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Liverpool Empire’s Stage Experience Showcases Cats This August.

Tickets for the Liverpool Empire’s Stage Experience project for 2014 are now on sale. Over 100 young people from the local area will work with a professional creative team to stage a production of the much-loved musical Cats.

Based on T.S Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats and award-winning music composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, the show tells a story of fantasy, drama and romance set on the night of the Jellicle Ball.

Stage Experience is an annual two week summer school programme delivered by the Creative Learning department at the Liverpool Empire and during which, over 100 lucky young people will work alongside industry professionals to stage a full scale musical production in just two weeks.

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Memories To Be Made As CATS Makes Its Way To The Empire Theatre.

One of the longest-running shows in West End and Broadway history, CATS will come to the Liverpool Empire Theatre from 26th November to 7th December.

Based on T.S Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats, Andrew Lloyd Webber’s record- breaking adaptation CATS is directed by Trevor Nunn, with choreography by Gillian Lynne and set and costume design by John Napier. Re-creating the direction and choreography for the tour is Chrissie Cartwright. Including one of Andrew Lloyd Webber’s most memorable musical scores, spectacular set design, extraordinary costumes and stunning choreography, CATS is a uniquely magical musical.

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