Forty years ago today, a new musical with an unlikely subject reflected in its single-word title opened in London: Cats.
It would be fair to say that in the run-up to its opening, no-one gave it much chance of success.
Twenty-one years later, as its London run finally came to an end, it proved those cynics wrong - and it continues to do so, with performances still running around the world.
To mark the show’s anniversary, Rob set out to talk to the people who put the show together - and in doing so established much of the way shows are done today, and indeed much of the basis for the live entertainment industry as we know it now. Quite an achievement.
You can read all about it in the latest issue of LSi magazine, out now.
Cats in LSi: [link]
Cats in The Stage: [link]
The original lighting plan for Cats: [link]