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b"At a cost of \\xa32m, Andrew Lloyd Webber\\u2019s musical \\u2018Cats\\u2019 premiered at the New London Theatre on 11th May, 1981 - and the world had never seen anything like it.\\xa0\\n\\xa0\\nWith a cast including Brian Blessed and Elaine Paige, the original production was innovative, sexy, creepy, bizarre - and an enormous gamble for the impresarios who backed it.\\n\\xa0\\nIn this episode, Olly, Rebecca and Arion look back at the original reviews for the show, consider whether John Napier\\u2019s award-winning costume design was actually incredibly lazy, and reveal how the show\\u2019s signature song, \\u2018Memory\\u2019, nearly didn\\u2019t happen at all...\\n\\xa0\\nFurther reading:\\n\\u2022 Elaine Paige performs \\u2018Memory\\u2019 in the original production:\\nhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pm5w7gHEtJI\\n\\u2022 Sue MacGregor interviews the cast and crew for Radio 4\\u2019s \\u2018The Reunion\\u2019:\\nhttps://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0008jyn\\n\\u2022 \\u2018Cats\\u2019 - a timeline from London\\u2019s Evening Standard:\\nhttps://www.standard.co.uk/culture/theatre/cats-musical-history-a4439316.html\\nFor bonus material and to support the show, visit Patreon.com/Retrospectors\\nWe'll be back tomorrow! Follow us wherever you get your podcasts: podfollow.com/Retrospectors\\n\\xa0\\nThe Retrospectors are Olly Mann, Rebecca Messina & Arion McNicoll, with Matt Hill.\\nTheme Music: Pass The Peas. Announcer: Bob Ravelli. Graphic Design: Terry Saunders. Edit Producer: Emma Corsham.\\nCopyright: Rethink Audio / Olly Mann 2021.\\n#80s\\xa0#Arts #Theatre #UK\\n Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices"