys playing (X); and/or Demeter is Alonzo's onstage crush (X).
Bombalurina x Rumpelteazer: Rumpelteazer loves Bombalurina and wants to be her (X).
Bombalurina x Demeter: They're basically a single unit when it comes to looking after the kittens (X). They enjoy their character interactions, and Lauren refers to Chelsea's Bomba as her 'bae' (X X).
Bombalurina x Grizabella: Used to be best friends (X); plus here's Grizabella's backstory as told by Chelsea (X).
Bombalurina x Munkustrap: Like siblings (X).
Bombalurina x Victoria: Bombalurina is protective of Victoria, like she is of all the kittens, but isn't very close with her because Victoria "hasn't been through much" (X).
Cassandra x Sillabub: With Victoria, they form the three Jellicle musketeers! (X)
Cassandra x Tugger: She may be his daughter? (X)
Cassandra x Victoria: BFFs, and Hyla would love to play Cassandra because she's 'fierce' (X). With Sillabub, they are the three Jellicle musketeers! (X)
Coricopat x Tantomile: Twin siblings (X).
Coricopat x Tantomile x Victoria: Victoria thinks they're a bit weird but "loves her moments with them", and thinks their intelligence is cool (X).
Demeter x Sillabub: Lauren has referred to Sillabub as Demeter's and Munkustrap's daughter (X).
Demeter x Macavity: She loves Munkustrap but thinks Macavity is hot (X), and enjoys exploring Demeter's conflicted emotions during the Macavity fight (X). They have a past together, which she has only recently escaped, and to Macavity she is the one that got away (X).
Demeter x Mistoffelees: They love each other and enjoy the time they spend together during Skimbleshanks' song (X).
Demeter x Munkustrap: "Cute little romance", according to Bomba (X). Demeter loves Munkustrap but thinks Macavity is hot (X). They agree that they are cute, and also prone to onstage giggle-fits together (X). Their moment together after the Macavity fight is sweet and wholesome for them (X). Lauren said that Demeter's journey involves learning to be brave and love again - it's possible she means forming new relationships within the tribe in general, or specifically loving Munkustrap (X). At one point she referred to Sillabub as their daughter, but it's not clear whether that's literal or just 'we treat her like ours' (X).
Demeter x Sillabub: Though she's new to the tribe and learning to trust/love again, 'Auntie Demmy' spends a lot of time with Sillabub and Victoria, has bonded with them, and protects them (X). Later, Lauren referred to Sillabub as Demeter's and Munkustrap's daughter (X).
Demeter x Tantomile: Best friends! (X)
Demeter x Victoria: Though she's new to the tribe and learning to trust/love again, 'Auntie Demmy' spends a lot of time with Sillabub and Victoria, has bonded with them, and protects them (X).
Grizabella x Jennyanydots: They used to have a big tap number together and Grizabella walked out on that when she left, which is why Jenny hates her (X).
Jennyanydots x kittens: She's a mother figure to every kitten in the tribe, though she isn't actually the mother to all of them (X).
Jennyanydots x Skimbleshanks: They have played up the Skimbledots (by name) (X X). They may be Tugger's parents, but whether or not, they consider him the problem child (X).
Jennyanydots x Sillabub: Sillabub is her favourite kitten (X).
Jennyanydots x Tugger: Skimble and Jenny may be Tugger's uncle and aunt (X) or parents (X), and they consider him the problem child.
Mistoffelees x Munkustrap: Paul loves Munkustrap and feels that he and Misto are close, they communicate and interact a lot (X).
Mistoffelees x Plato: Mistoffelees loves Plato's tenderness for Victoria.
Mistoffelees x Pouncival: Mistoffelees loves Pounce's energy and sees a bit of himself in him (X).
Mistoffelees x Rumpelteazer: Paul loves Rumpelteazer and the energy she brings to the tribe - the same may or may not apply to Paul's character (X).
Mistoffelees x Tugger: Zach and Paul have no qualms about using the word 'Tuggoffelees' (X, X); Tugger might 'low-key play everyone' but Mistoffelees is the one for him (X); Tugger is possibly bi but definitely queer, and loves Mistoffelees (X). Mistoffelees loves his moments with Tugger (X).
Mistoffelees x Victoria: They are close, but not siblings (X).
Mungojerrie x Rumpelteazer: May be adopted into the tribe - though this might be a joke. Even if we take it seriously, no word so far on whether this means they're related to each other or if they just bonded over being outsiders in the tribe. Kelly also refers to Max as her 'work husband', which suggests that they consider them as canonically a couple on the same level as Skimbledots.
Munkustrap x Rumpelteazer: Munk is 'too easy for her to mess with' (X).
Munkustrap x Sillabub: Sillabub may be Demeter's and Munkustrap's daughter (X).
Munkustrap x Tugger: 'Brothers for sure' (X); in fact, brothers 'for Jellicle life' (X).
Plato x Victoria: He's very tender with her, and his actor calls him 'Prince Charming' (X).
Rumpelteazer x Victoria: Both actors are playfully coy about the idea (X X).
Skimbleshanks x Tugger: Skimble and Jenny may be Tugger's uncle and aunt (X) or parents (X), and they consider him the problem child.
Sillabub x Victoria: Besties on and offstage (X); and, with Cassandra, they form the three Jellicle musketeers! (X)
Tugger x chorus Tugger (Bill Bailey): 'Bill Bailey' is Tugger's previous Jellicle life: he went to the Heavyside Layer because he wasn't really living his full life and came back as Tugger, who is "the outcome of true happiness and being free" (X).
Tugger x Victoria: Half joking and not really in character, but: Tugger loves her, she loves him and wants to be him (X)!
